Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-01-03
BASE BALL NOTES.

BASE BALL NUIES.
Connie Mack has little to say these
days, but the ''wise old OWL is surely
doing something.
Horace Fogel is angry now. He thinks
the critics have gone too far with the cry.
who owns the Phillies?"
Monte Cross expects to build up the
Scranton team almost entirely new. "The
fans like new faces" Monte says. And
he's about right, too.
Jack Knight may go back to Baltimore
While Stallings, the New York Ameri-
cans manager, likes him, he received an
offer which listened very good.
Rube WaddeIl may be with the minors
next season. ST. Louis has asked for
waivers on the erratic southpaw. And no
major league club has refused to let him
go.
President Murphy of the Cubs has re-
ceived another jolt. This time it is from
Overall, the big Cub pitcher. Overall says
he wants 500 bonus added to his con-
tract
John Heydler when told that Bob Ems
lies eyesight was failing offered to bet
any man that the veteran umpire could
outshoot any official in the game at Pm
yards.
1t is likely that Newark and Pittsburg
will swap first Sackers, Bill AbStein be-
ing dropped to McGinnity's team, while
Bud" Sharpe gets his tryout with the
Pirates.
Frank Chance is enthusiastic over Roy
thn inf IA 3v,oI
the Pacific Coast League. He expects
the kid to beat one of the veterans, Stein
feldt or Tinker, for a regular berth.
Max Fleischman, the Cincinnati club
director, who has not figured much in the
the ruling power in Redville, Is off for
Africa, where he will try the Roosevelt
stunt.
Charley Murphy offered $500 for Pitch
er Humphreys last week Then Fogel
owned Humphreys. He may give him a
trial at Southern Pines before disposing
Of him
Bill Duggleby. a former pitcher of the
Phillies, has signed with the Oakland,
Cal, team. Harry Wolverton, who for
merly played with Duggleby, will manage
the Oakland team and he expects the
veteran pitcher to have a banner season.
George Carey, former local first base
man, but recently occu pant of the same
bag in the Southern League circuit, has
been secured in trade by Manager
Hank Ramsay to cover the initial corner
for the Altoona Tri-State team.
Base ball records show that Tom
Lynch. the National Leagues new presi-
dent, once pitched a no-hit game Lynch
was with the Nationals then, and the
game was with the Baltimores 1t was
played May "A, 1850. Lynch followed tue
playing end of the game several years
President Carpenter says Of the Tri-
State League salary limit during the 1903
season that the same figures will prevail
during the coming season. The Tri-State
League will meet in Lancaster Wednes-
day, when a schedule will be adopted A
big feed is also on the program.
The axes are being ground and the
heads of the players slated for the drops
back to minor league berthS will begin to
fall into the baskets right soon. The
American League managers will have the
busiest time of 1t, as they must prune
their ranks down to twenty-five players
by May 10 next year, according to the
new league ruling.
more than fifty men under his wing at
present, but when the season opens the
Maps will probably include the following
ball tossers: Pitchers. Joss, Young, Fal1
kenberg. Berger, Gregg, Mitchell, Doane,
Linke and Hardness. catchers, Bemis,
Clarke, Easterly and Higgins. inflelders,
Stovall, Lajoie, Turner, Bradley, ball,
Nichols and Newton; outtielders, Hinch-
man, birmingham, Lord, Flick, Sullivan,
Speas and kreuger.
Manager Jennings of the Detroit Tigers
has planned to take thirty-four men to
San Antonio. Tex, early in March, as
follows: Pitchers, Browning, Donovan.
Hardin, Killian, Lelivelt, Mullin. Pernoll,
Savage, Smith, Speer. Stroud, Summers,
Vance, Willett and Works; catchers,
Schmidt, Stanage, Beckendorf and Casey
infieders, Bush, Moriarity, Delehanty, T.
Jones, Kirk. Lister. Ness, O'Leary and
Simmons: outfielders, Mcintyre, Craw-
ford, Cobb, d. Jones, Drake and Ball.
The New York Americans have started
the weeding-out process. Three players
drafted from Tri-State League clubs were
shipped back to the minors during the past
two weeks. Dolly" Gray, last year the
giant OF the league, who was member Of
the Johnstown team, has been sold to
Jersey City. Outfieder Wotell and Third
Baseman Tiemier. who played under Ed
die Ashenback at Altoona, will be seen
with the "comedians' Syracuse team
next season.