Evening star., 1901-09-21
ming. and it is to be hoped that matters

ming. and 1t is to be hoped that matters
can be fixed up for next season.
Manning has signed Dahlen Of the Brook
lyns to play short next season. With the
aggregation Manning has secured for 1902
ne Is sure of a first division team.-New
York Sun.
BILLY Gineen is sore man these days.
The American League will not have him,
and Boston is taking advantage of the fact
to cut down his salary.
Eddie Mcfarland wants $500 to play in
the American League next year. If he
gets II he will play with Coniskey Nc
Far1and and Sullivan would be a good
enough pair of backstops for anybody
Ihe latest base ball rumor is that La
Chance Is to play first base for New York
next season. He has announced more than
once this season that this Is his last year
with the Babes.-Detroit Exchange
Doubtless there are some good men in
the American League who are still open
TO the best offer, but the raid which the
on-Mack-Comskey crowd has inaus,-
urated in the National League will more
than offset any possible detection from
which they may suffer.-Boston Journal
Herman Long claims to have good offer
from one of the American League clubs
possibly Chicago, and Tenney Is wanted
by the st. Louis club, according to rumor.
Tenney does not care for the west. but
would like the money and will play Mr.
Soden very high card.-Boston Globe
There is not the slightest chance of Zin-
mer getting out of the game before he is
OUT. fTeQ Clarke observes. he Is
too fond of base ball to quit it even volun-
tarily, and just at present he Is playing as
well as he ever did" thinner says he never
authorized anybody to say he was going to
give up playing
The campaign for 1902 is on saws a
Boston expert. What war measures the
National League has adopted are beyond
the knowledge of any one outside the inner
circle 1t looks as if the so-called big
league was still in the absurd position Of
undertaking its antagonist
Sentiment plays part in base ball and
good treatment finds little response with
the players. A man may lay off month
at time and his absence be, perhaps, in
no way due to the rigor Of the game, and
yet, though hts full pay goes on just the
same, he will not hesitate to "hold up
his employer at the first opportunity.
The Triumvirs Of Boston have made
quick move, and already have a nucleus
for a good nine. What plans President
SOmers has made to strengthen the Ros-
club has been so magnificently backed up
by public patronage and is such popu-
lar institution that 1t is a mecca for all
ball players who are still free agents.
Boston Herald.
Comiskey of the Chieagos signed most
of his men at their present salaries at a
time when rumors were rife that there
was to be peace between the leagues, and
the players began to fear that bugaboo, a
reduction in salaries. Other clubs, In a
less degree, perhaps. were cunning enough
Early this season it looked as though the
crop Of college men In the National League
would be extremely large. The several COL
legians who were corraled by National
League clubs gave promise of being good
men with little more experience. and
they We're given every opportunity to gain
that experience. Now that the season is
almost over a careful search of the Ma
tional and the American leagues reveals
the fact that there are very few of the
early college stars-the vast majority OF
them have hied themselves back to the
woods"
When Comiskey signed Burke for the
White Sox he offered the former Brewer
certain sum for this season and a larger
salary for 1902. When he subsequently
offered contract to Burke to sign he was
met with the response. Il cannot sign
now: there are too many clubs after me-"
Comiskey was unfavorably impressed with
this tone of Rurke's answer. and when the
opportunity was offered he shelved him
and sent Shugart back to the short field
Chicago News.
Clarke Grifith. the ex-NationaI Lacquer.
League Club. is out with proposition to
wager a seasons sa1ary-something like
81 ,500-that a team Of American League
players Griffith and Connie Mack have Sc
lected can beat q team picked from the
National League In series of gamsS.
Griffith names himself. Young. McGinniry
and Fraser az pitchers; Sullivan. Clarke
and Powers, catchers: Isbell, first base:
Lajoie. second base; Collins, third base;
Conroy, shortstop, and Jones, Stahl and
Mccarthy In the outfield.
The last time the Pirates were in Cfn-
cinnati they had tow-headed youngs,er
on third who was Johnny Eat Em-IIp.' =
The fans called him Cotton Top" and he
was the greatest factor both inside and
out In downing the Reds. Clarence Tur-
ner was his name. Many enthusiasts yes
terday were inQuirfng for Clarence, but
he was missing, and Jud Smith, one-tine
Red, was on that bag. Turner only lasted
two days. He was king the first and dub
the second.
him. explained Harry Pulliam "He was
all right here ON the skinned field, but he
was at sea on hunts In the grass"
He disappeared after one game at Ex-
position Park" said President Dreyfuss
In fniahing the story. "and haven't heard
from him since An-Cincinnatf Enn,,fror