Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-01-07

ward law school Joe Bean VIII be shifted
from shortstop to second base. The Jer-
sey Citys will play exhibition games in Fall
River on April 10 and 81.
lotto Hess will not play regularly in the
outfield for many years to come, said
President Kilfoyle of the Cleveland club. In
reply to the question whether Hess would
not soon become regular outfielder. Hess
is a good fielder now and pretty fair
sticker. He is probably a better fielder
than some of the regulars in the league
or he would be with practice, but he is too
good n pitcher to play in the gardens.
Ed Seward, famous as a pitcher with the
Philadelphia Athletics in 1868, who is
now a member of the Cleveland fire de-
partment, was badly hurt last Monday
while fighting fire in the business center.
He fell headforemost down an elevator
shaft, dropping three stories and landing
on his head. His helmet saved him from
instant death.
According to decision by the national
base ball commission, announced yesterday
the claim of Peter j. Noonan for balance
due on salary and bonus from the St. Paul
club is sustained. Noonan went from the
Philadelphia American League club to st.
Paul under an agreement that his salary
continue unchanged and bonus of $500
be paid him. During the season both these
were cut down by the club, and Noonan
claims the unpaid balance. Noonan has
been drafted by the Chicago National
League club.
The board of directors of the Eastern
League met in Buffalo yesterday to con-
slider the playing schedule for the coming
season and to take up the matter of rep
resentation at the meeting of the National
Association of Minor Leagues, in Chicago,
next Tuesday. The directors would not
make public the action taken on either
proposition. Harry L. Taylor, president
of the league, presided.
Manager Edward Barrow of the Toronto
Eastern League club tried to induce Billy
Lauder the former New York third base
man. to sign a contract the other day, but
was not successful. The one-time Brown
University player, who coached Columbia
last season, is on the reserve list of the
New York Nationals, and Manager Me-
Graw gave permission to Barrow to ne
gotiate with Lauder. The salary offered
was big one for minor league-$2, 100,
ii is Said-but Lauder did not accent the
offer, saying he thought he would rather
not re-enter the professional arena.
1t takes big gate receipts to pay big SAL
aries Big patronage makes big gate re-
ceipts. The Tri-state 1eaguers may have
big bank accounts and pay big salaries,
but most club owners are not in the BUSH
ness for their health and want to see the
sinews Of war coming in through the box
Offices 1t is altogether probable that most
ball players will prefer to play in cities
like New York, Boston, st. Louis Chicago,
Pittsburg, Cincinnati. Washington, Cleve-
land and the others, which have big enough
populations to insure big patronage, rather
than In towns of smaller size, where they
would have less opportunity of earning
The principal achievement of John J.
McCloskey, the new manager of the st.
Louis Cardinals, was the development of
Jimmy Collins and Fred Clarke while he
was in charge of the Louisville club in the
old twelve-club league. The year he man.
aged Louisville the club was composed of
cast-offs from the other big teams in the
twelve club league and the left-overs from
the minor leagues. He borrowed Jimmy
Collins from the Boston team, and, after
developing the Buffalo boy into one of
the star fnfielders of the country, the Bos-
forced 10 Sr1r-
render the player McCloskey picked up
Fred Clarke in the wids Of Kansas and de-
veloped him into one of the star outf1elders
of the country Claude Ritchie. the star
Pittsburg second baseman; Tommy Leach,
the crack Pittsburg third baseman and
outfelder, and Hans Wagner, Pittsburg's
great inf1elder, were youngsters under Nc
Closkey when he managed the Louisville
club.
One of the heaviest demands ever made
on minor league occurred last fall, when
the American and National leagues took
from the Pacific Coast League eleven of
It's star players by purchase and draft. San
Francisco was forced to part with two Of
its best pitchers. Whalen and Hit both
being purchased by the Greater New York
club. The San Francisco club was also
forced to part with Joe Halva, its first
baSeman, who has signed contract to play
with the Pittsburg club. Oakland has lost
doc" Moskiman, utility player who has
been drafted by the Chicago Nationals, and
Jimmy Byrnes, a catcher, who has been
drafted by Manager Mack of the Philadel-
phia Athletics. Bennett an infeder of the
Seattle club, has been drafted by St. Louis,
while Schlaf1y, second baseman of the Port
land club, has been drafted by the Wash
ington club Nordyke, first baSeman of the
Tacoma club, has been sold to the St Louis
Americans; Graham, captain of the Ia
coma team. will wear a Boston American
League uniform; Robert Keefe, who was
considered the most deceptive pitcher In
the Coast League, has been sold to the
Greater New York team, and Sheehan
third baseman also of the Tacoma team
has been drafted by Pittsburg.