Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-12-24
BASE BALL BRIEFS.

The Boston Americans have signed an
other schoolboy phenom in Joe Ferrin Of
Lawrence, Mass. Patsy Donovan picked
him up for the Red Sox.
The Indianapolis (American Association
club has sold. the veteran outfelder, Dan
ny Hoffman, to the st. Paul club, same
league.
The Chattanooga club Of the Southern
League has signed Pitcher John Mercer,
who was last year suspended by Pitts
burgb and put in the season pitching for
the Dayton Shilos.
Pitcher Mike O'Toole has been sold by
Albany to the St Paul club of the Amer
lean Association. He Is brother q.
Pittsburgh from the ST. Paul club for
$22, 500.
The Dayton Central League club own
ers announce that they Will carry but
thirteen players next season. They say
the unlucky number will bring them good
fortune in salaries saved.
Jack Slattery, who led the Pacific Coast
League in batting in 1908, the Eastern
League in 1910 and finished third in the
Eastern in 1911, is spending the winter in
South Boston, Mass. He Is free agent.
President Coleman of the Scranton CNew
York State League) club has secured
Second BaSeman Jimmy iMullin from the
Toronto club. and he will manage the
team. succeeding Monte Cross. The latter
Is wanted by the Lynn club of the New
England League.
There may be better catchers in the
American League than sgd Smith. on
whom Cleveland asked waivers, but there
a ny,a ir1ol 1yd{v hA
backstopping staff of the Browns.
Manager Dale Gear Of the Topeka team
has too many southpaw pitchers. and is
the market Is Del Alderman, who was Sc
cured from Sioux City in exchange for
Frank Barber.
stops Notre Dame has ever had. now
practicing law in South Bend has re-
considered his determination to quit the
game. and he will probably return to Des
Moines next season
The New York State League moguls will
discuss at their coming meeting in Wilkes
barre the question Of whether their clubs
under option, with the prospect that
Harmed" players will be barred.
If some Of the players in the Southern
California Winter League could hit in
their regular berths like they are doing
in December they would make the Ty
CobbS run to cover. A set of AVERAGES
issued in a San Diego paper shows Jerry
Downs hitting .6fO; Householder, $40;
II. Meyers. IA; Breen, 1857; Lewis, .3S;;S,
and SO on.
Newark has practically new team for
1912 and Joe McGinnity thinks very well
of his chances. The Iron Man has
picked out lot of young promising
chaps and expects to be fighting near the
top from the fall of the flag. The New
arks will train in Virginia next spring,
avoiding the mistale of going to cold
place like Lakewood, as they did a year
ago.
The Maps Southern League recruits
will not strengthen the teams batting
fielder and utility intielder. batted 276 in
100 games with New Orleans Frank
Manush, third baseman, batted .263 in
los games. Jack Adams batted .191 in
62 games with Memphis Frank BAR
pitcher, drafted from Nashville, won %
and lost IL games.
A writer ON the Boston Record says
that Fred Lake should be managing a
club in a league higher than that of the
New England. Lakes experience with
the two Boston clubs put him in solid
with the Boston scribes and they are
unanimous IN the opinion that there are
many managers in the big leagues who
are not anywhere near the equal of Fred
Lake.
There is possibility that Harry Lord,
ex-Red Sox and on the Chicago White
Sox pay roll now. will be traded. Lord
fully expected to be made manager of
the Comiskey outfit when the can was
attached to Hughey Duffy. and those who
know the Lord temperament believe he
will never be happy again until snapped
to some other team.
Nealon Lynch, who has signed with the
Portland Northwestern League Club, says
he is a free agent under an agreement of
Muskegon, Mich, where he played last
season, to release him and that he will
take his case to the base ball courts.
Lynch is a st. Mary's College man.
brought east by Hal Chase Of the New
York Americans. and sent to the Mich