Evening star., 1916-03-28

Maisel played against the Giants the
other dav and made a very creditable
showing. He is almost as fast as his
brother. and Jennings seems to nave
made a ten-strike in picking him up.
The Younger Maisel played seml-pro
ball around Baltimore. anu was recon-
nended to Jack Dunn, who, however
failed to land him. Maisel, not want
ing to play in his own town. oeneVins
he would have better chance In some
other city. finally succeeded in con-
yincing Jennings he was entltleo 10
trial with him.
Tho series in the south between the
phillies and Cubs Is proving that
the much-praised Tinker team Is no.
in the same class with the pennanl
winner of last years race. Plavlns
series of games IN ~i'cn nnonent. is a
the same league are opponents s
serious mistake 1t Will have the Ell
feet of killing the interest in the Cuos
opening at Chicago. because the rams
are not slow to realize that the ilnker
team is outclassed. Such a series or
Games would not be possible in tine
american League. because Ban John-
SON issued an edict against such games
many years ago This rule prooaolE
vii be adopted by the National
fs.eue in the near future, for it is
sarious mistake to have two teams in
the same race meet before the season
is on.
rones is far from being satisfied with the
showing his Browns made the other day
against the Cardinals. Davenport. VINO
was considered one of the teams $ great
est cards on the pitchers SLAB, was MI
unmercifully hard by the National
I.easuers in the opening game of the
series. and it set Jones to thinking that
perhaps the claims that the big leagues
are decidedly stronger than the Feds are
true.
Besides having Davenport beaten. Ham
ilton and Baumgardner, VINO are out
playing exhibition games with the second
team. are going from bad to worse.
neither having won a game from the
minor league clubs against which theN
have been playing Hamilton. who is
pitcher. is a disappointment
this spring. and Baumgardner who was
of little use to the team last season, does
not seem to have improved. This makes
Jones pitching staff look rather donnt-
full Bob Groom being the only one OF the
veterans who seems to be in form to hold
his own this spring.
Joe Tinker evidently has reason for
changing his mind on the sup1ect OF
his infield During the National League
meeting in New York last winter the
manager of the Cubs made the state
ment that his team would walk IN win
the National League pennant; tnat ne
had the best infeld In either major
league, made up Of Safer on first.
Yerkes on second. Doolin on short and
Zimmerman on third. Safer and Zim-
norman are good ball players. but
Yerkes and Doolin are two cast-o1s
who have been through SO far as the
major leagues are concerned for some
time.
Tinker did not display good jude
ment in his selection Of his infield. and
younger and faster men at second and
short He paid big figures for Yerkes
and Doolin. and neither is likely to
make good.
Stories coming from Tampa. where
the Cubs are training, are to the effect
that all is not pleasant among the
PLAYERS Those of the old Cub team are
sore on the element which came from
the Feds. who, it is charged, are being
favored by Joe Tinker.
Tinker however, denies that such is
the case and has made the following
statement anent the matter:
"rn offer a reward for any one who
can show the slightest dissension in
the club The players have been and
are giving me the best that is In them.
but some of the men were slowed up
on account of a sandy field. OF course
we expect a lot of knocking. but it is
coming pretty early
After being beaten by all sorts of
minor league teams. the Cincinnati
Reds upset al calculations by scoring |
a 6-to-4 victory over the Cleveland |
indians the other day, by. pounding out
Ave runs in the sixth inning at the ex-
pense of Guy Morton. the Indians star |
twirler. 1t is evident from this that |
Morton is not yet ready to go the en-
tire route of a ball game. and it was
a. mistake for Foh1 to send him nine |
innings. Had he quit at the end of the |
fifth he would have gotten away with |
a whole hide. but at this season of the |
wear pitchers must not be pushed too |
far, for they usually weaken during |
the closing innings of the games they |
are asked to pitch.
George stallings has quite a ball team
this spring and he already is being