Evening star., 1906-02-24
BASE BALL NOTES.

Manager Stern, who handled. the Douglas
Memorial boys so well last season. will have
charge of the Western High School team
this summer.
Bert Myers. the wellknown local infielder
has fully recovered his health and may play
with Arthur Irwin at Altoona this season
Bert is good one when right
The Tri-State managers have been tempt
ing Jack Carr to jump the Indiana polls
team, but the Northeast boy has too much
sense to desert organized base ball
Manager Jake Stahl will shortly arrive in
Washington, and then the base ball wheel
Will be given a whirl that will last all sum
mer.
Cleveland has released uncondition .lly
eleven of the youngsters who were picked
up for trial this summer.
Connie Mack has finally turned over
young Niles, fast second baseman from
the Southern League, to the ST. Louis
Browns, and there seems to be little doubt
that McAleer Will use this player regularly
Arthur Irwin predicts that Claude Ross
man, the first baseman bagged by Cleveland
from Des Moines. will be one of the eensa-
tions OF the year This man led the West
3o7 s'0 "a
Jimmy Ryan says that Buck Connors.
who is to play first base for St Paul is one
OF the best he ever saw. and Jimmy ought
10 know. Connors was once rumored as
sold to the Boston Americans, but the deal
fell through
John McGraw says that Mike DonIin will
have to square himself for his roWdv ar-
tions. Who to?
1t is reported that Pitchers Fred Burchell
and Del Mason of the Baltimore Eastern
League club have jumped to the Johnston
outlaw league team.
James F. Cook the outflelder secured nv
the st. Louis Browns from the Pueblo club.
was one of the best players ever turned out
by the University of Illinois.
Since the national commission voted TO
give Sebring fifteen days to hand in a good
explanation as to his misdeeds, President
Murphy of the Chicago Nationals has looked
like the boy who had lost his marbles and
was without money to buy more.
Dad Clarke. once a member of the New
forks when they won the Temple cup and
Louis Bierbauer. a star second baseman
more than ten years ago. are working in an
Erie stove factory, and both want to return
to the diamond
Out in Cleveland the Maps have already
been conceded this years pennant In a
walk. In fact, Boston. Philadelphia and
New York are not feared very much. La
joie expects Chicago, Washington and De-
troit to be the stumbling blocks
To settle all disputes the Boston Post once
more reiterates the fact that Christy Mat
thewson did play in the New England
League. He was with the Taunton cl1b.
Charles Pittinger of Carlisle. the pitcher
of the Philadelphia base ball club. will not
take the Georgian trip with his team next
"Sch- le VIII go INTO training and will
coach the Indian base ball team until rhe
season opens in Philadelphia
Jess Tannehill Chick StahI and Al sa,
bach OF the Boston Americans; Dave BraIn
OF the Boston Nationals and Schaefar aud
OLeary Of the Detroits are at the Hot
Springs, Ark. Brain was bit i'll after ar
riving at the springs, but is again wen.
Cal. is not bluff1ng about quitting 90
miskey.' said Walter Wilmot in New York
the other day, referring to the move of
Outfelder Callahan to go into independent
base ball. He means to do it and Won
can just wager. your pile he will. He has
got good opening, and there is no rea son
why he should not make money. He has
the good wishes of everybody
A good one was heard at the Parker
House Saturday. Ban Johnson was intro
duced to an army officer from the south.
Il am glad to know you," said the army
officer. but / am greatly surprised. Az
head of such league yours expected
to ind descrepit, careworn old man In
stead l find you happy and smiling and
nearly as young as / am" Johnson appre-
ciated 1t as much as any one else and
bought the cigars.-Boston Herald.
One of Manager Connie Macks recruits
for an fnfield position In the Athletic base
ball club Is John Hannif1n, Holyoke bow.
who has played In the Connecticut league
the three seasons past. He Is twenty-three
years OF age stands 8 it. IL In and weighs
100 pounds. Mack also had another twenty
three-year-old recruit in Catcher j. r.
Byrnes, who is San Francisco born and
caught the past two seasons for Oakland,
Cal.
Tim Keefe, New York's star pitcher In
1855 and 1850. has been heard from. He Is
living quietly in Cambridge, Mass, where
he Is managing her mothers estate Tim
othy surprised his friends the other day