The Washington herald., 1907-12-26
BASEBALL NOTES.

Pitcher Delninger may be tried out at
first base by the Philadelphia Nationals.
he Is southpaw and extremely fast.
AT the sale Of the Forest City Farm
harness horses, at Cleveland. Elmer Flick
was an active bidder, buying three good
speeders.
Pitcher ScanIon. OF the Brooklyns, who
was operated on for appendicitis some
weeks ago. is out Of danger ard rapidly
recovering from the effects Of the cary
ing.
A report from Alton. IL, says that
Theodore Breitenstein. the famous old
Cincinnati southpaw pitcher, has been in
dicted there for Illegally conducting a
saloon.
Perry werden. the old "Pie King" is
pulling hard for reappointment on the
American Association umpire stan. Per
rvs lamps are said TO be getting too dim
for good work.
Manager McGraw is well satisfied with
Al Bridwen as shOrtstop OF the Giants for
next season. 7 am sure he'll work per-
fectly with Devlin." is the little man
ayers comment.
President O'Brien. Of the American As
sociati0n, Is said 20 have more than two
dozen applications for umpire positions
for next season Some men are so care
less Of their lives.
Johnny Dobbs mas resigned the man
a agement OF the Nashville team. or the
Southern League. and Will devote all his
time TO a dairy farm that he has estab-
lished near Chattanooga
Rarry Mccormick. the former Washing
to- player. has a good chance 20 become
manager Of the Milwaukee team. Unless
some major league cast-Off can be OBJ
tanned. Barry viii land the job.
II NIerkle. the first baseman. tried out
by New York last fall shows up we'll IN
the spring. Fred Tenney may be allowed
10 warm the bench until he is in perfect
condition TO give the Giants his best
services.
Secretary Knowles. Of the New York
club. declares that President Hermann.
Of the Reds. made the mistake of his life
when he turned down the offer OF a trade
Of Bresnahan and others for George
Schlei and Hans Loberr.
Jimmie Bannon has purchased a third
interest in the BinghamtOn New York
State League franchise, and viii be field
manager of that club next season. Mike
Roach will purchase an interest likewise
and will play with the team.
James Ennis, the third baseman devel-
Oped at Holy Cross college. is under the
eye of Hughey Jennings. Of the Detroit
Americans. and Jennings proposes to
place Ennis in minor league TO develop
him. Jennings. when he was coaching
Cornell. saw Ennis play at that time. sew
eral years ago, and predicted n great fu-
ture for him.
jim Mcguire evidently thinks that il
does not pay to trifle with young catch
ers. for he is hot after Eddie Mcfarland.
than whom there are few better when
he is in condition. to help out Lew Crlger.
Mcguire has half a dozen other back
stops on his Boston roster. but, accord
ing TO rumOrs Shaw viii so TO either
Toronto or Chicago; Carrigan 10 Colum-
bus. and Armbruster and Peterson 20
Eastern League clubs. He viii still have
In reserve young Pat DOnOhue, OF Port
land, Greg. ''Jiggs" DonohUe's brother
Arthur Irwin. probable manager Of the
Montreal team in 1908, was the second
major league leader who employed Clark
Griffith. This was in 1891, Griff, after hav-
ing started off ike a world-beater with
ComisNey's St Louis Browns. getting
sore arm and being so useless that he
idiu AROUND lue MOunQ lily TOT lNe weeks
asking some club TO take him on trial
Irwin. then leader of the Boston Ameri-
can Association team. signed Griff, and
he did fair work for that team. which
won the pennant. Afterward Griflth went
TO Milwaukee. Now Irwin is looking for
a job from the man who Is employing the
man whom Irving formerly employed.
Such are the queer shifts Of the national
game. Comis1ey fred Grif as a private
in 1921 and hired him as a manager ten
years later.