Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-02-19
BASE BALL BRIEFS.

1t will look like old times il Tom
Hughes. Jiggs Donohue and Dave AL
tier come back into the big leagues
this year. Tom led the American As
ISOLATION pitchers last season, and Dave
was the star base runner of the same
league.-Boston Globe.
There's no need for the big league
rules committees TO get the idea that
because the present rules are pretty good
the game can't be improved. The suE
gestion to put the pitchers box on a
normal level Is worth their serious con-
sheraton observes an eastern fan.
Three Cubs. Joe Tinker, King Cole and
Frank Schultz, predict that the league
champions vii. win 100 games this year.
Will the time ever come when tho
ladies and gentlemen who attend BAH
games will respect the decision Of the
umpire? When? How? Why" Whatf
Word comes from South Bend, Ind.
that Bill Phillips will accept position
as scout for the 81. Louis Browns. John
j. McCloskey, the former Cardinal pilot.
turned down Hedges offer of the job.
Phillips is an old Cincinnati pitcher. For
the past several seasons he has managed
the Wheeling club Of the Central League.
John McGraw has signed Rusthaven, a
pitcher from Abilene. Kan. who won
fortN-iige out of fifty games that he
pitched last summer. II half Of the phe-
MONS that the New York club picked UP
last summer make good the coming sea-
son. there will be not ling to the Nation
al League race.
President John /. Taylor of the Boston
Americans has received the signed con-
tract of John Dale. the right hand twri-
er from the Dallas club of the Texas
League. Considerable talk has been
made over this player, but as nothing
has been heard from the commission.
it looks like the Red SoN for Dale.
Mrs Eobhie Wallace the wife of the
new manager of the St. Louis Browns.
says that she doesn't know thing about
base ball and doesn't believe in women
pretending they do when they don't.
She says she couldn't tell what Bob's
hadn't even thought of 1t. Base ball is
out Of her line altogether. But there
is one thing she does know. and that Is
the fact that the Browns are going TO
make a trip TO Hot Springs pretty soon
and that Wallace is going TO take her
along.
Sherwood Masee declares he doesn't
blame President Fogel for wanting to
sign him as cheap as possible. lie adds
that Fogel should not blame him for de-
manding q salary in keeping with his
accomplishments during 1910.
Roger Bresnahan declares that he will
try TO catch all of the Cardinals games
next season. Roger has made this pledge
in winter time before and never made
good
Philadelphia y. NJ. e. \. raised more
than S1,OU9000 inside Of fifteen days.
That almost equals Ban Johnson's war.
time record.
Tom j. Connery. manager OF the
Hartford base ball team CT the Connecti-
cut League, has been engaged as coach
of the Trinity College nine. The candi-
dates will be called out April 10.
Base ball players who sign contracts
containing "a non-reserye clause. which is
not authorized. can look for no redress
from the national base ball commission
Of any grievance that they may have.
Such was the substance of a decision
handed down when the commission re-
fused to consider a claim of Ambrose
Putnam for hack salary alleged to 10
1ue him from the Petersburg, Va, club