Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-01-09
BASE BALL NOTES.


Next season will be Al Selbach's four
teenth season in professional company.
Hal Chase pitched for San Jose against
Frisco a few days ago and held the
Seals to one run in six innings.
Congressman Longworth and his fan
Gee. Miss Alice Roosevelt are ardent low
ers of the national game. MIR. Long
worth often attends the games in Gin
cinnati and manfests a deep interest In
the fortunes of the club of that city.
Wyatt Lee, Demont, Kruger and cling
man. all former major leaguers, viii
constitute Ed Grillo's infield In Detrolt
next season. Grillo is figuring on
first division club, and it looks like
cinch.
Manager Clark Griffith of the High
landers yesterday received the signed
contract of Pitcher AL Orth, who is spend
ing the winter at his home In Lynch
burg, Va. Orth keeps In condition by
climbing the hills of his native MACE
With Joe Kelley again under the wing
of Ned Hanlon, the days of the Orioles
are recalled when McGraw. keeler and
Robinson were together. Walter Brodie
was once asked who directed the Orioles
and answered "Hanlon is manager on
the bench McGraw is captain of the In
field, Robinson Is captain behind the bat,
and 1 am captain of the outfield
Napoleon LaJoie yesterday signed
contract to manage captain and play
second base for the Cleveland American
League team for the season of 1905.
There are now eight players under con
tract for the coming season-Bradley.
Stoyau. Flick, Clark, Jackson, Lajoie, In
gerton and Wood. Ingerton and Wood
are new players, the former having play
ed with the Ashtabula (Ohio) team last
year, and Wood with the Plymouth
(Mich) independent team.
Pitcher Meier. who as member of
the Princeton team four years, has sign
ell with Pittsburg. He was on the barn
storming trip of the Pirates last fall and
made such a good impression that Bar
new Dreyfuss bagged him. He won the
intercollegiate championship for Prince
ton in 1901 in the game with Yale, when,
with the bases full and two out, he made
a hit that scored two runs.
Lajoie is agitating a movement where
by all players will wear white stockings
Scores of ball players have been laid up
by blood poisoning resulting from col
ored stockings. The two leagues should
act on the matter, and by doing SO they
would remove one of the greatest dan
gers the ball player has to contend with
There died Sunday at White Plains. n.
Y, one of the sauarest. whitest men
ever connected with the sporting game.
Joseph Doyle's word was his bond. and
it went wherever men looked for square
deal and nothing more. For years Mr.
DOYLE was connected with the Brooklyn
base ball club, but never figured per-
sonally in any of the National Leagues
legislation, leaving that work to his
brother n-law, the lamented Charles ii.
Byrne.
Edward Barrow, the manager of the
Toronto Eastern League club, says the
New York Americans have secured
great ball player in Third Baseman MO-
riarty of Toledo. Barrow saw Moriarty
play many games in the American Asso-
citation last year. and says that he is not
only cracking good fielder. but that un-
der the tutelage of Jack Doyle ne quickly
developed remarkable ability as bats
man. Barrow says, further, that Mo-
riarty. who Is a big, husky fellow, with
lots of ginger and speed, can play first
base and that he hopes to see him Mt In
at that corner of the Americans infield
so that Hal Chase can be used in the
outfield Barrow says that with Mo-
riarty, Laporte Elberfeld and Williams
in the infield, and Conroy. Chase and
one of the best ball teams in the country.
Jake Beckley, the veteran ball player,
who has been National Lacquer since
again this year, is one OF the assistant
starters at the Los Angeles track, re-
ceiving SO day for his services. Beck
ley, armed with a bull whip. stands be-
subdue their unruly tempers with the
lash. He is husky, active fellow. who
hustles around with so much agility that
his services are of much value to the
starter Beckley believes that one of
these days when he is too old for the
base ball diamond he will be able to
start the horses with the barrier himself.
and with that end in view he Is prac-
ticing with the electric button On the
track rail whenever he gets a chance.
Basket Ball.
The second team of the U. & l. fra
ternity would like a game for Wednes-
day night, January TO- with any team
averaging 125 pounds. Apply to VIM.
Ryan, captain. 80 @ street northwest.