The Washington herald., 1909-04-03
BASEBALL NOTES
AND COM MENT

JlSBs Oononue VIII join the Chicago
White Sox at Memphis early in April.
- San Antonio has a fast young player
who answers to the name Of Quinck.
Miller Huggins. the crack second base
man OF the Cincinnati team, is nursing
a sore arm.
"Old Fox Griffith. the Cincinnati man
ager. had both eyes open when he
grabbed Eddie Karger.
President Dreyfus. Of the Pittbure club
says that Honus will join the Pirates
at Memphis early in April
The New York State League schedule
calls for l3S games. The season will
open May and close September IS.
Petit, Cheletto. and Pedrotti are the
names Of three players with the Shreve-
port team Sounds like grand opera
1t looks as though P. H, McElveon. Of
the champion Nashville team, will be
Brooklyn's third baseman this season.
Manager Hugh Jennings, OF the De-
troit Tigers. is reported 10 have discard
ed his "Ee-ah'' yell for "Go-glah-gook.
The California ball teams have done
everything to the White Sox except take
their baseball and bat away from them.
Manager McAleer, of the St Louis
Browns. would like 70 hire Cy Seymour
In case McGraw ties tag 10 the scrappv
outfelder.
Manager Lumley. Of the Brooklyn team.
used eighteen men in a game the other
day when the Superbas beat the Jack
sonville team
Nike DOherty, who has managed the
Albany team the past five years. will
manage the Waterbury team of the Con-
necticUt League this season.
Harry Covaleski, Of the Philadelphia
Nationals, has made a nice start BY
pitching no-hit game. That's the worst
thing that could be said 10 McGraw and
his Giants.
Manager George Stallings. Chief
Scout Arthur Irwin. and Instructor Of
Players" Duke Farrell should be able 10
show the New York Highlanders how the
game is played.
Limousine" Spencer, OF the Boston
Americans. is three pounds lighter than
he was six weeks ago. II Hack" isn't
careful he will weaken himself taking
OF so much weight.
With Bowerman, Bates, Beaumont
Becker, Ball, Beck, Boultes, and Barrett.
the Boston Nationals look Ike a strong
hive Of B's- Perhaps they WILL look like
one-arm BIS strong with the hives later
in the season.
Charley Schmidt's favorite bat arrived
In San Antonio az the Detroit training
camp the other day and the Tigers are
figuring that It must mean that Charles
is TO follow AT a not remote date. Schmidt
is one OF the last hold-outs Of the hold
cut season.
Sandow Mertes. the former New York
outfielder who was sold to the Doves two
years ago and then refused to report. Is
looking for a try-out Manager Bower
man has wired Mertes for his terms. and
there is chance that he yet may be
seen IN a Boston uniform.
When Fred Glade and Jack Chesbro ar
rive the pitching squad OF the New York
Americans at Macon viii number six
teen. Needless TO say, Stallings will make
a heavy cut IN this number before very
long. II Is likely that he will have ten
with him when the season starts.
Homer Cravath, who is playing left
field for the White Sox, made the last
game of his team In California a notable
one by knocking the ball over the left
field fence at ne Vernon grounds in Los
Angeles. Cravath has been doing very
well with the stick in all Of the early
games.
Cleveland's offer OF $1,000 for Norman
Elberseld. Of the Highlanders. would IN
dicate that the Maps streak Of hard
luck is coming early this year. There
never was a team that had more serious
Teverses than La1oie's squad OF star per-
formers. Now its Birmingham. Bradley.
Turner. and Flick who are the ailing ones.
When he left the Yale team Ed Walsh
said that If he signed with Chicago he
would make the trip from New York 10
New Haven when his team was In Goth
am and get Billy Sullivan to come along
and help him with the catching end OF
the Eli batteries. Walsh was given a din
ner by number of the Yale players
when he left