Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-03-27
Base Ball Notes.

When the grand stand at McAleer's st.
Louis grounds is completed the park will
have cost the association about $4,000.
Long Willie Mains, the twfrler, once with
Kelly's Killers, has broken into the game
again. He will perform in Rome, n Y,
this season.
Walter Wilmot has one pitcher named
Martin and another Luther. Minneapolis
might now be called the Reformers.
Charlie Irwin has gone to Columbia. S. c..
to join the Brooklyn nine with which he
signed on Saturday.
Mathewson, pitcher of the New York
club. pitched two hours one morning and
one hour in the afternoon Tuesday, and at
the finish said hts arm was good and
strong. 1t was said that Mathewson's arm
was worth $4,000 to the National League
In 1901. At the end of the season it got out
of fix.
Harry Hebble of Richmond Ind. who
has proved himself a clever third baseman
with Indiana, Ohio and Tennessee ball
clubs, has accepted terms from the Ameri-
can Association Club, in Philadelphia. Heb
bic is heavyweight. and is a successful
batter. He is regarded as exceedingly prom
Using.
Manager Ed. Barrow of the Toronto base
ball team has received letter from an
official of the New York base ball club Of
fering him the managership of that team in
the National League. Barrow is under con-
tract with Toronto for this season, but It
Is understood that IL he can secure his re-
lease he will accept the New York Offer
Horace s. Fogel of Philadelphia is the pres
ent manager Of the team.
Perhaps one of the most remarkable base
ball players of later days is Jake Beckley
who played his fourteenth season last year
with the Cincinnati Reds. In spite of his
age. Jake Is yet fast player. He has been
one of the first twenty-five batters In the
National League for ten years. He has
never hit under $50. and has met the ball
for an average as high as .344. He has fig
ured In 1.732 professional games. has been
to bat 6'9s0 times and II all the pitchers he
has faced were marshaled together they
would form regiment. He has made 2,1I3
hits and scored 1,294 runs. His batting ay-
erage for the fourteen years Is 81.
Speaking Of the late Jimmy Calvin Jack
Rowe. who was one of the best known ball
players of twenty years ago. said: Calvin
was the most popular player on the Buffalo
team. He never seemed to tire and was
always anxious to go In; in fact, teams did
not carry the number of twiriers they do
today, so that one man did the bulk OF the
pitching, being relieved when a team came
along that another twirler was thought
that remember doing the backstop work
for Calvin was big Tom Dolan a member
or the Buffalo team In 1873. John Clapp
was manager of the Buffalos in 1870 and
was also the catcher. and for eight years
following l caught. Calvin was as famous
later"
Fans of the real kind-the type that likes
to go back into history-are much interest,"
ed In a photograph that is being shown by
one of the high priests of the roofing brig
age, Frank Mcdonald. The photograph is
of the GAINESVILLE. Fla. team of 1891, cham
pions OF that state In that year. Interest
IN the picture turks principally in the fact
that one OF the members Of the team was
the now renowned. then unknown to fame,
McGraw of Baltimore. On the Florida team
McGraw played shortstop. The picture is
an excellent one. and would almost do for
the Orioie leader Of today. None OF the
Of since they quit Gainsxille.-Detroit Free
Press