Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-02-06

| Tommy Connolly and Bob Emslie will
probably umpire the series between the
Athletics and the "Philies.''
Looks as if wild Conroy would pull
off the captaincy of the Highlanders
this year. He is the Oldest infielder or
| the team and the new manager wants
him to try the job.
| Two pitchers who were contemporaries
| of Clarkson will hear of his death with
regret. Tim" Keefe is one and
Mickey Welsh another.
The only time you miss any base ball
news is when the boy fails to deliver
The Evening Star to you.
George Stallings says he will start his
Highland intield with Chase. Gardner and
Conroy on the bases and knight at
short.
Chappelle, the Boston National pitcher,
now at Hot Springs, is in such fine form
that he has asked President Dewey for
200 advance money.
Monte Beville. the huge catcher, who
was one of Griffith's backstops the first
year the Yankees broke into New York,
has just been canned" by the Milwau-
kee club. He will get a berth in the
Connecticut State League.
The Denver club is after Harry Arndt
OF the Providence club for playing man
ager. Arndt claims he a free agent, and
Burke, the Denver magnate, says that, if
he is still the property of the Providence
club, he will buy his release.
Base ball men say that more old league
stars are being turned back to the minors
Nearly all Of the men who were promi-
nent in the American League when it
first started have dropped into slower
leagues.
Catcher Billy Sullivan of the Chicag 60
White Sox will leave Cork, Ireland today,
and Is booked to be in Chicago at the
meeting of the two big leagues. Sullivan
should Fielder Jones refuse to get in line
by that time.
The New York Americans refused to
waive claim to Catcher James, who was
with Columbus last season. and he has
been turned over to the Highlanders. The
New York Nationals at one time had
James and turned him over to Columbus
college man, having played foot ball and
base ball at Washington and jefferson.
He is six footer.
The double umpire system will be in
stalled In the Southern League next sea-
son, with former major league referees
officiating. William Carpenter and Frank
Rudderham of the National have been
engaged: also ]. J. O'Brien of the New
England League, Dan Fitzsimmons and
Dan Pfenninger Of the last Southern
League, and Gus Moran Of the Eastern
Two others are wanted.
Indianapolis wins the flag, makes a bar
rel of money and then cuts the salaries
of the men who did the work in the field
That's foolish business and the man re-
sponsible should receive gold medal for
his brains. Those players are hardly ex-
pected to be the happiest ever when they
think of the cut and it's sure to appear
in the quality of their work.
The Chicago White sox Club will have
three Pacific coast players to try out
this spring and they all look good in mi
nor league company Silent Pat" Flan-
agan, the champion batter Of the north
western League: Harry Sutor. the best
eft handler on the San Francisco club
and Rollie Zeider. shortstop who at
tracted much attention last season by his
clever work for San Francisco, make up
the list.
The National base ball commission has
granted the request of Players Frank H
Owen and William Purtell Of the White
Sox for reinstatement conditionally that
they pay a fine of $50 each. Their fine
was placed at 500, but as they expressed
regret" at having played in games
against the Logan Square team of Chi
cago last fall and promised to obey the
rules relating to participation in games
with teams harboring ineligible players in
the future $3.50 OF each fine was suspend
ed. The commission declined a rehearing
the st. Louis club, but awarded to the
Duluth club.