Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-12-08


in charge of the Doves who will worl
! hard to make them a winning combina
ton. Russell represents some New Yorl
financiers and one or two Eoston men
| AS matters stand at present Fred Tenne,
| will step into the Dove affairs in some
way if Russell acquires the club con
troll
The interest stirred in Dove doings
during the past month has given the clut
more advertising than 1t ever gave
itself. and 1t matters little to Hub fans
whether Harris. money or Russell money
is buying players so long as somebody s
money is in circulation.
! BASE BALL BRIEFS.
RUDE Waddell says the best diet for &
pitcher is ice cream and pickles. The IA
nous souse-paw surely ought to know
Konetchy surely had great year. i
was his first trip into the 800 class, an6
he fielded as cleverly as ever.
Johnny Beall, with Denver last summer
hit .3f1. Here's a born slugger whom thu
big leagues seem to always overlook.
Every year Pat Powers is reported a:
through with the Eastern League presi
dency, and every year he gets reelected
Pat is now doing his annual fiip-fiop.
strong for an umpiring job. The KID
would be the legitimate successor of Tin
Hurst, both as comedian and as dam
ager Of kickers'. faces.
The Browns have signed a college
NIT HOY no, nod r
can make a winning noise he will become
a great card in st. Louis, sure.
One good thing about a 16S-game SEIZED
ule. you would get fourteen more chances
to peg things at the umpire. In those
fourteen added chances you might pos
sibly hit him.
Billy Clymer says he is not a candidate
for the Eastern League presidency. Pat
Powers will now breathe easier and pro.
coed to keep both eyes on the turnstiles
at the six-day grind.
The Highlanders. it is said. will fire
Frank Laporte next spring and take or
otis Johnson. in his place. There are
fifty ball players In each Of the big
leagues who are not as valuable as La.
porte.
!. BILLY" Murray is looming up as the
next president Of the Boston Nationals
IT'S a pity the rumor started in Pitts
burg. Otherwise there would be a better
chance Of "Billy's" landing the job
It's coming pretty soft to umpires when
they are presented with diamond cuff but
tons. Time was when the best an ''ar-
bitrator" got was a quick exit from the
diamond with no return check.
it ma may become m a farm for for t the New
York Giants. Erie Capitalists got the
habit of importing big league" talent
magnates there are getting In line.
If E.smond. the Reds Eastern League
recruit. sticks with the team, the bleach
call him desperate Esmond," sure, and
shout Thar. har,'' whenever he knocks a
hit or steals cushion.
President Taylor of the Boston Ameri
cans says his pitchers got heart disease
the Athletics, What Boston.s batsfien
got. Alr. Taylor falls to say. At any rate
they didn't get many hits.
Neal Ball hung on quite a while in the
fast company. He was a pretty good per-
former, but hardly up to the big league
mark. At that. his fame will live the un-
assisted triple play he brought off last
year insuring him a place In the annals
of the game.
!. Charlie Doom and his felow-thespian,
Jimmy McCool, will jump from Camden,
NJ j., to Cincinnati. Garry Hermann left
the Ohio city when he heard Doom was
coming there to prevent Charlie from
hypnotizing him into making deal tor
Hoblitzel.
When Del. Howard and Artie Holman
were the utility men of the Cubs. Charlie
Murphy remarked one day that Howard
would be the harder hitter of the two
For once he mixed the cards-Hofman
proved the sturdier batsman and out
lasted Del
Eobby Byrne, the midget third baseman
IF the Pirates, is still hobbling around on
crutches in st. Louis as the result OF
recent operation on the right foot. Blood
noisoning set in and little Bobby was kept
in doors for a few weeks. The star PLAYER
As on the mend and expects to discard the
walking sticks in week or SO.
Col. Robert Lee Hedges, owner of the
ST. Louis Browns, has turned down
professorship at one OF the big western
colleges. AS member or the facuity
Hedges would be expected to manage a
be permitted to pocket. Base ball, NOT
foot ball. is my game" said Hedges IA
declining the offer. -
The fact that the" Giants ran up bat
ting average of .27S on the season does
not indicate that they are, such awful
slugsmiths. For one thing. they acquired
a barrel of hits in the last few games,
when nobody gave darn. and, for an
other, the official scorer at New York
slips more hits and fewer errors to the
performers than any one else IN either
league.
Base, ball players are wanted in the
Panama Canal Zone, and IL a letter re-
ceived by Secretary A. ]. He:neman Of
the New Orleans club tells the truth the
zone is@not a bad place fotsplayers, If
they have the ability The letter is from
George Markley. located at Empire, Pana-
ma. Markley was at one time manager
Of the Charleston club when that city was
in the Southern League and 9lso played
with Atlanta. Maskley says he can use
several good pitchers nd.outfelders. For
any player who can fulfiti the require
ments there is an inside job at $50 q
, month. with a division Of the gate SAT-
urdays, which. will increase the salary
materially. Markley Will pay transporta-
tion to the iCanaf Zone. .,.