Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-12-18

council Win complete ISL SettiIlS ou'
the articles taken as prizes by the com
petitors thereat and the several sums paid
therefor.
n proposition brought forward by the
All-England Club. that in the singles
championship the draw shall be so ar
ranged that the leading players who have
entered shall be drawn by lot in such a
way that one-quarter of them shall ap-
pear in each Of the four quarters OF the
draw, was defeated after a long discus
sion by an overwhelming majority.
BASE BALL BRIEFS.
Cal Ewing offered $1,000 to Charlie
Comiskey for Rolla Zeider, it is said. but
was turned down cold.
Catcher Cotter of ,..e Phillies may be
sent to Buffalo for more seasoning.
Umpire Bob Emslie has again shown
that his eyes are al right by winning
target shooting match In Canada with
fifteen straight kills
President Ban Johnson has denied the
reports that Jack Egan Is to be let out
as an umpire, and he says that he may
also retain John Mullin.
Detroit is robbing the cradle. a la Mack.
The Tiger club has signed a pitcher
lots, who is only eighteen years of age.
Detroit it is said. will go early to Mon
roe, La. next year, perhaps before
March, and remain six weeks, not leaving
until the opening of the season.
Mike Jacobs, who was with the North
ampton team of the Connecticut League
until it disbanded, has been signed by
the Boston Red Sox for a trial in the
spring.
The Denver team of the Western
League, which took a training trip to
Texas last spring. may decide to go to
Los Angeles next year to get in shape
for the season.
land Northwestern League team, Is en-
ployed as an immigration inspector on
the coast his duty being to see that no
Chinaman slips by.
Jack Ifghe. new manager Of the Louis
willie Colonies, Is raging through Gray
sons 5O-odd possible with an ak: He
has announced that practically all the
older men are to be discarded
Jimmy Barrett, retiring manager of
Milwaukee, succeeded by Hugh Duffy.
will in turn take the place that Comis-
key had picked out for Duffy-manager
Of the Des Moines team of the Western
League.
Having cleaned up quarter of mil
lion dollars on it's 1911 season, the Coast
League has concluded that it can afford
double umpire system next year. just
like the majors and some Of the faster
B leagues.
When Tommy Sheehan is playing ball
for some other club and Rodgers is act
ing as captain of the Portland squai.
McCredie will come to the dreadful reali-
zaf IN a f..
at the third sack
Frank Baker and Joe Jackson are not
the only butcher boys making good In
have butcher boy battery in Joe
Benz and Ralph Kreitz. both of whom
swing the cleaver in the off season.
Comiskey sends a pretty classy bunch
of youngsters to Des Moines in Gilmore.
McGraw, Myers. Allen, Chouinard and
Messenger. That goat" of the Western
League should cut some figure next sea-
son If it lands a manager.
Catcher Jack Adams of the Maps want
ed to get married. Being but twenty he had
to have guardian. and Owner Sommers
Miss Helen Stedman Of Cleveland is the
young catcher's bride.
August Hermann says the story that
waivers have been asked on Larry NC
Lean Is just a revamp!ng OF the story
told away last summer. Nothing new
appearing about the Reds managerial
possibilities, the Cincinnati scribes pulled
it in again to fill
Jack Ashton, the veteran but winning
pitcher of the champion Austin team OF
the Texas League. is wanted. it is said,
by Denver of the Western for next year.
Ashton will coach the University of Tex
as base ball team in the spring.
The Giants in Cuba Insisted that it was
a JOY trip until John McGraw read the
riot act. fined Devore and threatened to
take the players home unless they fndi-
Gated they meant business AS this would
have meant the loss Of $500 to each man.
all burkled down to business.
Connie Mack Of the worlds champions
is reported to be after Hugh Bradley Of
the Red Sox. He Is a good catcher and
can play first sack. When he heard that
Jake Stahl would probably return to Bos-
ton and naturally play first base, Connie
saw a good chance to get Bradley, who
is a promising first baseman. While
'Stuffy'' McInnes is a good first base
man, Mack would like to have another
one. as he figures that the time is COM
ing when he will have to use McInnes in
some other position.
Russ Ford and King Cole. the two 1910
sensations in the shooting pit, both slipped
we'll back in 1911. They dropped from the
leadership Of their respective circuits back
with the rank ad file. Ford did better
work than Cole. but the Yank premier
was badly off his feed at long stretches,
much of which was due to ragged defense