Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-03-27

Frank Delehanty, late of the New York
Americans. yesterday signed a contract
to play with the Louisville american
Association) team.
Larry Lajoie goes pretty strong. He
says that last year the Chicago White
Sox were a one-man team, and that OF
the lightweight games the team won no
less than forty went to Walsh's credit.
Last year S,o54.s37 people saw the
games In the american league and S.514.-
80 in the National League. Boston
ranked third among the i-American
League cities, with 464.ss7. and eighth in
the National League. with 245.2
Here's one for the fans-Man on third.
one man out. squeeze play In order.
Catcher gets next as the pitcher delivers
the ball. jumps in front OF the batsman,
takes the ball and tags the runner How
many know that the batter takes first
base and the runner is sent back to
third?
The Cleveland club does especial honor
to the man who makes home runs. When
one of the Maps belts four-bagger the
rest of the team meet him at third base
and escort him tremendously to the
home plate.
Johnny Kings latest Is that he is to
organize a local league in Kansas City.
1t Is proposed to have organization
composed Of six semi-professional clubs.
the Chicago backstop looking after his
business interests and playing ball in his
home town.
There is a good chance that Manager
McGraw will keep 81 Seymour. his scrap
Ply center fielder, as Mike Donlin won't
be in line this season. and he as least
wants to have two veterans in the out
field. Murray has had major league ex-
perience, but has never played with the
Giants before, so II Donlin didn't play
he would have an entire new outfield.
provided. of course, Seymour was kept
off the team.
Manager McAleer of the Browns an
nounced yesterday at Houston that he
had released Bill Bailey. Edlick and
Wells to the Pueblo club of the Western
League. Wells is a catcher, and while
playing with Nashville was really the
property of the St. Louis club.
Jack Thoney will not play real league
base ball for the Red Sox for two months
yet, and il will be a surprise to every
one If he gets into the game by the mid
die of the season. Thoney looks bad
and more fit subject for the hospital
than a base ball field So far the Bullet
is taking nothing but light exercise. His
failure to gain as rapidly as he expected
makes him respondent. Thoneys team
mates are having hard work to keep him
cheered up. 1t looks bad for Thoney.-
Boston Herald.
There's one base ball championship
sure to attract plenty of attention In
this little old town this summer. and
that's the printers championship. The
lads from this burg blew over to New
York last year and showed the printers
of the country just what II meant TO play
real up-to-date ball. The strong New
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minute and when Ebert got his benders
going it was all off. Boston printerdom
will read the papers this year while the
team is defending its colors, and all our
hoEeS are that we shall gobble the honors
two years running.-Boston Post.
Western Basket Ball Tourney.
DETROIT. Mich. March 1.-TWO Detroit
teams and two from Chicago remain i'm
the contest for the basket ball champion
ship of the central division of the Amateur
Athletic Union. Todays schedule calls
for a game between the Detroit Y. NJ. &
A. and the West Side Y. VI. c. A. OF
at 2:3D p.m.. and another be-
tween the Illinois Athlete Club of Chi
cago and the Riversides OF Detroit al
meet at q pm. to settle the champion
ship and the losers meet at s pm TO set
tie third and fourth place.
Lynch and Britt Scrap.
NEW ORLEANS. March 2I-Johnny
Lynch of Boston and Young Britt of
Baltimore meet in a scheduled ten-round
bout before the Royal Athletic Club here
tonight.
Weston Starts Out in Rain.
BUFFALO. n. Y. March 27.-Edward .
Payson Weston left here at sos this
morning on his walk to the Pacific coast.
drenching rain was falling at the time.
mixed with snow. The roads are very
heavy. Weston hopes to reach Olean to.
night and spend Sunday there.