Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-03-31
DISTRICT pUCKP1N LEAGUE.
BASE BALL NOTES.

Tead' Ramsey, in his day the sreatext
iert-hand pitcher In the business. died of
pneumonia at indianapolis Wednesday.
Inc American Association adopted a
seneouie of 154 games at its meeting in
Chicago Wednesday. The season onens
April Is. 'p'"'
Because big Jeff,' the colored rubber of
the GIANTS, tfckled Dan Mccain. tha htp
hrst oaseman promptly threw him through
rests. NO ar
o Inc Toledo club has turned Infelder Eu-
seue Demontrevilie over to the Rochester
cruz or the Eastern League DemontreyiJ:e
pIaSticed with the Washington America ms
at Charlotte, Va.
Tommy Dowd who Ia ooacbi,n =. Urn,
1 lams n not decided about his destina-
Ion after &c has completed his engagement
tommy went south with the PIayars'
League OF Boston in 1890, just sixteen years
Many who have seen Deacon phtI,in,.
work declare he will pitch better ball fhe
coming season than he has twirled for
They are throwing a lot of nos,as r..
porte,s way. Manager Griffith saws that
fast inf1elders who can bat above an are
extremely rare. 80
Missouri judge permits an Indian NTH
er who Is serving time to do his slab train
ing IN the jail courtyard, the sheriff acting
as backstop.
empbatically that his club has not been in
dulging In covering up" practices. All Of
his purchases and releases, he claims have
been bona fide
High-class shortstops are plentiful. but
there's quintet of veterans who can hold
their own with any of the Younger ones
It Is composed of Dahlen, Davis. Wallace
Corcoran and Monte Cross, says the New
York Sun.
John Killing the greatest backston in the
National League, refuses to sign his Chi
cago contract at the salary offered The
management declares that he will have to
do business at the figures named or the
CLUB VIII worry along without HIM Murphy
says he does not care.
Were Harry Bay to be planted In a
minor league now he would ayeraz &c nearly
400 at the bat every year How he can
pick of the base hits against these minor
league teams The same was rue n wear
ago. when he secured eleven hits In three
games at Louisville.
Including the Pittsburg. Washington.
Cleveland and Boston American ieasuers.
there are now forty-one ball players at Hot
Park. The Pirates however. nave The Held
to themselves during the mornings and aft
ernoons. the others being granted permfs-
sion by Manager Clarke to train early In
the morning. at the noon hour and after
4:30 In the afternoon.
About the worst roast I ever got In all
my ife, said Catcher Graham of the Bos-
ton Americans In the south the other dav
discovered that the opposing club was on
to our pitchers signals, and called to him
to hold the ball. He had already made the
preliminary motion to pitch the ball ard
committed q balk, for which I, OF course.
was blamed There were two runners on
the base at the time. They moved up a
peg. and We lost the game / to o."
There seems to be troublesome factor at
work among the New York Nationals at
Memphis Hardly a day passes that some
breach OF the peace does not occur which
Is source Of worriment to local fans The
Donifn incident, followed by the shooting
ARRAY which caused the dismissal of Train
eI Harry Tuthill. Is now overshadowed
by rough and tumble fight between Dan
McGann and the colored rubber, called JEFF
fries, who was thrown bodily through a
window by the big first baseman the other
day.
The following anent recent base ball
game In Texas is from the Houston Post,
and Is breezy II not classic: Eddie karxer
demonstrated to the satisfaction of eyery-
body that he Ii the real jammy goods as q
finger of the horsehide. He let McAleer. 3
Nuts down yesterday with three widely
separated bingies. but nevertheless the
Nuts rammed the keen harpoon into Hnr-
lows hands. the score being to Q. Eareer
Is Responsible for the one run scored dur
ing the matinee Cook opened the pot IA
the first round with a cloud-chaser that feI]
into Joe Briskey's doughnut hooks like {