Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-05-07

much of mOney-maker. In the American
League Connie Mack has the reputa ton of
pelhS able to get the best returns from the
lowest-priced team. Mack. however. is in
CLASS by hlmSeif and no one In base ball
mas oeen able to accomplish such results 9
he has. The New York Plttsburg and Cinl
cihnau clubs of the National League can
be instances as very high-prfced aggrega-
tons, and st. Louis has also had the renu
tation of paying high salaries President
brush OF New York and Dreyfuss have
never scrimped on the matter of salaries.
me pest mas never been too good for them
ana they have reaped most satisfactory
hhanciaI results as a consequence IT'S said
Dy those who ought to know that Jimmy
Sollns receives fully $3.50 per annum.
surely McGraw receives very near 10 tina,
sum, while Lajoie is paid $4,000 a year
Each OF these gentlemen easily earns the
compensation and perhaps more than he
receives. Each is a conscientious, rains
taxing worker, and ii is the fact that the
pubic appreciates this fact that causes
mem 10 be the drawing cards they are in
base ball today.
In the American League the Boston ana
New York clubs are the highest salaried.
Cleveland has good-szed salary roll. az
was to be expected, with some of the best
talent in the country on the roster 1t was
recognized that New York would have to
nave a nrst-class outfit to make the venture,
paying one, and so nothing was stopped
al TO secure the best players available and
thls was no easy matter. as it was found
Impossible to secure some of the PLAYERS
wanted and others were taken that were
far from being SO good in the matter of
aplllty. AS result New York has team
tnat can put up very good battle. Man.
ager Griffith thinks he has an aggregation
mat Is better than that of the Champions
1t must be granted he came very near to
taking the pennant last season and this
doubtless has given him ground to believe
that ne Will land the championship this
season. Up TO this time, however, young
Chase, his California acquisition. has not
proved the equal of his predecessor. New
York suffered many handicaps in the way
of injuries to players last season, yet gave
the Bostons a hustle at the finish.
How difficult it is TO dope out the game
has been shown by the way the Washingtons
showed up in the American League this
spring and by the way the rejuvenated
Phillies have played ball Duffy has a
good BAN club and the fact that he has
succeeded in strengthening over the team
OF last season Is bound TO find the apprecia-
ton of the fans and thereby increased
patronage. There Is no doubt that finan-
clally the Phillies are bound to make an ex-
cellent showing this season. Other man.
agements might well take example from the
record OF this club. The PhllieS have
played strong steady ball and have some
excellent ball tossers in their ranks
There is no doubt the Boston Americans
have the greatest string of veteran out
1elders in the country-Selbach, Burkett.
Freeman and Stahl. The New York Ameri-
cans rely upon two veterans and a young
ster, Keller and Anderson being the vets
and Dougherty the youngster. Keller has
no superior today among the veterans in
base ball, and continues to hit the ball in
yeoman fashion. Here fans still continue to
argue pro and about the release of P.
DOuEheFtN. I Boston a l.
low him to go there is doubt New York
was very glad to secure him. So far as
can be learned here he is not the most I'M
popular member of the Highlanders, and
Clark Griffith would think several times
before he would allow him to go elsewhere
There are few better men in the game to-
day to lead off 1t IS not always the bat
ting percentage that tells the story. Few
men reach first more often than Pat Dough-
erty. and never finds out how many
times man reaches his base during the
course of season. Last season Dougherty
registered more runs than any member of
the American League.
y
The Washington outfield of 1905 is entirely
new, not member having played with the
club during the whole of last season The
ST Louis Americans also have an entirely
new outfeld in Stone Koehler, Van Zant
and Frisk, and let 1t be said this outfit has
met with the unqualified approval of the
fans. Heidrick, one of the regulars refused
to accept the salary offered by the club
and it now looks as If the club would go
along without him unless he agrees to
come to terms. Stone, the man Intended
for the Boston Americans, and transferred
by that club to st. Louis, has done SPLEEN
did work and looks like conner. These are
the only clubs who have made signal
changes in their outfelders.