Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-01-14
shaughnessy a Manager.
BASE BALL NOTES.
The Clevelands have sold Pitcher
Pruitt to the New Orleans club.

| The CIevelands have sold Pitcher
Pruitt to the New Orleans club.
| Fred Buelow, who caught for the
Detroit and Cleveland teams. has been
signed by Jimmy Casey for the Mon
treal club.
Cincinnati didn't hold Dan McGann
very long after getting him for the
waiver price Dan will decorate first
corner for Milwaukee next season.
| Chris Clune who trained the ToroH-
tos of the Eastern League last season,
may have charge of the Yankees the
coming season, according to a state
ment made by President Farrell.
Jimmy Sebring wired President Eb-
belts of the Superbas thusly, after re-
| ceiving word of his reinstatement:
Thanks for your trouble. Will show
my appreciation on the diamond"
bill" Sharry, recently of Somerville
High and now of Mercersburg Acad-
envy, is the latest schoolboy player said
| to have been corralled by Connie Mack
by the string process. That is, Connie
Mack is to have him in line. so 1T is
said, when he decides to break away
from the amateur ranks.
Osteen, the Central Lacquer who
wound up at short for the Cardinals,
hit .242 for Fort Wayne. In 1907 he
went way better than 300. Comiskcy
took him to the coast last spring and
the overland trip knocked him out.
brooklyn will have a fast outfield."
says Ebbetts. None dispute that point.
with Sebring, Hummel, Lumley and
Catterson, but who is to manage the
team?
President Pulliam is in favor of there
being a single trophy after this for
worlds series championships instead of
individual trophies. players come ana
GO but the club remains he says. Be
sides, the plan would do away with \
lot of unseemly grumbling by the play
ers over their trophies.
The New York American League
club has perfect claim to the services
of Joe Ward according to President
Pulliam. which means Philadelphia has
no claim except in imagination. Shetts-
line of the PhillieS wanted Mr.. Pulllam
to reopen the case before the national
commission, but Pulliam refused to do
so, telling the Philadelphia. claimant
that he would have to get some other
member Of the commission TO, do so if
the case was to be reopened at all
New York Sun.
Much is expected of young Quinn,
the Richmond (Va.) pitcher secured by
the New York Americans. He pitched
sixteen games for Richmond and did not
lose one. He won IA and had two ties.
Less than two runs to a game were
made against him and he had an av-
erage of about six and one-half hits
to game. He made. only two errors
and had only twenty-five passes and
four wild pitches. Besides all this
merit he hit for .294.
Mike Donlin's acting is a reve1a-
tion" says the base ball dramatic critic
of the Chicago Tribune. He isn't mere
ly there because he's there. He's pres
ent because he has business to be.
Nerve is supposed to be the ball play
ers most necessary asset. No one who has
seen Mike dance ever will accuse him
of being yellow in any walk of life.
To see him get out there and do fancy
steps when you know it's hurting him
fills you simultaneously with admira-
ton and pity for the young man.. Later
in the evening Chicago friends of Mike
gave him loving cup.