Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-03-06

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cards named in his honor They should
keep many a good fellow out late at
night.
Wiltse is alleged to have gained two
pounds since last summer. SANDER. If
he ever put on half a pound he'd look
as though he had swallowed q water
melon.
Wonder where Scoops Carey will play
this season? There Is one Of the grand
est fielding first basemen ever in the
game. but his batting falls away when
ever he enters the fast company.
Ball players. almost without exception
are great boxing fans. Nearly all of them
think Jeffries is cinch in the coming
discussion. but this Is more racial preju-
dice than athletic judgment with most Of
them.
Barney Dreyfuss, owner OF the Pitts
burg Pirates. denies emphatically that
the University of Pennsylvania. Is the
dark horse who appears on the Pitts
burg roster as lone other player, but
the statement is made on good authority
that such is the case.
Addie Joss hit only 100 last season
the worst Of his career. One OF the few
hits was a home run. and Addie still
MAINTAINS InAI ne II q great UatS1IIthA.
II you don't believe it. he will show you
the score Of the day when he made that
home run.
One difference between Uncle Arson
and most Of the modern managerss When
Uncle got hold Of a beginner the novice
was put to work and made to show MS
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often give the youngsters the seventh
part Of an opportunity.
aDeakdng Of catchers and their throws
to first, Tfdo Daily used to put one over
there with the left hand IN the DAYS
when the catchers wore the finger glove.
That trick got many a runner sleeping,
as the boys, seeing Days right arm
motionlcss, never figured on a shot from
the left.
The White Sox are being overlooked IN
the predictions. That team has q ire
mendously powerful pitching staff and
the only thing that may hold 1t back Is
the possibility Of a f1zzle among its young
recruits.
Stalhngs says he will match Mitchell
against Sweeney IN the practice games
the one who shows better form to be re-
tanned as aid to Criger and kleinow. And
the loser will be a valuable prize Tor some
other big league team to nail.
Hushay Duffy thinks Blackburn win
make the White Sox sure pennant con-
tender This young man 10 heralded as
a finished product. needing no teaching
not the kind Of a player who. on coming
in from the minors. must sit on the
bench for months and watch how things
are done. Infielders Of such perfection
are truly scarce-we will see II Mr.. BACK
burr is ND to the specifications.
]. Owen Wilson, Pittsburg's gigantic
right fielder, was good last year and
should be stin better this. It would be
q peach OF q scheme though. for Clarke
to keep him ON the bench till June and
work Hyatt in the garden. Mr.. wilson
Is a poor starter. and hits about .1O dur
ing April and May. In 1903. he Went
nineteen games without hit. and stu
Clarke stuck to him. declaring that the
awkward kid would soon become q star.
The lowest nelding average ever re-
corded was credited to Martin Duke. once
famous as a pitcher. some twenty years
ago Martin registered tab OF .48S on
the season. That. however. was when
wild pitches and bases on balls counted
as fielding errors, while strikeouts went
as assists, and Duke was one OF the Wild
est men that ever heaved the ball.
Sam Barley. once the pride Of the st
Louis Browns. has been having hard
time to live during recent years In Chi
cagc. Sam was worth $250.OOO once,
low, one Of the most generous and hos
pitable Of men, and that tells why the
money didn't stick. If all the people
who owe money to Sam Barkley were
to pay up he would never need dollar
while he lived.