Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-02-21
Help to the Young.

says he will make determined effort to
land Vincent Campbell the Pirates crack
outfielder. Campbell and Barney Drey-
fuss are at daggers' points over the sal
airy question. Barney asked for waivers
on Campbell last week. Bresnahan was
one of those who promptly put IN claim
for the big blond outfielder.
ANY trade that would land Campbell
with the Cardinals is certain to prove
popular in st. LOUIS says an attache of
the Cardinal club. Campbell is one Of the
grandest young ball players in the game
With skillful manager like Bresnahan
to teach him the fine points Of the game,
Vim would develop into another Ty Cobb.
He's fast on his feet. quick to grasp
natural hitter, base runner and run-get
ter. There is little doubt but what he
would become q whirlwfnd with the Duke
to polish him up"
They All Want the Coin.
"a ball player who doesn't want more
money is a curiosity" declares Barney
Dreyfuss, owner of the Pirates. 1T
doesn't make any difference how much
salary star receives. He comes back
each spring with demands for an in
crease. Some Of these fellows believe
that the club owners are rolling in wealth
and can afford to pay exorbitant salaries.
1t requires much patience and argument
to convince them that such is not the
case. The task of signing thirty players
each year is not a cinch. 1t crates on
the nerves and makes one peevtsh."
1t looks as though Horace Fogel
strengthened the Phillies when he Sc
cured Catcher Peaches Graham from
the Cubs in exchange for Catcher Cotter
and Pitcher Ward. both minor league re-
cruits Graham caught fine ball for Bos-
ton and when he was secured by Chicago
Manager Chance kept him>on the bench.
He did not relish bench duty, and made
it plain to Chance that he wanted to
work. That no doubt helped in the trade.
Last year, when Doom was injured, the
Phillies had no extra catcher, but this
year they promise to have wealth Of
high-class catchers in Doom, Graham
and Kilhfer, not to mention Moran, who
is retained by the club to coach the
young pitchers. Killifer was praised
highly by the Phillies. Toots Shultz de-
clares he is one of the best receiving
catchers in the business, and does not
have g. peer in catching foul hteS.-P1ttS-
burgh Gazette Times.
Sweeney a "Hold-out."
Bill Sweeney Of the Boston club. is a
''hold-out" Sweeney has not yet signed
a contract. as there is serious differ
ence between the club and the player as
to salary. Bill was very much disap-
pointed when he failed to land the Gin
cinnati managerial berth. as he figured
that Cincinnati would hand the job to
an active young player. Instead they
picked Henry O'Day for the place.
The Boston club will have to weigh in
with a big slice Of coin before Sweeney
signs a contract.
White Sox Recruit Elopes.
A romance renewed in 1910. when
Tex Jones, White Sox recruit but then
with the st. Joseph club of the Western
League, saw Miss Helen Stanley of Wi
chita, sitting in the grandstand, ended
in their elopement from st. Joseph. Mo-,
to Kansas City. When Jones. gamboling
around first base, saw Miss Stanley sit
ting in the grandstand he promptly re-
membered that In the school days at
Friends University, Wichita, they had a
sign language all their own. He wig
wagged'' II love YOU to the young wom-
an and she replied in kind. Since then
Jones has been making frequent trips to
Wichita and the wedding came as the
elimination. Miss Stanley Is the daugh-
ter of the president Of the university.
Tribute to Wagner.
Declaring him to be the greatest short
stop in the history Of base ball, George
C. Rice of the Chicago Post pays the fol-
lowing we'll merited tribute to Honus
Wagner. the Pirates great star:
Wagner has been member of the
Pittsburgh team for twelve years, and be-
fore that he was with the old Louisville
National League team for three years.
'In all that time he has been an ideal
member of his team, and never has he
committed one act of dishonor to dim the
ruster Of his grand record. Time and
again have reports been circulated Of the
intfigues Matched by Wagner or some OF
his friends on the ball team, but those re-
ports have never proved true. He stands
as high In the regard Of the fans of the
country today as he ever did. and he Is
feared by all the pitchers that he faces
now as much as he was ever feared In his
life.
There never has been player in the
history OF the game that could claim any
thing Of a record to compare with Wag-
ner's, believe. Larry La5oie. the Maps
second baseman. has been q diamond idol
for the same length Of time as the Pirate
veteran, and Larry has been some batting
phenom all those years, with the excep-
ton Of Q couple Of seasunA w1nen he fof
or because Of the extra care and worry