Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-10-23
although several left for home after thu
two games With Boston.

Newark N j.. honored the Newark
club recently with public dinner Mayor
Haussling md city and county officials
mingled with several hundred fans who
gathered to do honor to the players who
had made such grand fight for the
Eastern Lea que pennant. The mayor de-
clared that the team was the best ever.
and predicts that the pennant would
fly in Newark in 1911. \ souvenir was
presented Manager Joe McGinnity-
Base bail dope will go wrong and con-
tinue to do so as long as they play the
national "a me- The Yankees were picked
in the sprkng by the majority to finish in
the basenA Ant. while some gave them as
good as seventh place. Any time the
sharps go to picking they are just about
guessing. One little boot will lose a
game AMI q championship. Its much
harder tn an picking horses. and they say
that's a difficult task
Hal Chase is already going ahead with
his plans; for the 1911 season. just as II
he expe1ed to be manager throughout
the yeA-. He says his team will train
at Hot Springs. Ark. and that instead OF
weeks will be devoted to hunting. fishing
and hiil climbing. 1t is rather new de-
partuYe from the usual method OF train
ing baV players in the spring, but looks
as il il would work out very well.
Jack WARRIOR was working out the
other tfay and while shooting the ball
into tn e big mitt of Walter Blair discov-
which he will no doubt put into play In
his pi tching next season. Every day
Warhf.p is working on the spit ball In
order to get control. 1t has a good
break on it and by the time the Yankees
come from their training trip he will
have the new splitter down to perfection.
In deploring the Lajoie-Cobb batting
scalad al. which. he says has done the
game great injury. President Barney
DreU-Islss of the Pittsburg team says that
the automobile prize. IL it had to be Of
ferexl. should have been put up for the
PLAYER that drove in the most runs. That
woul have given all a show and there
woul d have been no chance to cheat. noY
wo,d there have been any scandal. AS
it is. great injury has been done to base
ball.
It is said on good authority that Arlie
Lat nam will not wear a Giant uniform
nt.xt year, as he will be let out to make
r. pan in the eligible list for some useful
p'WSer. Latham is more than fifty years
cad and noisy coaching is his only asset
He may amuse old timers who remember
hkm as a great ball player with Comis-
ShAy's ST. Louis Browns. but the new
generation OF fans seems to regard his
y efforts on the lines with disfavor
81 will have no ball players on my
club who drink beer or whisky during
the playing season. is President Barney
Dreyfuss' reply to Howard Camnitzs
threat to desert the Pirates for good.
unless he receives a s1.2O0 bonus. For
the season of 1911 every player will be
. required to abstain from drinking during
4 the entire playing season. Any OF our
present players who feel that they cannot
camply with this condition will not re-
cs.ive any other contract"
Eddie -1f.oll5ns is inst samnle of the
x.nen who go to make up the American
League pennant winners He has started
Fin every game played by the Athletics
during the past two seasons When the
1863 race had been decided Manager
\ Mack suggested that he take a rest. as
4 he had a youngster he wanted to look
\ over at second base. Eddie told Connie
that he wanted to play in every game Of