Evening star., 1901-02-02

nothing We are going to do as always.
leaving the American League to do as they
please. There will be no attempt at con-
flicting schedules, and there Will be no
more in the eastern cities than there were
In Chicago last year..
The umpires who officiated at the Amer
lean League games last year will probably
handle the indicators again this season.
They gave satisfaction to both public and
managers. The fact that rowdy ball was
suppressed by them is a point in their IA
vor. They were loyalty backed in their de-
cisions by President Johnson. which made
their work comparatively easy and pleas
ant.
"Heine" Reitz, who signed a contract to
play under McGraw this season, was in Chi
cago few days ago. He is as enthusiastic
over the prospects of the new league as the
spending the winter in Chicago, but will
probably make spring trip in order to
get into condition before the players re-
port.
Manager McGraw denies he had tried to
sign Joe Corbett, but acknowledged that
Corbett was a great player and worthy of
fast company.
Already there are signs of a rivalry be-
tween Philadelphia and Baltimore. The
magnates from Baltimore are seriously dis
cussing a championship team and will bend
every effort toward securing one. "Balti-
more will be a paying town, whether we
are winners or not, but as the patrons there
have seen nothing but championship ball
for six years we are hopeful of giving them
the article they expect" McGraw said.
1.-THE pennant three times in succession and
landing second the following year Is the
record of the last team representing Balt1-
more. We do not expect to do that, but we
are going to be first division team If hard
work will accomplish that result. t.'-Balti-
more Sun.
Charles A. Farrell, catcher of the Brook
lyns. has moved from Marlboro, Mass, to
Clinton, Mass, where he will train at the
Young Mems Christian Association gym
nasium for the season of 1901. He will re-
fnr r,ra n
tice. He has not signed a contract for next
season, and will not do 50 until he hears
from the Players Protective Association,
with which he is in sympathy.
Mr.. c. w. Somers, who has attained an
extensive reputation lately as one of the
travelling promoters of the American
League is "a dapDer young man of pleas
ing personality. His success in landing
the very desirable Huntington avenue
grounds at Boston was due in measure
to this ard probably more to the reply
the owners received to their query OF
three national banks at Cleveland-"Will
honor Mr.. Somers draft for 100000"
Somers bids fair to be the F. Deli. Robson
of the American League. He is enerseuc
and promoting, and evidently has brains.
That he Is Johnson's right-hand man is
without question. Like Robson. he has
made his money in street railways. what
he didn't accumulate in this Way came
from coal. With Mr. J. F. Kilfoyl. Mr.
Somers is interested in the Cleveland end
of the American League franchise. He
"broke into base ball one year ago, wnen
his city, Baltimore, Louisville and Wash
ington were thrown down by the National.
Somers hsowed what sort of a man he is
in the deal which made the old National
League grounds his. The league offered to
sell for $25,O0N and strenuously asserted
that not penny less would be taken.
Somers showed what sort of a man lie is
another possible location and in ten days
the Nationals deed was in his pocket, at
a cost of $4,000. This morning Somers
said: II love base ball. and l have become
so interested that if necessary L Will drop
every dollar to push the American League
along 1t has got to be a success and 1t
will he "-Cleyeland Leader.