Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-10-31

shortly to take unto himself one of the
fairest daughters OF Mount Clemens,
Mich. The wedding is to take place early
Up the spring.
The ST. Louis Star starts a story thus:
Jack O'Connor, the cleverest base ball
the Browns" Jack should cut that out
and compare ii with what the Star says
about him next July.
Catcher Gibson of the Pirates signed his
name to a two-year contract without the
agent must have been taking day of
when such a deal was put through. Think
of all the advertising the worlds cham
pions might have got out of a strike"
by their star catcher.
Sam Crane left New York last week
on the Southern Pacific steamship Momus
for New Orleans and Tucson, Ariz., &C
compan.ed by Mrs. Crane. After stay
of few months in Arizona they will go
to southern California.
The Yankee club has not decided
whether to go to Ath6 MS or Texas next
season. Georgia has zen a hOodoo to
good spot in Texas picked cut to get in
condition for the season Of 1910.
Fred Clarke started his career as mas
cot of the "Grasshoppers" I'm Kansas.
Fred has been hopping up the ladder and
permitting no grass to grow under his
feet ever s'nce.
Sidney Mercer. i'm the Kew York Globe,
says that the Giants were not half try
ing In that interleague series with the
Red Sox. They were trying SO triflingly,
Sidney. that they used Christy Mathew
son twice in five games played.
If all the reports which have come out
of Detroit are true. then the salary list
of the Tigers next year is going to be a
tremendously heavy one. Nearly every
Tiger in the jungle has had an increase
for 1910. and as the veterans, such as
Crawford. Cobb, Donovan. Mullin.
Schmidt. Mcintyre and Moriarity, all
drew good, substantial salaries this year.
the extra revenue put on the box Office
receipts for 1910 is going to keep the
earnings of the club far from the 500 900
mark when the final counting is made
next fall.
The Yankees still have their peppers
out for a good catcher. Don't be sur
prised If Lou Criger should be wearing
the mask and chest protector on the hill
base ball men who were of the opinion
that Criger was "all in" but, like many
other ball players. st. Louis weather
doesn't agree with him. He told friend
that New York would be just to his
liking, and he hopes to be doing some
work behind the bat for the New York
ers next season.
Mooney" Gibson, one of the catchers
of the Pittsburg team, received a royal
welcome upon his return to his home, in
London, Ontario. AS one Of the world S
champions, he was escorted by process
sion nearly half a mile long to Victoria
Park where he was presented with a
beautiful case of silver by his admirers.
An address was made by Mayor Stevely.
After the ceremonies Gibson was escorted
to his home in Charles street by @ musi-
calsband and hundreds of his friends.
President Charley Murphy of the Chi
cago National League recently paid the
$500 fine assessed him by the national
commission for tampering with minor
Murphy. for he did lot of four-flushing
about how he was going to hand the
commission a rude jolt. We would ad-
wise Mr.. Murphy to get monograph
and reproduce some OF his stuff on rec
ords for his own use.
Don't slide feet first That's a
straight tip given up by Roy Thomas of
the Boston Doves, and one OF the best
base runners the game has ever known.
sliding" said Thomas. ''and of the two
give me the head-first slide every time.
The principal reason why I'm opposed to
feet-first sliding is that the runner takes
such great chances OF injuring his legs
and a ball player without good legs isn't
a good ball player. Another good reason
is that If a man slides head first he
gives the baseman but a small portion
of an arm as a spot to tag, and man
must be swift and sure to connect up
with SO small a mark"
Cobb Needs Warm Weather.
Base ball fans each year watch the
work of Ty Cobb closely in the worlds
series and then wonder why the Georgia
peach fails to live up to the reputation
he establishes for smuggling each season.
There are number. OF fairly good
reasons that could be advanced for the
failure OF the Georgian to fairly murder
the ball. In the first place, the series
is a short one: then again he may just
happen TO be In one of the slumps that
all batters fall into. and It's also Dos
sible that he may realize the fact that
the public Is expecting great things and
allow II to affect his work.
Cobb himself comes forward with q
unique explanation. and II sounds quite
reasonable: 81 feel certain that the cold
iuclement weather Affects my work in
the worlds series. Look up the dope in
the regular season and you will discover
that I never show my best in the spring
or fall. but always do my slugging In the
warmer months, like July. August and
September. So far In the three series In
which I have taken part we have had
only two warm days."