Evening star., 1905-03-10
Base Ball Notes.

Harry Cassaday will be a good man for
Washington" says Col Dreyfuss
George Hogriever, after serving some
tv eIve or fourteen years on the Indian
apois team, has been released to Des
Ncnes in the Western League
Manager Heckert of the York, Pa. team
returned home fIom Pottsviile last night,
where he went to transact business with
Jack Titus ard Thomas Owens. The two
stars gave Mr.. Heckert their assurance
that they will play ball in York during the
coming season
President GriIo, the new head of the
Toledo club has wagered s1O0 with Owner
Lemon of the St. Paul club that his team
beats out the A. A. champions of last year
The Toledos finished last IN 1894
When George Stallings of the Buffalo
club was asked the other day whether 1t
was true that there was movement on
foot to oust p T. Powers from the presi-
dency of the Eastern League he sad in
significant way: Powers is over fortyT'
Chief thinner, the veteran ball player
who was a member of the Cleveland, Pitts
burg and Philadelphia clubs in his prime
is critically i'll at Cleveland, threatened
with pneumonia. thinner was National
League umpire last year, and has already
signed as a judge of play in the Eastern
League this year.
Bresnahan has not yet signed with New
York. He and John r. Brush are induls-
Giants owner seems to have made little
impression on the player, nor can it be said
that the former has convinced the latter to
any great extent. One thing is certain,
Bresnahan will be late reporting to Nc
Graw, and he is pounds over weight, too.
One boy sure of job with Grlfhth is
"Pacdy' Duff. the ex-Manhattan College
boy says the New York Globe. He is
catcher, and looks, works and acts like one.
Griffith needs one in addition, to Kleinow
and Mcclure. and Duff fits nicely. He is
when fellow does it that way for "Griff'
he has every chance to make good.
The Lehigh University athletic committee
announced last night that Al Maui of Phil
adelphia had been obtained as coach for
the base bali team this spring. Maui is
remembered by the fans the curveless
wonder. having pitched for the Washington
and the famous Baltimore team, which held
the championship of the National League
for two years Mr.. Maui coached Lehighs
base ball team two years ago. He will re-
port March II.
1t turns out that there is something of a
hitch over Garry Herrmann's decision in
the Ccmiskey-Hart case, which recently
came before the national base ball commits
sion as sequel to the controversy over
Pitcher Jack Taylor. Hermann promised
several weeks ago that he would render a
decision censur.ng Hart. the president of
the Chicago Nationals, for circulating
story that Taylor had played dishonest ball.
When sHerrmann's decision reached Ban
johnson, president of the American
League, the other day, johnson refused to
sign it, because, he said. it did not go far
enough Pulliam, the president of the Ma
tional League. the other hand. is said
to have refused to sign the document be-
cause 1t is too severe; and Hermann now
threatens to render a verdict anyway, re-
gardIess of the opinion of ether Johnson
Pulliam. Herrmann'S attitude in this
matter is causing considerable amusement
The spit ball is going to cause a lot of
trouble for while this season, says Ed
Grllo in the Cincinnati Commercial-Tri-
bune. Only few pitchers really have this
peculiar delivery, but it stands to reason
that every pitcher Will try to create the inn
preston that he is there with it for the
sake of fooling the batsmen. The ball
players who have been up against the SPIT
ball say it can't be hit. and they are sure
to let them go by if they have reason to
think that one is coming. It will therefore
be the play for every pitcher. whether he
has spit bali or not. to create the impress
sion that he Is about to pitch one by mois-
tening his fingers. The scheme Is already |
being talked over by the twirlers, and even |
those who possess this art of fooling |
the batsmen will deceive the batsmen into
thinking a spit ball is coming when they
are about to throw straight one by mois- |
tening their fingers or pretending to do so.
Manager Ned Hanlone Of the Brooklyn
club yesterday held consultation with
President Charles H. Ebbetts in Brooklyn. |
FIRST of ALL the two ma agnates took up the
cases of two of their most prominent play
ers, Jimmy Sheckard and Harry Lumley. |
Sheckard threatens to jump Brooklyn for |
the Lancaster team of the Tri-State |
League, and Lumley claims to be free from |
reservation and wants to join the Giants.
Han1on spoke forcibly about Sheckard. |
He said: Il have cut Sheckard's salary !
from 5000 to 81, 400 because he played |
81, ,2C0 ball for us last season. If he can put |
UP a better game this year than last / |
might be tempted to raise his salary for |
next year. If he can't we are paying him |
double what he is worth. He can go to |
Lancaster if he wants to- l am well |
supplied with outfielders who can do much |
better work than Sheekard did last year"
In regard to Lumley Ebbetts said: II |
mailed Lumley a contract before March 1 |
to his last known address. according to the |
fal,lf He. can't annlY for a lob al1yuhere