Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-02-09
LOOKING FORWARD
TO A FINE SEASON

The publication of the official list of
players in the Departmental Base Ball
League i'm The Star of last Sunday at
tracted a. great deal Of attention among
the clerks in Uncle Samuels Offices dur
ing the week, and for the time being the
doing Of Joe Cantilon and his band of
braves were forgotten.
The publication also had the effect of
opening the eyes of the clerks to the
fact that the different managers have
been hard at work getting In line the
players they will need during the season.
and much surprise was manifested at the
zeal displayed.
The nomination OF President Chance to
be auditor OF the Treasury for the Post
Office Department will switch that officer
out of stanch allegiance of the past for
the Post Office team. and he is already
causing considerable laughter by predict
ing That we. the Treasury, will win
the championship again" He says it will
appear odd for him to root for the Treas
ury team. but. like the saying that the
Constitution follows the flag. so his 10y
atty must go to the department where the
President has directed his services. Pres
ident Chance and Manager Eddy Robin
son will make u strong pair to rub 1t
up for the Money Makers. and the
others will have to give up sidestepping
if they want to beat them out.
Every manager is booming things in
fine shape and all are sanguine that the
coming season will be the best the league
has seen. Acting Manager Clark of the
Agriculture team says: The department
has not been thoroughly canVaSsed for
material for next seasons team, but some
Of the players who were on the Agri-
cultural team. which won the depart
mental championship for two years, as
we'll as the championship of the District.
will form nucleus of the Aggies this
coming season. The fast. goOd-hitting
trio of outfelders. Harry Bryan. Taylor
and Rhoads. with such good infielders
as Doyle and Brown. will be again in
uniform. while the best battery. Sanders
and Weber. will again be on the firing
line The veterans of the team will be
helped out by some other younger as
pirants, including Seahorn, who pitched
In the west around Des Moines: Jones
of the University of Nebraska. Priest of
the local Atlantics. McQuinn. Davis and
others
Manager Anderson of the Commerce and
Labor holds forth in this strain: I'm add
ton to the names l furnished The Star
last Sunday L have several promising
young players whom | am going TO try
out. and in my opinion our team will be
In the fight from the announcement of
Umpire Betts-'Piay balr--until he rings
the curtain down at the end of the season
l have young pitcher named Heath, and
I predict ne will be sought after by all
the ma ior league magnates before half
our season is over. and that he will win
nearly all the games he pitches.
Manager Duganne of the Interior says
he has twenty-three players on his list
and they are all stars. and that he in
tends to hang the ''25' sign on the rest
of the bunch. They are enough Indians"
for him To manage just now. but II 1t is
necessary TO draft any more the hunting
grounds mp around Carlisle may furnish
the requisite number.
Manager KOndrup of the Post Office is
making no boasts, his well-knOwn mod
esty preventing IL. But he says the list
he furnished The Star speaks more elo-
Quently than he is capable of doing.
Just watch us after the season starts
but make no ante-season predictions. !"
Manager kondrup grieves at the loss OF
President Chance and says he will feel
queer without his help in roofing for +.
o. d.
Says Manager Robinson of the Treas
ury: We won the championship by eX-
cellent team work last year. We will i'm
prove that work this season. and hence
will once again land at the head of the
procession.
Manager Worley OF the War is new at
the head of the Warriors but having
had plenty of experience i'll the Church
League he will have little trouble in get
ting fine team out OF the twenty-five
men he has enrolled. Much popularity has
been caused by the naming of one Of his
pitchers-Patten-aS every one wants to
know ii it is Case Of the Nationals. Man
ager Worley keeps replying: NO. but
Just as good, and a southpaw at that"
Down at the navy yard Manager lie
Clair is getting the boys together. and he
is OF the opinion that it is going TO be all
Navy the coming summer. The others
are doing the talking now, but Navy will
play ball from May until they cinch the
championship"
Manager Sterne of the Babies as the
interstate commerce commission team will
be called. did not furnish list Of play.