Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-03-09

! reached Boston yesterday that big "Cy''
Young would play on the Huntingdon ave-
| nue. grounds for the American League. Mr..
| Somers has for some time been exceedingly
anxious to secure the big twirler, and the
| fans here are extremely pleased with the
| news. Somers now has Dineen, Murphy
and Young in line, and 1t Is said that Bern
| hard will be the fourth pitcher.
Outfielder Harry Dolan was in Boston
| yesterday. He acknowledged that he signed
| contract to play with the Chicago Ma
| tonal League club the coming season, but
says that at the time he was sold by Spring
| field that club was In arrears to him for
| salary. The Chicago club claims to have
| paid $500 for his release but not penny
| of this sum was paid Dolan.
Bose Ball Notes.
| Malachi Kittridge may be called on by
the big league again. If Boston is deserted
| by both Clarke and Sullivan, Kittridge will
| probably catch for Selee's aggregation.
| Wyatt Lee, Jimmie Mannings promising
young southpaw, is keeping in condition at
! his home in Gillian, Mo-, at top spinning
This is a new form of training but young
| Lee thinks it is as effective as Kid Nichols
| plan of bowling.
| for Indianapolis last season, received an
| offer from John j. McGraw yesterday to
| play with the Orioles. Hogriever signed
| with Watkins a month ago, but now that
that dSSOCldtlOu IS uScuy lie COflSlQSrS MIN
| self free He is considering the offer.
| The Southern League has passed a law
| forbidding members playing exhibition
games with American League clubs. Man.
| ager Stallings had arranged to take his
| Detroit team to Memphis, Tenn, to play
| spring games, but the ruling has caused him
| to seek other fields.
Louisville is now figuring on league
whose circuit, proposed, includes Louis
| vile, Indianapolis, Fort Wayne, Dayton,
| Columbus, Mansfield and either Detroit,
| Grand Rapids or Milwaukee. If this scheme
| cannot be brought about successfully 1t
| is probable that Indianapolis and Louis
| vile will be taken into the Western League.
| Shortstop Monte Cross signed a Philadel-
phia National League club contract yes
| terday for the coming season. Cross is the
a National contract.
Pitcher James Wolf of Philadelphia, who
| played in the Southern League, announced
| that he had signed a contract with the
| Cleveland club of the American League
| Jesse Tannehill and Fred Ely, the two
Pirates whom Barney Dreyfuss has been
trying to unload on Frank Robson in ex
| change for "Rhody' Wallace, are at Mt
Clements, Mich. Speaking of the report
that he is liable to be traded off, Ely says:
They had a trade all framed up for me
| last year. and 1 was to be let go for a bat
bag. The deal may go through this year
| for all 1 know"
| If Bradley of Chicago has gone over to
| the American League it will break up the
last lIlllelQ tldl OH LOlluS naQ counted on
| making such a good showing with this
| year. AS yet there is no confirmation that
| Bradley has jumped, but he lives in Cleve-
! land, in the heart of the enemy's country
! and it is very possible that he has fallen
| a victim to the magnetic influence of Char
| ley Somers.
Fred Knowles secretary of the New
York Base Ball Club, yesterday received
| signed contracts from Samuel Strang and
| Curtis Bernard. Strang is infielder and
| last season made an excellent showing
| with the Chicago club. He was traded with
| Garvn for Jack Do le. Bernard played
part of last season in right field for the
| New York and made a good impression.
| Manager Selee said that he had no doubt
that Collins, Stahl, Dineen and Freeman
had made all arrangements to play with
| the Somers team on Huntington avenue,
| and was also quite certain that Vic
Willis had decided to go to Philadelphia
with Connie Mack's team. This will take
| six regular men from the team in Clark,
| Duffy, Willis Dineen, Stahl and Collins.
Among these were three players whom the
| management intended to release when the
| time came to reduce to sixteen men.
Barnie Dreyfus, president of the Pitts
burg club, and Colonel Harry Pulliam were
in the east mending fences. They secured
First Baseman Bansfeld and had lines out
three Of the best third basemen in the
| business, perhaps Boston will be benefited
| by BARNES visit to Director Conant Drey-
fus is ever on the the hustle when there is
puSlIeSS NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. CrzODt
The announcement has been made that
| Jimmy Casey will captain the Detroit club
| and that Jimmy McAleer will captain the
| Cleveland club. The American League's
| follows: Boston, James Collins; Philadel-
| phia, Connie Mack; Baltimore, John Nc
| Graw; Washington, James Manning: De-
| troit, George T. Stallings; Chicago, Charley
| Comiskey; Cleveland, James McAleer, and
| Milwaukee, Hugh Duffy.
The possibility of conflict in dates in
Philadelphia and Boston has been under
discussion:
said Mack. The Philadelphia team is
home almost all of April and May, and as
these are two of the best base ball months
our team will have to be home part of
that time. l hope, however, that we will
not have more than twenty conflicting
dates. In Boston. however, there will be
more of a conflict. Somers grounds will
not be ready until about the 1st of May"
The position of Charley Somers has raised
the cry of Syndicate ball. Somers is
part owner Of the Cleveland team and up
to the present is the whole thing in the
ownership and management of the Boston
team. Mr.. Somers is a sportsman" said
President johnson, and think it would be
| unjust to accuse him of any wrong inten-
lions in having interests in two teams, for
he certainly has the good of the game at
heart. l do not know what he will do ulti-
mately, but probably he will relnquish his
interest in one or the other of the teams.
Ally way, hlllOyIe Is the IudlH OWNER III
Cleveland, Somers' interest being only par
tal.''
Fire Chief William c. McAfee returned
to Baltimore yesterday morning from Hot
Springs, Ark, where he has spent the past
two weeks with Manager McGraw. The
chief brings the news that McGraw will be
accompanied to Baltimore in week or ten
days by Cherokee Indian, who Is a phe-
nomenal ball player. His name Is Toxic
hama, though he Is called Grant. He is
between twenty-one and twenty-three years
of age, weights about 100 pounds and Is of
about medium height His position is Sec
ond base, where he has been thoroughly
tried out on the lawn surrounding the hotel
at Hot Springs. The chief says the way
Grant dug low balls out of the ground and
the rapidity with which he snapped the
sphere to second or first base, reminded him
of the days of Jennings prime and filed
McGraw with delight Moreover, Grant
purports to be a good batter.
Palm Beach Golfers.
Yesterday was grand day for the golf
ers on the Palm Beach links. Nearly one
hundred couples started out in the morn
ing before 10 o'clock fourSOmeS and