Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-02-13
Base Ball

Manager Mack and president Shetzline
will he wined and dined tonight in Phila-
delphia by the sporting Writer'S of the
Quaker City.
Pitcher Jack Taylor refuses to sign with
the ST. Louis Nationals until he Is declared
an honest man.
The base ball magnates should rot blame
their patrons for betting on the games.
when they themselves make 1t known
through the newspapers that they are will
ing to back their teams for amounts rum
ming up in the hundreds. Dreyfuss, Herr
mann, Comiskey and Farrell will generally
back their clubs for any amount proposed:
Scour the dictionaries for odd names and
then make a try for the prize offered for
the best sobriquet for the Washington base
ball club. President Noyes has his hands
full sorting out the many suggestions re-
ceived each day.
Clark Griffith has decided that the New
York Americans will wear uniforms on the
road this year patterned after those of the
famous Providence Grays-gray shirts:
belts. The home uniform will be white. as
usual. with blue trimmings.
Fred Apologize. of Williamsport. Pa.
who pitched last season for Toronto and
was reserved by Manager Connie Mack of
the Philadelphia Athletics. with whom he
has had trouble over terms. has affixed his
signature to a Willamsport contract and
will play this year at home with Manager
Lindheimers topnotchers. Apologize did
great work for Toronto, both in the box
and at the bat.
Tom LOTUS will. In all probability, be
the owner Of the Kansas City club of the
American Association before the next meet
Ing of the magnates Of that league. He Is
now in Kansas City looking over the
ground. 1t is understood that the only
question that stands in the way of a trans
fer of the players and franchise is that OF
a satisfactory understanding
ing been arrived at with the present own
ers on the question of the price of the CLUB.
The park question is serious one. how
ever, and 1t was this that caused LOTUS
to take trip to Kansas City.
Elmer Flick, the star outfielder Of the
Cleveland Americans. will be compelled to
eat his meals off the mantelpiece for few
days Flick has weakness for pets. and
when he visited friend In the Forest City
the other day he tried to make friends with
a billy goat. Flick approached the animal
in friendly way. but the goat backed Off
and in an instant came like streak of
lightning at the ball player. Flick started
the other way as If he was trying to steal
a base. but Mr.. Goat was too swift for
him and quickly knocked him down. Then
the animal began to butt for dear life, and
the ball player was In predicament until
he was rescued by stable hands. He was
severely bruised.
Speaking of the death OF the old ball
PLAYER Ed Cuthbert Charley Comiskey has
this to say of him. He was one Of the
old-time boys who started in the game in
the early '7Os and played for number of
years with the Philadelphia Athletics when
AL Reach was a player. I knew Cuthbert
well and played with him on the St. Louis
Browns. He came to Chicago from Phila-
delphia and played on the old White Stock
ings after the big fire. He was considered
one of the best left fielders in the country.
and was a good batsman and base runner.
He quit the game in 1882. Cuthbert was
much on the order of Mike Kelly. good
fellow and popular with everybody. He
was a brother-ln-law of Buck Weaver, the
old Philadelphia player. Some time ago he
suffered a paralytic stroke and was in bad
shape.