Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-02-09
res last night:
BALTIMORE PRINTERS.
BASE BALL NOTES.


New York Americans. led the whole
country in base stealing last season with
ninety-seven steals.
Al Setback who played with the New
Yorks, Bostons and Washingtons. is tc
become a magnate. He has obtained ar
| option on The Newark, Ohio, club.
Jack O'Connor is spoken of as the mex,
manager for Denver if the Harry Arndl
deal falls through.
Joe Kelly has closed deal to handle
the Toronto club for the same salary
that he received from Boston last season
Old Bob Wood is to catch for Youngs.
town. The ancient White Sox catcher
refuses to be called out. by Father Time
He played 100 games in the south las,
season. hit .249 and fielded .977.
Manager Fred Lake of Boston has
picked the twenty-seven men he will take
to Hot Springs. Fourteen Of the number
will be pitchers and catchers.
Should the bill introduced in Trenton
by Assemblyman Olwen permitting Sun.
day base ball and other sports become q
law it is said that the Philadelphia and
Athletics will have grounds in Jersey
convenient to Philadelphia and play Sun
day games there.
Heine Peitz. the old Cincinnati catcher
will likely succeed Jimmy Burke man.
ager Of the Louisvillee club. Burke is
holding out, for a $1,000 salary. Peitz
would likely take the job for half that
sum, and probably make a better man
ager than Burke.
President Navin is having quite a
struggle with three OF Detroit's players
in trying to sign them for the coming
season at the same salaries they re-
ceived last year. The three racslcitrants
are Schmidt. Rossman and Mcintyre.
Chris Won der Abe. Der Boss Bresi.
dent" in speaking Of John Clarkson. says
he was by far the greatest tWirler the
country ever saw. In INSi Clarkson made
wild fling. one exactly like that Chesbro
I'let get away from him which won the
pennant for Boston few seasons ago
and ST. Louis won the championship. No
wonder Chris considered him a wonder.
The latest oracular utterance of Clark
Griffith is as follows: The men who make
the star ball players are the men who
love the game so much that they are
looking eagerly forward to the time when
spring rolls around and they can get out
on the diamond again" Later they look
eagerly forward to the time when fall
rolls around and they can get off the da-
mond again.
Connie Mack has lost Arthur Schaefer,
the crack Pacific coast shortstop, whom
he has been trying all winter to get.
Several other major league managers
were after Schaefer. and McGraw has
succeeded in landing him for New York.
Schaefer was Influenced in making his
decision by Catcher Snodgrass, who
signed with New York some time ago.
Bill Donovan isn't the only American
League twirler who has a kick coming
over the official averages. Elmer Steele
says that he made three hits last season.
but is credited with only two. Its bad
enough to work in sixteen games and get
only three hits, but when they take one
of those away from you it's more than
the limit says Elmer.
James McAleer, manager of the st.
Louis Browns. says he would like to Sc
cure Wild Conroy from the New York
Americans. but there is no chance for
such a deal McAleer has already taken
such men as Powell. Howell, Williams
Yeager. Hoffman and Ferris out of the
clut ches of the Americans with startling
results, but that was when Clark Grif-
nth held the managerial reins. George
Stallings does not as a rule let players
away for ones of whom he knows moth
ing.
Chairman Ebbetts announces that to
date total Of $4SS has been collected
for the Henry Chadwick memorial. A
daughter of Francis c. Richter. tho we'll
known base ball writer of Philadelphia.
who is an artist. is drawing the design
for the monument. which will he erected
wood cemetery. Brooklyn.