Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-03-01
BASE BALL NOTES.

Frank Jude demands $50 month more
than Columbus offers him.
The matter of erecting electric signal
boards to announce balls and strikes has
been left to the individual clubs in the
American League.
The Boston American club has sold
Pitcher Ed Hughes to Providence. The
deal by which Lord and Chadbourne go to
Providence was closed yesterday.
Malachi Kittredge, the veteran catcher
who is to manage Montreal this year, has
secured Third Baseman Hunter Hill, for
merly OF the Buffalcs.
Fred Miller. left-hand twirler from Pa
ducan, KY, has been signed by the Pitts
burg club. That makes three southpaws
on the Pirate list, Hllebrand and Leifield
being the others.
Charlie Pittinger has changed his mind
about becoming base ball bandit and has
signed the contract, minus the sum Topped
off, rendered him by the Philadelphia club.
Mike Doolin. another kicker, also is in line.
The Cantillons have purchased Willis
Manske from the Pittshurg club. He Is
pitcher and the Cantillons think that he is
conner. He played with Des Mones last
season until about the last month or six
weeks when he was purchased by Pittsburg
for 5000. He is left-handed and Mike and
Joe have too many pitchers now, but con-
slider Manske the best Of ALL
Fred Dee tells a good story on Fred
Lake BACK IN lSOo manager Jimmy cana
van of the New Haven club, toward the
middle of the season was very hard up for
a catcher. Lake at the time was open to
an engagement and Caravan telegraphed to
him asking his terms. Lakes answer was
$500 d month and transportation both
ways" whereupon Caravan wired back:
Terms accepted. Report on Labor day."
Caravans season closed that day
The German ball tosser makes no trouble
during the actual campaign. He tends en-
tirely TO business, leaves the bright lights
and the gay calls of dissipation alone and
piles up his money. But when the icy days
OF February are at hand, the German be-
gins to reason that he needs more coin. He
has his eye on business OF some kind,
either to be run during the next winter or
to be handled by his bfudder or his ladder
while the playing season is going on. He
wants money to develop that business and
he goes after it with pron2ing hand And,
as a rule, the more money he has in hand
and the less actual need there is for added
pay, the more he asks. The Irish player is
a different sort of animal. He has been
making things moreSor less lively for his
manager all season: he has left a trail of
popping bottles all the way around the cir
cult and he hasn't enough money left to
buy rabbit pair of cuffs. Yet. somehow
or other. he falls in line after little jolly
ing from the club and takes about the same
old pay as he got last season. He needs
the money and he hasn't a doliar-and yet
he will come back for an increase of s1C0
while the German yells for a lift of $50
and threatens to quit unless he gets it.
Queer. how these racial characteristics do
declare MISUNDERSTANDING Journal.
Famous old Dad Clarke was pitching for
Lorain against Sandusky in the later city
one day last summer and up to the seventh
inning had not allowed a hit. Then with
two out and two strikes on the third bat
ter. Dad put one straight over and the ball
was batted safely to right. AS Capt. Mike
Peer, who was playing short for Lorafn, re-
turned the ball to the former Giant he
asked: Didn't you have two strikes on
that fellow, Dad?'' Sure" replied Clarke
Then why didn't you waste one?" Peer
inquired. Waste one? On a man who
yelled Clarke. Not if they make a million
hits off old Dad!'' 1t was old Dads great
record of eighteen straight victories at Erie
that earned him a Place on the New York
team. The story of the nineteenth game
the one that broke Clarke's string-is told
with great glee to this day down in Buffalo
The score was 0 to . and two men were cut
III Buffalos half of the ninth. Doth Buff
falo and Erie were in the same league that
year, The third batter finally landed on
one OF Clarke's straight ones and away the
sphere went to center field. AS Dad saw
the ball going over the fence and realized
that the game was lost, he started pellnell
after the batter He caught up with him
az second base and kicked him at intervals
o, two or three steps all the way home
The final kick fairly lifted the runner over
the marble and well on the way to the
bench Dad wanted the man declared out
for not touching the plate, but his claim
though voclferously made-was not allowed
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