Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-02-04

Some Diamond Stars Threaten to Quit
and Others Hold On.
EASTERN LEAGUE FIELDERS
New Orleans Stewards to Probe TURF
Scandals Marshall Reviews
Fourth Chess Game.

Every year when the time approaches TOT
ball players to sign contracts for the COM
ing season some of the stars make the for
NAL announcement that they intend to quit
the game and take up some other vocation
In life. This year the crop of dissatisfied
ones Is bigger than ever.
Red Donahue led off last fall He de-
clared he had been thrown down by Presi-
dent Ban Johnson of the American League
after being promised the management OF
the Washington club. Therefore, "Red
saws. he has bought a hotel in Philadelphia
and has quit the Detroit club for good.
Others have followed Donahues example.
There is Johnny Killing Of the Chicago
Cubs who wants more salary, and II ne
doesn't get It, he declares, he Will remain
In charge of his pool and billiard room In
Kansas City. Tim Jordan of Brooklyn
wants 5000 a year or his release. ana IL
he gets neither the boy from the Bronx
will work at stone cutting and play lnde-
pendent ball; Young Cy Young, who, In
case the Boston management don't pay him
what he thinks he Is worth, threatens 10
work at his trade of machinist, and Biiiy
Gilbert, who objects to being sold to New
ark without having word to say in the
matter, has purchased half interest In
profitable cafe and will not report to the
Sailors Harry Gessler of the Cubs who
has graduated as full-hedged dentist ana
play no more professional base ball.
Doc Hillebrand. the former Princeton
star. will remain in retirement because
he will only play with the Pittsburg club,
and the American League. to which he
belongs under organized base ball, Will not
let him. Elmer Flick of Cleveland has
threatened to retire because he wants 10
get out of the game before he Is tagged as
a dead one.
Some of Hal Chase's busy friends have
announced that the young Californian VIII
remain behind his cigar counter In San
Jose II Frank Farrell doesn't meet MS ng-
ures. But Farrell will straighten that out,
because he needs Chase and will pay him a
liberal salary.
Last of all we hear that Joe McGinnny
will forsake the Giants and will look after
the business left by his father, who died
recently.
In contrast to the players with the retir-
ing habit are those who could retire but
will not SO long as they are able to make
good in fast company. A few OF these are
Willie Keller. the model ball player, who
10 frank enough to admit that playing ball
for living Is lead-pipe cinch: Cy Young.
who comes back for this eighteenth year
with the ardor of a young recruit: Fred
Clarke, who owns three fine farms In Kan
sas: Bill Dineen. rich in oil wells: Hans
Wagner Claude Ritchey. Sam Lever and
our old friend Jim MCGUIRE. who has two
hotels and fine real estate In Adrian, Mich.
Hughey Jennings Is well fixed and practices
Law in Baltimore, but will manage the De-
Chicago White Sox. who Is established as
a dentist in Washington and part owner OF
q sporting goods emporium, sticks to base
ball because, as he says: Il can make
more money In summer playing ball than
can by pulling teeth This also applies
to Dr. Jimmy Casey of Brooklyn who prac-
tices in Detroit
Another feature of this year is the large
number of prominent players who have
been dropped by big league teams and will
20 to the minors Among them are Joe
Kelley. from Cincinnati to Toronto; Billy
Gilbert II he goes from New York to
Newark: Heine Peitz, from Pittsburg to
Louisville: Doc Newton, from New York to
Montreal; Bob Wicker. from Cincinnati to
Columbus; Homer Snoot, from Cincinnati
to Toledo: Jimmy Jackson. from Cleveland
10 Columbus. and Jap Barbeau, from Cleve-
land to Toledo.
In addition to these. Jimmy Sebring. who
Is wanted by the Chicago Cubs. must re-
main in the Tri-State League. according to
the edict of the national commission.