Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-03-09
Base Ball Notes.

Oaoc Dali mules.
Bert" Inks former Boston National
League pitcher, will coach the Wabash Col
lege candidates.
George Weidman famous pitcher in the
early eighties, died Saturday in New York
from the effects of an operation for can
Ger.
]. Ed Grille, formerly president of the
American Association has acquired the con-
trolling interest in the Toledo club, paying
$4,000 therefor. His franchise has seven
years to run.
Out in California Manager Selee has
divided his players into two teams in order
that they may rake in all the loose money
that is in evidence in the southern part of
the golden state.
The Pacific Coast Base Ball League has
decided to join forces with the eastern
minor leagues on the question Of the draft
ing of players by the major leagues. The
plan favored is that hereafter only one
player in club can be drafted in a sea-
son. and $500 must be paid for such player.
The New York Americans will be COM
PEELED to make eight miles the road
every day during their stay in Montgomery,
the grounds being two miles from the
hotel. with two trips scheduled each way
daily.
Hillebrand, the Princeton catcher, signed
by Pittsburg, is the owner of a ranch
out in South Dakota. He will leave the
farm long enough edcn yedr-prONlCeC he
gets jobs-to pick up some sure money in
base ball
Billy Phyle, the ex-Giant. who was black
listed by the Southern League year ago
for charging crookedness in the 1903 race,
has made another application for reinstate-
ment. Those who know say that Phyles
offense was really the same Jack Tay-
lor's-imbibing too freely and talking too
much.
Twenty one members of the Cincinnati
National League team left Cincinnati yes
terday for Jacksonville. Fla, where they
will begin their spring training. These
were Joe" Kelley, manager; Schiller and
Phelps. catchers: Hahn. Harper, Ewing.
Walker, Overall, Chech, Minahan, Feeney,
Farrell and HOsteller. pitchers; Higgins,
Corridor, Steinfeldt, Arndt and Bridewell,
feeders.
Harry Woiverton, l. NJ. Young and Will
helm have signed Boston National con-
tracts. 1t is good news to learn that VOL
verton responded so quickly after there
had been so much talk about his jumping
TO the Tri-state League. President Soden
sent Wolyerton what he considered lib
eral contract, and evidently it opened the
players eyes.
Are pitchers endowed with any more
brains than batsmen? If not, then there
is no reason to believe that 100 per cent
of the men at the plate will totally fail to
solve the delivery which puzzled SO many
of them last season. The defensive end
of the game has frightened up considerably
since the days of stationary fielding, big
hits and plenty of runs. No one can Geny
that proposition, but the non-hittable de-
livery that lasts has yet to be discovered
Rem Milford in Cincinnati Post.
Dave Fultz, the crack centerfelder of the
New York Americans, left New York for
Montgomery yesterday noon. FultZ says
that he has entirely recovered the of
his leg, which bothered him greater part
of last season. and is confident that he
will be able to play regularly. F'ultZ, who
is q graduate of Brown University, has
been studying in a New York law office
for two years, and was recently admitted
to the bar The officials of the New York
Americans beginning to wonder what
has become of First Baseman Chase of the
Los Angeles team. Chase accepted terms
some time ago and accepted transportation
to Montgomery. In Los Angeles it was
said yesterday that the player had left
for New York city. There are rumors that
he has been tempered with by the Pacific
Coast League people who are believed to
be planning to break away from the pro-
lection of the national agreement.