Evening star., 1909-02-14
BASE BALL BRIEFS.

|, Harry McIlveen Of the Highlanders has
signed a contract which expressly stipu-
iates that he. shall not be required tn
play Sunday. 1t cost him $50 e,,er,,
he missed a game while WITH .i'ne
s,. '"", was the amount Stallings offered
n,,n lii, Mciiveen, however. is firm in his
religious convictions. -" Ills
Comiskey really has not mucb tro,h,.
on MS hands just now. with EieIdar
Jones sticking to his determinafion ~
quit ana Walsh and Isbell holding out far
more casn. the old Roman will have am
pie opportunity to show how ereat 1 q
diplomat he is.
Iy Cobb will never say q word about
pitchers not being able to hit As long as
" mas been content to remain an out
heider he was able to kill the ball but
when he essayed to demonstrate his skill
at a pitcher at New Orleans this winter
he was found to be the easiest kind of a
mark at the bat by the opposing pitchers
Cambridge. Mass. is the only city in
this country with a population Of $4,000
or over that has not at some time
furnished base ball club to organized
base ball. and today is the only city
ton OF over 10000 without a club in
some minor or major league. This is the
more interesting from the fact that but
twelve cities in the country with so. 600
or over are now outside OF organized
ball. - =
Detroit's 1909 pitching staff is prin-
clpally made up of Eddies and Georges
The Tiger Eds are killian, Lafitte. SUM
mers and Willett. and the feline Georges
are Mull!n, Winter and Suggs. Brilliant
BIZ Donovan and Recruit Ralph Works
are the other fingers who are relied on
by Hugh Jennings to shatter an Ameri-
can League tradition and carry the Tigers
TO their third consecutive American
League pennant.
Up in Minneapolis. Mike Cantillon will
have an aggregation which looks like the
real article. His infield will be composed
of a quartet of players good enough al
most for major league team. His out
field and pitching staff are also strong
and If he Is able to bolster up his catch
ing department just watch the smoke
that gang will make.
Hess stands out as one of the big leas-
uers who had everything a successful
pitcher should have but who has been a
dismal failure. When one SAYS that Hess
had everything pitcher should have, an
exception must be made Of control One
day Hess would be steady. but two days
later he wouldn't be able to get the ball
within ten feet of the plate
McAleer and Hedges both like Howell
They have as much opportunity of know
ing his worth as the fan In the grand
stand. although the grandstand will
value in Howell. you can rest assured it
IS there. for James has not been looking
on at Harry's performances for several
years without knowing all about that
coming vocalizer.
Washington is better off than New York
and Philadelphia. Cantillon has the best
pitcher In the American League in Walter
Johnson. Then he has a rafting good
catcher in Street and a grand outfelder
hanty are good hftters. Shipke is a fine
fielding third baseman. Cantiilon has a
batch of young talent that may plug up
the weak holes in the outfeld. This club
surprise the talent by finishing ahead Of
New York and Philadelphia this year
st. Louis Globe-Democrat.
team like this: Catcher. Spencer; pitcher,
Walsh; first base, Chance: second base.
Evers: third base, Isbell: shortstop, Dah-
len; left field, Seymour: center field, Dom
lin: right field. Ganley: Talk about your
all-stars! But before leaving the subject
let us remark that Fred Glade is not
holding back this year. Fred always
was great boy for variety.
Lee Tannehill. the Sex third baseman.
has signed his contract for the coming
season and the document has been re-
ceived at the Office of President Comiskey
There has been no doubt that Tannehill
would play again. for recently he said
at his home in South Bend that he would
hold down third base fer the South
Siders until he was thrown out. Last
summer. 1T Is true, he had little trouble
and toward the end Of the season said
he might quit. but his disciplining for his
failure to run out a muffed third strike
was the cause Of his irritation, which
has disappeared now.
It's shame that Connie Mack has
turned big Huelsman. the ee-ingered
OUtfielder. back to the Minors says the
Cleveland Plain Dealer. Huelsman has al
ready played with St. Louis. Detroit Chi
cagO and Washington. and it was hoped
that Mack would give him a real trial
and then send him round the eastern
circuit Of the league SO that he could at
least tie Charley Hickman for the hon
ors OF playing with nearly every club
in the circuit. Inasmuch as Hickman has
played with Cleveland. Detroit. Washing
ton. Boston and Chicago. Huelsman will
have to be content with second or third
honors. John Anderson having served his
time with Milwaukee. St. Louis, New
York, Washington and Chicago, with
Cleveland willing to take him off
Ccmiskey's hands.
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