Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-03-18
o'Brien to Box Young Peter Jackso,
Base Ball Notes.

Silk o. Loughlin is mentioned as one of the
possible SUCCESSORS of Pat Powers.
jim Jcffries. who is 'hobnobbing with the
Clevelands at Atlanta, pitched and played
first Thursday In q pra ctice game.
The frst player to draw a release this
spring is Pitcher Metcalfe of the New York
Americans Lack of ambition, according
to Manager Griffith.
Four Cardinals are still unsigned. They
are Brain, Mcfarland, Shay and Beckley.
The former two: though are working with
the rest Of the team at Marlin Springs,
Texas.
Huntsville. Ala. reports the first diamond
victim of the seasol. A young man named
John Hilton was overcome while play
ing ball, and died in a short time.
Pitcher Putnam Of the New York Ameri-
cans was hit by passed ball and knocked
unconscious early last week. but after a
days rest he got out with the other boys
and showed no i'll effects. sa 50;
Savannah, the old Orioles training
grounds. has not proved a satisfactory To-
cation for ball teams this spring. The New
York Nationals left there several days ago,
disguised and glad to get away. The Phil
lies. who followed, report nothing but rain,
rain, rain. 80
It was Pitcher aSineffan of the Cincinnat.s
who compelled Arthur Duffy, the noted
sprfnter of Georgetown University, to lower
the the loo-yara TeGeg te.a 3ro seconds in or
MinahaAs was a participants. ssass
Clarke Griffith is tickled to death with
the way his new pitcher, Hegg, is showing
up in practice Griffith claims that Hogg is
one of the best he ever laid eyes on, and he
says that the manner in which, Hogg has
mastered-the spit bali should help the High
landers great deal. ses.ss
But one team in the American League will
wear the zsdark-blue travelling uniforms
which the New York, Chicago and CIeve-
land clubs affected last season. Griffith
has discarded the sober raiment for light
gray uniforms, and Lajoieewilf dress his
Cleveland Sluggers In the same color.
The White Sox surngised the writers in
New Orleans by sha&game they put up
against the Peltfa Is khen they won from
the New OrleaHN aAnAaby score of to 2.
The White SoH318Adk four hits, and the
Peilcans got ID xSrors were made by
the American Z x4e4X
= Murch, the d JhifH baseuaan, who has
been having sos tEhsf ouble breaking into
the major leag1t&k an&7who lives in Jamaica
Plain, is showf1 apsFell in Marlin, Tex,
with the st. L44s fonals. Last fall he
played in a couple OF games at St. Louis,
but his showing was then disappointing.
He was used mostly at second base a posi-
ton he is not famfiiar with, and this may
have had something to do with his inferior
work. Murch is a big. awkward fellow, and
he requires lotsof work to get him up to
speed He has been hitting the ball hard
in practice and gathering up everything
which comes his way In the field
'"Fhe time will never come said Billy
Sunday, the base bali evangelist, recently,
when l will Chasei lost my interest in base
ball. First of ALL + love the game; sec
ondly, it was through base ball that I
gained large circle of loyal friends who
have always been with me in spirit thirdly,
because it is clean sport, free from jock
eying and crooked work. The ball players
of today are an Improvement on those of
twelve years ago. They have learned that
the booze fighter is soon all in and public
. opinion will not stand for him. During
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much encouragement in more ways than
one from the ball players.