Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-02-08
Base Hall Notes.

Chicago, Philadelphia and Boston of the
American League are searching for pitch
ers. The crop appears to be somewhat
short at this season of the year.
Horace Fogel has been made manager Of
the Giants, but Freedman Is already figur-
ing upon his successor. Arthur Irwin may
play a return engagement at the Polo
grounds
Word has been received from Lave Cross.
the Athletics third baseman, that he has
entirely recovered the use Of his injured
knee and that he will report in the best of
condition for the opening game of the sea-
son.
sympathy is being expressed at this early
stage for the umpires in the American
League next season. Many of the most
notorious kickerS of the National League
will try to make life miserable for the Of
ficials in the American this year-if Presi-
dent Johnson let's them.
Charles Nichols of the Boston club has
secured a conditional release from Presi-
dent Soden. The condition is that should
Nichols ever decide to play anywhere but
in Kansas City the Boston club may again
have his services under the reserve clause
in his contract.
William Washer, son of a well-known
business man of Akron, Ohio, has affixed
his signature to a contract with the Pitts
burg National League Base Ball Club, and
will be given a thorough trying out by that
team curing the COMING SEASON. 1OuIlS
Washer has never played outside of anna
teur and semi professional teams, but his
success as a pitcher has given him more
than a local reputation. He is only nineteen
years of age, but his friends expect to hear
good things of him.
Usually at this stage of the game Col.
Frank Bancroft has hIs Cincinnati date
book crowded, but as yet no spring book
ingS for the Cincinnati team have been Of
ficially closed.
IF this half-league idea should go
through" unused the veteran business man
ager. there will be SO much travelling by
all the clubs that 1t wouldn't be a bad idea
to adopt the Sam T. Jack idea of travelling
in special car, with your own cook, and
cut out the hotels. ''-Cincinnati Enquirer.
Terrence l.. Turner. the young infielder
who helped the Pirates beat the Reds in
one of the games at Cincinnati last season,
has signed with Columbus. He will play
third base for the Senators. The cotton
topped youngster was certainly all the
goods the Sabbath afternoon he faced the
Reds. On the inside he was as strong as
he proved to be in fielding harness.. Two
days later Turner exploded in Smoketown.
He was lost on a grassy ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
natl CONGRATULATIONS.
There have been ball players who have
done some ticklish juggling in their days,
but perhaps none of them has accomplish
ed as much in This line ex-senator Frank
Bonner of Worcester. This toSSer of the
leather-covered sphere is a wizard in his
line, and has, within the past three months,
got away with more deals than most any
other player in the business. Bonners
work in the club juggling line dates back
at least three months. During that time he
has signed, or has been accused of having
signed. with at least three clubs. 1t is now
said that he is finally settled and will play
with the Chicago National next season
Pittsburg folk still imagine that the
grapes in Brooklyn's vineyard are as sour
as lemon drops. The Brooklyn Eagle has
fortified Smoketowners in their belief by
sprlnging this one on them: comparisons
are always interesting. even if the deduc-
tons occasionally go wrong. 1t looks as IL
the Chicago American League team, as
made up now, is as strong, if not stronger
than the Pittsburg champions. At any
rate, II the Brooklyn team, as made up
last year, could beat the Pirates in a series
OF twenty games the Chicago White Stock
ings of 1902 ought to be able to do the trick
with ease. In pitching. batting, fielding
and base running they shape up about
evenly, with the balance slightly in favor
OF the Chicagos. Each should win the PEN
nant In its respective league next season
After that worlds championship series
would serve to settle the dispute sure to
arise during the progress of both cam
paigns."