Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-02-26
BASE BALL NOTES.

The players to the front after this week.
The club owners will have nothing to do
but pay salaries.
John Killing. the Chicago catcher. won the
Missouri pool championship Friday night by
defeating Buffalo Dowd AGO to 334.
Brooklyn fans are being jollied along with
dope that proves the Superbas to be first
division team sure. And the dope doesn' t
look so bad at that.
Dr. Harry H. Gesser, the utility out
fielder of the Chicago National League
team of last year has signed his contract
with the Cubs for 1907.
Pittsburg critics say that the salary list
of the team in that city is larger than tina t
of any other club in the world. No wonder.
Dreyfuss has something like forty men
under his control.
A lemon presented on silver salver by
base ball manager to one of his young
"phenoms' signifies that all is off and the
young man is at lberty/to go back to the
woodpile.
Joe Tinker is a lecturer as well as a
shortstop. He gave a talk on base ball at
the Press Club in Chicago recently, and hit
300 all the way through.
Patsy Donovan has new pitcher named
Bush. For this young mans sake it is
hoped that as a twirler he is In class
above that indicated by his name.
Tim Jordan has one more week to make
up his mind as to whether he will play first
base for Brooklyn or go back to chipping
stone. The betting is that Tim will be
among those present when the season
opens
Clarke Griffith will keep Laporte at third
base He believes his years experience will
round him out properly for next season.
Griffith is a great admirer of Widow" Con-
roy. the Camden boy. who can fill any posi-
ton in the outfield or infield like a star.
Jimmy Slagle, who was out of the game
for nearly two months last season because
George Schle placed his knee against
Jimmy's wishbone, has entirely recovered
cago, ready to go to West Baden with the
Cubs
Pug" Bennett. second baseman of the
ST. Louis Cardinals, is said to have discov-
cred an amethyst mine near his home in
Carolina. 1t may have been sailed how
ever. so Bennett will continue to draw a
st. Louis salary.
In St Louis they believe that Jim Dele
hanty will earn the third-bag assignment
because he Is far superior to O'Brien and
Hartzell in hitting. Jim hit the ball hard
enough to land IN the 300 class. but he
was unfortunate in batting drives straight
to fielders.
Smith. the brawny pitcher for the Chicago
American League club. has gladdened the
heart of COmiskey by signing his contract.
Comiskey will take a big party with him to
the City of Mexico, where the ChicagOs will
train. and expects that the spring trip will
be the most successful one made by Chi
cago club since the American League was
formed.
Comiskey will raise the tariff on his
grounds. He will cover the first base
bleachers and charge 80 cents for them,
and will build a new bleacher in the out
field. besides increasing the capacity of the
ground by 2,U0O. a total increase of 5000,
making the capacity of the grounds $4,000.
Here is a team of colts which would make
any club go some: Chase, first base; Evers,
second base: Bridwell. shortstop; Grant,
third base: Stone. Hahn and Schultz out
field; Thomas and Spencer, catchers;
Coombs young Cy Young. Pfester, Strick-
lett and Brown Of St. Louis. pitchers These
players have been in the big leagues only
a few seasons.
The Chicago National League club has
put its foot fiat on the salary question.
King. the catcher. said that he would not
play for the Chicagos unless they raised his
salary. Then he will stay out" was the
reply of Murphy, the clubs president. I'VE
are not going to raise any of our players
beyond the salaries which have been offered
to them
A Cincinnati paper announces that a play
ing-card concern has presented the Cincin-
natl club with something like two-score
packs OF cards to be used the training
trip. Now that this has been done and
Manager Hanlon has signed Charley Grape
win. the comedian. nothing should stop
the Reds from winning the championship
at least of the gaslight league, says the
Cleveland Plain Dealer.