The Washington herald., 1911-02-11
UNGLAUB TALKS HIMSELF
OUT OF AMERICAN LEAGUE
Nationals First Basenan Goes to Lincoln, of Western
League, and Will Act as Manager
By, WILLIAM PEET.

By, WILLIAM PEET.
! The Washington baseball club yesterday
sold Bob Cnglaub TO the Lincoln (Nebr) }
team Of the Western League. While the
I price was not mentioned, it is said that
the Lincoln management forked over $500
for UngIaub's release with the under
standing that the Nationals should have
the pick of the team before the drafting
season opened next summer.
! It has been known for some time that
Unglaub was slated for a transfer. He
had an unusually bad season last year
and McAleer was dissatisfied with his
! work.
| Unglaub was obtained from the Boston
club in midsummer three years ago. In
1909, under Cantillon. he played nearly
every position on the team, and was a
general faporite with the local fans on
account Of his timely hitting. Lasx year
Dngiaub held down first base practically
| the entire season Much was expected Of
him IN hitting, but he fen down mis-
erably.
When it was known that McAleer an
tended to get rid of Unglaub. several
| Eastern League clubs tried to get him,
! but Lincoln came across with the best
| inducements, and the deal was closed
| yesterday.
Ungiaub will play first base and man.
age the Lincoln team. He knows the
game, and has also had experience as
| manager. He is also far from all in.
and will easily shine in the Western
| League.
| Last year many who knew Unglaub
intimately predicted that next season
! would find him in a minor circuit, IT
was hinted that Sir Robert was gradu-
ally talking himself out of the Ameri-
can League. Unglaubs hesetting sin
was that he talked too much, snmetimeS
| uHwisely for his own good
At that, he has many good qualities,
| for he never touches intoxicants and
keeps himself in first-class physical con-
| dition.
| Elmer Bates. the veteran Cleveland
scribe, pens the following:
Down East they are saying that Cleve-
lands old catcher. Jack Doyle. who has
| twice been manager of the Giants, is
likely to be appointed an umpire on the
National League staff. in spite OF the
tact that President Tom Lynch knocked
| Jack down once upon a time for disput-
ing with him over a decision. In this
connection it is interesting to quote
President Lynch on this very same sub
ject. AS he sat in his Offices in the st.
James Building. looking out on Broad
way, New York, one day last season, he
said to the writer:
Il want gentlemen on my stah of UNI
pires, but at the same time 1 want men
who will fight. No weakened men for
me. Any umpire who will not stand up
for his job has no chance In this
league
And that is why Jack Doyle has an
opportunity to get on the staff Of UNI
pires.
Jake BeckIey is going back to Hanni-
bal, Mo-, where more than a quarter of
century ago he played his first pro-
fessional baseball on a skinned dfa-
mond He has signed a contract to man
age the Central Association team there.
1t was in Cleveland more than twenty
years ago that Beckley drew his first
release. Like a brave little man, he
didn't kick, but took his medicine. For
tune has frOwned and smiled on him
meanwhile, but all the time Beckley has
been giving his employers his level best
Bill Evans, the best umpire on Ban
Johnson's staff and in the game as well,
weighs 1S pounds at present.
William always was a portly party, but
this is more than he ever weighed. He'll
have to weigh rs on April u in order to
do justice to himself. If he weighs over
that he is liable to lose his speed.
In order to reach the 175-pound mark.
Bill has started work in a Cleveland gym
nasium. He'll trim himself of the twelve
pounds registered as overweight. There
are few things in the athletic line that
Evans can't do, and he'll take hand at
all of them to reduce.
Once more the snobs who constitute the
board of Henley stewards in charge OF
the Henley regatta in England have
shown themselves to be members Of the
pinheaded class. The eight-oared crew
of the Ottawa Rowing Club, of Canada, is
one Of the best on this side of the water,
and $500 was raised by popular subscrip-
ton to send the crew tC England The
Henley stewards, who have frequently
decided that a man who earns his living
by working with his ha nds is no gentle
man, have decided to reject the entry, as
the expenses OF the Ottawa crew We're
raised by popular subscription and not
by the club or the oarsmen themselves.
Could anything be more absurd? Yet we
are told that these stewards consider
themselves gentlemen and the truest type
of srOrtsmen.
In almost every State of the Union the
Sunday baseball playing question is now
a tremendous factor. One of the pre-
season games between the Philies and
the Athletics will be played at Atlantic
City unless the officials interfere. That
will test the Sunday closing law in Jer-
sey, and It may be that later on some
of the regular championship games of
the Philadelphia teams will be played
at the seashore.
Little blond-haired Jack Thoney is
now a candidate for the position of first
base on the Red SoX team. Jack was
regarded as a wonder in the ioutield un-
til he went bad, but no one ever heard
of him as a first sacker. 1t is to be
hoped that he never win be called upon
to throw the ball This situation arose
in a game in Cleveland, when Thoney
was playing in center field for the Maps
in 1905 The ball, meant to nip a run
ner at the plate, went fifty feet over the
catcher's head and landed squarely on
the head of President Kilfoyle. sitting in
his box, high above the grand stand.
"Oh, yes; Thoney can throw said Kill
foyl afterward. He can throw a mile.
l. Ii 1t.