Evening star., 1901-12-13
Base Ball Notes.

The New York club has signed two new
pitchers. They are ex-senator Roy Evans,
with Providence last year, and Jack Burke,
who pitched on the Atlantic City team.
Charley Hickman is considering offer
to coach the West Virginia University team
next spring. Season before last Hickman n
coached Yale.
Comiskey wants Charlie Irwin for his
Chicago American League team. There Is
a chance of Irwin leaving the league to go
with his old manager.
Frank Selee would like to have Conroy
| for short at Chicago. With O'Hagan hrst,
Doyle second Conroy short and a man like
| Bradley or Bob Lowe on third, he would
have a snug infield.
The Chicago American League club, it
| was reported, has made an offer of 81 loo to
| BILLY" Keeler of Brooklyn to play In the
west next year. The sum is larger than
| Brooklyn'S offer to Keeler, but the player
announces that he has not signed and Is In
| no hurry to sign a contract.
Buchanan Keith, who owned and managed
! the Western League team in Omaha for
| two years, has declined the offer of Presi-
| dent Hickey of franchise for that city In
| the American Association. Keith declined
because he does not think two teams will
pay. Keith thinks the association Will not
| abandon the idea Of placing ball club In
Omaha. It is a Western League city.
The Connecticut State Base Ball League
decided at New Haven yesterday to drop
| the towns of Derby and Bristol and to take
| Hartford and Springfield into the league.
| The franchise for the Springfield club went
| to Roger Connor, the veteran player, for
merly manager Of the Waterbury team.
| James ORourke of Bridgeport will be sec
retary and treasurer of the league.
| AS far as is known Win Mercer. the
| Washington favorite, has not yet affixed his
| autograph to anybody's contract. This sub
ject was brought up during Matt Killilea's S
short call here Thursday "If no one has
signed Win Mercer" said Mr.. Killiiea, "a
good thing has been overlooked. l con-
slider him a good pitcher and one OF the
best all-round men that ever walked on a
ball field, and if he is still unattached l am
willing to offer him a berth with the st.
Louis club."-St. Louis Globe-Democrat-
Four years ago Pitcher George Winters OF
| the Boston American League team had ney-
| er seen a base ball. He was born in the
| little town of New Providence, Pa, about
| twenty-one years ago, and his hrst knoWi-
| edge of the national game was gained after
entering the Pennsylvania state normal
| school He says: There's big difference
between pitching on a college and pro-
| fessional team. In the former you are al
ways trying to fool the batters, but in the
| league a fellow has to use his head, put
them over and depend upon the men oehlno
him"
If Patsy Donovan ever saw the following
| story which was circulated in the east
after his trip to Pittsburg, he must have
been delighted. The Cleveland Plain Dealer
| tells it as follows: Tom LOTUS claims
| for McAieer that he is the greatest raider
| in the business, and whatever the foungs-
tcwnman starts after he Is sure to get. While
Manager Patsy Donovan of the st. Louis
| Cardinals was down in Pittsburg recently.
| trying to induce Wallace to return to his
| fold, McAleer, says Lotus. nearly signed
| the Cardinal commander himself, there be-
| ing only 5000 difference in the price offered
and asked.
The Boston National League club has de-
| cided to return to the old-time admission
| fee of so cents and along this line no effort
will be made to compete with the American
League. J. B. Billings director of the Bos-
| ton club declares that 50-cent ball will be
| the rule in Boston hereafter: and that the
| Nationals will endeavor to win public favor
| in getting a corner on the good players by
| raising salaries. Billings expects Nichols
| to come back, and says he hasn't made any
| kick about his salary. ss'
"Base ball, with its continual changes, is
a funny thing" said ,well-known fan.
NOW. there is Eddie Greminger. player
who was not good enough for Buffalo.
Jack Rowe, who managed the Buffal0eS
when Greminger played on the Bison team.
had his head almost taken OF because he
insisted upon retaining Greminger and
Claude Rdtchey, two Of the best mean in
the game today. Rochesters former third
baseman has been sold to the Boston Ma
tional League club, and will make good
there without doubt.-Pittsburg Press
Jimmy Manning was speaking recently Of
| the rising young players of the two big
| leagues, and while he mentioned numerous
| pitchers who, he thought, would shine. he
placed Johnny Farrell. the fast little sec
| ond baseman and outfielder. who played
with Washington last season. and was
signed recently with the st. Louis National
League Club at the head of the infielders.
"When Farrell becomes surer on ground
balls" Manning says, "he will positively be
the best second baseman in the business.
They don't make players any faster, and he
is developing into corking good batter. He
is a cool, heady man. and has always been
| the leading baserunner of the team with
which he has been connected His work in
| making double plays is something marvel
GUS, and do not think Donovan could have
chosen a better man to succeed Padden
th~n Farrell."-Kansas City Star.