Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-12-09
BASE BALL NOTES.

There will be no betting on American
League parks next season if President Ban
Johnson has his way
At least a dozen of the men under res
ervation by Cincinnati will not be taken
south by Ned Hanlon.
Charley Murphy has signed new pitcher
who will be hailed with delight by the
punsters. His name is Willie Kumm.
Don't nudge the Sail player by what he
does on the base ball grounds. says the New
York Globe. That's their business, and
there Is no doubt that the crowd likes to
see a kick ar two. or it would not look like
a ball game,
On their way home from California the
Giants will stop at San Antonio. Texas,
for couple of games with the St Louis
Americans.
John Stafford. who has been umpiring
in the New England League has been
added by President Ban Johnson to the
staff of the American League.
No advance money is the verdict all
along the line this year Players were
formerly accustomed to repleniSh their
monetary store before the season opened,
but there will be very little doing in that
line this year.
'BiIly" Lauder. the former Brown Uni
versity crack third baseman will coach at
Williams College next season. He Is still
on the reserve list Of the New York Ma
tional League Club despite the fact that he
is through with professional ball.
OF the Chicago American outfeld of pre-
vious seasons. Holmes did well with the
Lincoln CNeb) club. Callahan made a sue
cess of independent ball. and Green showed
he was still in good form BY his good work
with the Milwaukee Club. where he was a
power in helping to land the club in second
place.
Fred Tenney holds a record that proba-
bly, has never been equalled in base ball-for
thirteen years he has been under salary to
the Boston Nationals. In that time he
missed but few games at first base and
seldom gave the umpires any trouble
Billy Phyle is trying to make George
Tebeau reimburse him in the sum of
Sl38. Phyle having paid that amount to
escape arrest for accepting 500 from the
outlaws and then falling to report. pre-
ferring to play with Tebeaus Kansas
City team. AS yet Tabeau has not loos-
ened up.
AS the New Jersey courts are not ex-
pected to take up The case which involves
the control of the Brooklyn club until
present Brooklyn officials will represent
the club at the annual meeting of the
National League in New York next week.
Cleveland fans are celebrating. Some
one who claims he saw the official aver
age book in Ban Johnson's Office says
that Catcher Clarke is tied with George
Stone at the head of the batting list.
Both he says, have a mark of .351 Per-
haps he Is right but the fans have got
TO be shown
There are some very poor historians
breaking into the game as base ball writ
ers. as the following extract from a west
ern exchange will show: Ball players
who We're in the thick of the fight between
the National League and the Brotherhood
clubs of 1890, and who are still identified
with one or the other of the two major
leagues of today, are talking Of holding
an old fashioned reunion There are only
about dozen left: Mcclure, Gleason,
Cross. Beckley. Davis. Young. Donovan,
McAleer. OConnor. Lowe and Corcoran.
They are getting as scare as veterans of
the grand old army. OF the eleven named
as players who took part in the Brother
hood movement in 1880 there were only
three who did so. These were Mcclure
of Cleveland. Lave Cross of the Phiadel-
phia Athletics. and Beckley of Pittsburg
and the others broke into fast company
later, most of them taking positions left
vacant by the boys who went with the
Players League.