The Washington herald., 1907-02-04

The former manager feels that when
he was deposed TO make way for Joe
CantilIOn he should have been consulted
as 10 where he was 10 be- transferred
but as the club has thus far been unable
TO arrange a deal whereby the local
team viii be benefited, Stahl Is stiu on
the rolls. Unless he IS sold or exchanged
at the coming meeting of the league in
New York Stahl win be notified 20 join
Canunon in Chicago on March TO begin
the training trip.
AT the December meeting Stahl notified
Canulon that he might as well sell him.
as he was through with Washington. q
was thought that the big first baseman
might reconsider his decision, but with
the beginning OF the training. season only
one month of, Stahl still persists that he
is sincere in HIS intention of not playing
in this city another season. Stahl wants
% go 20 Boston.
The anxiety Of Frank Farrell and Bar
uey Drcyfuss 10 get the signature of
Arthur j. II. doc Hmebrand, who is
under reserve by Washington. % a con-
tract makes one wonder whether he can
deliver the goods If he does consent TO
play.
While at Princeton Hilleb-and was rated
as the greatest ball PLAYER on any college
team He was always a winner when he
pitched having speed, good control
good curve, and a head that served we'll
i'm every emergency. ON days that he did
not pitch Hiuebrand was used in the out
field or behind the bat. so that the team
might have the benefit of his heavy
hitting
1t is now more than seven years since
Hulebrand has done any more serious
work on the diamond than coach the
Princeton teams or play an occasional
game for pleasure, and there Is no means
of finding out whether he is good enough
for the big leagues other than giving him
a trial.
The only reason there is to doubt
whether or not HilebTand would bee "a
success in fast company is the failure OF
Walter Clarkson 10 make good Garrison
was the whole works when he was az
Harvard had as big reputation as
HillebTand. and won all his games with
ease. Like HuIebrand, he was used in
the outfie.d when ne was not pitching
ON account of his heavy stick work. But
Clarkson has not been "a bowling success
as big Lacquer, and critiCs say that If
ClarksOn, with the reputation nf being
one of the lest cousge Rtchers .lat eltr
lived. could Ict make good in tie Ameri-
can League, IIMCbfUnE EI uId not do any
better.
But tie Iact remains that whether
Hillebrand can deliver Il 10 {. DE- can get
a fat contract fer one yeaI at ieEs-, with
"a promise # more money if he mai-s
good. Wasl inEton is the club which is
In DIV
league company.
Joe Cantllon is something Of a scrap
per. All his Pittsburs friends are fully
aware of this fact. Therefore every time
they get a chance they give the fire-eat-
ing leader dab about his fine outlook
for run-ins when he takes charge OF the
Washington team Not long ago one of
Canullons friends waited ut him the fol-
lowing. Joe. you win have a man on
your team who has a record for quarrel
ing. He seldom stays with "a team more
than "a year or two. He viii get YOU all
right CanullOn's dark eyes rolled Tie
remarked testify. Get me, Wen. Just
wait until YOU hear from the reports ~
the opening battle. II won't Doe by rounds
There viii be only one ring of the bell
The others viii not be needed. / think
that You viii find the old man has won
with his hands down. Newark Morning
Star
1t is hard 30 find anybody directly in
terested who viii voice his approval Of
betting on baseball. Still there be those
who Will bet and now and then one of
them bets that some team win beat an
other team two for one"-that is. that
the score of the winner viii be twice or
more than that Of the loser Several such
bets were made I'm Washington last year
and the score of the game happened TO
be l 10 O. The man who bet that the Ma
tionals would make twice as many runs
as its opponents claimed the bet and got
away with it. II seems that the case
comes up often, for here is what the
Sporting News has 10 say along that line
The Boston Herald makes the following
decision, Another wager which has call
ed for deal of controversy is a bet that
one side viii beat the other to /. and
then 10 o game is played. The man
who takes the long end of the wager
wins There is no comparison at all be-
tween the one ana the nothing in such a
wager for the reason that one side has
scored and the other not Well. wei.
that Is certainly wonderful logic A score
of ] to is winning not by an excess Of
10 20 J, but the least amount possible in
baseball wherein fractions are unknown
Practically, the loser is no worse beaten
in this case
Winner -....---..-............O O 0 0 o 0 Il
Losar.......-..--..-..... 0 0 0 o 90
Than in this
Winner. IIIIII Id
Lossr...------..-...--.. mil 0-s
''The difference is only one in each case.
II bets were only confined e the to 1
proposition, the matter would never have
come up Cor discussion which it did about
thirty years ago, and everybody would
probably have continued 10 decide that
] 90 is 10 1 or better But the proDosi-
ton covers wide range. reaching some
times 10 % TO ]. and for the sake of uni
formity it was decided TO apDIy the same
rule 10 a TO o score in a bet as to > to 4
that would apply to it in case the bet is
us 10 TO l or 20 to l. II is purely
arbitrary rule. as also is that other rule
which makes 1 TO not only as good as
to !, but also as good as 1,000.O00 to ]. !
although every practical man knows thar
1t is not in any case in which we cannot
separate a whole thing into 1O00C0O or
more parts, which cannot be done with
baseball run.
Joe Cantillon's list Of twenty-six ex-
hibition games for the Nationals. which
was published exclusively in Thurs I
days Washington Herald is one of the
longest anti-seasOn schedules OF any Of /
the major leagues.