Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-03-10

wild, Conroy will not join the High
landers for a week. as his wife Is sick
silk" OLoughl.n Is taking five-mile
runs to improve his voice. He says
anything that helps his lungs helps
his voice. and his voice Is his stock in
trade. silk needs no elbow grease
to help out his voice.
New Orleans has a squad of twenty
four players awaiting the invasion of
the Crescent City by the big league
teams.
Some insurance concerns have re-
fused to insure base ball players IN
view of the frequency of serious rail-
road accidents of late. One company
has just issued an ultimatum to this
effect to the Cincinnatis.
Bowerman is reported to be travel
ing to California. 1t does not seem
very probable that Grady will be en-
gagged by the Giants, and it is believed
that the high price at which his serv-
ices were held by st. Louis decided
McGraw not to try further for him..
Gus Weighing, the lanky pitcher for
merry of the Athletics and Washing
TONS has at last retired. He has OPEN
ed a saloon at the corner OF Walnut
and Wenzel streets, in Louisville, Ky.
He calls his wet goods store the
Home Plate Exchange"
Big Tim Jordan, the Superbas' first
bagman, who is refusing to sign unless
he gets $1,000 salary. says it's mis-
take to try to clout the ball off the lot
whom hating Snuthna ipIiV-
cry. Don't swing at the ball hen
you face a left-hander." says Tim.
Just chop It anu you'll get the best
of their delivery in the long run"
1t was reported yesterday that the st.
Joseph club of the Western League
had been purchased by Michael Don
lin. at present a member of the New
York National League team. 1t was
said that Donlin, who is in Chicago
awaiting the answer of the New York
management to his demand for an in
crease. will run the st. Joseph club
from the bench if he does not obtain
his release from New York.
Outfelder Ben Caffyn, who played
in thirty games for Cleveland last
year, batting 1875 and fielding 800,
will play In Akron, Ohio, this season.
This arrangement is supposed to be
part OF the deal by which Pitcher
Buff Ehman has been reclaimed
from Akron to go to Macon with the
Maps. Akron is in the Ohio and
Pennsylvania League.
Sugar Glen Iebhardt, who came
early last spring unheralded, unan-
nounced and with sad record of a
season bereft of triumph. won his title
to Iron Man" Baron and Iron
Chancellor" He was sold to Cleve-
land. Just five years previous to Lieb
hardts arrival came Robert Rhoades.
He developed here with Chas. Franks
team. Both pitchers are now valued
members of Larry Lajoie's Cleveland
ers. Both were made in Memphis. -
Memphis Appeal.
"Lemme see." he rumlnated, three
seasons ago l buried me grandmoth-
er tweed. Season before last me fad
der broke both his legs. / remember
dat cause de boss found out he has
only had one leg for eight years.
Last season me brudder died, and me
mUdder was took down with hay fever.
De boss looked leary at dat last, cause
he said April was a HI of a time to
have de hay fever. Well. Molly, it's
a shame to do it, cause I likes yer,
but on de openin' day you has got to
bC q ulsciliSIl SlSlcT anu GIT SOIuC-
thin an git it bad. Exchange.
Medical experts are baff1ed They
have failed ANONYMOUSLY to diagnose
the fever that infects ball players
every spring. I'm impatient for the
fray is the burden of the correspond
ence that passes between player and
manager. The infected player Is over
anxious to handle the bat and spear
liners. He can hardly be held in re-
straint This Is when the fever Is at
its height before the play begins to cir
culate regularly. It's never danger
Gus. The player RECEIVERS when the
base ball season is advanced a month
or two. Then he writes his family:
I'm praying for the windup." In
July the month of October looks like
the best month of the year to big
Lacquer. The fever has left him by
that time. but it's the same old story
next spring.
Del Mason has signed a Cincinnati
contract. 1t is a 1O-to-1 shot that 1t
will be Back, Back to Baltimore" for
Del.