Evening star., 1912-11-22
.PENDLETON WON'T
PLAY BASE BALL
Princeton Crack Says He Will
Not Join Professional
Ranks.
MADE GRIFFITH PROMISE
TO JOIN HIS NATIONALS S
United States League to Take
Another Chance-Evers
Secures Mcdonald.
BY j. Ell GRILLO.

FOL Pendleton, the Princeton crack foot
ball and base ball player. who is sup
posed to have promised Manager Grif-
! fifth to give him first chance if he decides
TO play ball next season. is said to have
decided not to enter the professional
ranks.
In a letter to friend in Baltimore Pen
dleton makes it plain that he proposes to
follow some other profession and that he
has made up his mind not to become a
real ball player. He graduates from
Princeton in June and predicts that he
will then go into retirement. so far as
any form of athletics is concerned
Pendleton is a muchsought- after young
man. There are no less than four major
league clubs willing to pay him hand
some salary If he will sign with them,
while the number OF minor league clubs
willing to take chance with him are in
Vulnerable.
There is, of course, always a chance for
a young man like Pendleton to change his
mind. Flattering offers from big league
clubs may cause him to change his plans,
though for the present he seems deter
mined to stay out of the game.
Charlie Sterrett, former Princeton
backstop and now a member of the New
York americans, is Pendleton's greatest
booster. He contends that Pendleton is
every bit as fast as Cobb; that he is a
natural hitter, and that he is SURE to
make good in any company. He has been
playing at short field. but it is said that
there is not an infield position in which
he would not shine.
Just as soon as Manager Griffith re-
turns from his hunting trip in Montana
the local club may take some definite ac-
ton regarding Pendleton. 1t goes with
out saying that q special effort will be
made to have him agree to join the Ma
tionals as soon as his school days are
over.
The United States Outlaw League is to
take another chance next spring. The
circuit is being reorganiZed and it is
hoped to have some of the teams in
charge of formerly we'll known major
league stars In this connection the
names of Chance, Bresnahan, King and
Phillippi are mentioned. Pittsburgh was
profitable city in that league last sea
son. but the rest of the circuit was SO
weak that the league eventually disband-
ed. But the promoters see a chance for
success and 1T is rumored that new cir
cult will be arranged by next spring.
Washington is mentioned as one of the
cities to make up the eastern end of the
circuit.
John Evers has traded Tom Downey to
Sacramento for Mcdonald, the third base
:.
Mcdonald is said to be fine shortstop
as we'll as third bagser. and can hit quite
capably. Thus passes Tom Downey from
the fast company-a fine fellow, popular
everywhere, and a good ball player, but
strangely unlucky.
According to President Fogel of the
Phillies he will soon be in position to an
nounce the names OF the men with capi-
tai whom he has been able to interest in
Sifu3TiOn
now Fogel said: Il have the men to buy
all the stock for sale. Naturally | am
trying to take the men in that will re-
tain me as the president of the club, and
from what / know now it looks as though
l will be able to engineer this deal. If
do not, then it will simply be a case of
my accepting what can get for the stock
l own and retire from the club
Between looking for men with money.
looking after the teams affairs and con-
ferring with his counsel, A. S. l.. Shields
regarding the Lynch case, Fogel has his
hands full.
Ping lived up to his reputation, earned
busting fences some months ago, is likely
to be sold. traded or sent back to the
minors before next season. This is the
one position on the White SoS where a
new man will be seen next spring. Any
body want a fence buster? Apply to
James ]. Callahan or Charles A. Comis-
key, stating terms
Ping lived up to his reputation earned
on the coast, for one season. Then he
went back to the coast and acted as q
beer agent during the winter, came back
fat as a pig, and the fences We're COM
paratively safe. His bad play in the
Chicago city series, when he didn't chase
hit, finished his career on the South
Side. He was fined and relieved of fur
ther responsibility in theseries.
Now comes the report that he is to be
traded or sent back to the minors.
Callahan will have a good crop of out
field material to select from when the
Sox start for their training camp at Paso
Robles, Cal In addition to Collins, Mat
tick and Harry Lord, he will have Jimmy
Johnstone, who burned up the Southern
League and several other minor leaguers
Of ability.