Evening star., 1904-03-11
Base Ball Notes.

A trade of Jack Townsend for DANNY
HOFFMAN would benefit. both the Athletics
ana Senators, although local fans" would
De sorry to see the curly headed Delaware
BOY working for another team.
Red Donohue is the only Cleveland man
now outside the breastworks and from tho
work he did last season he Is likely to re-
main there. ~ ~
Shortstop Charley Moran is certainly eat-
tlng big start on his brother Senators
from the way he is handling himself with
tne Georgetown team he is in condition
right now to go to work.
Jimmy Barrett has gone south with tba
Detfots Tor spring practice and 1t looks as
tnough the fast outfielder would not be
with the Senators this season. He looked
100 good for this city.
There will be more ginger in base hail T.,
the future
aChappy'' McFarland's surrender left
Mike y Neil the only beligerent on the
81 Louis National team, but he quickly
followed suit
President Dreyfuss said that he has no
YET gwen up hope of securing another
M 1rsI-class pitcher for the team, and the
zeal Tor one is under way, but the pitch
er name must be withheld for the time
pelng, as any publication might prevent
the zeal being consummated
Catcher Moran. who is holding out for
more money the coming season, says the
pest the Boston club could do would have
peen 10 pay him the same salary he re-
ceiVed last year, as he did most of the
backstop work when the team was in a
bad way for catchers.
IL Is an i'll wind that blows nobody
good While Wild Bill Everett was pout-
ing over fgures in the contract offered
him to manage the Denver Grizzlies, Billy
Hallman gladly accepted the chance he
craved. to prove that as a manager he
was as much entitled to feathers as Yankee
Charles Augustus coniskey has six rebels
on his hands. Neither Fielder Jones. DIR.
Harry White. Eddy Mcfarland Frank Is
bell, Roy Patterson nor Outfielder HalIman
have signed. Some of them are sure to be
traded. but the detection of White and Pat
terson would knock hole in the Old Ro-
mans firing line.
southpaw left Gettysburg yesterday for
Florida, where he will spend month prac-
ticing with the Athletics. A large number
of students froua3Gettysburg- College, for
which institutionsflank plaSed ball before
him to the statioH and cheered him as the
train pulled out
President Harry c. Pulliam of the Ma
tional Base Ball League yesterday an
nounced contracts as follows:
With Boston-E,d ]. Abbattichio. With
Brookiyn-F. Jacklitsch. W j. Reidy.
Grant Thatcher. With Pittsburgh. w.
Beaumont William E. Bransfield, Samuel
Lever Charles Philippe. Claude Ritehey,
William d. Scanlon John Wagner.
Manager Peter Agnew of Harrisburg was
IN Hazeiton' Pa, yesterday. on vain mis-
sion TO land Pitchers Connie Mcclellan and
Jack Neuer for his team. McGeehan,
who was thought to have been secured for
Harrisburg a. week ago, has accepted
Charles Comiskey's terms and will pitch for
the Chicago Americans during the coming
season. He was the pitching stan of
the Philadelphia Athletics last season.
Pennsylvanias base ball management has
decided to engage separate coach for the
pitchers for this season and In all prOba-
bility Howard Wilson of the Washington
American League team will be engaged for
the place.
The coaches hope to get the men out of
doors within few days. as but three
weeks remain before the first game. Ben
nett subcatcher on last years team, and