The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1906-12-30
BASEBALLNOTES.

Pittsburg basketball team has been
named after Hans Wagner.
Lee Tannehul and Hub Hart were the
first Chicago White Sox 20 sign their 1871
contracts
Yale has thirty-four dates on her base
ball schedule. This is rather long for a
college team.
Manager Patsy Donovan, Of BROOKLYN.
viii take twenty-f0ur players toA Jackson
Vile early in March for a thorough try
out
Roy Thomas. the Philadelphia National
outhcider. may decide TO follow in the
footsteps Of Fred Tenney, OF Boston, and
play Sunday baseball
SaEdOw Mertes IS said 20 have made an
effort 10 land the JOB as manager OF the
81. Louis Cardinals, but the clubs own
ers decided TO retain McCIoskey.
Charlie Nichols. the old National
League twirler. is considering "A good
offer to manage the St Joe club. of the
Western League. He viii probably ac-
cepL
Jack Sheridan. the American League
Indicator handler. Umpired the deciding
game of the California State League.
which was won by Stockton from san
Jose by 20 e.
Hal Chase. Of the HiEhlandcrs. and
Manager Frank Chance. of the Chicago
Nationals, have been playing great ban
On the Pacific Coast since the close Of the
regular season.
Mike" Lynch. who has been signed by
Baltimore, is not the Pittsburs twirler,
but another player Of the same name who
has been making a rep. In independent
games around Boston.
Frank Smith. the clever Chicago pitcher.
is baking over the long trip TO Mexico.
and has asked President Dreyfuss If he
can do his training ut Hot Springs with
the Pittsburg Pirates.
The Boston Americans have had alto
gether too many experiments in the out
field, especially last season, and the pa
irons are hankering FOR the real article.
says a Detroit player Wei. rawther
Mig" Clarke. CIeveland's harC-hitt.ng
catcher, has been offered a raise in his
salary, but as it is not as much as he
thinks his work last season entities him
70. he is holding out for more money.
Dutch" Meier, the former Princeton
athlete who was with Pittsburg last sum
mer, is said to be planning to quit the
diamond. but Barney Dreyfuss expects 10
get the eX-Tiger 70 play at least another
season.
Larry Lajoie thinks that under changed
conditions Washington. Boston. and De
troit viii play irst-class bah next year.
The Cleveland manager expects TO see the
best race in the history Of the American
League.
Jack KleinOw. the New York American
catcher, who was in poor physical condi-
ton during the greater part of the last
campaign, is taking the baths at Marien-
bad, Germany. He expects to return
shortly.
Frank HUelsman, the former left fielder
of the Nationals. is on the Pittsburg
roster, and he hopes to be able to make
one of the regular outfelder positions
He was with Montreal last summer and
is wintering in Chicago.
The new owners of the Boston National
League club are willing TO spend money
to strengthen their team. but they are
now stumped by the fact that there are
no players TO be had. Valuable PLAYERS
are all cOrralled and not easy to pick up
Mike Donlins weak prop has menced
sufficiently to permit him to indulge in
roller skating this winter He will leave
for California shortly and await the com
ing of McGTaw and his band of Giants
for early training
Second Baseman Claude Ritchev. traded
by Pittshurg 20 the Boston National
League club, refuses to sign with Ten
ney's team of beanies unless he gets his
own terms The little Pirate infielder is
interested in oil wells. and says lie will
refuse to play bail rather than sign a
with Boston for less money than
he got from Pittsburg. Boston magnatcs
merely smile. They expect Ritchey 10
sign in due time.
John /. TaylOr's announcement that Lou
Criger has gained twenty pounds and is
now in good health is most cheerful news
for baseball fans Every one will rejoice
for Criger's sake, as well as for the rea-
son that fans are likely TO see much bet
ter baseball 1T the American League
grounds with Butch up behind the bat for
the Hubites. Cr.ger in 1905 form viii re-
juvenate the tailenders, for he has in an
exceptional degree the spirit, as well as
the intelligence, that wins games.
The base-runner is bound to obey the
instructions Of the coaches. because the
runner is not supposed TO lose his speed
by 'rubbering around for the ball out In
the field" says Manager Joe Cantillon.
the Nationals new manager. so the
coacher's work cuts a big figure, and how
bad a team looks when it losses off a
chance for victory by a STUPID piece of
coachingl Not stupid work necessarily.
but something which looks stupid to the
fans, because they think the coacher's
judgment ought to be always perfect"