The Washington times., 1906-03-09
Personal Comment on Men and
Things in the Field of Sports
BASEBALL.

BASEBALL.
Frank Farrell. Clark Griffith, and Ed
Barrow are now the owners of the Mon
treaI club, OF the Eastern League. hav-
ing purchased John Kreitner's interest
for SIC. 900. Jimmy Bannon Will remain
as team manager and every effort vii
be made to strengthen the Canucks.
Pitcher Pennebaker, of the Cleveland
indoor baseball team, put up a new
record last week, when he struck out
twenty-nine batsmen in a nine-inning
game Twenty-seyen strike-outs would
have retired the opposing team, but
Pennebaker's catcher dropped several
third strikes.
Frank KiIlen. who ten years ago was
a good pitcher. is going to follow the
example of Theodore Breitenstein. Bill
Phillip and Red" Ehret and try a
se3sOn IN the Sunny South to reJuvenate
his Ktt~-ling arm. KilleD Will pitch for
Charley Zimmer's Little Rock team.
Danny Shay Will not return TO the st.
Louis Nationals. Shay says his business
ventures have proved so successful he
cannot afford TO neglect them. even for
The offer made him by the Robinsons-
If Shay cared to do so he could return
~ St. Louis and captain the Cardinals,
b II his Wife cannot stand the st. Louis
climate
YaIe's nine will meet Fordham Col
lege in New York, instead Of the New
York Americans, on April 1s Other
changes in the Yale schedule, made
necessary by the Americans cancelIa-
=
National League, at Polo Grounds
April II. Yale VS.. University OF Vir-
ginia. at Norfolk; April IS. Yale vs.
FOrdham, at New York; May 4, Yale VS..
Exeter. at Exeter,
Harry /. Taylor. president of the East
crn Baseball League, has called meet
ing Of the league for March Il. at !:
o'clock noon. at the King Edward Hotel
Toronto. At this meeting a schedule OF
games will be adopted. Taylor an
Eouuces the appointment CT Edward J.
Conahan. Of Chester, Pa, as an umpire
This makes his staff complete, the mem
bers thereof being Charles Canpaul
Thomas b. Kelly. August Moran, John
KERN. and Conahan.
George Mcbride, the st. Louis Cardl-
nal infelder. is said 10 be slated for the
axe Mcbride was accused Of throwing
a game last fall, but the charge fizzled
out.
President Jake Wells OF the Virginia
League announces that the cities en-
braced IN the league are Richmond
DanviIIe. LynchbuTg, Roanoke, Norfolk
and Portsmouth.
Manager Donovan has arranged four
games with the Detroit Americans for
Brooklyn The teams will play IN Co
Iunbia on March - and q, and in Au-
gg1Sysl on March = and 30.
Bobby Wallace is one Of the ideal ball
players. He scarcely has 10 turn name
10 get in condition. and reported 10 81
Louis weighing just five pounds over his
PLAYING weight
Since Lou Criger became i'll. Jimmy
Collins has been securing the country
for catchers for the Boston Americans
He Will give d trial TO Leon Mantei
The six-fOoter from Georgetown Uni
verslty-
RACING.
lay Bird. the sire of AIlerton. 2.os14,
at twenty-eight years Is still in the
stud.
II is reported that a wealthy Pitts
burg matinee man is diCkering for shy
der McGregor. 2.O5i4. They get the good
ones. Albert c. 2:09iz. is now there
TIE season Of 1895 was prolific IN
baby trotters. Some twenty~seven two
ye4r-olds took records Of 2:30 or bet
ter. three times as many as in 1904
T. W. Hastings. of Washington, Pa.
has purchased of J. J. Morrow, Of New
Castle. Pa. the combination horse Red
Raven.
Barney Demarest will race a strong
string of trotters and PAGERS this sea
son When the training season opens
ne expects to have at least twenty
head at the Gutenberg track, where
he win do his early spring training.
Richard Lamb. OF Mt. Holly. y. J..
mas A fast green PAGER in Don R that
he says VII be equal 10 Miss Mills.