The Washington herald., 1912-03-16
CYCLONE" AINSMTTH,

shortstop. Gagnier; left field, Walker;
center field, Long. and right field, Mat
It's
Last week somebody got away with
Bill Cunningham's new glove and he was
obliged to send away for another hand
protector. Two new gloves arrived from
the factory Thursday morning. and Bill
says that in the future he will be more
careful. as the baseball armament set him
back six iron men,
When ii comes right down to short
stops, there is one boy in the American
League who Is there with the goods.
first. last, and all the time. He is George
Mcbride. the Nationals captain. Macs
work here this week has been clean cut
and brilliant. In addition to all this
George is a splendid chap personally, and
every man on the squad from recruit
to regular respects him.
1t was a wonder that Virginia did not
trim the Nationals by a much larger
score Wednesday, as none of Griffs
boys had had batted against curve balls
and half the team had only been out a
couple Of days.
Eppa Rixey is the idol Of the Virginia
students, and while he showed lot of
stun In the opening skirInNh. u4 opin-
ion prevails among the Ntiona s old
timers that he has a lot ,npre to learn
before he can expect to ffsttte conspicu-
ously in the big show.
Imp" Rigler, the Virginia coach, said
yesterday: Il nave a first basemart'
named Carter, who can make good on
any big league club If he shows little
more hitting strength
Carter sure is a good ball player. and
when it comes to fielding Is there both
ways from the ace. he is a bit weak
Tom Long. the outhelder who played
a few games with the Nationals during
the fag end of last season, is going to
make it hot for some of the outneld
candidates.
Although small of stature, Long is won
have thus far been able to fool him.
Long has good arm. and is sure death
on fly balls
"Spartacus" Walker, during a tanning
bee, said: mo wonder Tom is fast on
the bases. He has done nothing this
winter but chase wild turkeys and hit
800 in the dinner table league"
John Henry, Amherst 1910. is a member
Of one OF the best Greek letter fraternity
chapters In the country. Virginia has a
chapter, and John Is ever the welcome |
guest.
1t was rumored that the fraternity boys |
usually favor each other, and that when |
John missed a third strike on Neff during |
the game Wednesday, the latter was a |
member Of H.nry's frat. Later develop |
ments show that Men is an outsider, and |
Henry was exonerated from all blame.
Now that kid" EiB( land Gabby |
Street are no longer with Nationals, |
Tom Hughes furnishes most ofvthe dope. |
good stories without once pulling away |
from the plate.
He told one yesterday that caught the |
bunch. 1t was during a game several |
years ago when Mike Kahoe tried to
play shortstop and there was a young |
ster on third base. The kid pulled a
play. and as he walked back
to the bench the manager called out:
Say there. youngster; IL they put a
rubber cap on you, you would be able to
give a correct imitation of a lead pencil"
There Is no getting away from the fact
that Dan Moeller. the former Rochester
outfieIder. Is making a great hit with
Boss Grtfith. Moeller can hit, field, /
throw, and run the bases, and Sparta L
GUS Walker will have to go some to /
crowd the speedy Eastern Lacquer out Of
= job.
kid Foster looks mighty good for
that third base position when his throw
ing arm gets into working order. Fog
ter handles himself like q big Lacquer.
Ind snaps 'em over from the far cor
ner like second baseman. with an un-
ierhand toss.
Buck Becker. THE Pride OF the Navy Il
Yard" says his brother. Martin. who
Nil try his luck with the Bridgeport
,iub, of the Connecticut League, this I
Ieason. has . whole lot Of stun. and WI
how those Nutmeg leasuers something
before the bell rings. /,
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