Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-11-25
BASE BALL NOTES.

Maenate Farrell has adopted sort OF
'pay-when- you-work'' plan with Elder
field, The Kid signed a contract the other
day that calls for 1000 extra money II
he plays the game and attends strictly to
business.
That LOCO which the national commits
sion asks the Giants to pay New Orleans
will be In a class with the Rockefeller
fine shortly. There is apparently no haste
to pay, either.
Hughey Jennings. the strenuous leader
Of the Tigers. is taking the rest cure IN
sanitarium at Markleton, Pa He will re-
turn shortly to Baltimore; where ne ne WI viii
practice law In his brothers oftice all win
ter. He says in letter that 1t Is unsafe
to mention base ball to him.
The Chase case is as funny as ever. He
still says that nothing is further from his
thoughts than breaking his contract with
the Yankees. At the same time he goes
blithely on playing outlaw ball and giving
the national commission chance to break
1t for him.
Frank De Haas Robson, owner Of the
st. Louis National League club, has plan
to equalize the playing strength Of major
league clubs. The Cardinals finished as
low as possible in an eight-club league
last season.
The st. Louis critics think that McAleer
had all the better Of his trade Of Niles.
Hemphill and Glade to Griffith for Hoff-
man. Williams and Ferris. They say Glade
may not report, that Niles blundered men
tally and mechanically in the infleld last
year and that Hoffman is better man
than Hemphill.
he GOV ~ fhn H.
lies, is after Dan McGann Of the Giants.
and may get him. Merkle is considered a
wonder, and is practically certain to be
the regular first baseman next season.
Philadelphia and Cincinnati are both
after Fred Tenney Of the Boston club,
but President Dewey says there isn't
chance.
Addie Joss of the Maps is out with an
interesting explanation Of why SO few
pitchers can hit. He says that they are
used to seeing the ball going away from
them, and that in the few times they get
a chance to bat they cannot adapt them
selves to the changed viewpoint
BY the acquisition of Parent the White
Sox look as strong as they did when they
won double honors. Parent sitting on
of the infielders went bad might have
made history in the league race. The
White Sox look strong enough in playing
strength, but Comiskey's chief worry is
over his manager. He refuses to believe
that Fielder Jones will not return in the
spring but Jones seemed perfectly sincere
in his repeated assertions late last season
that base ball would know him no more.
The rumor that Clark Griffith had Sc
cured Bill Bradley of the Maps to hold
down third base for the Yankees next sea-
son started such a fuss in Cleveland last
week that the club felt it necessary to
come out with an official denial.
Bradley is not on the market now, and
will not be- is the way they put it.
The joy in Cleveland will hardly offset
the disappointment of the New York pub
lie, who believed that Griffith had chance
to land the great third .baseman. The
manager of the Yankees spent three days
in Cleveland on his way west. and it is
quite possible that other trades may come
out of 1t, though the Bradley deal is off,
This is apt to be a busy winter for
trades. There Is hardly team in the
league, with the possible exception Of
Detroit, that is not planning a shake-up
Of more or less Importance and some of
them have already begun it. The ST.,
Louis-New York-Boston deal that in
volved six players is a good example,
New York Journal.