Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-26
BASE BALL NOTES.

1hhJ 1AbCftt TIC IOIll6T Giant. Will
captain the Cardinals next season.
Fred Tenney is the last of the Boston
National League champions of 1897 and
1898 to leave the Hub. Only two or three
OF them remain in fast company.
New York writer's are intimating that
Leon Ames, the Giants tawney-topped
twirier, did not behave himself any too
well last season. It's the straight and
narrow path or the gangplank for him
next year.
Mike Kelley. the new manager Of the
Toronto team. will get $500 more than
was paid Joe Kelley for the same job
last season. That's case of Kelly get
ting raise for what Kelley did.
According to reports from Alton, ILL.,,
The. Breitenstein, the old Red tvirler
Is under Indictment for Illegally conduct
ing saloon. In the old days Brett. al
ways was legal In supporting saloons.
Charley Mcclellan of the Villa Nova
College team has been offered the man
agement of the Savannah Atlanta League
team. He is a brother OF the old Holy
Cross pitcher.
Last year Pitcher Dusty Rhoades Of
Cleveland was the only pitcher in the
American League who did not lose
series: This year Chicago. Boston and
Detroit beat him and he broke even with
Philadelphia.
Jimmy Hart, former fielder of the Min
neapolis club. and last year manager of
the Sioux City club, In the Western
League. has been sold to Shreveport, La,
In the Southern League, and will manage
that team next year.
Al storke. the studious student. made
good with the Pirates last season, and
Barney Dreyfuss is not looking for
new guardian Of the third sack. Storke
has resumed his mental gymnastic exer-
else at the Harvard law school.
During his big league career Dan Nc
Gam has played with the Washington,
Brooklyn. st. Louis and New York clubs
of the National League, and the Baltimore
club of the American. Now comes the
switch to the Boston club, which shows
that the Kentucky colonel has had row.
ing life Of it.
According to Jim MCGUIRE, Burlington.
who used to pitch for Providence and
Boston, was the first spit ball pitcher.
ball that no other pitchers Of the old
days had. He kept the secret Of the
strange drop to himself but now that the
spit ball has come into such use, / can
see that 1t IL no different from the mys-
terious ball that Burlington used to pitch"
Out in a hand some disgruntIed fans
are saying Unpleasant things about Napo-
leon Lajoi3 as manager. He is held
responsible for the failure of the Maps
last season. when they were particularly
strong There are several things which
should be taken into consideration before
censuring Lajoie. The pitching staff was
none too reliable, the terrible sluggers
were not always sending them over the
fence and the pinch-hitters failed miser-'
ably many and many time during the
long season. If Lajoie is responsible for
these things why. then. Cleveland should
have a new manager. Larry will probably
be on deck as usual.
Connie Mack must be pretty we'll salts
fed with the Athletics. although they fell
down in that grueling series with De-
troit last season. for there have been
few deals In which Philadelphia Ameri-
cans have figured this winter. The same
old pitching staff. including Bender. Wad-
dell, Plank and Dygert, will be depended
upon to shut of the aspirations of the
other pennant chasers; the infield re-
mains intact: the catchers are the same.
and Mack thinks Hartsel. Oldring and
Seybold will do for the outfeld. Eddie
Collins, the Columbia University star,
may crowd out some one In the inieid.