Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-12-08
BASE BALL NOTES.

Wyatt Lee who was with the Washing
tons as q pitcher. has developed into one
of the best first basemen in the American
Association.
Mike Mattimore. once pitcher with New
York and Philadelphia, Is a resident OF
Butte, Mont. He Is bolermaker.
Civic honors have come to Ben Mulford.
the Cincinnati correspondent who was re-
Gently elected mayor Of Norwood, Cincin-
natl suburb
Sporting Editor Davis of the Pittsburg
Press hints that one of the veterans OF
Pittsburg will be released In that case
how quickly some other Club will go after
him. Men of the Pittsburg calibre are ex-
tremely scarce.
Pitcher Keefe, of the Tacoma club, in a
Pacific coast game in Los Angeles allowed
the home team only five hits in fourteen
innings This is the player who has been
secured by the New York Americans.
Noonan, the Holy Gross catcher, will get
a chance with the Chicago Cubs in the
spring. Manager Frank Chance thinks very
we'll Of him.
Over in Philadelphia President Shettsline
and Manager Duffy are claiming two cham
pionships for next season-National League
and worlds. Some $50 games will have to
be played before that is settled.
James Mcfale, the old Butte favorite,
is playing grand ball with Portland, and
continues to improve in his batting. As
fielder he has few equals anywhere.
Many players of the American Association
have been drafted by big league clubs for
next season.
The question Is well asked, What does
Connie Mack intend to do with the many
youngsters he has secured for next season?
Is 1t true that he has been on the outs with
Lave Cross and that the two Will part
company?
Billy Gilbert, the Giants second base
man. Is now a boniface. He has opened q
cafe in Harlem.
At the end OF next season ]. Ed. Grillo,
Of Toledo. will try to arrange a series of
post-season games between the champions
OF the American Association and the East
crn League.
ihe father of Capt A. C. Arson died last
week in Marshalitown, Iowa. He was a
ball player In his day and was member
of the same pine in his town with his son.
Hal. Chase. the first base man of the New
York Americans, is playing ball out on the
Pacific coast this winter in order to de-
velop himself as a ieft-hand hitter. Here
tofore he has been a failure batting at the
right side OF the plata
A San Francisco writer maintains that
Tacoma had team last season better than
some In the American and National leagues.
It is so easy to say that on paper. It's
good wager that the tatienders of both
big leagues would make nltnce meat of the
western team In a series of six games.
Arthur Kruger. of the Oakland hy-chaser
Cincinnati has just landed. is said to be
atroeiousiy bad on ground raps. But he
can nat, ana, Seymonf-ifke. MaynapS that
viii give him regular berth.
A Buffalo writer says that Buffalo, Provi-
dence Newark, and Baltimore pay out far
more than they receive. Bless you, that
happens in every league,
Ball players who make their homes in
Youngstown seem 10 get the matrimonial
fever. Peaches O'NeiI WAS the first TO
become benedict. O'Neil tied the first
knot immedIatel vat the close of the sea-
SON Billy phyie followed suit by quietly
slipping or to Jamestown, ". Y, with his
lady love and taking unto himself better
half. On Thursday last Charley HernphiI
the well known eutneider of the st. Louis