Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-09-18

taken fancy. so southern advtces run. to
Fred Abbott. the Red deserter; Joe Stanley.
center fielder, and Montgomery.
McGraw unwittingly contributed thou
sands of dollars to the Golfers Of the Ath-
letic club by abiding to that institution as
a white elephant" The term now has
been made the trademark OF the club. and
without doubt 1t will fly flag carrying
that emblem from the grand stand next
season. The Sporting News says that the
invasion Of New York by the American
League will bring about the settlement of
the games greatest war within season.
Lefty" Davis showed Hanlon up in good
style when he Joined Pittsburg. He played
great ball from the start. He had been
miserable fielder when with Brooklyn, but
he suddenly displayed artistic efforts In the
outfield. Hanlon had asserted that the man
could not secure line drive over his head.
Davis. however, showed no weakness of this
sort, but got 'em ALL" He batted high
and ran bases with the best in the land. He
was talked about by hundreds.
Jimmy McAleer has an unique scheme for
pennant winning. The gentle Jeems has
proposed to his tribe of brown legs that If
they land the American League flag this
year the club will have worked on a CO.
operative basis from September 10. In other
words, II St. Louis Is returned champions
the receipts from that date to the end of
the playing season are to be divided among
the players. To further show the Jealous
ambition and Croesus-like liberality of the
management the boys have been assured
that II they win the cooperative scheme
will extend throughout the next season.
No American League Club would have
attempted raid on Cincinnati players If
my wishes could have prevailed" says
President Ban Johnson. "And that was the
sentiment Endorsed at the Cleveland con-
ference. but before I could head Angus off
he had corralled Crawford. No other club
in the American League, save Detroit, ap-
preached Cincinnati players. If John 7.
Brush had remained in control we would
have riQdled the team -
This explanatory declaration was possibly
brought out by the Cincinnati criticisms
that while President Ban was expressing
good will for the new Red owners American
League agents were trying to get away
with their playing assets.
Tom Corcoran led the Reds in batting on
the trip which closed in Chicago yesterday
and, incidentally, played the best ball of his
career in the field. Since Kelley took hold of
the team Corcoran has performed brilliant
ly, and Kelley does not propose to lose him
under any circumstances. In Kelley's opin-
ion Corcoran is the equal of any shortstop
In the business today. Kelley cannot UNI
derstand why Corcoran should have been
unpopular with the Cincinnati public early
in the season. Corcoran has not signed with
President Hermann as yet, nor has he
agreed to. He simply said that he wanted
to be satisfied that the Cincinnati public
wanted him before he would agree to play
there
Henry Killelea. who was in Chicago Mon
day on legal mission, lunched with Presi-
dent Johnson and volunteered an indorse-
ment of the Johnson doctrine that was
preached at Cleveland and spiked at De-
troit. peace is bound to come" said john
son. But the National League ought 10 he
pretty well convinced by this time that we
can't be driven off the earth because they
do not want us. We are here to stay aid
have won the fight at both Boston and
Philadelphia. There has never been a time
since A. G. Spalding injected his personality
into the game last year that the American
League hasn't been ready to treat for peace
on an equitable basis. The people have
proved that they want two organizations"
"a year ago I believed in peace" said
Killilea. the Wisconsin owner Of the Boston
Club. but my Boston experience teaches
me that as far as Boston Is concerned they
prefer war to peace."-Cincinnati Enquirer.