Evening star., 1902-01-28
Base Ball Notes

| California has base bali all the year
| round The Mtdwinter Amateur League Is
| now in the thick Of fight for 500 trophy
at San Francisco.
A rumor has 1t that a Fort Wayne wo-
man made an attempt to shoot "Chick"
Stahl and the latter ran away. pistol
ball is about the only kind that Stahi. the
| crack Boston fielder. ever lodged, but this
| is where he needed to-
The Navy Athletic Association has secur-
ed the services Of w. w. Clarke as coach
| Of the naval cadet base ball team Clarke
Is the clever catcher Of the Washington
club. He VIII coach the cadets one month,
from April 10 to May 10.
The punster Of the Brooklyn Eagle, COM
| menting on the story that New York and
Cincinnati are American League ,postulants,
remarks: presume from this that the
whole National League will soon be under
the Ban"
Johnson announces that McAleer will ar
rive in st. Louis shortly and will begin to
get his players together in few weeks.
Advices from Pittsburg state that Jack
Harper has at last cashed that check for
$500 sent him as advance money by the
American League. If the story is true,
then Harper has cast the die, but he must
| indeed be confident if he believes that his
recent act ends the episode of signing two
contracts.
While John T. Brush may have been a
little hasty In his determination to stick to
Andy Freedman in the National League
fight, he has proven that he possesses a
heart full Of charity. When Brush heard
of the sad straits of Billy Sharsig his reply
was accompanied by substantial evidence
of his sympathy.
Unless the poor old National League
magnates get together mighty quick and
show the public that they intend to play
ball this season, all the star minor leasuers
they have signed will desert them Already
several of these high class youngsters have
revoked their contracts with the National
League and signed new contracts with
either the American or minor league clubs
Cleveland Leader.
''The greatest feat have seen performed
on the diamond in late years was a play
Lajoie made at Philadelphia last summer"
remarked Joe Cantillion to Frisco Bulle-
tin man. The bases were full and Larry
was playing almost up to the pitcher to
prevent the man on third from scoring on
any hit to the infield. The ball was hit
dropped down that big left paw, but the
ball was travelling with such force that 1t
nearly tipped him over. AS 1t was he went
down on one knee, but without waiting to
stratghten up he tossed the ball from his
left into his right hand and threw the
man out ON the plate. I thought the au-
dience would never stop applauding."
The National League star-chamber pro-
ceedings will not be spread before the pub
lie In pamphlet form-at least not for some
time Uncle Nick Young was supposed TO
have begun the work of printing the stem
ographer's notes In order to decide whether
meeting. This was done at Spalding's re-
quest, and the latter announced that n
copy of the proceedings would be furnished
the press In answer to telegram sent
from New York last week. Young answer
ed that some legal points would have to be
cleared before the reports were promulgat-
ed. Who interfered7
1t Is absurd to think that American
League love for the Spalding label oven
shadows the ambition to become the great
est FACTOR In professional ball. Ban Johrl-
son decorated with q tag Of denial nearly
every statement which A. G. Spalding made
"a y ans recent version Of their conference
Some people have looked upon that az sis.