Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-10-01
MAJOR LEAGUE GOSSIP
BIZ J. @. MORSE. t&ssI

pitcher was retained for regular work, and
catcher was purchased to assist Criger
long after the season opened. The array
Of eatehers on the rolls at the present
ern, Owens. Butler and Shaw. Criger will.
of course, do the bulk of the work in 1905,
and but one man will be needed to help him
cut, barring accidents. No one of the new
pitchers looks any better than Joe Harris
the Maiden boy. purchased from the Fall
River club. He has none of the appearance
of the tyro. and takes hold OF his work as II
he enjoyed it. He plays ball all the time,
fields his position well and Is IN the game
all of the time.
Some one may fill "Buck'' Freeman's
shoes on first. but that party has not yet
materialzed. Jerry Ferrman of Minne-
apolis has been bought, but his batting per-
centage In the west gives no rise to belief
that he is in our Bucks" class for a
minute as a batsman. No man works
harder than Freeman. He Is In the game
heart and soul, and has done some very
good work this fall. There is no telling
when he is going to hit that ball out of
and If Boston ever let's him go he will not
be long out Of a job.
Base ball takes funny angles, 1t must be
said. This was shown again on the western
trip of the eastern National League clubs.
The Cincinnati bunch seems to be about the
hilate Young, the younger, and at just the
time that Barney Dreyfuss offered Dunn
81, 800 for him. But why Dunn? The man
does not belong to Dunn at all. He be-
longs to the Boston National League club
until November /. Dunn could not sell
him. nor could Soden and Conant without
permission of Dunn. They would do 1t in
a minute, for they expect to be out of the
game. and If anything were realized from
the sale of this player it would go to them.
But why such an insignificant sum as
81. 500? If Young Is worth dollar to Pitts
burg he is worth SIS, 000-every cent of it
and ii would not be bad wager that Mr..
Brush would give that sum for him In a
minute If he were on the market, or Garry
Hermann, for that matter. But what is the
IDEA of weakening the tail-end clubs and
STRENGTHENING the stronger ones? Take
Young away from the Boston club and 1t
would be just as well to close the gates.
AS well sell Charley Nichols in the palmy
days of the club. trade Young, the elder, to
help some American League club win the
pennant, as to make such a move. It is
almost uncomfortable that Mr.. Dreyfuss
should makes proposition. The Bos-
ton Nationals have been obliged to fight
for anything better than last place as 1t Is.
They beat Philadelphia out last season and
this year will have to fight it out with
Brooklyn. Brooklyn was bad enough last
season, but is infinitely worse this 1t may
be the outlook is better for 1906, but 1t was
not manifested at the last visit of the club
here. There is mighty little difference be-
tween the Boston club of this year and that
of last so far as the record of games won
and lost goes 1t was funny though to note
the Furnishing Brooklyn gave the Chicago
Cubs after the latter had drubbed the New
York Giants in way that made everybody
hope Pittsburg would follow suit and then
-Pittsburg ddn't-and everybody was vast
" disappointed who lived outside of New
York. and the game sport who wanted to
see a neck and neck battle at the finish.
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1t is not rather difficult to explain why it
is the Athletics do not command at least
\ even money in the world series. The bet
ting men, the men who make the odds, do
not want to give better than $40 against
800 on the Athletics. There is plenty of
New York money here, but they want even
money, and do not want to concede odds.
The uncertainty of the Wadder PROPOSE
ton is in some measure responsible for this.
but in this American League stronghold
there is wholesome respect for the prowess
of the McGrawites. and 1t Is the general
belief that they Will give the Athletics as
good as the latter will be able to send.
Mathewson is regarded as mighty danger
GUS man. who will be sent against the
enemy as often as he feels able to do the
trick.
That was a great feat of Pitcher Walsh
of the Chicago White Sox to go against the
Boston Americans in both games of
double header and land both games and 1t
was his own proposition. He felt very good
after the first game. He had not been hit
hard at all and said he would like to go in
again. as the locals were easy. He was
as good as his word, and his performance
was all the more creditably accomplished
as 1t was on such cold, raw, disagreeable
day. Yet some pitchers raise howl when
asked to pitch on second day or go in out
of turn. Such men are a menace to the
success of a team and the sooner q manager
is rid of them the better. Manager Fielder
Jones is to be congratulated upon having
MS IF ha gtamn of Walsh.