Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-02-07
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BASE BALL BRIEFS.

Fourteen runs In one inning is going
some. September 8, last season. Terre
Haute had a lead Of twelve runs in the
seventh inning, yet Evansville came across
with fourteen in the latter part of that
period and won the game. Is to IL.
Jack McAleese captain Of the Youngs-
town team last year. and who will be
given a trial by the St. Louis Browns. is
getting into shape with hard work on the
farm Of Paul Powers Jack" saws wood
all day long and tramps about the farm.
Then. Just to relieve the monotony of the
hard days work. burns up the country
roads with Powers In six-cylinder
Thomas nyer.
Tenney. who was the first Giant to sign
a contract says that he Is as fat ss "a
well. fatter than he was last summer Il
seldom go into Boston writes Fred. "for
like my home and enjoy myself with
my two girls and my books. to say moth
ing Of Mrs Tenney's table which simply
cannot be tied. let alone excelled It's
the quiet life for me. The lack Of hard
daily exercise puts flesh on me and l
feel nne."
Newark and Jersey City Of the astern
League played a great game July >. 1t
went for nineteen innings without a
score. Brockett of Newark allowed six
hits and struck out fourteen. He gave
three bases on balls. Lafitte gave New
ark three hits and famed fourteen bats
men.
Robert McRoy, secretary of the Amer
lean League. is probably the youngest
man connected with the national game.
When Ban johnson made him secretary
Of the organization he was only seven
teen Years of age. Few would even be-
! Iieve McRoy's words when he told OF his
youthfulness at the banquet. And to
think that he held the destinies OF the
American League during the war period
some No wonder Ban Johnson has i'm
plicit faith and confidence In his secre-
| tary's ability. Today McRoy IS one OF
! the st-posted men in the game.
| Pitcher Elmer Steele OF the Red Sox is
! A bridge builder in the winter time and
| thinks nothing Of working 200 feet in the
air with nothing between him and the
ground OF river but a steel gtrder. How
! can a coacher ever get such man rat
! tied?
! One night last spring. just 10 keep his
! hand in he walked along the parapet on
! while a number Of the players were
! watching. When Manager Jim Mcclure
heard of 1t he vetoed any further exhibit
! lions Of the kind.
Johnny Evers was speaking OF the rela-
tive merits Of Cobb and Crawford as hit
,ers the other day and he remarked:
There is no question that Cobb Is one
|
today. He is really a wonderful player.
but he has a running mate in Crawford
! who, in my judgment. Is Tvs superior as
| a hitter Sam may not lead the league or
making a pitcher fear him Crawford az
| fects them more when he stands at the
plate than does Cobb.
SIN the worlds series Crawford hit the
bali hard most every time he raced ace hour our
safe. and I know that any one OF our
pitchers would rather see Cobb up there
in a pinch than Crawford
II i. little hard to tell what will be-
como Of Elberfeld. Stallings says that
he is sure that he can handle the pep
| perry Young man. That would indicate
He is good player. and any manager
who Is at liberty to avail himself OF his
services naturally thinks twice before he
Is quite ready to come to a decision as
Elaerfeld should be traded to another
club and played good ball to help that
nine to win the championship staalings
would feel that he had lost just that
him, and which, turned to another
source, helped to defeat him.
Barney Dreyfuss says that If Cieve-
land d' anno, spttsr he s S wins
take him at the draft price. Dreyfuss'
scouts reported favorably on Sitton last
fall. but as Cleveland had the inside
track with Nashville. he. OF course, had
nd chance to get him. Sitton. however.
viii receive a thorough trial at MOBILE
and New Orleans.
Napoleon Iajoie. although he hash
been able to land the Cleveland team a
winner, won't starve. In his twelve years
OF big league ball Larry has gathered
over $4,000 But then, OF course, he's
like al. ball players-he gives his money
, away.
Old Cy Young still holds the big pitch
: ing mark. When you take the number OF
years-twenty-tha lie has been tossing
them over. and his average In all that
time OF .624. he's been going some. Mich
els and Clark Griffith run the ancient
: warrior closely. These three are the
bright particular stars In the long service
pitching armament. -Christy MatheWson
with his eight years OF service, heads the
list