Evening star., 1902-01-15
Base Ball Notes.

| The Indianapolis base ball club has signed
| Pitcher Frank KilIen.b I<illen is we'll known
| having played in several Of the big Ma.
| tional League clubs
I Pitcher Williams, signed by the Boston
| American League club. was better pitcher
| than Matthewson or Joyce ONeill when the
| three were in the same company. Williams
! is 1eft-hander, with a college education.
| Manager Clingman of the Milwaukee club
| has signed Pitcher Olmstead, who was tried
| last fan by Comiskeyis Chicago club Man.
ager Griffith tried to sign Olmstead for next
| season, but he preferred Milwaukee.
Fred Tenney has Joined the corps of col
| lege coachers. He has just been secured to
| take charge of the base ball candidates at
| Tufts. The Bostonian will be at home in
| that role. for he stepped from Brown Uni
! versity field to hub diamond.
Tommy Tucker Is located in Holyoke and
is In the pink Of condition. Charlie Camel
saw him the other day and said he believed
many clubs could do worse than secure the
veteran.-Boston Globe.
Charles P. Jones of Butler. Pa, who
played with Denver last year, was signed
as an outfielder by the Milwaukee team of
the American Association.
Most of the wars and the personal quar-
rels in base ball have hinged on players. 1t
was over Jack Doyle that the Brush Freed
man feud had its birth. The American As
sociation years ago went to war because
Harry Stovey and Lou Bierbauer had been
stolen from the Athletics.
Ban Johnson is master of the situation
and diplomat and leader is head and
shoulders above ~ G. SpaIding. The Amer
lean League needs Cincinnati and New
York to complete its ideal circuit. Perhaps
before the Spalding revolutionists are
through with their circuses both Cincinnati
and New York will be in American COM
pany Stranger things than that have hap
pened.-New York Press
Since Roaring Bilr' Kennedy was re-
a % IL ha Pron yl1y,, al,
writer's have had it that he has signed with
Patsy Donovan and would perform as a
Cardinal the coming season. Mr.. Donovan
wired from his home at Lawrence, Mass,
last night that he was still hopeful of sign
ing Kennedy but as yet had been unsuc-
cessful in coming to terms with him.-St
Louis Globe-Democrat
Concerning the report that Barney Drey-
fuss has announced that unless Spalding
Strengthened out the National League tan
gle before long the Pittsburg club would
apply for a franchise in the American
League, President Johnson in Chicago yes
terday said: Although don't believe this
report, the American League would be giau
10 nave Mr.. DreyfuSs in its lists. We be-
lieVe MIN to be one of the few real sports
men left In the National League"
Ihat both factions of the National
League have made overtures to the Amerf-
can League was also admitted by Johnson
last night for the first time. so it appears
tnat the freedman Brush contingent Is as
anxious to get an alliance with the domi-
nant organization in base ball as Spalding
has shown himself to be.-Chicago Record
Herald.
The Chicago base ball scribes are bowling
with ghoulish glee over being able to an
nounce that President johnson has barred
Hugh Jennings from the American League
and so the Baltimore clubs negotiations for
hlm must perforce stop. 1t is also being
written with evident satisfaction that this
action may reopen the old feud between
johnson and McGraw" TIE he! te hei Ex-
cuse US while We litter. McGraw has no
idea and has never had any idea of trying
to get Jennings. and no one knows this bet
ter than President Johnson. If McGraw
had been after Hughey It is not likely the
announcement would have been made.-BaI-
timore News -