Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-04-08

Charles Comiskey's team won the Ameri-
can League championship last season. then
won the worlds championship. Later
Commy kissed and made up with Ban
Johnson. and now he is a guest of honor
at a banquet in Cincinnati. To him that
hath shall be given.
BLY, Murray Is making a most suspicious
start in Philadelphia. his team having
cleaned up the Athletics four straight. The
Phillies. like the Highlanders, have been
near championship team for several sea-
sons. Stranger things have happened than
that both should get rid of the near this
year.
Il will remain in Chicago all summer"
says Mike Donlin. and we will have
mi-professional team on the field which.
cou.u make with the New Yorks. This
theatrical end has far better future
than the ball field. anyway, so far as can
see. and l can make money here in the
ball line we'll as in theatucals."
The gross exaggeration of the size Of
base ball crowds already has started in.
The national game draws well enough with
not the only sport In which the attendances
often are bigger on paper than they are
in reality. Foot ball attendances are more
nearly correctly estimated than those Of
any other sport
AS between the major and minor leagues.
oPPOi i1ot I'LL OH oiiC oioc'
Not only do the major leagues offer
chances for mon of the minor leagues. but
the minors frequently present openings for
major league players to make good live
lihood. Among former noted big league
performers filling managerial berths in the
minor leagues are Jesse Burkett. Joe KEEL
ley. Jack Doyle. Ducky Holmes, Jack
Dunn. Park Wilson. Malachi Kittredge and
Hugh Duty.
Earl Moore has been on the hospital list
for nearly two seasons with a bad foot.
While both the stories from the Springs
were always Of q reassuring nature, still
Manager Lajoie and Vice President Somers
wanted to get a little insight Of their own
that Moore will be able to take his regular
turn in the box. His foot did not bother
him in the least. HE never favored IT. and
the manner In which he took care Of the
revelation Of the Earl Moore of two years
ago. Moores return to- form and the
surance that his foot will not go back on
him means everything to the Maps. for it
gives Lajoie one of the old stantbys who
Is invincible. when right. Had Moore been
able to take his regular turn last season
there would have been different story to
tell at the end of the season. Now he is
showing that form. and. barring accidents.
should be one Of the most valuable assets
Of the team-Cleveland Plain Dealer.
In order to silence Macon man who did
not appreciate the king Of ball players,
Benny Hopkins Of Cleveland, who is max
ing the trip with the Maps. offered to bet
the southerner SO the other day that Lar
ry would make Ave hits IL he went to bat
that number Of times. Benny kissed the
bill fond farewell when he put 1t in the
shareholders hand. but three hours later
he was fondling it again, along with an
other ten issued by the same bank In
five times up Larry raped out four dandy
doubles and a single, and raised the suspt-
cien in the susceptible minds of the Ma
con fans that when he doesn't hit the ball
safe he doesn't try.
Says Charley Zuber. the Cincinnati scribe:
Getting down to real cases and throwing
sentiment to the winds. there Is no good
reason why the two pennants should not
fly in exactly the same spots after the
close Of the coming season as they did when
the campaign of 1905 closed. There has
been nothing disclosed IN the work or tall
ent Of any of the teams in the south that
would lead one to believe that any National
League team had added anything to Its
lineup that would give 1t bunch on
the Chicago Cubs. Nor has there been any
startling Information out of the Ameri-
can League camps to the enect that
phenoms of SUFFICIENT number are being
developed by any one team that will make
the Chicago White Sox in their improved
form, take back seat in the championship
tally-ho. So, when the coming season
closes one may reasonably expect remnants
on two Chicago lots-and six other clubs
mourning because Of the false hopes raised
by the enthusiastic pencil pushers in the
south who see 300 hitters spring from
among those who can bat ball over the
fence in fungo practice. and rivals
low them to knock q few boards off the
fence"