Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-01-23
. BASE BALL NOTES.

All but three of the regular Washington
players have signed for 1901.
Detroit expects good things from Pitcher
Eubanks, and Chicago from Fiene next sea-
son.
Connie Mack has sold Catcher Byrnes to
Rochester. and Schuman, his fat pitcher, to
Little Rock.
Dan Cogan. manager of the Paterson On.
- club. walked into a $500 position at the
last election.
Cleveland is bemoaning the lack Of
coachers. Here's q chance for John McGraw
to start correspondence school,
There is no reason why "Jim" Burke
should not make good at third for Connie
Mack His surroundings will be somewhat
different than they were in St Louis.
Those new outlaws are having some
horrible dreams. Their latest contemplates
an Invasion of Brooklyn for Sunday games.
They'll have a fat chance there!
Mike Powers is about the only catcher
who can handle Ed Plank right. That's the
reason Connie Mack will hold onto him.
Harry Pulliam. Garry Hermann and John
T. Brush have buried the Ratchet Here's
betting there are three markers on the
grave so as to locate easily.
Thirteen is not such an unucky num-
Der for Yeager. There were just thirteen
men in the American League who landed in
the 800 class and Yeager was the last with
.3Oi.
Doc" Hillebrand says he will not play
with any club but Pittsburg. Then. Doc"
We will have to forego the pleasure of see
ing you do the fan stunt. for Cantillon will
hold you. and If he don't some other Amer
lean League club will. Hard. but base ball
is base ball.-New York Globe.
Sheriff Addison Gumbert of Allegheny
county. Pa, formerly pitcher of the Boston
Players League club of 80 and former
inf under him. make a great team.
Jess Burkett IS the whole cheese up in
Worcester. He has been elected president
and secretary of the Worcester club. He
will also be manager and captain of the
team and will play left field. Leave Jess
alone to get first peek at the money.
Secretary Nahon of the Greater New
Yorks Is waiting anxiously for the return Of
Manager Griffith from his ranch at Craig
Mont. No contracts have as yet been for
warded to the players. but it is pretty well
assured that the leader Of the local Amer
leans knows the situation thoroughly or
he would have already reported.
Catcher Harry Jope. one of Boston's best
products in the catching line. who caught
so finely in New Haven last season. will
take long jump next season and Will go
to San Francisco. where he is sure to make
good. He is a splendidly built. strong. strap
ping player. with good arm and a good
head.
Dreyfuss his signed contract for the coming
season. Clymer expects to get back into
the game for Pittsburg after an enforced
fdleness of almost an entire season. Early
last season he fractured an ankle in sliding
into second base He claims to have en-
tirely recovered from the injury, and will
report at Pittsburg on March 1.
St Louis is anxious to annex Rob Ewing
the Cincinnati's big twirler. A proposition
has been received at Cincinnati by Hanlon
from the management of the Cardinals for
the tall Buckeye lad. 1t is said that Boston
also is anxious to have the star pitcher. 1t
Is not known whom st. Louis offers for
Ewing, but the supposition is that 1t is
Buster Brown.
Our old friend George LaChance will
manage and play first base for the Water
bury club of the Connecticut League next
season. LaChance lives at WATERFOWL only
few miles from Waterbury, and will prove
hne attraction for the Connecticut League.
LaChance and KlObedanz started out as
1880. Klobedanz Is still pitching good ball
for New Bedford. In the trade for La
Chance Providence got Outfielder McCabe
who will be sent to Worcester in trade for
one of the Worcester players.
Writing in the Cleveland Press Of the sea-
sons prospects. Napoleon Lajoie says: "If
We come out of the south unscathed we are
likely to reach Detroit on the morning Of
April IL with this formidable array of play
ers: Catchers, BemiS. Clarke, BueioW and
Wakefield: pitchers. Rhoades. Joss Hess,
Bernhard, Berger, Liebhardt. Thielman,
Gilman and West; first base, Stovall; Sec
ond base. Laioie; shortstop. Turner; third
base. Bradley; utility infielders. Perring and
Hinchman; outfielders, Flick, Bay, Congal-
ton, Hinchman Caffyn and Birmingham"