Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-11-18
BASE BALL BRIEFS.

Manager MCGUIRE has settled upon
Alexandra. La, as the Maps spring
training place.
Pitcher Roy Beecher has been trans.
ferred by New York to the Rochester
eastern League) club.
Pitcher Hardness of the Maps is to be
married in the near future to a Portland
Ore, young woman.
Pitcher Mullin and Catcher Stanage
have sent in their signed Detroit contracts
to President Navin.
The Boston club has just transferred
two players-Pitcher Kenworthy OF Den.
yer and Outf1elder Bues to st. Paul.
Outfielder Danny Hoffman's speed has
certainly deserted him. He stole only six
bases in los games this season.
The Athletics. it Is stated, cleared $780,
coo on the regular season, besides what
was gathered in the big series. Pretty
soft for a team that was once considered
q lightweight on the American League
President johnson is reported as having
signed q new umpire in the person OF
Mathew Fitzpatrick of the Chicago City
League.
Ty Cobb was the only player in the
American League to score more than 100
runs this year. He crossed the plate log
times.
"Jiggs'' Donahue, the former first base
man Of the White Sox, Is running the
Southern bowling alleys at Hot Springs
and is doing we'll.
James Vaughn and Raymond Fisher,
pitchers, yesterday signed with the New
York American club for next season.
The Louisville club yesterday sold the
release of Covaleskie. outfielder, to the
st. Louis Americans.
Garry Hermann Of the Cincinnati club
says he favors the reelection of Thomas
]. Lynch, president Of the National
League, for a term of FIVE years.
After all the trouble in the Philadelphia
club Charles s. Doom will remain as
manager of the Quakers. His contract
was officially promulgated yesterday by
Mr.. Lynch. president of the National
League.
John Heydler. keeper of the archives of
the National League, plans putting sew
ought to keep the average bug in base
ball honey all winter.
President Johnson of the American
League says the AtNictlSS nave 6ASCii
up the proposed Cuban tour. He claims
not enough members of the team would
sign up for the trip.
Frank Mount Pleasant. the former Car
Isle quarterback star. has signed to play
with the Lancaster CTristate League)
next season.
Harry Howell, formerly pitcher on the
ST. Louis team of the American Base
Ball League, declared yesterday In st.
Louis that the time for renewing his
contract with ST. Louis had expired and
that he was now free agent He stated,
however. that he had not signed to take
the management Of the Seattle club, as
had been reported.
None of the "bushers' has any COM
bad year. These men are in the habit of
taking their medicine without telling
their troubles.
Whoever started that rumor Of Tinker
being traded to Boston, 1t hasn't worried
Joe any. Tinker says he wouldn't care IT
Murphy should decide to trade him. Any
where they pay the coin suits Tinker
In signing McGraw and Mathewson to
long-term contracts President. Brush OF
the Giants appears to be guarding against
a possible invasion of this city by Pro-
ufoter D. A. Fletcher's third league. As
prestige means a lot in base ball competi-
ton Brush IL taking time by the fore
lock- President Farrell Of the Highland
ers 10 adopting the same policy and has
sent liberal contracts to all of his men.