Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-04-05


two years old He says that he thinks
Jim Mcguire has made a great mistake
to quit the game regularly, and that the
former Red Sox manager will yet find
himself in many of the games the Maps
are> scheduled to play this year.
Billy keister. the Bisons' utility man
of last year, has been released to the
Wilkesbarre Club of the New York State
League. Manager Nal kittridge was shy
good to him. Merit Whitney. another
former Bison, will guard the first cush-
ion for the same team.
There are twenty-five southpaws in
the American League. or this number
American League before. st. Louis and
New York each has four left-handed
pitchers. The classiest outfit is the
Brown bunch-Waddell. Graham, Bailey
handlers in training-Mller and Andrada
1t Is somewhat doubtful whether either
will make good.
Mig Clarke will go back to the shin
guards. During the winter some friends
persuaded him that the guards slowed
him up and when the practice season
started this year he worked without
them. In the game on Wednesday MIG
got bumped in the shins and decided that
The White Sox outfield candidates in
clude Dougherty, Hahn, Cravath. Altizer,
Matticks. John Anderson. Welday, Beall.
Bader. Dalton. Flanagan and maybe
Fielder Jones. There are more than
enough outposts for three teams, even If
Jones doesn't return. And among the
bunch are men who possess strong quail
ties. which will have to be weighed care
fully before being rejected.
There always has been discussion as
to whether a double play is made when
on a caught third strike a base runner
is thrown out trying to steal. This has
been settled this year by the rule MAX
ers, who have decided that a double play
shall be scored when two men are put out
between the time the ball leaves the
pitchers hands and the time it is re-
turned to him standing in the box.
1t may be put down for a certainty
that Ed Walsh had no run-in with Billy
Lush down at Yale. as has been reported.
The Yale coach says that he never has
seen a man do so much for a group of
young college pitchers as Walsh accom-
plished during his season with the Eli
aspirants for this years New Haven
nine.
Comiskey and whoever his manager
proves to be are going to have a tough
time selecting an outfield for this years
team. They are going to have a strong
trio of gardeners. but the trouble is to Sc
lect the best three. There is a bunch of
splendid outf1eld talent in the squad, and
it is an open question new as to who
are the best men. OF course, it will be
survival OF the f1ttest.
II Jones isn't there when the bell rings
probably Cravath will get his place in the
White Sox outfield. Cravath can clean
often than Jones. but it Is doubtful if his
hitting will make up for all the other SUI
perior qualities Of the ex-manager. In
fact. 1t can be set down as fact that
his hitting won't make up the difference,
or anything near it.
Charley Comiskey says that he will
consider none of the petitions the Chi
cago fans are putting out to him to the
end that Billy Sullivan be made the man
he has chosen his man, and if 1t happens
to be Sullivan. he has not been Influenced
by the clamor of the enthusiasts. Davis
is the only other man whom the "Old
Roman" is likely to consider for the
place.
Claude Rossman of the Detroit team
says that he Is not going to let pitchers
slip over the first ball on him this year
1t was once rule that was followed by
the H1dJOFlty OIL DdttcTS IHdt tne nfSt Dali
pitched should be passed up. CIaudius
says this doesn't sound reasonable to
him any more and he is going to take the
initiative when the season starts and hit
1t out the first time 1t starts for the plate
AS a result Of an alteration between
Catcher Land of the Cleveland American
League team and First Baseman Dexter
of New Orleans during the ball game at
New Orleans Saturday afternoon, both
men were arrested and locked up at the
tenth precinct station. short time later
they were released for q hearing today
The clash came when Dexter was de-
clared out at first on a bunt fielded by
Land. The game resulted In ties to +.
Eleven innings were played.