The Washington times., 1911-01-12
Baseball Notes

Pat Donovan, who returned from his
European wedding trip filled with con-
tidence for the coming year. says he is
sure Jake Stahl will be back playing
first for the Red SOX next year. Jake
says no.
Ed Sweeney, of the Highlanders, is
one of the members of the Damien
Council, knights of Columbus, indoor
baseball club of Chicago. Another major
Lacquer who is playing with this COmbi-
nation is Felix Choulnard, one of the
White Sox outtielders.
The Red Sox are going to travel in the
best style they can get when they
make their California training trip the
coming spring. All the Eastern men,
bers Of the team gill go to Chicago
on the Twentieth Century train and the
the big Red SoX Special will start from
there.
The Boston Nationals could be
strengthened materially with the play
ers that are holding down the benches
of other National League teams, but
nobody is offering to help out MeSsrs.
Russell and Tenney. This community
Of interest business doesn't go very far
in baseball.
Fred Lake is taking things easy
and planning a fishing trip to the
Maine woods with his friends. The
Boston National League club is ready
to make a fair compromise with Mr..
Lake, so President Russell says, and
the chances are that they will come
together in a couple of weeks.
Pitcher Joss of the Maps is in good
~
ton. He will resume work at once
on the Toledo paper, of whose sport
ing staff he is a member each winter,
completing a series of baseball arti-
cles that he was obliged to discon-
tinue when he went to the hospital.
Fred Jacklitsch of the Phillies has
been sold to Rochester. Jack, old
boy, lasted longer on less work than
any catcher that ever wore mask
although he almost never wore one.
He even lodged warming up the
pitchers, and yet stuck on the pay
roll of the big league for many and
many a season. The only place where
he was ever known to show speed and
promptitude was at the pay desk on
salary day.
Charges that Charley Doom, the
Phillies' manager, is a trouble maker,
are hardly borne out by the facts.
Charley wasn't put out of a single
game last season in which he played,
although he took part in big num-
ber of contests. Charley,s trouble
with the jumps came when ne was on
the coach lines. IF l talked with my
hands they would chase me to the
clubhouse" declared the Phillies
manager hotly.
John Camel has mapped out a busy
training season for his two-time cham
zion Bronchos. Rochester will train at
Admission, Ala, beginning March u.
Camel has arranged exhibition games
for Chattanooga and Knoxville, Tenn:
Lexington, Ky; Cincinnati and Hamil-
ton, Ohio. At the winter meeting at
Rochester, CAMEL expressed an opinion
that he could make it three straight pen
nants if a catcher of the caliber of Wal
ter Blair could be found. Honest John"
mas secured likely substitute in Jack
litsCh, just turned over to him by the
Phillies.
Manager Donovan does not intend to
let his men go through anything like the
arduous schedule that the White Sox
were subjected to on their trips to the
coast. Tip O'Neill, the president of the
Western League, who lives in Oakland,
has charge of the Red Sox expedition,
too; but Manager Donovan will see to it
that his men are not worked for double
headers, as the White Sox were when
trying to get into condition. Although
there will be both morning and after
noon practice, Donovan intends to take
things nationally, and it Is a safe bet
that the Red Sox will not have exhaus-
ton as their plea when they come away
from the Golden Gate training grounds.