Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-03-21

tional League team expects to land Ont
fielder Jimmy Bannon.
The Cincinnati club needs another out
| fielder. Tom McCreery of the Pittsburgs
has been suggested. He would make a
| good man.
President Kilfoyl of the Cleveland club
says that Pitcher Dummy Taylor has not
only signed with his club, but also accepted
advance money. Taylor has also signed
with the New York National League club.
Sporting News believes that peace could
| be established in base ball if the National
League would intrust it's committee on
| rules, consisting of James A. Hart (chair-
| mani, A. j. Reach and Ed. Hanlon, with
| the settlement of the ENHANCEMENT witt,
| the American League.
Tom Daily, the Brookiyns' crack second
baSeman is the latest addition to the ranks
OF the champions. Daily met President Eb-
Detts at the Clarendon Hotel. in BROOKLYN,
and it took very little argument to induce
| him to affiX his signature to a contract.
Ban Johnson laughs at the new rule OF
the National League by which a batter hit
| with the ball is not to be given a base, and
says that malicious pitchers will hit the
| heavy batters purposely. the batter will re-
sent the injury, and there will be a fight in
every game.
When it comes down to being the real
| thing there are few of them who can get
away from jim Manning. He comes here
| with most encourag cling reports from Wash
! ingtop, where he has laid out the work OF
inducing the capitalites to part with their
| coin in the interest of base ball He is sure
to deliver the goods in best of style and
! success 'stares him in the face.-PhfiadeI-
phIa INQUIRER
! While the magnates, ball players and
fans were looking each other over at the
| Hotel Lafayette yesterday the PhiladeIpnia
| club of the National League added two
more players to its list. These were Third
Baseman Harry Wolverton and Catcher
Douglass both of whom signed contracts
wit hair faid aIt1
The base ball fans of San Diego, Cal, re-
Gently rendered banquet to the members
of their team, which was the pennant win
ner in the Southern California Winter
League. At the banquet gold watches were
| presented to Luther Dummy Taylor of
| New York and to Donlin, the ST. Louis
player
| Jimmy Casey, who will play third base
With the Detroit club, got a day off from
| his dental studies in Baltimore. Casey was
| approached on Tuesday by an agent of the
Brooklyn club and offered more money than
he will receive with Detroit to jump his
contract and play with the CHAMPIONS
Jimmy turned down the offer.
"SIagfe hasn't signed with me-" said Jim
| my Manning of the Washington club. "but
| I'll bet 500 that the boy plays with Wash
lngton, just the same. All / have is Slagle's
word, and that's good enough for me-
When talked matters over with Jimmy he
said that he couldn't sign with me then
owing to his agreement with the other
| players, but that he would do So l had
Siagle In Kansas City, and i don't want
anything better than his word "-Philadel-
phia Inquirer
The Philadelphia National League club
has received from President Ebbetts of
Brooklyn copy of the proposed revised
schedule of games Tor the coming season.
colonel Rogers yesterday expressed him.
self as dissatisfied with the changes and
emphatically refused to accept them. AS a
unanimous vote is necessary to revise the
schedule, and as President Hart of Chicago
has taken position similar to that of
colonel Rogers, there is little likelihood of
a substitution being effected. Boston and
changes of dates,'' said the colonel .sbut
otherwise the schedule already adopted will
remain intact. -Philadelphia Times.
Jack McFetridge, the famous amateur
pitcher OF Philadelphia, is in great demand
these days. and will no doubt be seen wear
ing the uniform of one of the big league
teams but Just who will secure the services
OF this youngster is as yet in doubt. Com
ME Mack and Bill Shettsline have both
made Jack an offer, and it is simply a cues
ton OF coin as to whom he will sign with
Mctetr1dge has long occupied the position
of the best amateur twirler in the country
but would never before play professional
ball. as 1t was against the wishes of his
parents. but now he is in the market, and
the team which secures his services will
get good one.
Those National League players cumming
INTO the American League will find the live
ly ball something that will need steadyinr-
l think. says one fan. "The American
League ball is a bit faster and naturaflI,
takes the sharper bound Padden and tha
rest OF the bunch had their troubles ar
first" at
There is all the difference in the world
between the players of the American
League and those of the National said
one base ball writer. 81 found those in tba
american more companionabIe and better
takers They were older for the most
part, and many of them, like Padtlen and
buckiey, veterans of long standing. who
got over a lot of youthful IDEAS"
How soon the iramatis personae or the
game are forgotten when once they fan ONT
OF the stage center and drop from the rav
OF the nnelight is proved by the cases Of
George Cuppy and Amos Rusie. Three
years ago." said Manager McPhee the other
day, there were only two pitchers In the
National League that 1 feared, One Of
these was Cuppy, the other Rusie They
were both wonders. Rusie had trouble
with his employers and quit the game from
time to time. Cuppy threw his arm out one
cold spring day at Toledo because some Of
his FEEDERS complained that the opposing
team was hitting him too hard for their
comfort. Cnppy pitched fine bali last sea
son up to the time he was let go by Boston
to reduce expenses. He slipped away inst
as did from Cincinnati and did not play
any more that season. Yet he was forgot
ten, though have no doubt that he can get
see notices OF his good condition going the
rounds of the press When the managers
see them they will not be long getting after
Cuppy. They know he is good Just the
same, he was forgotten because he Slipped
on the stage for few weeks prior to the
like to have the center and the light ali the
time. It 10 money out of their pockets
when they haven't got it."-Cincinnati En-
ouirer.