Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-11-03
BASE BALL NOTES.

ers will form union, but If the movement
does not succeed more than previous efforts
in that line it will be a sorry affair at
best.
Griffith says he knows that Outfelders
Dougherty and Hahn are good players. but
they were not temperamentally fitted to
play on his team.
Harry Howell will not abide in Brooklyn
this winter. He has soft snap in the
water department at st. Louis and will re-
main there.
Dan Mccain has not settled down for the
winter yet. In game at Frankfort, KY,
last Sunday Handsome Daniel was spiked
in the ear.
"Jiggs" Donohue would like to become
manager of the Milwaukee team, but he
has no chance to get away from Comiskey.
Donahue came to the Sox from Milwaukee,
where he was very popular. Barry Nc
Cormick is mentioned as a possible success
The American League pitchers fed
Potts LaPorte with low outcurve,
which raised havoc with his batting.
Some dopesters are already picking the
Cubs and White Sox to repeat next season.
After an investigation it was learned that
during his pitching career Umpire john
stone was the greatest umpire batter of his
day. A turn about Is fair play
Old George Davis has seen scores of
shortstops come and go, but today there Is
no more valuable player in the business.
The strength OF the Sox infield revolves
around Davis.
The national base ball commission has
fined Pitcher V. A. Lindaman of the Bos-
ton National League club 500 for playing
with the Logan Squares, an Independent
team Of Chicago. Lindaman will be ineli-
glble to play with any national agreement
club until the fine is paid.
The Giants may train in California II a
suitable spring schedule can be arranged.
1t is long trip, and the chance Of running
VII nj vii ba trim
back to New York for the early opening
of the National League season must be
considered. The Chicago club gave it up
after two attempts to make the trip
pay and the players in condition in raw
weather.
Albert Wing Burch of Brooklyn, outf1elder
of the ST Louis National League team. and
Miss Margaret Helen Welsh were married at
Altoona, Pa.,-la Wednesday at the rectory
of ST. Johns Catholic Church, Rev. Morgan
M. Sheey officiating. When Burch was a
member of the Altoona team last spring
his playing won the heart of the fair fan.
Big league base ball players are men of
much better habits than were the big
leaguers of twenty years ago. The percen-
tage of unmarried men in the big base
ball leagues seems to be growing less every
season. These point moral
Nick Altrock of White Sox fame was ar
raigned in police court at Cincinnati yes
ferred by Otto Goetz. Judge LADDERS, ball
iff in the covert he-Rhne' district, says
that since Altrock came back from Chicago
he has been having a good time spending
his salary and bonus. Goetz thought he
was a vagrant and ran him in. 1t was the
baiiff's first arrest.
President Murphy Of the Cubs is making
strenuous efforts to have Jimmy Sebring
reinstated probably with the idea of using
him in trade this winter Sebring is at
present ineligible, and to gain reinstate-
| ment. he must apply to the national COM
mission, something which he has so far
neglected to do. Chairman Hermann says
that in case Sebring does apply the case
will be decided at a public hearing. so that
| base ball and newspaper men may be pres
ent and learn all the facts at first hand
Mr.. Hermann also favors letting the mat
| ter rest until Harry Pulliam returns from
| his trip abroad, so that the entire commits
| sion can sit on the case
Pitcher Johnny Lush Of the Phillies had
an experience on last Tuesday night that
was more strenuous than his strenuous
! games of the past season. Accompanied by
| his fiancee, Miss Eta Minor, daughter OF
| eX-Sheriff Harry Minor of Loganton. he
| was driving from Miss Minors home to
!, Lock Haven, Pa, to catch the late train
| for Wiliamsport. While going through
| "the Narrows near Flat Rock one OF
| the horses stumbled and broke the pole
| of the carriage. The team then took fright
| and ran away. While under frightfu speed
on a steep grade the carriage overturned
! and Lush and Miss Minor were thrown
| out, both escaping with injuries no more
serious than bruises, though thrown among
| the rock alongside the road. The horses
| We're caught at Flat Rock by a farmer
| and twenty minutes later Lush and his
| sweetheart reached the farm house. afoot
They substituted the farmers buggy fol-
| their own broken conveyance and succeed
| ed in catching the train.