Evening star., 1902-02-12
Base Ball Notes.

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Manager John McGraw Of the Baltimore
Base Ball Club. who has been i'll for a
week past. was much improved yesterday,
and expects to go out tomorrow. Mr.. Nc
Graw has completed his arrangements to
take the Oriole players to Savannah, Ca,
for practice February %
Boston's veteran pitcher, Charlie Nichols,
left that city for the west Monday, after a
visit of a month. He was very enthusiast
tic over the outlook in Kansas City, which
he considers one of the best base ball cities
In the country. Nichols expressed himself
as disgusted with the muddle in the Ma
tional League, and said that 1t was evident
there were many people in base ball who
ought to be out of it, Nichols was very
sore over his treatment by the Boston club.
He claims he was romised $500 at the close
of last season, same as the year before but
1t was denied him. Il call it a pretty raw
deal after service Of twelve years In a
city" said he.
'"Barney Dreyfuss beat me to Jack OCon-
nor by two days last summer" said Nc
Aleer. when l agreed to take the man.
agement of the st. Louis club for 1902 1
made up my mind to get Rowdy, and fool
ishly put off communicating with him In
the expectation of meeting him. | had no
idea that Dreyfuss was alive to the situa-
tion and 1 was much taken aback when
read that all the Pirates had placed them
selves under contract for another season.
played with OConnor. and know what he
Is worth to a team. No one knows the game
better, and he Is always working some
scheme. He did not always get or care for
the credit. but the ball players knew what
was going on. and all of us consider Jack
one of the brainiset men in the profession"
Sporting News.
John B. Foster Of the New York Telc-
gram who has always been a mathematical
genius. remarks: Those who were so SAN
guine that 25-cent base ball, with high
salaried team. was making such tremen-
dously large profits In Boston will hear the
news of Mr.. SomerS sale of stock, which
took place. by the way. last August with
some surprise. One of these days bright
light regarding the multiplication and addi-
tion tables will dawn upon the brain Of the
25-cent base ball theorists, and they will
discover that an average salary list OF
5000 to fourteen men calls for something
more than % cents at the gate. Col. John
problem by making almost all Of the seats
on his ground grand stand seats at so cents
head. and surrendering but 12k cents to
the visiting club
II think Comiskey has the best team
since the days of the old White Stockings"
remarked Jimmy Ryan to a Chicago News
man. Ryan plays with the Washington
American League team this year. Il think
that bunch will play great ball from the
start. Davis. when Gleason quit him, didn't
flash so high because there was nobody to
help him out on the fine points OF the game.
star can't be star all by himself In the
infield. He's got to have somebody handy
to help him out with the snappy little plays
round the bags. The infield that can make
the most double plays Is generally the team
that wins its games. because the whole
crowd Is on edge and anxious to get In and
at everything" When Davis starts his
double plays he will find somebody waiting
for them this year. Old Tom Daily, Isbell
and Strang make pretty fast bunch round
him that looks good to live up to Jimmy
Ryan's predictions.