The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-03-17
ANS0N FIRST TO
GO TO SPRINGS
Veteran. Chicago Leader Be.
gan Working Out at Ar
kansas Resort in sos.
(Ry Tim ~Nlurnane.)

Hot Springs March 17.-Baseball
sort to get the kinks out of their sal
airy wings since the early SOS. Cap
tain Arson W a n Of the first to rec
ognize the benefit OF the hot water
baths and Frank G. Selee loved Hot
Springs next to his home in Melrose.
Not that the place is so beautiful or
has n special attractions. but base
ball men have discovered that 1t
brought better results to send their
ball teams here ven though they had
to put up with many Inconvenience.
1t was old Arson who insisted that
ball players put up at first class ho-
tells, and the National league magnates
Of that day We're piqued because the
Chicago man caused the other players
in the league to make a kick over no.
tel accommodations. Arson raised
the standard of the game in many
ways and was the pioneer manager to
take a ball team over the country in
first-class style.
Pirates Next in Line.
Pittsburg next realized the benefits
Of Hot Springs and Clarke has been
coming here year after year, and who
can say that the Pirates have not
shown class during the last ten years.
The same manager is with them again
this spring. having quit playing. but
he is Just as much interested as ever.
Fred Clarke Is the ideal manager, and
the game never had his equal when all
is considered. Jim McAleer says
Clarke has the best record in baseball,
and McAleer is a good judge.
Clarke's record bears out the Boston
owners statement. for he always bat
ted we'll over 800, vas a remarkable
ground-covering outftelder. a hard
thrower and a clever ~baserunner. To-
day Fred Clarke looks as fresh ss
when he broke into the game. a Will
kid from Kansas. He is now a big
land owner in Kansas. When Clarke
frst came to Boston. then a Louisville
player, he me a young girl from CAM
bridge and married her. Taking all
III all, the Kansas farmer stands out
as conspicuous as Ed Hanlon for TAX
Ing advantages of his opportunities.
Three players sat In the Eastman
hotel and famed the other night,
three of the most remarkable out1eld-
ers the game has ever produced. With
Fred Clarke was Jim McAleer and
Walter Wilmot. and the game eve
produced a man,, to my way Of think
ing that could cover as much ground
as McAleer. This may seem lii. a
boast. to those who have witnessed the
work of Cobb. Speaker and others. I
have seen them all, and not one is in
McAleer's class. McAleer is in a
position to enjoy the rake off" from
the work OF several speed boys.
Wilmot q Heavy Hitter.
Wilmot in his day was not only a
remarkable o%utfelder, but he was a
good hitter, a superb base runner and
up to all the inside moves Of the game.
Wilmot comes here every spring from
his home In st. Paul to chat with
Clarke and other players. Walter is
by all odds, the best baseball story
with Anson's Chicago colts, with
Ryan. Dahlen. Kittridge. Tim Dona-
hue and Clarke Griffith, and, like
every player that played under An
son., he has a warn spot in his heart
for the old man. Wilmot is now a
successful promoter of automobile
shows.
These veteran %outfelders have MOTH
ing to regret over the time they spent
In baseball. They helped the game,
while two Of them at least must tip
their caps to the game that brought
princely results. And there never
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as much as at the present time.
1t was nine years g last fall that
the Pirates and the Red sox met for
the worlds championship. 1t was the
first meeting Of teams representing the
two big leagues and Boston Won out
with a sensational finish. Both teams
have carried off ~post-season honors
since that time and both have a look
in for another try next fall.
Although Barney Dreyfuss has
never permitted his Pirate crew to
play games with other major league
clubs before the opening Of the sea-
son. he has stretched a point this
spring and the champs will meet the
Pirates in a series of nine games.
commencing Sunday. Honus Wagner
is the only player who took part in
the series nine years ago. and will be
In the middle Of the scrap this year.
Jake stahl was a young player with
the Boston club in 1903 and Duke
Farrell. here with the Red Sox. was
also a member of the Boston team at
that time, but neither took part in
the games.
It ia a good idea to quit before you
need The able assistance of old DOc