Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-24

cruit, will make good and will be a fix
ture cd the Athletics staff next year.
Pitcher Harry Howell of the St. Louis
Browns. who formerly twirled for the
Yankees. was divorced yesterday in ST.
Louis Mrs. Howell had evidence in the
shape of letters found in Howelrs clothes.
The Boston Americans have asked for
waivers on Grimshaw. Congaltor, Shaw.
Kroh and Jacobson. These men. 1T is said.
are to figure in trades with minor leag1e
clubs
Matty Mcintyre, the Staten Islander VI no
had to retire when he was playing great
ball with Detroit early last spring be-
cause Of a sprained ankle. is now at Tam
pa, Fla, preparing for an. active season
by getting in condition on hotel team
Connie Mack says he will uncover the
best third-sacker in the league next year
in John O'Hara, who played with Atlantic
City and Utica last year.
A base ball dopist points out the fact
that Harry Lumley and Whitley Alperman
of the Dodgers both suffered broken ankles
last season, and that Doc Scanlon was
operated on recently for appendicitis. The
dope continues: 'If all these men are In
fine shape next season. however" and the
writer forgot to put that however" in
big capitals.
The outlook for an American Associa-
ton invasion of Chicago is anything but
promising. And now comes a story that
IL Chicago fails, the association will try
flttSpUTE. some one tOl0 TINS TO barney
Dreyfuss. and. at latest reports. the presi-
dent of the Pirates has not yet straight
ened his face.
A "gentlemen's agreement now holds
down the limit Of salaries in the Ohio and
Pennsylvania League. Only young players
engaged at rock-bottom prices. These
"gentlemen's agreements are bad things
for the players.
Barney Dreyfuss. owner of the Pitts
burg club declares If McGraw plays with
the Giants he will have to get in uniform
also and play with the Pirates. "Muggsy''
might fool some OF the young fellows next
season. but it is a q to ! shot that he will
not be in the game.
Warren Gill of the Oklahoma club of the
Western Association, an outlaw league.
has been signed by Fred Clarke of the
Pittsburg club. to play first base next sea-
son. Gill Is six feet tall and his home is at
Arkansas City, about ten miles from Fred
Clarke's farm at Winfield. Kan. Clarke
has been trying for several years to sign
Gill.
1t is not considered good ethics in base
ball to tamper with a balFplayer until you
have the consent of the owners of the club
to which he belongs. so you may bank
upon 1t that Manager Mcclure of the Bos-
ton Americans had an understanding with
President Comiskey of the White Sox be-
fore he went to Cleveland to talk with
Eddie Mcfarland.
Joe Kelly. Arthur Irwin and many Of the
old-timers claim that the squeeze play and
many other features of inside ball were in
vogue years ago. and that the hit and run
game of the old Baltimore team has
never been surpassed. People think.
said Kelly, that the team that works this
squeeze play is doing something sensa-
tional. We pulled this play off almost
every day with our old Oriole combina-
ton
There is an old saying in base ball to
the effect that It is poor policy to advance
a man from the ranks to be manager of a
team. The old saying can hardly affect
future owners of clubs. for Jimmy Collins
Of the Boston Americans Fred Clarke of
the Pirates, Frank Chance Of the Cubs
all advanced from the ranks and won pen
nants..
Many OF the big leaguers will coach the
various college teams, as usual. when
practice starts in the cages after the
Christmas holidays. Willie Keller will
Lush will be in charge at Yale; West Point
wants to get Mathewson.: Columbia wants
either Billy Gilbert or Eddie Collins; Dave
Fultz will probably be at New York Uni
versity, and Pennsylvania may decide. to
have a professional coach assist her grad
uate instructors. 81 -.....-
Amos Rusie, the idol Of the fans q few
years ago. when he was without peer as
pitcher. is now diving for pearls as a
living, IL a dispatch from Richmond, Ind.
may be believed. When his pitching arm
went wrong Rusie earned the princely
sum OF $1.50 a day as helper in plan
ing mill He soon grew tired OF this. Re-
making rich hauls attracted the former
great ,tvdrler. The dispatch said the big
fellow had not yet brought up anything
more valuable than some old buttons.