Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-04-04
Base Ball Notes,

ShortStOp Charley Moran has been COM
planning Of feeling bad. and he Is proba-
bly, suffering from malaria or over-training.
Several wise people claim that there are
several substitutes on the Columbian team
who are better than the regulars. Why
not play them?
Georgetown plays Syracuse this after
noon on the blue and gray campus and
a good game should result.
Young Stanley would strengthen the
Phillies, as he Is strong hitter and a
splendid fielder, but has simply had bad
start with the BoStOnS.
Pitcher Clarke Of the Senators Is nurs-
ing a banged-up finger, the result Of clos
ing his hands too quickly on a hot hit
ground ball. 1t will be all right in couple
of days
Dave Williams, a former Boston Ameri-
can League pitcher, now student at the
University of Pennsylvania, has signed and
will play with the Kansas City American
Association team this season.
The New York players are telling about
second edition Of "Rube' Waddell they
met at Nashville. His name Is Gilbert,
and he Is nearly seven feet tall. When
he delivered the ball he seemed on top
of the batter.
Joseph Smart, Milwaukee business
man, and who has been a follower Of
base ball. but never directly interested
in it.. will be business manager of the
bOStOH american League CluD tHc CUIliu6
season. having been signed by Henry Kill
lilea- He succeeds Joe Gavin.
Some one has suggested that II Joe Can
tillon does not land any other champion
ship he will certainly have first call on
the title OF champion claimer. Joe has
put In a claim for every player that has
been released anywhere for the past two
months.
The champion batsman Of the country,
according to the averages. Is Dan Murphy,
but he made his record in minor league.
He tops the entire congregation Of ball
players with an average of 1862, made with
the Norwich club of the Connecticut
League.
1t is announced that the base ball nine
of the University of Chicago Law School
will set a precedent for professional
schools mines in the west by making an
extended eastern trip at the close Of the
Williams College, Columbia University Law
School and Brown or Wesleyan universe
ties.
Work on the masonry support for the
grand stand at the American League
grounds. New York. will be begun today.
The work Of altering the topography of
the country in order to bring 1t to a pay
Ing level goes on rapidly. The grounds
will be in shape so that a game of ball
can be played on them on April 80" says
Contractor McAvoy.
You outfielders should be made to pay
to get into the game" said Tommy Leach
to his boss Fred Clarke. the other day;
Its a shame to take money for playing
the outf1eld." Seriously speaking, however,
the outfelder who plays his position prop
erly earns his money as much as the crack
inf1elder. Such artists as Clarke and
Keller are as much in the game as the
L@aches and the Collinses.
1t Is about settled that Harry WolvertOn
will captain the "Phillies" this season.
Ever since Chief" thinner has taken
charge Of the National League club the
question of selecting a field head for the
team has given him great concern The
new manager wants an infielder for the
based upon the theory that the third base
man Is not only veteran Of vast expert
ence, but is very popular with the men,
Scientists may assign reasons deep and
erudite why a slow ball can be batted
further than swift ball, but those who
come in contact with this sort of thing
every day, namely. ball players, declare
speed can be driven further than slow
pitching. The question was submitted re-
as ever stood in the box, and his reply
was: Speed can be hit the harder and
further every time. That Is being demon
str ated constantly"
The New York Sun says that credit
has been variously assigned lately for the
discovery of the hit and run sytem. but
there Is well-grounded impression that
Tommy" Mccarthy and Hugh Duffy first
thought out the move" Speaking of this
run game was played when Duffy and
Mccarthy were pulling infants and brought
to a high state of perfection by Anson's
Chicagos and Irwin's Phillies before the
two players mentioned started out on their
brilliant careers"