Evening star., 1909-03-04
BASE BALL NOTES.

The inauguration weather ''hoodoo"
must be Bob Ganiey. The weather was
all right until he struck town
Harry Woter. the leading twirler of
the California State League las, season.
who has signed with the Boston Red
sox. played with St Louis in 1907.
Lou Criger is out with a prediction.
He says the st. Louis Browns will win
the American League pennant if they
beat out Cleveland.
OutfielderS Josh Clarke and Goode
are the only Cleveland players who have
not yet signed for the coming season.
And now report has ii that Brooklyn
is going to ship Shortstop Phil Lewis to
the Rochester Eastern League club.
Harry Pulliam's relatives are trying
to persuade him to throw Up his job as
president of the National League. The
reason is obvious.
And now rumor has it that the Bos
ton Americans will sell Pitcher Chech
To the st. Paul club. Mr. Taylor is be-
coming quite base ball broker.
Nyskocil. the new pitcher signed by
Monte Cross for his Kansas City team,
can probably pronounce his own name.
Let's hope so. at least.
Clark Griffith has decided not to give
out the name OF any of the Cincinnati
clubs holdout players. so they will not
get any sympathy from the fans because
of publicity.
Roger Bresnahan will probably pur
chase the release of Jim Burke, the
Louisville manage Burke will play
third base for ST. Louis if the deal goes
through.
Says Chicago exchange: Has it
occurred to the fans that it's an awful
task for any club to meet Cy Young and
Addie Joss on successive days? Think
about it for little while.
Wagner, of Pittsburg says that he can
not afford TO take the time for spring
training. There isn't club in the Ma
tiona League which will take this to
heart except Pittsburg
McGraw is stuck on Young Fletcher,
and 1t is rumored at Marlin Springs that
HerZog is sure to be sold TO Brooklyn if
EbbetS makes any kind of an offer But
Herzog fitted in pretty nice last season
when Doyle was injured. and McGraw W
isn't going to part with the youngs:er for
nothing.
Says western writer: Leave it to
the National League officials and mag
mates to get into a wrangle at least three
times year. Sure. so long as Drey
fuss. Freedman and Murphy in the
same organization.
Michael J. Donlin. captain of the New
York Nationals, most emphatically de-
nies the dispatches sent out from New
York that he intends to join Gala han s
Chicago outlaw base ball team. Donin
Is showing In Syracuse this week and
he remarked that unless his terms are
accepted within the next few days he
will sign a theatrical contract which will
not terminate until July :.
Pfyl. who has been. with the Giants for
two years and has never played in Goth
am. has been transferred to Altoona.
McGraw will not relinquish his claim on
the youngster. as he thinks i'm another
year or so he will be a valuable man.
Merkle was the first of the New York
Nationals to fly the distress signal. He
developed a kink in his arm the other
day. Last fall in that memorable game
on the Polo Grounds he developed a kink
in his think tank and it cost New York
the championship. Merkle must be full
of kinks.
Unless all signs fail. c. c. Cravath.
the player that the White Sox recently
purchased from the Boston Americans,
is likely to prove the batting sensation
of the American League this season. This
young fellow is d natural-born slugger.
Cravath was bothered considerably with
charley horses last season and unable to
do his best work. At that he batted 2j6.
Acting President John Heydler of the
National League spent yesterday In
Philadelphia in consultation with the
new owners Of tho Phillies. The exact
nature of his visit was not given out,
but it is fair to presume that certain
messages about what is what were i'm
parted. Heydler comes to Washington
for the Inauguration, and will meet Garry
Hermann to talk over business before
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