Evening star., 1901-11-20
the Washington AmISiean League team

the Washington Ambfiean League team
Milwaukee Sentinel.
Nichols is said to have asked that the
figures 200 be placed In his contract for
next season. AS yet Boston has not ac-
The heod Nsw n,. York Club is said to be valued
cate, headed by Mr.. A. G. Spalding, that
has been dreamed Of, Is said to have Of
fered $50, 900 for the Property.
Pitcher Rhoadss. a q .l last seasons Mem
Louis. Before leaving Rhoades said that
he had no intention of signing with Gin
cinnati, but that he had good offers from
st. Louis and Chicago National League
Clubs, and that he would probably sign
with either. He is going to st. Louis for
the purpose OF conferring with the officials
Of that club. s
w. Donovan, the crack pitcher of the
Brooklyn Base Ball Club has Joined Con-
ME Mack's association foot bail team. He
has the reputation of being very fast and
accurate and will play for the first time
with the team in Philadelphia on Thanks
giving day against Belmont.
Jack Beckley. f1rst baseman of the Gin
cinnau base ball team, yesterday at San
Francisco signed e. F. Dougherty, who
has been playing right field for Los An
geles, Of the California League, this fall.
Beckley Is the agent of the Cincinnati
Club. He was impressed with Dougherty
the first time he saw him. and has been
spending much time with the young man.
After conference which he held with
Dougherty Beckley announced that Dough-
erty would play with Cincinnati next sea-
son.
Col. George Halleyrand StalIings still has
wheelbarrow full Of equity in Detroit
stock, but he has lost his job as one of the
king bees in the American hive OF course
there are whole lot Of thick-skulled NOR
tails in this world of ours, and some of
them are trying to figure out this problem:
IF the Detroit Club. made $3S, GOO this
year, how did 1t happen that neither James
D. Burns nor his erstwhile associate. Colo
mel Stallings have enough coin in bank to
pay debts that did not total half that
amount?' One thing Is certain, in the ex-
change of moguls the American League did
not lose, for S. F. Argus is another c. W.
Somers-a fan with bundles Of the green
that makes the old mare kick up her heels
Cincinnati Enquirer.
New York is stirred over the base ball
situation. The, World says: "Well-inforn,-
ed base ball men figure that the National
League circuit will remain just as It is. al
though President Freedman has often pro-
claimed, publicly anu privately. that Brook.
1yn Is not major league city, and John
L. Brush Is known to have a knife I'D his
sleeve for his once dear friend, Colonel
Rogers Of Philadelphia. With the Ameri-
can Leaguers ready to take advantage of
any slip on the part of the Big Five 1t
behooves them to use much of that dinlo-
macy for which John =. Brush. the wily
Talleyrand Of base ball politics. is famous"
Edward b. kenna, quarter back on the
Virginia University foot ball team, and one
OF the university's best base ball pitchers,
has signed a contract to play with the
Cleveland American League team. He dis
tinguished himself at base ball at Mount
st. Mary's College and at Georgetown be-
fore going to the university. Last season
he pitched for Wheeling In the Western
League. He is son of the late Senator
John E. Kenna.