The Washington herald., 1907-11-03
BASEBALL NOTES AND COMMENT.

Frank Chance. Of the Chicago Cubs,
says he viii stand pat on his team.
Hugh Duffy, the PhnHes' former man
ager, is now in full control of the Provi-
dence club.
Klttridge. the former Washington
catcher, has been reappointed manager OF
the Dayton club Of the Central League.
Hans Wagners feat Of winning the bat
ting championship OF the National League
FIVE times is without parallel in baseball.
McCloskey is determined TO have Bow
| erman on his staff next year. and says
he will put the St. Louis Nationals In the
| first division.
The National Commission has decided
TO allow Plttsburg's draft Of ]. Owen
Wilson, the outfielder reserved by both
Des Moines and Little Rock.
The Reds transforming trip netted
/ them nearly 500 each for sixteen games
played That trip proved quite a success.
The Reds won fourteen of their games
and lost two.
Rube WaddeH Schreck, and Dygert. of
the Philadelphia Athletics, are hunting
bear in Pike County, Pa. and they say
they are going to show sportsmen a thing
or two about the game which they did
not know before.
The Connecticut League has recently
passed a rule which will prevent any
player from working in that league who
Is not a free man. This will keep the
major leagues from using the Connect
cut League as farm.
Manager Hugh Duffy. of Providence
says he had no less than thirty-tWO varie-
| ties Of wonders" this season. and next
/ year he will fight shy of alleged ''phe-
mons" and "comers" who have no license
TO play on Class a teams.
| Pat Moran. the Cub backstop, will re-
main in Chicago for another fortnight OF
/ so to undergo an operation to straighten
| the bone in his nose, which was broken
| by a baseball just before the start OF
| the training season this year.
Umpires O'Day and Sheridan got $500
each, besides their expenses. for Officiat-
| ing In the worlds series this year. an ad-
vance of 500 apiece over what was paid
| last fall A hundred dollars day is not
so bad for the down-trOdden jumps.
That story about the marriage of Ed
| KilIian, the Detroit pitcher, TO Miss Lot
| tie McAfee seems to have been a little
| premature. 1t Is now said that the we'd
4 ding will take place at the home of the
/ brides parents in Alpena, Mich, next
month.
Rube Geyer. Of Columbus. is among
/ those bali players who have offers to
play in the Florida Hotel League this
winter. Elmer Flick and Howard Wake
! field. of Cleveland; Murray aad Cochran,
of Buffalo, and Pfeffer, Of Boston are
! others.
Latest novelty in baseball: CoIored
| league is being talked Of to embrace
! Cincinnati. St. Louis Memphis. Pitts
! burg. Cleveland. Chicago, Kansas City
and Detroit Perhaps this is the rival
| organization" that has been threatening
to invade Pittsburg.
Sparks, the Philadelphia Nationals
| twirler. made only three hits in thirty
! three games, carrying off the BOBBY hon
oTs with an average Of "a. Camnitz, with
| three hits in thirty-One games, and Fer
! guson. with one hit in fifteen games, gave
him a race for the distinction.
| Only four deaths directly due to base
ball were reported during the past sea
son. out Of ali the thousands Of people
who engaged in the sport None of the
| four killed was a professional player
/ TWO died from blows over the heart and
two from being hit on the head.
There is a rumor in ST. Louis to the
| effect that President r. L. Hedges, of tn,
! St. Louis Browns. viii take fifteen mem
bers Of his team to Manila He will sal
on November to play series OF games