Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-02-20
RaSe Rail- Notes.

A few weeks more and the national
games preliminary work will be under
way.
The Tri-State Leaguers are said TO be
after Charley Moran, and have offered him
big money to desert the Eastern League.
President Murphy of the Chicago Nation
ais certainly made himself prominent at
the recent meeting in New York and from
all accounts he must have been something
of Joke.
Perhaps Mac" Hayden of the Nationals
is not well thought of over the circuit.
This spring four American and two
National League clubs made propositions
to the local management for the catcher's
services, all of which were fattering, but
We're turned down at once.
The Norfolk club of the Virginia League
would like to arrange games with the
Nationals early in April. but the local team
will hardly go away from the city for ex-
hibition contests.
Mcclellan, formerly d star player at Holy
Cross, and two years ago pitcher with tie
Philadelphia Americans, is critically i'll at
White Haven, Pa, with tuberculosis of the
lungs.
The first of the big base ball teams to
begin the southern invasion is the Phila-
delphia National League team. Duggleby
Lush. Donovan and Gleason left PhiIadel-
phia this morning for Savannah.
Frank G. Selee. former manager OF the
Chicago Nationals. is at Haywood Hot
Springs. n. NJ. Selee it is reported, Is
planning TO organize a base ball league in
the southwest. to embrace Santa Fe AIbu-
querque and other New Mexican cities and
Ell Paso. Tex.
Earl Moore refuses to sign a Cleveland
contract until his sore pitching arm is well
II is rumored that there IS also another
soreness that Moore would like to have
healed which was caused by a cut in salary
This from Bill Dineen. and it's another
Tim Hurst story: One day in Cincinnati
Tom CoTcoran Put up measIy Texas
Lacquer behind third base. Hurst called 1t
foul. Dead fair" expostulated Corcoran
as lac came back TO the plate. Hit right
on the line Well, bring in the line"
said Hurst lets have look at It. Tom d"
The report comes from Indianapolis that
the gold diamond studded medal presented
to John r. Brush after the New York
Nationals won the worlds championship
has been stolen by burglar who entered
Mr.. Brush's house.
Otto Hess has signed Cleveland contract
for next year This completes the pitching
STAFF. with the exception of Joss and Moore
No trouble is expected in having these two
big men come to terms before the trim TO
Hot Springs. February 81
Mike - Nell. the left-handed pitcher and
outfeder of Scranton. has signed and for
warded to Manager Heckert of York pa
his contract for the coming season The
York fans Will all be glad to know thar
ONeil VIII wear York uniform during the
coming season. With Hayden and CLAW and
o Nell the team Will have a great hittIno
and fielding combination
President Murphy Of the Chicago National
League club says he did not agree to allow
Sebring TO remain away year, but did
consent to excuse him. proyidipo tbo 60
dition of his wife We're such thai he could
not leave her or bring her to Chicago II
seems that Sebrlng owes money to Garry
Hermann and also to Williamsport
III the base ball magnates would hurry
to blacklist the bunch of PLAYERS that Insis,
on joining outlawed teams instead Of en-
deavorinS to get them to remain in ar
sanized base bali they would elimina te
monotonous newspaper stories of the afYairs
of these belligerents.
One of the Chicago Nationals whose
name could not be learned has writtan ~
James a, Hart, former president of the
club, asking for advance money s.,r,, a ;
player Is apt to be caught manning a.
the bases pretty often next season II he
doesn't wake up TO the fact that I'm out Of
the game" said the ex-magnate u
Secretary Quinn of the Columbus oyuh
says that he would prefer by considerahIe
TO have Pete" Noonan, the former HOW
Cross catcher, than Joe Nealon, who is 10
go to Pittsburg at such a large salary,
Quinn says he expects to see this MA ver
do regular service on the first bag Soma
day. Pitcher Dorner, the new acoI,fsition
of Cincinnati, says Noonan can play the
can ''hit 'em mile.
Mike Grady has been mentioned as a nos
sible catcher for the New York Nationa,e
Secretary Knowles said yesterday that Nc
Graw and Robson discussed such a deal
| at the last National League meeting. hut
that no definite offer was made by~McGraw
for Grady's purchase from the st. Louis
| club. Whether negotiations would be taken
, up this week he did not know. Several
| years ago Grady was New York catcher.
| That was in the Joyce regime. Grady Is
a particularly aggressive performer with
| the willow
President johnson OF the American
| League believes that In future the arrange
| ment of the playing schedules OF the two
major organizations should be left entirely
| to the national commission, composed 81
Hermann, Pulliam and himself. The fact
| that the National League slipped McGraw.s
as to conflict with the New York Amsri-
cans on that date has not been reiishod By
johnson and his associates. II looks like
: another attempt to stab tho Americana Il,