Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-01-17
Base Ball Notes.

Elberfield has pat McGraw out OF his
misery by writing him that he will keep
his contract and play with the Tigers next
season.
Erve Beck has signed to play with Shreve-
port in the Southern League for next sea-
son.
Arthur Irwin, who coached the Univer-
sty Of Pennsy .vania base ball team last
year, and who has been secured to man.
age the Rochester. N. Y, team this year.
will probably coach the West Point nine
this spring.
pitcher Cy. Voorhees,, who was release
by Philadelphia after the Reds had given
him an unmerciful pounding at League
Park, suffered q stroke OF paralysis In Phil
adelphia on Tuesday. He will recover.
Voorhees, is native OF Ohio.
Jimmy Casey was recommended to Char
ley Nichols as an inf1elder who would do"
at Kansas City. If l get Clyde Robinson,
said Mich, TN not have to look any fur:
Their for second baseman." Washington
BILLY Nash. the old Boston third base
man, is a candidate for political Job In
Boston. but will doubtless find it hard work
to land. He will have charge of the Mil
ford team in the summer time.
1t is generally conceded that the New
York club suffered the hardest blow in the
loss Of Delehanty of any organization in
the league. Just at present 1t looks as
though the New York Americans had the
advantage over the Nationals in the way Of
talent.-Pittsburg Press.
Hanlon is quoted as saying: II notice
Foxy Barney Dreyfuss came out all right.
He kept the American League out of Pitts
burg and got Leacn back. You cannot beat
him. but the rest of US had to suffer-"
"Hughey" Jennings, now q junior in the
Cornell Law School and coach Of the Cor
nell base ball nine, who last year played
first base on the Philadelphia National
League base ball team. declares that he has
LIT
he will put in the season in a law Office in
some city.
Timothy Flood, formerly captain and sec
ond baseman of the St. Joseph Western
President Hanlon Of the Brooklyn base ball
team that he has been selected to captain
the Brooklyns during the coming season.
In his letter Manager HanlOn instructs
Flood to meet the team at Augusta. Ga.
The New York base ball scribes are max
ing a tremendous protest against what they
consider the complete lay down OF the
National League commissioners. They say
1t is disgraceful that New York should have
received such shabby deal. We know of
no reason why New York is entitled to any
more consideration than any other city in
the country.
The claim is made that the ST. Louis
clubs insurance of Infielder Wallace's life
as a protection against loss Of. a large
salary advance Is the latest wrinkle in
base ball" 1t is neither new nor novel.
Fourteen years ago the Boston club did
the same thing with the then famous
$4,000 beauties" GARRISON and Kelly.
Fred Clarke figured In one of the tales
told at the Cincinnati conference. Some
time ago there was lot of talk about the
Pirates being weakened but in letter to
Barney Dreyfuss he pooh-poohed the idea
and wrote: When they took Harry Pull
liam away from us they did put crimp in
US on the gate. but we've been weakened
nowhere else.
The news of Pat Donovan's return to the
Cardinal camp was responsible for the con-
firmation of story told weeks ago. I'm
CAD to see Donovan In line said Charley
Nichols. His place was offered to me
when Stanley Robson came to Kansas City
after me. but I'm pretty sure wouldn't
have been given $1,000. Pat Donovan Is a
valuable man. He came into fast company
when l did in Boston in 1890 and he was