Evening star., 1902-03-11
Base Ball Notes.

Phil Geier of this city will play in the
outfield Of the American Association club
at st. Paul this season. Phil has been in a
st. Paul uniform before under Comiskey.
Willie Keeler has arrived in Cambridge
and started work in batting with the Har-
ward varsity squad. AT present the out
look for a good Harvard nine is not at all
encouraging The squad is unusually
small. but all the men are working hard.
Dummy Taylor. the deaf mute base
ball pitcher, has signed with Cleveland for
the season of 1902. He leaves the National
to come to the American League.
1t Is the tricks that will be turned by the
American League star performers which
will make life burden for the umpires in
the American circuit this year, says the
New York World. Under existing condi-
tions an umpire will not get one easy game
during the entire season. A passing glance
at the makeup of some of the teams IN
the American circuit is sufficient to test
the nerve of the brayeSt umpire.
Il am in favor of the fou-strike rule
because l think it is a good thing for the
game" says Jimmy Ryan. Il played un-
der the rule last year in the Western
League, and there is one feature of it that
appeals to me strongly, and that is 1t gives
the batter determination to go after the
ball. Unless a batter keeps watching the
ball closely he will find that he has two
strikes called on him before he knows it.
The fOul-strike rule makes young players
as eager to go after the first ball as the
last.'-Chicago Tribune.
Some Keelerisms from the Brooklyn
Eagle: You can't tell anything about a
ball team until you get it working. You
never know what ball player can do un-
til you work with him. On the other hand.
you can tell a batter before you see his
average. wise pitcher will work twice
as hard if he knows there is a team or
hustlers behind him. Hanlon says a
pit cher can do what he pleases after a
game. While he is pitching, he must
work"
Outfielder Dave Fultz left Philadelphia
today to join the members of the Philadel-
phia American League club, in training a
Chapel Hill, n. c. FultZ says that he had
received a letter from Billy Lauder. in
which the latter confirms the report that
he has signed to play third base for the
New York club.
There is nothing like developing a lot
Of new base ball players" says Manager
Jimmy Collins of the Boston Americans.
''Of course many times you get nothing
for your labor, but when you do strike a
star he is usually one that repays you for
everything you have done. There must be
some new blood infused into each team
about all Of the time. If 1t Is not done a
club grows stale. This is something which
every manager and owner ought to avoid.
We had a couple of youngsters at Boston
last year-Ferris and Parent-who made me
want some more. They certainly made
good, and in another season they will be
two of the best infielders in the country
A Chicago manager recently re-
m marsed aed Yane gesa s1rppse dngs na no sr one
cal work for the league for several
seasons yet. and some doubt IL Spalding
would enter a protest even If he is the
president Of the league There is no room
I'm the American League for either faction
of the National League. therefore there is
nothing left for the old organization to do
but drop into line. accept schedule and
allow the players to cut a figure in the
public eye once more"
According to a letter from Cuba the ball
season in Havana is progressing smoothly.
The Havana team leads In the champion
ship, with six straight victories and no de-
feats. A change has been made in the
schedule. which Is looked upon as a big
Improvement. Instead of playing two Sc
ries, Of thirty games each. an arrange
ment whereby the club winning the first Sc
ries heretofore threw the second series in
order to play a third cluster of games a
resolution has been passed by the Cuban
League that the championship shall be
made UP OF sixty consecutive games. This
1t is believed. will make the race more ex-
citing and bring base ball more up to a
standard Of sportsmanship.
Fortunate. indeed. the teams in the Amer
lean League will be when they strike De-
troft during the coming season. They are
all to be housed at the Oriental, while they
will take care of the inner man at the
Griswold. After the games are finished the
visitors are to be hustled from Bennett
Park to the Oriental. where. dlvested of
their uniforms and wrapped In BATH robes.
they will descend to the plunge and enjoy a
sousing not equaled In any other city in
National or American League circuit. That
is feature OF everyday life in the itin-
erary of the American League player-a fea-
tire that has Detroit copyright. and II is
made possible by the generosity OF Fred
Postal. the chief mogul Of the Washington
club. who was the host OF the scribes
Pharisees and others at the recent convo-
cation.-Detroit Evening News.
If there Is anything in the force Of man
ageriai example the ball teams Of the
American dispensation in ST. Louis, Phila-
deiphia and Detroit can form blue ribbon
societies next season Jim McAleer, Conny
Mack and Frank Dwyer were at the BAN
Quet which closed the festivities at Detroit.
The cocktails did not tempt them. and they
did not even spear the cherries. The ciaret
passed unnoticed, and the pop Of the cham
pagne c0:ks was q symphony that was not
music to their ears. In the olden time the
percentage Of total abstainers was not SO
large, and the incident Is commentary on
the Improvement In the personnel OF those
who play and direct the game.-Cincinnati