Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-12-07

Ball Writers to meet in New York city
Wednesday next, place to be- determined
later. While the. association comprises
only scribes Of the big league cities. LAT
filiated associations made up Of minor
league writers, will be on hand to apply
for membership.
Cy Young is unlike most players who
say. this will be my last season" The
grand old man OF the diamond says LATTER
next season will retire" We would like
to suggest that Cyrus will probably be on
the mound for many years. He Is like
wine-improves with age.
Il is said that Bobby Lowe. for many
years a big league star. playing with
Boston. Chicago and Detroit successfully
may manage the New Castle team in
the Ohio and Pennsylvania League next
season. Last year he was manager OF
'the Grand Rapids team in the Central
League. He would be the most expensive
manager in the O. and p. League.
Charles Comiskey announces that In
stead, of building a new base ball park
in aChicago he will renew. his lease on
the present home of the White Sox for
twenty more years and will enlarge the
park. =
Collins Of San Antonio. drafted by the
Washington American League club made
outfielders and also the shortstops in
fielding. was second in the league in
stolen bases having sixty-nine to his
credit, set the mark for the league In
runs scored with 113 and batted .2S7.
This record establishes that Cantillon's
recruit is versatile and valuable player.
Sporting News
= 1t has developed that one of the causes
of the ssquabble between Frank Chance
oy bo rln Yryhy vryoC no INC var 6
complaint about the way the world s
series tickets were handled in Chicago
the same scandal that has been taken
up by the national commission. The
Cubs figure that they were done" out
of $4,000, and they are going to ask
Murphy to tack this amount on to the
salary list next spring.
Clark Griffith. former manager of the
Highlanders, about whose future the
country at large has been specializing
since the Old Fox left Frank Farrell :
employ. has finally come out of his shell
of reticence. Griffith announces that he
has high hopes of controlling the Kansas
City American Association franchise next
year. He has made a fattering offer to
George Tebeau for the property, but so
far has been unable to come to terms
with the westener. If Griffith is unsuc-
cessful in securing the Kansas City club
he will be seen again as big league
hidHdSci dt tAC Acou VI thC Ai-AotSu SAh
cinnati Reds.
Aside from the interest attaching to
the uncertainty regarding the manage
ment of the Brooklyn, Boston. St. Louis
and Cincinnati teams, there will likely be
some "doings' around the Waldorf before
the Boston-Brooklvn muddle Is settled.
Joe Kelley will be on hand to look after
his interests. KeIs Irish" is up and he
says he will not be turned back to the
Toronto club unless he gets the money
paid for his release. He also intends to
make somebody pay him 5000 next
season. this being the figure named in
his Boston contract, which has another
year to run.
That husky boy George Stovall is GER
tainly losing his batting eye In a game
of ball at Los Angeles last Sunday
Stovall, playing first base for Long
Beach, made home run and three two
baggers in four times at bat The de-
feated team threaten to protest the game
because Stovall was playing under the
name of Murphy. The Los Angeles
papers say that Stoval's batting is re-
sponsible for most of the Long Beach
victories. On the same day, at Los An
geles. Walter Johnson Of the Washing
tons and Charley Hall of the Columbus
A. A. team, met in a ten-inning draw
in which neither team scored a run.
johnson famed eleven and Hall nine.
Most of the players composing the OPP
posing clubs are professionals.