The Washington herald., 1907-11-03

team. that Jimmy RYAN, one OF Adrian C.
Anson's original CIicago White Stock
ings. would manage the 1875 Montgomery
team completes the list Of managers for
next season as follows. Atlanta, W. A.
Smith: Memphis, Charley Babb, New Or
leans. Charley Frank; Shreveport,
Thomas Fisher. Montgomery, James
Ryan; Little Rock. N. J. Finn; Birming-
ham, Harry Vaughn; Nashville. John
Dobbs.
Newspaper Nem0s viii be made 10 look
Ridiculous in the eyes Of their readers
when the major and minor leagues COM
piete their preparations for next season.
/ The American League is not in danger
OF disruption OF deterioration, the AmeTi-
can Association is not Matching a treason
able plot. and there is not the least prob
ability that a rival to the major leagues
will be launched by parties possessed OF
enough baseball ability and capital 20
make il formidable.-Sporting News.
The managements of the two St Louis
clubs have each placed orders for large
| pieces OF canvas with which TO cover the
diamonds at their ball parks next sum-
mer Heretofore small pieces have been
used at the plate, the pitchers rubber
and the bases, but the huge canvas or
dered VIII cover all the diamond clear
! back 10 the edge of the outfield. In a
way, it win be a regular tent. as It VIII be
| ten feet high in the center, thus allowing
/ the water to drain off at the edges
| Ty Cobb, the Detroit outfielder, who led
/ the American League batters for the
| 1907 season. was the center of attraction
At the Georgia State Fair. held in Atlanta
! recently. Crowds of men, women. and
I ,F--ara oh
/ the grounds and demanded that he carry
/ the medal which had been presented to
/ him for his ability with the bat pinned
/ on his coat. where every one could see it.
/ 1t is said that If Ty had opened a side
show and put himself on exhibition he
! could have cornered the money market
at the fair.
Barring Ferris. Young, and Criger. not
| one of the regulars who helped the Bos-
/ tons 20 two championships in the Amer
| lean League will be with the Pilgrims in
! 1873. Wagner's showing in the short field
position was so good that Parent has
| been traded to Chicago. where he will
] succeed Isbell at second base. Wagner
! had a hard time in making the Boston
/ team this year, poor Chick StahL
! Heavyweight George Huff, and Sir Robert
| Unglaub all being dubious as to his abil-
| ity Jim Mcguire was the Boston leader
who first decided that Wagner would do,
and he did Pin another medal on the
! Deacon.
Fans with memories are not taking
much stock in the strength of the st.
Louis National League club, even though
il made q good finish in the Pulliam race
and then turned in and cleaned up Nc
Aleer's Browns in the pOst-seasOn series.
| They point to the undeniable fact that
when McCloskey was the leader Of the
Louisvilles, the Colonies were dangerous
in the fall and easy in the spring and
summer. VIII history repeat Itself? Nc
| Cl0skey is understood to have convinced
his employer that his present team is
strong enough 10 finish in the first divi-
sion next season, which seems to be q
slap at the managers Of the Brooklyn,
Boston, and Cincinnati clubs.
The titles of some Of the new plays of
the fall season suggest that they were
written with diamond athletes or base
ball men in view for the star roles. Billy
Sunday would fit well in The Evange-
list" while Jerry up. whose better half
is suing him for divorce, alleging all kinds
of i'll treatment, might be cast for the
villains part in My Wife" Here are
| some OF the others that would fit: Joe
Gordon, "A Yankee Tourist" Frank
Chance and Charley Murphy, Hip, Hip,
! Hooray;" Fred Beebe and Carl Lund-
gren, Classmates" Charles Cooper Fra
ser, 1.-THE Spring Chicken" Ban Johnson
and Charley Comiskey, The Great Di-