Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-12-10
Washington Club Officials OFF
for Chicago.
MEET STARTS WEDNESDAY
MANY Trades Likely to Crop Out Dur
ing the Week.
CYCLE GRIND UNDER WAY
Georgetown's Splendid Athletic Sea-
son-Races Shift in New Orleans
Base Ball Notes.
MEET STARTS WEDNESDAY
CYCLE GRIND UNDER WAY

President Noyes and Secretary Minor Of
the Washington base ball club left this af-
ternoon at o'clock Off Chicago to attend the
annual meeting Of the American League In
that city. The pair are due in Chicago tomor-
row morning at 8 o'clock, which will give
them ample time for conferences with other
magnates before the meeting starts We'd
nesday morning. Manager Cantillon. who
has been hunting with Magnate Comiskey.
Is due back in Chicago today and will be
on hand to welcome Messrs. Noyes and
Minor to the Windy city.
From present indications there should be
an abundance of news from Chicago during
tho present week. There is hardly a club
In the American League that does not
stand ready to trade one or more players.
the result Of which should make the wires
hum with the news of sensational dickers
and exchanges.
Before leaving for the west Messrs. Noyes
and Minor were seen by a Star reporter.
but neither had any news to give out. Both
were in an excellent humor as they real
lied that great load had been taken from
their shoulders In securing Mr.. Cantllon
Ex-Manager Stahl appeared to be afraid
of himself in making deals and no move
was made without first comforting with
Messrs Noyes Minor and Rapley. the ex-
u.
men had any extended experienc in base
ball matters it can easily be seen what
worry it was to them. Now. things are
entirely different The directors know that
they have a man who knows base ball from
every angle. and that when lemons" are
handed out Mr.. Cantillon will not be on the
receiving end
Both Leagues Busy.
The base ball masnates will come out
strong this week. While the National
League is meeting in New York, the Amer
ican League will be In session In Chicago
Usually these organizations meet in sep
arate weeks, and thus the interest Is
stretched out and the fans have better
chance to digest the news which filters
from the council chambers.
For five years now the national game has
been enjoying a boom. Each year the inter-
est In the sport has been greater than the
preceding year. and the clubs of the major
organizations as a rule are on sound
financial footing.
Those clubs which have not made money
in the past two or three seasons are not on
the National or American League maps.
Some made big money. these including the
two New York teams. the Athletics, the
two Chicago clubs. Pittsburg and Cleve-
land. Their success, of course, helped to
carry along the other clubs In a financial
way.
Probably more money was made in the
since professional base ball got foothold.
In consequence of this prosperity and the
knowledge that more can be made il their
teams are strong enough. the club owners
are unusually eager to make trades or to
purchase the releases of players of more
than ordinary skill.
The latter is the harder proposition of the
two No club can afford to permit stars to
go merely for money. II they do their pa
irons will set up howl and what is Sc
cured for star will be lost at the gate dur
Ing the following season.
SAort-Sighted Policy.
Judging from the advance reports of
what will be done at this weeks base ball
meeting in New York, 1t is the same old
National League. Strengthen the strong
teams. but let the weaker ones take care
OF themselves has always been Its motto
and probably always will be. Great efforts
are now being made to secure for the New
York and Chicago and Pittsburg clubs
practically all of the players worth having
on the other five teams. But there is no
talk OF bracing up st. Louis, Cincinnati,
Brooklyn, Boston and Philadelphia. where
new men are seriously needed. In this
particular the two major leagues are as
opposite as midnight and noon. All the
forces of the American League seem bent
on aiding Boston. Washington. Detroit and
St Louis to secure players that will make
them pennant possibilities In 1907 and thus
insure an even more exciting race than the
one so calamity won by Chicago this year.
1t Is incomprehensible how the old league
magnates can calmly contemplate another
season wherein four of its eight teams are
little better than jOkesteams that serve
only as stepping stones for Pittsburg.
Chicago and New York. The Boston Ma
tonals, eighth In the race last season,
have one desirable player in Young Cy
Young. According to reports from Gotham,
plans are already under way to send him
to New York and still further weaken the
team that couldn't have won the pennant
In the Iowa State League in 1905. Brooklyn
has one star-Lumley. New York and
Chicago both want him, and one of them
may possibly get him. thus making the
Superbas bigger jokes than ever. Now. In
the face of a universal demand for a shorter
schedule in 1907. the National League mag
mates hasten to declare themselves in favor
of the present 154 game plan. 1t Is a good
thing for base ball fans the country over
that there is an American League and
Ban Johnson. In one Of the major league
organizations at any rate there will next
season again be a real race for the flag.
The strong teams will be left to Shift for
themselves. while the weaker teams will be
given the help of which they are so much
in need.