The Washington herald., 1907-01-12
BASEBALL NOTES.

Jimmy Sheckard Is IN no hurry about
signing his Chicago National contract
+ Cincinnati was anxious to get Catcher
StaruagIe who has been signed by Can
uuon
Tom McCreery. who received his first
diamond lessons on amateur teams in this
city. will hold down one OF the outdcld
positions for the Columbus club.
/ In order to develop speed in the team.
al Of the Cornell baseball candidates Will
I be put through a course OF daily sprint
I ing under Trainer Moakiey.
/ The latest report from New York is that
McGraw does not intend TO use Tommy
Corcorau as a regular, but viii have him
around TO do utility roles.
Pittsburg is looking for a pair of pitch
/ ers. Q catcher and an outfeld Dreyfuss
says he is willing to put up the real
money if the right men can be obtained.
Charlie thinner. the veteran catcher.
( has been unable % catch on with any
I team for next season. and he is now
asking Tor @ job either as manager or
an umpire
Of the several major league teams that
viii do spring work in Texas, the Ma
tionals. of Washington, appear 10 have
/ selected the best training ground. They
Z go to GaIvest0n.-New York Evening Sun.
It is believed that Cleveland Will suffer
next year because Of the lack OF good
/ catchers. Rossmau and Jackson, who did
duty on the lines last year, viii not be
with the Maps next season.
Clarence Beaumont, who was once
/ Pittsburg's best run-getter, has asked
Barney DreyfuSs for his release. The
owner hopes TO trade the former star, and
+ has refused to come across with a release
I According to reports from New York.
+ B1ston's latest proposition To Cantillon
/ is 10 trade Unglaub and Grimshaw for
Jake Stahl Chic Stahl. the new Huh
manager. refuses 10 sanction a deal
whereby his team viii lose Tnglaub. as
/ he believes that the utility mans batting
will come in nicely in close contests.
Jimmy Collins is on his way to Hot
/ Springs, where he will put in several
weeks in getting into shape. The veteran
/ third baseman's knee. which bothered
him last season. has mended nicely. anC
/ he does not expect it to interfere with his
/ work next summer.
/ Baseball has had its Anson. its Brown
/ ing, its WaddeH its Lajoie, and its Wag-
ner butNas time rolls on it becomes more
! and more apparent that there never was
but one Latham He was the most origi-
nal character in diamond histOry.-Cleve-
/ land Press
Christy Nathewson says that he has
/ taken on twelve pounds since the season
/ closed. and that he is feeling as well as
I he ever did. Mathcwson believes that ne
viii be able to show all of his former
/ effectiveness this year. which viii be OF
inestimable value to the New York Ma
I tionals.
/ Simon Nichols. of Boyds. Md, who was
/ last year the crack shortstop of the Mem
phis. Tenn. (Southern League) team. and
I was bought before the close of the Amer
/ lean League season by Philadelphia, will
/ leave next month with the Athletics foI
I practice in Dallas. Tex. This season
/ Nichols expects to give good account OF
/ himself
It's very seldom that they are able to
sneak one over on Silk OLOughlin. but
/ the premier arbiter is still grieving over
/ the fact that he declined denomination
/ for Democratic State senator from
/ Rochester \. Y, as he believed that he
would surely be defeated. The election
went Democratic. so Silk will be on the
circuit again next spring, with his IA
Riliar Strike tuh."
/ Phil Lewis, shortstop of the Brooklyn
/ baseball club. was quietly married on Fri
/ day. December Is, last. to Miss A.
/ Renette Baker. daughter of Alderman
Ned Baker. of Plattsburg. n. Y Lewis
/ has been working for several weeks at
/ Taylor's lumber camp south Of Chazy
/ Lake. in the Adirondaeks, to keep himself
/ in condition for next seasons campaign
on the diamond.