Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-09-06
HUNTING PLAYERS.
Manager Lotus Looking Over Talent
In Milwaukee,

From the Milwaukee Evening Wisconsin
AS announced in last nights Wisconsin
Tom LOTUS. at one time manager Of the
Milwaukee club and now manager of the
Washington club in the American League,
arrived in the city Wednesday in search
Of new talent, providing there is any worth
having laying around loose. Toms main
object In coming was to get look at Cock
man, the third baseman of the Creams.
Speaking of the matter Tom said:
This is the time of year when base ball
managers must do a little scout duty, and
as l have no scouts on my staff just now
L must do the work myself 1 was in De-
troit and had an attack of hay fever and
being anxious to get into the northern dis
trfct 1 concluded to stop in the good old
peer town and take a peep at Cockman
and any other phenomS that Duffy or
Cllngman may have They are few and
FAR between, but the agents must do some
thing when they are out, and naturally
they tip off half the players In league.
They tell me that Cockman has improved
since he was shifted from second base but
| want man for either short second.
Cockman might do at short, but then he
might fall down at that. Gatins was also
tipped to me. but he has seen service in
the big league and | could not use him just
now. They tell me that he is hitting bet
ter, though, so I will recommend him to
Mr. Angus when ] return to Detroit. Nc
Pherson has been spoken Of well by the
agents and also Adkins, but as the latter
belongs to Henry Killilea, why there can be
nothing doing with him. The rest | do not
want.
"Altrock of the Clngman team has been
mentioned as mighty good man, but from
what [ learn Nick wants to remain with
Clingman. Mailman is another good man
and so is Runkel and Mcbride, but they
will be better off in this company another
year than with the major league. l made
q off, far ~
Paul team, but he told me that he intended
playing for George Lennon again next sea-
son. That man Lennon treats his players
like prince. Charlie Chech is another
player | would like to have, but, he, too,
may decide to remain with Lennon. I am
after one fielder and two infielders, so that
[ can put CoghIan back at third and keep
George Carey at first base. l have looked
over the minors and there Is not man
would want for first base outside of Turner
of the Toledo club. He looks the best,
and l may decide to land him.
'Hughey Duffy thinks he will win the
yesterday, but probably he meant the little
pennant one Of the girls gave him. Hughey
always was a kidder. I tried to get Cock
man and Mcpherson from Hughey, but he
said NIGHT. mein herr. just as though he
understood what he was talking about.
1.-The way that man Clingman has been
playing this year would have made him a
valuable man in the big league. He Is
fielding better than ever 1 see. and also
hitting better Billy should have batted
left hand long ago; it would have helped
him. 1 am glad to see him making sue
cess as a manager for although the team
Is not on top he has been getting good
work out of the material at hand
Touching on the league politics Col. Lof-
tus said: "There is no longer any doubt
about the American League going into
New York next sea son, although the official
announcement has not been made as yet
We will then have swell circuit, and the
will Ior, ,,rrI -fr
Andrew Freedman and his crowd a run
for the money. We have the teams now
and the people are with us. no matter what
the National League may do. We have
them beaten in the east to a standstiu.'