Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-25
BASE BALL NOTES.

Donohue. brother of the White SoS
/ first baseman will be tried behind the
| bat by Jim Mcclure.
Spike Shannon is not toppy batsman
but McGraw keeps him because of his
| run getting ability.
Old Cy Young has seen more phenoms
come and go than any other player in
the business. and Cy today is as good as
he ever was.
/ Pitcher Deininger may be tried out at
! first base by the Philadelphia Nationals
He Is southpaw and extremely fast.
1t is rumored that Dan McGann will be
captain of Boston next year. Dan should
make good one, as he knows the game
thoroughly.
Seymour and Donlin have been running
mates in three cities-Baltimore, Cincin-
natl and New York
Minneapolis has released Sandow Mertes.
the outfielder. who was too proud to per-
NIT a Philadelphia snapshotter to take his
picture early in 1906.
Shaw. Sullivan. Congalton, Grimshaw.
Harris and Peterson will be released by
the Boston Americans
Artie Holman of the Chicago Nationals
Is said to be after the Des Moines fran
chise In the Western League. If he Sc
cures it he will quit the Cubs.
Rube Oldring the Athletics center field
er. who revels in long swats, may be the
Cobb of the season of 1908. Oldring Is
as fast as bullet, and has the manners
of a real star.
Barry Mccormick, the former Cincin-
natl boy. has a good chance to become
manager of the Milwaukee team. In
less some major league cast-off can be
secured, Barry will land the job.
The Browns made one record this year,
to wit: They batted in seventy-one runs
against Detroit. That was the high total
The Maps, with fifty-four, were last
New York has plenty of batting strength
In Donlin, Seymour, Devlin. Bresnahan
and Tenney. The Giants should prove
a harder combination to beat than they
were last season.
With three speedy fly chasers like Con-
roy. Hemphill and Stahl on the High
landers list. Willie Keller will have to
go some to hold down his place. Griffith
is keen to win the pennant. and will spare
nobody's feelings to fulfill that wish.
If anybody wants to know it. Sweitzer
and Swayne are McAleers kid out
ielders. Furthermore both youngsters are
highly touted.
Oklahoma City is not sure about get
ting "Chappy Chawles' Mcfarland back.
Terre Haute wants him. to run it's team.
Lajoie too. 1T is said. may give him a
try-out on the slab.
professional base ball is on the
wane in Chicago. Four of the best play
ers will be back in the big league next
year. Donlin returns to the Giants, Stahl
is signed to play with the Yankees, Nc
Cormick will return to Philadelphia and
gerial berth in the Southern League.
ED Sweeney, who was bought by Grit
fifth from my club last fall, is corker"
declared Billy Smith of the Atlanta club,
but In my opinion he needs another year
in a minor league. He has been playing
professional ball only two seasons. Swee-
ney Is tall rangy fellow who will put
you in mind of Bowerman."
Joe Kelley has not yet signed a contract
with the Boston Nationals. although it
is settled that he will lead the team next
season. Kelley is in Baltimore and will
leave there the morning of January 8.
He will be met in New York by George
H. Dovey, and in the presence of Harry
Pulliam the two will discuss the salary
question. But as this has been practical
ly settled upon there will be no trouble
over signing. The presence of Harry
Pulliam at the conference Is very signifi-
cant. 1t means that Kelley and Mr.. Pull
liam will come to an understanding as to
Kelley's conduct on the field. 1t will be
BILE with the umpires when he was in Gin
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