Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-12-28

numerous offers to play professional base
ball.
Put down six and carry two" was a
popular song at the recent National League
meeting, when the six sidetracked the two
and returned Harry Puliam to the presi-
dency.
Hans Wagner, Sam Lever, Christy Bow
erman, Frank Bowerman, Fred Clarke and
Clark Griffith are the nimrods of base ball.
Griffith dsdains to shoot anything smaller
than deer for his.
BY and by the Anglomaniacs who are
everlastingly harpng on the superiority or
English to American sports will advocate
abolishing base ball on the ground that it
has not made any great hit in England.
And still the question as to whether An
son could catch the spit ball sitting in a
rocking chair is undecided. Griffith and
Anse ought to get together on this mooted
point next season and see whether the old
man could handle Chesbros moist losses.
Fewer pennants are being won this WIN
ter than ever before in the history of the
game. But wait until the real cold weather
sets in
Sox will do their spring training in New
Orleans.
President Hedges Of the St. Louis
Browns. having failed to secure Elberfed
and other Hfghlanders, Is now putting in
the winter trying to induce Emmett Hell
drick to again don the spangles.
President Garry Hermann has called a
meeting of all the Cincinnati players to
caucus will be presided over by Manager
Ned Hanon. The object of the meeting is
to have Hanlon get in touch with his play
ers at once.
Since taking charge of the Cubs, Presi-
dent Murphy has traded Pitchers Weimer,
Briggs and Pfeffer, Catcher O'Nei, Third
Baseman Casey and Outfielders Maloney
and Mccarthy. For these men he received
Outfelders Sheckard and Sebring, Third
Baseman Steinfeldt and Catcher Moran.
There will be another Young In the Ma
tional League next season. He is pitcher,
like Cy and Young Cy, and will be with the
st. Louis Browns. He has already been
dubbed kid Cy Young"
Tim Hurst has nothing but pity for the
man who may be selected to manage the
st. Louis Cardinals Tim once had the job
and says If he could have secured Lajoie
for 500 the cash would not have been
Forthcoming.
There is a tip that President Hermann
and Manager HanIon are considering an
atonement to the Brooklyn club for the
change of base made by the new manager
of the Reds. First Baseman Charlie Carr
purchased from Cleveland. is involved in
the tip. Carr may go to Brooklyn and be
the custodian of the first sack there under
Pat Donovan.
President Lennon, the owner of the St
Paul club says the American Association
Will not approve the sale of the Minneap-
oils club to Mike Kelley, former manager
of the St Paul club, inasmuch as the ma
tional commission has decided that Kelley
belongs 10 the ST. LOUIS American League
club, and he cannot go to Minneapolis until
he has secured his release A warm time
is anticipated at the next meeting of the
American Association.
Umpire Silk OLoughltn thinks Cy Young
about the best pitcher to umpire for. He
says: IF you miss strike on Young he
won't tear your head off. He may say, L
thought that was over but that will be all
you Will hear from him. He is the most
even-tempered man you ever saw, and
think this accounts a great deal for his
long career He is never fretting and FUN
Ing, and always keeps himself In the finest
condition. The longer he pitches the bet
ter he seems to work. In the winter time
he cuts wood on his farm in Ohio, and
hunts occasionally. When he comes back
to the diamond In the spring he Is hard
as nails and the picture of good health A
man like Young is a great credit to the
profession"