Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-02-10
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Base oBall sNotes.

0dSo uOo1 hNOteS.
AS yet A. G. spsldingn has not made good
his threat to GUST Andrew Freedman out
of base ball, and fromIthe present outlook
there seems no possfbletway by which the
aforesaid ousting can be accomplished.
Detroit enthusiasts are already talking
about the Americas League schedule meet
| Ing to be held at the 1;risweld House on
March G. Fred Postal DIS arranging for a
banquet and theater party as part Of the
| entertainment planned for the visitors.
Harry Howell, pitcher of the Baltimore
Base Ball Club, vest efaay announced his
erick county, Nd 1t has been about a
year since Mr.. Howell ffiet Miss Best The
date for the wedding has not been set.
Andrew p. Oyler, pitcher for last years
MELVILLE Pa, base BALI team, has accepte
an offer from the Baltimore club for the
coming season. His home Is in Philadel-
phia, and he will go on the southern trip
with the Orioles. Oyler was formerly
captain of the Washington and Jefferson
college team, and played last summer with
the Chambersburg and MELVILLE teams in
the Valley League
A special dispatch from Baltimore says
that John J. McGraw, the noted base ball
player and magnate,' Is seriously i'll from
severe cold and his friends fear that
complications may arise. 1t Is to be hoped
that the scrappy little player will recover
from his illness, as he is not only tower
of strength to his team, but is great
drawing card all over the country.
Says the Baltimore American: From
reluctant admissions drawn from Hanlon
yesterday 1t was plain that another big
offer had been made, but this offer has
never seen the light of publicity. Princely
as was the offer of $4,000 to manage New
York for two years. the offer that has thus
far been kept a secret was much greater
and would startle conservat tive base ball
managers by the size.
Every team of the eight has strengthened
UP and it begins to look as If five of the
c1nbS had a good chance in
the race and | figure at least four of them
with a chance to land the pennant. Bos on,
Chicago. ST. Louis and Baltimore look &c Cd
Washington is not far behind and bet ,oit
ranks up we'll Cleveland must brace I'D
the pitching end and PHILADELPHIA fiji I'D
a couple of holes and the eight will rank
so close together that every prediction will
be guess 1t looks like the best balanced
league that has faced flag in a long time
and a little tough luck will be enough to
drop any club far back at any tme.-Sport-
ing News.
Connie Mack has always been credited
with good base ball sense, and his recent
statement as to the strength Of the differ
ent American League clubs in the struggle
for the pennant for 1902 confirms the COM
pliment paid to his judgment. Connie saws
that the winner will be hard to pick and
pays glowing tribute to the Chicago, st
Louis, Boston and Baltimore teams while
In speaking of the chances of his own Ath-
leticS he frankly states that his aggrega-
ton will make all hands play to win, but
does not regard his chances for the flag
any better than the clubs he mentions He
does say, however, that it will depend
greatly upon the pitchers next season and
fully expects that some new twirlers will
be developed. If all the managers were as
modest as Connie the base ball fans would
be spared listening to the many sure propo-
sitons that are bound to be aired before the
gong sounds for play
The Pittsburg Pirates have been booked
for nine games In the spring, and 1t will
not be surprising to find that several of
them are with American League clubs
Barney Dreyfuss' refusal to promulgate
his April schedule might be taken to ndi-
cate that something Of that sort was in
the wind. Most all the Nationalist have
got bravely over their ancient and belliger-
ent idea of wipingit American enemy off
the earth If there is any mince-1neat in
the cupboard the Americans have made it.,
following Ban Johnson's recipe. Chicago's
White Sox are not likely to challenge Frank
Selee's leaguers for a spEing series to de-
eide the windy city championship, but in
the mound city the directors of the new
Brown Stockings are seriously thinking of
challenging Pat Denovan's Cardinal sur
vivors. With the National and American
League and the American Association all
working under go-as-yotl please rules and
dancing a threc-step the grave of the
national agreement there will be some
queer combinations displayed when the
spring bookings are reyealed-Cincinnati
Enquirer.