Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-12-27

balk line, one shot In and George Sutton of
America: Cure. Vignaux and Giblein OF
France and Maroa Of Spain.
Base Ball Notes.
Clark Griffith besides holding the record
for being the best playing manager In
either Of the leagues, also holds the record
for having hit the most batters last year.
In all he hit fifteen men.
The New York National League club has
signed Gilbert. who played last year with
the Baltimore team. He Is young. fast and
vigorous. He Is an excellent fnfelder.
fairly good batter and fine base runner
that he would take him. Gilberts home Is
in Trenton.
President Ban johnson has added James
E. Hassett of Portland. Me-. to the Ameri-
can League umpire staff. Hassett has UNI
pired for two years in the New England
League, and is the only survivor Of seven
ty-three unfortunates who off1ciated In that
organization last season.
Rumors of the approaching marriage OF
Patsy Donovan, erstwhile manager OF the
Cardinal base ball team are again rife.
Patsy's home Is in Lawrence, Mass. where
he is part proprietor of good-paying drug
store. but he has been unable to tear him
self from st. Louis-the widows mite being
more powerful than the demands Of trade
G.. w. Somers yesterday received letter
from "Zaza" Harvey, who was forced to
quit the Cleveland team early last spring in
consequence OF Ill health. dill HI Ocetci
health than when left Cleveland" wrote
Harvey; but there must be greater Inn
provement before can return to the d1a-
mond. I sincerely hope that will recover
soon, as nothing would please me better
than to be member of the Cleveland
team"
It is said that the New York Americans
will report to Manager Clark Griffith at
Cincinnati early in March. and will go
south from that city. The first American
League game, 1t is said. will not be played
in New York before May Is. The schedule
meeting of the American League Will be
held at the Fifth Avenue Hotel. possibly on
Tuesday January 10. or week later
Both Clark Griffith and Charley Comiskey
Wis will be with the Chicago Americans
next season, in spite of the fact that Davis
Is reported to have signed recently WIN
John T. Brush. During the fall meeting at
Morris Park Davis told a reporter that ne
was under contract to play with Chlcago
next year, and that he would remain with
Comiskey unless he could secure his re
lease He admitted that he was anxious 10
play again in New York city.
One Of the peace propositions which has
already been made by the American League
is that there be no conflict OF dates IN cues
where there are rival clubs. In Captain
Comiskey's opinion that will be pretty
nearly an impossibility in Chicago IT his
club uses many Sundays and SATURDAYS:
said Comiskey, shas grabbed something
like fifteen Sundays and eighteen Satur-
DAYS. Besides. 1t has taken July and Dec.
Grafton day. Now l am wondering WY ~
did not take New Year DAY anu SiiiS
mas" A.,
tionals has released Second Baseman
smith PLAYED in Rochester under the man
agement Of AL Buckenberger, VINO IS now
in charge Of the Boston team, ana VINO mas
been after Smith for the past year. by ie'
ting smith go McGraw has evidently mace
nm his mind that he will play SECOND pase
himself next season but he may nnd nln
self short Of infielders II George Davis anu
Norman Elberfeld stick to the American
. barney Dreyfuss of the Pfttsburg Ma
tional League Club ts spending me ift tho
DAYS in Louisville. When ASKED ABOUT III.
nronosed invasion of the smoky CITY by
the American League Dreyfuss said yes
terday: 81 am not at all worried; l nave
a championship team. I have the Pl PITTS
papers and the Pittsourg peop cops WI" and am
ARMY established. while the other fellows
have not even franchise yet: ms pm.s
me on Easy street; Ihey are .tts,tin6
to them. I don't think they are worth
bothering about. I am very well satisfied
with my condition. thank you
Charles c. Pedder and 8. j. Eagle, VINO
represented the Ptttsburg men, W. W. Kerr
ard Others at the recent American League
meeting in Chicago and applied for a fran
cblse. say that they are confident OF gam
and P L. Auten. who want to back the
new club. have offered $4,000 to Angus, the
owner of the Detroit American League Grub.
for the Iatter's franchise. The Indications
point to some sort of an understanding by
which the Pittsburg men will nave until
the spring meeting of the American League
to close the deal with Detroit Fred POS
tai president of the Washington club. who
lives In Detroit, says that the Wolverines
will stay where they are for another year,
and also declares that Tom LOTUS will not
A. Var1y Ay,oop -tooY
League club but will stay in Washington.
where he has helped to make base ball a
paying venture.
can League club which signed Mathewson
and Bowerman to regular contracts last
summer. after which these players re-
signed with the New York Nationals. says
in regard to the recent conclave at Chi
cage:
done about the Mathewson- Bowerman case.
but think that the American League will
take a decided stand on the player ques-
ton. If all the players who are bound to
1908 contracts in the American League are
conceded by the National League 1 will
men. I talked with Detroit man who
discussed the matter with Mathewson and
Bowerman last week. He said that they
declared the terms OF the st. Louis club
fed when they signed with me- but Nc
Graw came along and offered them more
money, which does not constitute a rea-
sonable excuse to break contract"
Mathewson and Bowerman have been off
on a hunting trip. They are in Detroit
now, and Bowerman, speaking Of their
plans for next season. said the other day:
1--WE will both be with the New York Ma
tional League club next season. 1t is true,
Of course. that We signed with the St.
Louis Americans, and both of us would
have remained with that club if Hedges
had lived up to his obligations. He failed
to make good. however. so we went back
to the National. The American League has
done a lot for the players and the ST.
Louis club offered to do well by us. 1t is
not our fault that we have signed with