Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-04-07
BASE BALL NOTES.

Turner and Lajole devote about If
teen minutes every day to handling
of the ball for double plays.
Pittsburg will turn Pitcher Miller,
he Indiana boy adrift He is a SOUTH
paw, with more than ordinary speed
The St. Louis Americans have re-
leased Hartzell, Farris and Crisis to
st. Paul.
Too bad the Nationals had to butt
into poor weather for the wind-up of
their trip. But that's the luck of the
game.
Thirteen cars in the White Sox train
to Mexico. A gypsy couldn't tell you
better than that to keep your money
off them this season.
Jack Powell is in condition unusually
early for him this season. Shutting
the ST. Louis Nationals out with six
hits in a thirteen-inning game was
midseason pitching sure enough.
Catcher Billy Sullivan of the White
-Sox thinks the national commission in
stead of a lunacy court should have
sat on the Thaw case. Then 1t would
have been settled right.
pitcher, is sure-thing outfielder for
any major league club when his pitch
ing arm gives way. All spring he has
been hitting hard.
If the rule to start the game with
eighteen new balls Is not rescinded
there are likely to be times when the
management of some OF the clubs can
save money by refusing to play.
Manager McCloskey of the St. Louis
Cardinals says Jake Beckley will begin
the season at first base for his team.
He has seen nothing In the new talent
that will send Jake to the woods.
Yeager just fills the bill for Manager
McAleer. He is playing a bang-up
game at second. while Jim Delehanty
is all to the good at third base. This
lineup makes Niles a utility man.
Jimmy Slagle's work this spring in
dicates that he has entirely recovered
from the effects of his collision with
George Schlei last fall. which kept him
out of the worlds championship series.
Gilbert Of Little Rock, while trying
to stretch a double into a triple, ran
into Tommie Leach and almost put
the little fellow out OF business. Leach
finished the inning and was then sue
ceeded by Sheehan.
Jack Berry still is absent from the
ranks of the ST. Louis Cardinals. Moth
ing has been heard from him since he
entered Buffalo hospital to have his
knee tapped for a reservoir full of
water.
Charley Farrell rightfully belongs to
Boston. and it is a wonder the scribes
haven't doomed him for the manage
ment of the American League club
there He would make an ideal leader
Wake up Morse, Murnane, OConnell,
Mitchell and Barnes.
Charley Farrell, Tom Daily and Alecl1
Smith are daily visitors at Benning.
and all doing well. What a trio of
wonderful batting catcherS these men
were when in their prime. to say moth
ing of their ability in other depart
ments of the game.
Harlan of Princeton is one of the
finest natural hitters that college base
ball has produced. His timely swat
ting was conspicuous last season,
and in the first five games of the
spring trip this year he made total
of twelve safeties.
Johnny Evers of the Cubs has dis
covered a process that will prevent a
celluloid collar from catching fire
when being ironed. If Evers will dis
cover some way to prevent the sar-
toral crime of wearing celluloid col
lars he will be a real benefactor.
Big Ed Walsh. the star of the
worlds champions pitching staff. has
a brother who is showing some speed
as a twirler. His name is Martin He
was tried out by Newark last spring.
and has now signed a contract with
Binghamton.