Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-03-26
Base Ball Notes.

Jimmy Manning says spending $4,000 on
a new base ball field isn't much indication
of weakness. That's what he and Kid
Nichols have done in Kansas City. in which
they own franchise from the Western
League.
The claim of Holy Cross that Captain
Billy Aver has no equal at second or short
is combated by Arthur Irwin, who says
that Collier of the University of Pennsyl-
yania is in a class by himself and has few
equals even in the professional field.
Red Ehret will be found with Memphis
this coming season. He Is the only pitcher
Of the eight claimed by that city who is
known to the fans" The rest are new
Corners, and tt remains to be seen just how
good Or how bad they are.
Talking about speed" said Captain Bon
ner of the Clevelands, Dummy Taylor can
throw about as swift ball any of them.
With his two years experience in the Ma
tional League he certainly should do good
work for US this year. Several National
Leaguers have told me that If he had re-
ceived as good support as did Matthewson
he would have finished the season with
nearly as good record as Christy."
Manager Barrow of the Toronto club has
had three base ball players put on the
Baseman Frank Bonner, Pitcher Nick Alt
rock and Catcher Harry Burns to John II.
Farrell, the secretary of the National AS
ISOLATION of Minor Leagues, as deserters
u.
means that the players cannot play in the
association except they pay a fine Of 81 900.
Captain Winery Of the Cornell base ball
team has selected the following men for
the southern trip: Chase. Henderson, Bris-
tol Knapp, Beebe, pitchers; Winery. Tyde-
man. catchers; Ferguson. first base; Brown,
second base; Costello, third base; Lewis,
shortstop; Brewster, left field; Drake, right
field; coach. Hugh Jennings. The center
fielder has not yet been selected. Manager
Kinney will accompany the team, which
leaves Ithaca tomorrow for Charlotte, N. c.
Schreck of Cleveland. who has been
coaching for University of Virginia base
ball club, says that he Is through coach
ing college boys In many respects they
are all right" said Schreck, but that
bunch Of mine were afraid of the ball when
they went up to the bat. 1 never saw such
pulling away from the plate in my life. !
thought 1 would break them of the habit
by planting few stakes in the ground be-
hind them, but about every blamed one OF
them would turn a backward somersault
over those stakes trying to get away from
the ball when 1t came over"
Frank Richter gives his former associate
on the sporting staff of the Philadelphia
Ledger the following rap in this week S
| issue Of the Sporting Life: "The New York
has considerably strengthened the New
York team since he took hold, for which he
deserves great credit. Incidentally. word
of timely advice will not be amiss. Why
League over a player Of the caliber OF
| Pitcher Taylor, when there is trouble
enough already? And why howl about con-
tract jumping when such 1amentation only
awakens remembrance Of TIE fact that the
New York club started the contract-break-
ing business last spring by boldly taking
Matthewson from Philadelphia and Taylor
from Cleveland? Be consistent, Mr.. FogeI
and take your medicine just as Mack and
McAleer took theirs last year.
| Tom Burns death is worthy of passing
| mention. coming as it does at time when
| SO many ball players of a generation that
| has finished it's career on the diamond are
| passing away. Burns was one of the men
| who came between the pioneers of base
| ball and the present day demonstrators OF
| the game. He was one of those who made
| 1t scientific Notwithstanding it from
| the mechanical stage to that in which the
| head must be used as well as the hands
| The universal expression of sympathy with
| which news of his death was received. that
| event coming at time when the veteran
| had been out of the harness almost long
| enough to become forgotten, shows the hold
! that the game and it's best eXemplars have
| on the American people.