Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-04-05
Base Ball N otes.


Base Ball Notes.
Manager McGraw has served notice on
the people of Baltimore that if they do
not patronize his team well this year he
will move to some other city. He's getting
ready for New York next season.
There is difference the salary ques-
ton between Manager Hanlon and Pitcher
Hughes. However, there is no fear that he
will jump the Brooklyn team.
Billy Bergen will play at greater weight
this year than he did last. He has grown
stouter during the winter and will make
no effort to reduce his weight much.
Manager Hanlon Of the Brooklyns could
make good use of Billy Hoy. provided the
Cincinnati club does not land him first.
With Scheckard gone Brooklyn is in sore
need of good outfielders.
Dave Brain. who jumped the St. Paul
team to go with Buffalo. was recommended
a most promising infieder-he promised to
play with about three different teams tbs
year.
Third Baseman Robinson. who was sup
posed to have jumped the Kansas City
American Association team to go with the
Philadelphia Athletics. has reported in
Kansas City. Dale Gear is correspondingly
happy
Billy Clingman has two McBrides on his
Milwaukee team. One is our old friend, AL
gle Mcbride. who will play in the outield,
and the other is an inflelder. whose Chris
tian name Is George, and who makes a
speciality of covering third base or short
field. George Mcbride will report to Cling
man in a day or two.
Billy Hoy, the mute. came to terms with
Manager McPhee of the Cincinnatis Thurs
day. and he will be a member of the Reds
this season. Hoy WILL in all probability be
played in center field, his home position,
unless it develops that one of the young
sters is far his superior.
Frank p. Leary, the star twirler of the
University Of Pennsylvania base ball team,
will pitch for Connie Mack's Athletics
against Yale today. Leary, who is one of
the best pitchers who has ever worn the
red and blue, has been declared ineligible
for the Pennsylvania team, and will make
his debut in the professional ranks under
Macks chaperonage. If Leary proves his
worth Mack will sign him for the season.
He will pitch in home games until his
studies end at the university for the college
year.
Dick Bayles, a member Of the Joplin
Mo-. base ball team, proved himself hero
last Wednesday by saving the lives Of nine
men at the Wolcott mine, on the Missouri
lead and zinc tract. Fire started in the
holster house. The holster man became
confused and was unable to render assist
ance to the eleven men under ground
Bayles, who was employed in the engine
room came to the rescue and pulled out
nine of the men through smoke and flames
before he was overcome with exhaustion
The rescued workmen pulled up the two re-
naming men just as the holster house COL
lapsed.
The big league teams which are playins
practice games with minor league and col
lege teams. are having a hard time of it,
1t is the old story over again of the big
fellows going down before the little ones
in the spring of the year. The Cleveland
team has lost two games to the New Or
leans aggregation, which is not to be COM
pared with 1t on paper, and yesterday the
Chicago National League went down to de-
feat before a college team. These defeats
are always harmful to the big teams. for
the fans hate defeat. no matter what the
circumstances are. The minor leaguers al
ways put forth their best efforts when they
go against big game. in the hope Of making
a reputation for themselves, while the big
fellows with the regulations do not take
any chances by exerting themselves.
II notice they are not saying so much
about Jones now. said Manager McAleer
Of the st Louis recently. He stopped
OF in Chicago and called on James
Harris threats to land him behind the bars
and all such foolish talk this was rather
tame ending 1 understand that Jones has
returned the advance money he received
from the Chicago club. He called Harris
attention to the fact that when he signed
with Chicago there was an express agree
ment' included in that he reserved the op-
didn't come here. then Hart had the first
claim on him..
There Is getting to be quite baId-headed
band among the Orioles. Four shining
/ lights have been added to this class this
year In the persons of Kelley. McGann. Gil
bert and Selbaeh. The two '1eft-overs" are
/ Foreman and Dunn Not that any of the
men are entirely bald All have enough to
pass yet. but the sparseness of their