Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-02-26
BASE BALL NOTES.

Bryant Spicer, Washington boy, who
was with the Bethany team as a catcher
the beginning of last season, has signed
with the Danville. Va, club for the com
ing season. Spicer's work with the Fred.
ericksburg College team attracted atten-
ton two years ago.
Pete Noonan of the st. Louis Cardinals
has been released to st. Paul
The Giants have given Mike Lynch his
unconditional release, as all clubs have
waived
Wild Bilr' Donovan, who has recently
become widely known as Smiling Will
Ham," says he expects to do even better
with his benders this year than last
Great for Detroit If he does.
Jimmie Kane, the first baseman who
has signed with Pittsburg, is a star
basket baller Kane is touted to win a
regular position on Fred Clarke's team.
Harry E. Pattee. who signed with the
Brooklyn Dodgers several days ago. is ar
Old Brown player, and made star record
at second base for the Providence col
lege team.
Billy Hogg doesn't want to appear on
the coaching line this season, and has
asked to be relieved of this duty. His
'run-in" with Umpire Sheridan last year
was not pleasant, and Hogg doesn't care
to repeat the experience.
1t is being whispered about that Presi-
dent NaVin of Detroit has drawn a lemon
in Pitcher George Suggs, the star twirler
of the Southern League. Suggs is a
grand tenor singer, but he is said to be
shy on what; in polite circles, is called
courage.
Beebe Kargar McGlynn, Lush,
Fromme. Raymond. Rhoades and Hig-
ginbotham will compose the pitching
staff the Cardinals will take south. If
the rest Of the bunch give these twirlers
the support they deserve the Cardinals
will spring some wonderful surprises.
Fred Tenney is not the only ball player
who has held stock in club Of which
he was not member. A. c. Arson,
when with Chicago. had stock in the
New York club, and when manager of
the New York club was stockholder
in the Chicago club
The refusal of Kansas City to waive on
kellum spiked a trade between Indianap-
oils and Newark whereby Carrick and
Strangely enough, both these players
were suspended by their clubs last year
Out of the frying pan into the fire.
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that Catcher Blair has Joined the Hold
out Club and wishes liberal advance
from Griffith. With Kleinow somewhat
the worse of wear and Hickey an un-
known quantity. 1T seems as if Foxy
| Griff may have some trouble in his back
stopping department if Blair is not bluff
| ing. Still, players seem to possess that
pleasing faculty of "caving" at the
physiological moment
| ha MI GA m will he
ANNOUNCED first, President Johnson hav-
| ing won this right on the toss Of a coin
at meeting in Cincinnati few weeks
ago. The National League dates will be
| given out twenty-fOur hours later, sc
that by Saturday the followers OF the
game all over the two principal circuits
will be able to figure out how their IA
| vorite clubs have been treated in the
able holiday, Saturday and Sunday
games.
| When ii comes to getting money easy
! then you will have to hand ii to Louie
Fiene, the elongated pitcher of the White
| SoX. Fienc has been with the Chicago
team the greater part OF two years and
has pitched only one full game. and that
victory over CleYeland. Last year he
failed to start a single contest. but fin
ished few after they had been hope
lessly lost
| Some OF the bali players WAC are AL
ways talking about retiring from the
game to enter business" might do vel
to see how Jack Harper. the Cub pitche,
secured from Cincinnati for Lobert, came
out in TIE boot and shoe business. Jack
was one of those fellows who actually
retired Now he wants to return to the
game to make back the coin he lost In
business. But Manager Chance has sc
many pitchers he doesn't care to take
Harper ON to the staff. Some trade viii
be framed up so that the finger may es-
cape the shoe bushes in Oil city, Pa.