The Washington times., 1905-12-27
Personal Comment on Men and
Things in the Field of Sports

VIII win the pennant next season
his team VIII land in frOnt.-Philadel-
Phia Record. Nothing strange in that
thought. It's the season OF the year
when they all think that.
And still the question as 10 whether
Anson could catch the spit ball sitting
in a rocking chair is undecided Griffith
and Anse ought 70 get together on this
mooted point next season and see
whether the old man could handle
Chesbro's moist tosses.
Hans Wagner. Sam Lever. Christy
Bowerman, Frank Bowerman, Fred
Clarke and Clark Griffith are the MIN
rods of baseball. Griffith disdains to
shoot anything smaller than deer for
his.
Connie Mack has a number of play
ers from which to pick Lave Cross
successor at third base. They are
Brouthers from Montgomery. Williams
from New Orleans; Olding. who played
4 while with the New York Americans
last fall; Hanifan from Norwich.
Wheeler from st. Paul. Riggs from Pc
oria. to say nothing OF young knight.
who played short for the Athletics Il
part OF last season and hammered the
ball hard
BY and by the Anglomaniacs who are
everlastingly harping on the superior
ity Of English 10 American sports Will
advocate abolishing baseball on the
ground that il has not made any great
hit in England.
Fred Clarke must have good deal
of confidence in the ability of young
| Nealon. To pass up as good q player
"a IInxya rd for. q Californian IL
said that Nealon is a better first base
man than Chase, but it is up to Nealon
to prove that. Chase not only is good.
but is the sort of player who Will inn
/ prove a whole lot.
Noodles Hahn has a brother who
wants TO be an umpire in the Southern
| League Incidentally, il is funny
/ thing about umpires. In the fall of the
year they talk about resigning, but
/ about the first Of the year league presi-
dents are overburdened with applica-
tiOns from seekers of arbitrator jobs
Take off your bonnets TO good old
| Arthur SOden, but do not say anything
/ hear about he things SOden brought OFF
| they VIII arise in FURY and order the
| wagon. When yOu think of a venerable
! ola gentleman, handing big yellow
| golden brick 10 such people as Barney
! DreyfusS and Charlie Murphy-isn't ii
! time 10 remove the hat and yet abstain
from calling the detective bureau? Righ
| i'm the broad light of day, and i'm New
York. this Is what Mr.. SOdcn got awal
| with. Traded Pat Moran catcher I,
/ Charlie Murphy for Jack O'Neill anC
Jake Prefer; traded Vic Willis. pitcher
10 Barney Dreyfuss for Del Howard
! Dav} Brain and "a pitcher named Linda
man Oh, sacred hiclOrics. but ism
that enough TO make all the green goods
men and gold brick workers turn par
pie. curl up and die Fine work. fin,
work. Nothing coarse OF second grad
about IL. The work was done beautiful
ly. So were Murphy and Dreyfuss. IL j.
not known whether Mr.. SOden has
cCat Of arms. If he hasn't. he ought L
have one IL should be n gold bTicl
rampant. a chump quiesceut. and
bunch OF money Scquiesent. Exchange
President Lennon. owner of the s.
| Paul club. says the American AssOcia
ton viii not approve the sale of tn
Minneap polls club 10 Mike Kelley. forme
manager Of the st. Paul club, inasmuc
| as the national commission has decide
| that Kelley belongs To the St. l.Oui
American League club. and he cannot (
! TO Minneapolis until he has secured III
release A warm time is anticipated Z
; the next meeting Of the American As