Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-12-13
TO MANAGE BROWNS
Sporting Editor Diddlebock Said to
Be Slated for the Place.
PLANS FOR TIE EARLY SPRING WORK
Where the Teams Will Go for
Their Practice.
GENERAL SPORTING NEWS

Carts. Won der Abe, president Of the St.
Louis Browns, says that Mr.. Diddlebock,
sporting editor of the Philadelphia Enquir-
er, will probably manage the St. Louis
Browns next year. Won der Abe believes
Diddlebock would be able to get his team
into better shape than 1t has been for some
years. Diddlebock will probably accept.
No one envies him his job
Manager Frank Selee has made arrange
ments to take the Bostons to the old stamp
ing grounds at Charlottesville, Va, for
spring practice. They will be ordered to
report March 20. Five games are to be
played with the University of Virginia.
Manager Irwin will take the New Yorks,
with trainer. to the south early in March.
They will probably go to Jacksonville. Fla.
About twenty men will go south, and they
will return to the Polo grounds on April ..
The Clevelands will go, it is stated, to Hot
Springs with twenty-five men.
The selection of Manager Ewing and Bus
il ess Manager Bancroft to succeed them
selves for the season of 1896 is highly salts
factory to Cincinnati fans. Capt. Ewing
succeeded in getting better work out of
the team than did Comiskey. "Banny'' is
the greatest in his line in the business, and
IS popular with everybody. All Cincinnati
players now under contract, with the ex-
ception of Bill Phillips, will be taken to
New Orleans.
The many rumors of deals and changes
now flying about for want of something
better in base ball are without foundation
SO far as the Baltimore club is concerned,
says Mr.. HanlCn. Among them are reports
that Carey is up for sale and that the Balti-
more club is after this that man. The
manager says that while the team is con-
sidercd as made up. he will buy now, as at
all times, any man whom he may believe
will strengthen his team. So far as Carey
concerned ha
to make q sale, for Carey was as valuable
to the Baltimore team last season any
other Businessman in the league was to
the club on which he may have played. I'VE
are fortunate" he added, ito have Carey.
tried player. on hand in case anything
happens to another infielder. We did not
getting Doyle says Mr.. Hanlon, but we
got stronger man to play where a strong
one had already been playing"
Now Louisville is angling for Short-stop
Sullivan of Philadelphia. There are but
few players in the business that McCloskey
is net after"
Manager Hanlon's spring work with the
Baltimores will differ somewhat from the
program Of last year. He is negotiating
for a two-weeks stay in Macon, Ga, and if
he can make satisfactory terms. will again
go to that city, where he started the work
last spring, but where the club remained
only one week. The two weeks will be as
siduously used in drilling the men in team
work end in getting them gradually into
playing form without making a sudden tran
sition from no work at all to very hard
work. He will take the Orioles southwark
between March Is and 20. From Mac on
the champions will probably work their way
northward, taking in the Virginia League
cities for games
In the winter of 1867 Australia is to
have another invasion of American ball
players, similar to the trip taken by the
teams under the arrangement of AL. Spauld-
ing several years ago. At the head of the
management of the tour will be James H.
Manning. manager of the Kansas City Base
Ball Club, and Frank Selee, manager of the
Boston National League team, and these
names alone will be a guarantee of success.
Cleveland, in pinch next season, can
play a game with its pitchers alone. Eight
are already signed.
George Miller thinks that in the Nash
Hamilton deal Philadelphia got the best
Of 1t; that Nash is not has been"
Monte Cross, the Pittsburg shortstop, con-
cedes President Kerr of Pittsburg the right
to release him If he desires. All of which is
very considerable on Monte's part.
Four clubs want Killen.
Anderson has no cinch on an outfield DO
stion on the Brooklyn team. He'll have to
hustle to keep away from Jones, the Spring
field man.
John Sheridan of the Western League staff
of umpires has received an offer to join
Uncle Nick Young's official family, and he
will accept.
In New York they expect that there will
be much difficulty in securing Rusie's sig
nature to contract. They have not Pres
ident Brush to assist him this trip.
Demontreville, the Senator's latest short
stop, Is touted by Jack Doyle as the fu-
ture king in his position.
The players who are stranded on the Pa
ciflc coast are now playing in San Francisco
on the cooperative. in hopes Of raising
enough money to bring them east Billy
Nash of the Phillies is acting manager.