Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-02-07
BASE BALL NOTES.

Andy Coakley is coaching the base ball
squad at the University of Pennsylvania.
Coakley is a dental student there.
Henry Mathewson, brother of Christy, will
go to Los Angeles with the New York team.
Manager McGraw thinks the youngster
will do we'll this season.
Manager Charley Carr finds that his
sporting goods business has increased to
that extent that he has resigned the charge
of the Indianapolis club.
There is scarcely major league club own
er who has not covered up some player
for friends in the minor leagues, but Barney
Dreyfuss is the only one who has been
caught.
Pete Cassidy, the old Louisville tnfielder,
has decided that he will not be an umpire
in the National League next season, pre-
ferring the berth of manager of the Will
mington, Del, team in the Tri-State League.
Manager Connie Mack Of the Athletics
says there is no chance for George Tebeau
to get Jimmy Burke to manage the Kansas
City team next season. Mack has been shy
a real third baseman for some seasons and
thinks Burke will fill the gap.
Arthur Hoffman and Ed. Reulbach of the
Chicago Nationals have notified the presi-
dent of the club that they will not sign
contracts until they have received big in
creases in their salaries. Ball players this
year seem to be making a more strenuous
kick than usual over the salary question,
although they are helpless if the club own
ers choose to combat them.
The Cincinnati National League ball play
ers will leave for Marlin Springs, Texas,
for the spring training in two parties The
batteries, with Captain and First Baseman
CANCEL and Business Manager Bancroft,
leave for the south March ). The rest of
the team will leave March 10. President
Hermann will himself go south, joining the
ball players at Marlin Springs March 30 and
remaining with them for the last week of
their stay there.
Manager Arthur A. Irwin has signed the
first player for Altoona. Walter Frambes,
who played with Millville and Trenton last
year, recommended to Altoona by Roy
Reeves. secretary Of the Philadelphia Ma
tional League team, sent his contract to
Irwin yesterday. Frambes is a catcher and
third baseman, and will be used at the lat
ter position. He played with Trenton and
Milville, n. j., and Peddie Institute near
Trenton Pitcher Shields and Catcher Stroh
have accepted terms.
There will be two left-handed Killian
pitchers in the American League this year.
Edward is too we'll known to permit a re-
sumo of his career. Boston's Killian goes
by the name of John. He is twenty-one
years of age, stands five feet seven and one
half inches and weighs 172 pounds He
started the season OF 1904 with the Burling-
ton club, and did such good work that he
was retained for three easons. Last season
he landed twenty-six out of thirty EIGHT
games.
Guesses are in order as to the identity
of the American League pitcher for whom
Garry Hermann was willing to trade his
crack pitcher, Bob" Ewing. 1t must have
been good man, as Ewing was the best
right-hander that Hermann had on his
books. 1t was in the air that Jess Tame
hill, the crack left-hander of the Boston
Americans, was the man that Hermann
sought to receive. There Is no doubt that
Tannehill would much welcome the change.
as his home Is hard by Cincinnati and be-
sides, he is not averse to making a shift.
Although Barney Dreyfuss waived claim on
Ewing, he would not mind giving that play
er berth on his club. Mr.. Dewey could
not see things that way, however and,
judging by the heaps of correspondence that
the Boston man had received from Cincin-
natl, the president of the latter club did
not relish the refusal of Mr.. Dovey to yield
In the matter Manager Tenney thought
1t would be very bad move to allow Ewing
to get out OF the National League, and it
looks as II the matter would rest just where
it is.