Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-10-23
What Toronto Man Says About
Them.
THE PRIZES OF TEE EASTERN LEAGUE
Puzzles That Will Confront the
Arbitration Board.
SOME PADDED VERAGES

plays at the Columbia Theater next week,
and in addition to looking after the inter-
| ests of his attraction had time to talk
| base ball to a reporter of The Star. Mr..
Loudon was in Toronto during the past
summer and witnessed all the games play
! ed by the Toronto club. He Is personally
| acquainted with all the players that have
| been drafted by Mr.. Wagner and speaks in
the highest praise of all. both as TO play
| Ing ability and personal habits.
/ pitcher Dineen undoubtedly the
| star twirler of the Eastern League during
the past season." said Mr.. Loudon. lend
| unless all signs fail he will be more than
| able to hold his own IN the National
League. Dineen will prove a fit running
| mate to your star pitcher. Mercer, as he
depends as much on his headwork as his
good right arm to land a victory. In SEy-
der you will find another exceptionally good
player. He.was signed by the Rochester
| club fer the season, but released without
being given an opportunity to play even
! one game. He came back to Toronto,
which is his home, and persuaded Manager
| Irwin to give him trial. 1t was lucky
day for Irwin when he came to the conclu-
| sion to put Snyder in a game. His first
| trial was an eye opener, as he batted like
| a fiend and fielded his position perfectly.
! Snyder is fast on his feet and besides be-
| ing good sticker can throw like a streak.
| l see that Mr. Wagner has been talki1g CT
| playing Snyder in the iEfield, and should
| this object be attained, l am :;:ire ne will
| be equally good there behind the bat.
white and McHale were our star OUT
| felders, and there is not per cent differ
ence in their ability, White having lit
| tie the best of it the past season in rum
| ing been injured, and in this way handicap
| ped. Both are good stickers, good throw
| ers. fast on the bases and heir personal
| habits are of the best.
no tor
Wagner, the infielder, as he seemed to lie
about the only man in the bunch able to
| displace Reilly at third, since Ii.,nnivan
| has slipped through Manager Earle Wag-
ner's grasp.
| We'll, Wagner from the first time
| saw him play ball impressed me with the
| fact that he had future before him in the
| base ball world said Mr.. Loudon. He is
a couple inches shorter than his brother
who plays with the Louisvilles. but where
he is lacking in inches he makes up in
| speed. His arm is equally as good IS Sny-
der's, and that is saying a great deal.
Wagner played third on Sundays, when
DR.. Harvey Smith laid off, and played it in
frst-class shape. He covers ground as De
Montreville did when he was in the East
| ern League-that is, goes after everything
whether in or out of sight. and manages
| to get the ball frequently that he had
| us spectators up at Toronto losing our
voices almost every game yelling out our
applause. AS a runner and hitter he falls
back on his natural requirements and will
please the Washington people.
First Baseman Mccain was playing for
the good of the club last season and rot
| for his personal record, or he would fave
been up around the 400 mark in the per-
centages. When it was necessary to sac
rifice he did it with neatness and dis
patch, and when 1t came to placing the ba
| or making single. instead of knocking
| the ball out of the lot he also came man
| fully to the front. Mccain is a big man,
but he will surprise the Washington people
with his fieetness of foot, and can field as
good the best. What | particularly adj
| mired in the big fellow was his pugnacious
way when the opposition players, particu-
| larly the Syracuse, tried to impose on the
, Toronto club through dirty ball playing.
| McGann would get back at than so good
and hard that such tactics had to be aban-
doned and clean ball played
"Of course l am sorry to see these men
leave Toronto, but what is loss is the
gain of Washington, and 1 am satisfied
with the boys getting into the big league
1 am sure that wherever one of them fails
to please down here all Mr.. Wagner will
have to do is to ship the failure" back to
Canada and we will give him a royal well
come solely upon the record of the past
season.
Casey? Oh. we want him back and 1
won't say anything about him. If lose
Casey We lose one of the best utility men
in the business and the number of games
that lad through his timely stick
work and speedy base running would foot
UP an even two dozen.
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all the ms and outs of the national game,
and is as well acquainted with the National
League players and their worth as he is
with the minor leagues.
The arbitration board of the National
League will have a nice little job on hand
at the annual meeting in Philadelphia next
month, when it tackles the matter of de-
Gliding cases of the same players being
| drafted or bought by different clubs. This
seasons list of drafted, sold and reserved
players shows that there will be consider
able complication encountered in assigning
such players to the club to which they
really belong. For instance, Washington
drafted Hannivan of the Lancaster team;
Brooklyn has secured the man and claims
he was only farmed out to the Pennsyl-
vania club. 1t is reported shat Mr.. Wag-
ner has resigned all claim 20 this PLAYER
but until j. Earle is heard from directly
the Washington fans are hoping this
man will be on the Senator's payroll next
spring. The Brooklyn club has also laid
claim to Mcbride who was bought by Gin
cinnati. and Mccain. who belongs 70 the
Washingtons. 1t is said that Mr.. Byrne of
the Brooklyn club will insist on the r.a-
t,enal board securing positive proof that
these men belong to the clubs named be-
fore relinquishing claim on them. Chicago
claims Meyers of Toledo, who has been sold
to Cleveland. and Chicago will want salts
factory evidence that its draft will not go
before giving up Meyers. There are several
other cases Of mistaken Identity" all of
which the national board of arbitration
will have to straighten out. Mr.. Byrne
being prominent member of the arbitra
ton board lends weight to the report that
the Brooklyn club will not fall short when
the assignment of claimed players is
brought up for settlement.
Willie Keeler's high batting percentage
for the past season has created consider
able discussion all over the league circuit
especially the scoring methods in BaIti-
more. No ole doubts for a minute that
Keller is a great batsman, but that he
should take such high jump over Clarke
and Delehanty in the last few weeks of the
season is doubted by all the experts who
keep tabs on the scorers from the differ
ent cities. As sample of what the Baltimore
scorers do In the way Of helping the play,
ers of that city along in the percentages II
can be stated that The Star reporter wit
messed the closing games between the SEN
ators and Orioles in that city and that in
the first two innings DeMontreville mad no
less than four errors. When the scores
cslne out the next morning the Senator'S
short stop had not an error, every one of
the drives going down for safe hits. Cap
tain Brown referred to the matter the next
day to the writer, and remarked: "In the
face OF that sort of scoring it's a wondor