Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-12-26
BASE BALL NOTES.

Case Patten being sold or traded. It's
cnch he won't be released, which means
that he will be with Washington another
year.
Lindsay of Detroit wants his release. The
Detroit club owners propose to sell him to
st. Paul or Baltimore.
Vice President Charles w. Somers of
Cleveland was married last week to Miss
Elsie ]. Hubbard, former cloak model in
Cleveland
Lush and Eason are the only pitchers who
did not allow hit during nine innings in
the season of 1906.
College baseball teams will start indoor
work as soon the students return from
their Christmas vacations.
Big league managers are quietly dicker-
ing, and at the spring meetings several i'm
portant deals will likely be put through.
Jimmy Callahan is a busy boy. He has
just flooded his ball park in Chicago to be
used for skating rink.
The Cleveland Plain Dealer man says the
moke who started the story that Bradley is
all in should take a look d him these days.
Mig Clarke, the hard-hitting Cleveland
catcher, has started south to play with a
professional team during the winter.
According to reports from Elkhardt, Cri-
ger has gained twenty pounds since the sea-
son ended, which sounds mighty good and
indicates that Criger will be .. X. next
year.
Jimmy Barrett is certain that he will
make good with the Boston Americans next
season. He says he was at his worst dur
ing the short time that he played with the
Reds last season.
The San Francisco club has made offers
to En- Sue and Barney Joy, two Chinese
players who were the best men on the
Honolulu Athletic Clubs team. The offers
have been accepted
Tom Corcoran had a talk with McGraw in
New York. He says he expects to play
second base, and that Damien will be back
in his former place at short.
Billy Lush does not need to worry
much about the base ball situation next
season. He holds on to his job at Yaie.
Montreal still continues to gather in the
players. This time Arthur Brown, drafted
by Detroit from Newark. has been turned
over to Frank FarrAHs annex.
The talk or a spring series between the
White Sox and Nationals is, of course, only
joke. The world champions hardly would
imperil their seasons prestige by this sort
of a series.
Shorter training trips will most probably
be the rule in the spring. The latest con-
verts to the idea are the RObisons of st.
two weeks spring training the Cubs had
an easy time in the National League last
season.
1t may not be generally known. but Paul
Heir to the Hoorah," was once base ball
writer. So was George AIDE, and another
was George V. Hobart. who introduced his
''Dinklespiel' into base ball with great sue
cess.
In a At of rage ore day. when his team
was losing regularly, Joe Cantilion was told
that the worst thing that could befaH him
was to smash a mirror When he heard It
he grabbed a bat and broke the only look
ing glass in the room. His team won the
next seven games, so he says.
Jack Dunn speaks glowingiy OF the ability
of Storkes. the Amherst third baseman Sc
cured by Pittsburg from Providence In
style and build he resembles Devlin and
Bradley Another collegian to keep an eye
on is Grant, whom Billy Murray takes from
Jersey City to Philadelphia. Grant is
Harvard man.
Chick Stahl has a very promising as
sortment Of new talent for use in patching
up the Boston Americans next spring. The
newcomers on his staff are as follows:
Chester Chadbourne, Outfield; Joseph w.
Knots, catcher; Harry Lord. third base. of
Worcester; Charles Pruitt, pitcher. st. Paul;
Denny Sullivan, outfield, Minneapolis; Jim
Barrett, outfield, Rochester; Floyd Kroh,
pitcher, Albany; Frank Oberin. pitcher,
Milwaukee,; George, pitcher, La Crosse,
Wis; John Killian, pitcher. Burlington, la. !:
Charles Wagner, shortstop, Newark; AL
Shaw, catcher, Louisville.
Il never crow said Pitcher Earl Moore
of the Clevelands the other day, ''as base
ball Is too uncertain an occupation. One
day you pitch your arm off; you have con-
troll and speed, and yet you lose. Another
day you just lob the bail over the plate
giving numerous bases on balls, and then
get away with victory. A pitcher under these
circumstances has no reason to become
chesty. The same thing applies to ball play
ers In general. Stars come and go and are
forgotten. Today you are at the top of the
heap and the fans declare you are the only
player that ever lived. Tomorrow some
other man may be filling your shoes, and if
he makes good you are quickly lost sight
of. Star players have their part in the
game and their army of friends while they
last, but after all it's the old game that
people go out to see, and winning team
no matter who the members of it may be,
gains the loyal support Of the fans.