Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-03-23
BASE BALL NOTES.

The weather man has finally been won
over.
Inquiries are already being made by the
| anxious fang Tor reserved seats on the
opening day
Billy Hamilton has been trying to get
Jimmy Collins TO sign OutneIder Gay, so
that Harrisburg Will have a better chance
of defeating the York team. Billy is cer-
tainly over seventeen.
Michael Scanlon. one of the stockho ders
or the Washington club, is ela,ed over The
fact that otto Williams has been secm ed
He says Williams is a conner" and will
surely make good.
In the games already played Manager
Stahl gives evidence of getting back the
fine batting eye he had season before last
His stick work was certainly missed last
season.
NO matter who the pitchers will be that
Manager Stahl decides to turn over to
Manager Jennings, it goes without say ing
that they will class Up better than any
thing In Orole Uniform last season. StahI
mas SO many good twirlars he dlslikes let
ting any of them get away for feat he IS
discardtng a coming star.
Memphis has secured Catcher Owen who
was on trial with the Boston Amt ricans
last season
Grimshaw is going at his work this spring
iihC d VI hGIefll HldU- HAVING the I1fSI base
TO himself makes difference
Manager Connie Mack of the Athletes
thlnkS that knight Is showing even better
form than he did last season. The lad
ought to improve with experience.
George Tebeau is laying out schedule
for the American Association which is eX-
pected to be adopted a toe assoc att 0n's
meeting next Monday.
Jimmy McAieer is not at all suro that he
VIII appoint any captain for the Browns
this year He thinks the captaiacy is most
~ an ornamental Job.
Several OF the Boston players predict that
II Will be New York and Boston over again
for the honors of the season as It was two
years ago. That would be NICE.
Schaefer and OLeary of the Detroit team
say they don't think Lou Criger VIII ever
be able to play ball again
LEFTY Houtz the Cardinals new outtield-
er, is not ycEngster by any means He
received trial in Cincinnati six years ago
The st. Louis Americans are beginning
where they stopped last fall. They Were
walloped three straight by the Dallas
CfeX.) team, Glass d organization.
In the first game played at Atlanta Ma
poleon LaJoie failed TO get a hit. He is saw
Ing them for the time when they will do
some good.
The two Detroit rebels. Schaefer and
O'Leary. have capitulated and are now
working with the Tigers at Augusta.
rat Donovan Will be a PLAYING manager
He has made up his mind 10 play right
ginger into his team mates
clarke Griffith has challenged McGray
TOR a spring series of games in New York
As yet the Giants lead4i has shown no
disposition to tackle the American
Leaguers' game
Chick Stahl says that he does not believe
in morning practice If he did he would
not have been twenty pounds overweight in
the last few seasons.
Ralph Glaze is the son of a Tirg;nian
who went to California in 10 ana 'ater
came east to settle in Denver, where the
Dartmouth star still makes his home
Roy. an Indian pitcher from carlisle
School, whom Pittinger says is almost the
equal OF Bender, has signed with the VIII
Transport club of the Tri-State League.
The number of men in training In Texas
with the Cincinnati squad is t~enty-tl~ee
which Capt. Kelley asserts is not pro-
phetic
The Chicago players are betting $500 that
the CUBS Will finish ahead of the Red ag-
gresallon. The Cincinnati players ere rath-
er slow in making their end Of the bets.
though
1t looks as though the Hughes name
would be huge factor in base BAH this
year. three Hughes are now training with
teams in the American Ieag1e-IYuehes az
Washington. Hughes Of Boston and
hughes OF the New York Americans Al
are pitchers.
The following is the program Of many OF
the young ball players: Monday, anti.ipa-
ton; Tuesday, transportation: "Wednesday
eXiiilaration Thursday, demonstre SON;
hrlday, incapacitation; Saturday ccnsulta-
ton; Sunday, humiliation
One thing is certain Manager CIarla
or the Pittsburgs Informs the world the
New York club viii not again take siytenn
games from the Reds. Hanlon VIII see to
- - JlillS ene Cihclnnatls will do few things
TO McGraw's bunch" Possibly, also he viii
see to 1t that the Reds do a few thiogs 70
CIarke's bunch, and the latter win nor
again take thirteen out of twenty-five nom