Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-01-26

ARKANSAS HOT SPRINGS.

owner CT the Milwaukee american AS
sociation) club. Wild Bill Donovan ana
George Mullin. who have never missed
taking full course Of the celebrated 10
cal baths since they became topliners IN
the national game. will be along shorty
after February l and Wahoo Sam CraW-
ford, Germany Schaefer. Hub Purdue
Jim Delahanty. Charley O'Leary. Chariey
Starr and Jimmy Burke are other reg
ulars who will be blowing in any time.
Our big arrival. on top OF what nap
pened- in the cities Of Boston and Ne"
York last October, will be Jake Stahi.
who has sent down word that ne VIII
bob I'D around February TO- accompanied
by a few of his veterans. Clyde Ens.i
and Bill Carrigan were on deck early III
the game with their boss last spring
spring In Hot Springs starts Ja1ua:y 3D.
when the big season is on in earnest
and they are expected along with SIT
Jacob. Then. giddy dame rumor has It
that iris Speaker and Joe Wood. two Oh
the Spas stanchest champions. Will also
be in the party. Hence. there is a lot
of interest attached to the arrival OF the
advance guard of the worlds champions.
Armour Praises Bresnahan.
In Armour's opinion. the two base ball
crimes of the century were the bouncing
of Frank Chance and Roger Bresnahan.
Base ball does not own two better or
brainier men than Chance and Bresna-
han, and were I the owner OF q Dig
league club, and lucky enough to nave
one of them managing my team. Wouio
just as soon think Of giving away tne
seasons receipts as releasing Whicneve :,
Ho~k 20 M
stated Armour in the lobby OF the Ar
lington Hotel the other evening. FRANZ
Farrell, who has never had much luck III
New York and who deserves 10 own q
winner, is the luckiest man In the game.
He got Chance for a song--$l.00. the
waiver price. For the life of me l can,
not understand why some other Nauonai
League club did not pick Chance up aiteT
Murphy threw him down. l believe
know six clubs in the parent body tnat
could use Frank to advantage. Honestly:
McGraw is the only skipper IN the Olu
organization whom Chance couio not SUE
coed and the change prove good one:
Il was allied with Bresnahan last SUM
mer, serving as scout for the Cardinals.
and approaching. in fact. knowing that
the Duke had a winner on the way In the
most-abused base ball city In the coun-
try. was the most surprised man In the
world when l read In the papers that
Mrs. Britton had bounced Roger don
believe Roger was any more surprised
than yours truly. 1t is a huge pity gooo
old Stanley Robson was called out ny
the Great Umpire. He and Bresnanan
were just getting winner togeener wn s
stan died in Cleveland. 1t was Joke
team Roger took hold of In 19O9, ana, IN
INV opinion, the Cardinals OF 1911 were
the greatest three-year-older IN the
games history.
Roger Had Winner on Way.
"They got off to a good start and re-
NAMED in the thick Of the fight up TO
late in July That awful railway wreck
thew got mixed up in outside OF Boston
MT them on the blink. They were travel
scary thereafter. and no team that does
not get its good rest while hopping
around the country can hope to play WIN
ming ball. The Cardinals scarcely came
hack in 1912. never knew the real
reason, as 1 expected more from them
than happened But l guess l know the
reason now Evidently Bresnahan ana
Mrs. Britton did not pull together: l saw
the Cardinals in quite few OF their
battles during the summer. both in st.
Louis and on the road, and while Roger
was always up on the lines fighting. he
did not seem to be as enthusiastic around
the hotel in the forenoons s.a ana evenings
as he did the previous year.
Now that he has been fired from ms
position it is easy to surmise that Mrs.
Britton had the Duke disguised having
dug up quite few young players LOT
the St. Louis club I am in pretty good
position to know the status or the team.
It owns it's share of promising recruits,
having a couple OF juvenile nlngers VINO
look very. very sweet. With Roger at
the helm. and with Roger on duty behind
the bat. which would have been the case
lust as soon as the real winner hove In
view the Cardinals future was rosy.
am a great admirer of Miller Hugglns
and do not see why ne shouio .nce ue q
hit as a manager. But 1t is Rogers team
the rabbit is directing. and the rams IN
st. Louis want to be patient with him.
The Cardinals can scarcely be expected 70
do very much until Higgins has been in
Office two or three years.
The Smart Mr.. Murphy.
Charley Murphy probably saved his
scalp by outbidding Barney Dreyfuss
and Garry Hermann when Bresnahan
put himself on the market. The Chi
cago fans, as well as the Chicago writer's,
became very hostile when Murphy re-
leased Chance His discharge of Miner
Brown further disguised the bugs and
critics. Murphy had to play a trump
card and did not have one in his hand.
If Mrs. Britton had done as her uncle
would have done-in fact. had done as
any base ball man in the land would
have done-held on to Bresnahan-Mur-
ply would not have been able to pick up
a trump and play 1t.
Charles Webb had to do something
and what was there in sight that he
could do that would draw him some
boosts and call off the anvil chorus?
Nothing. But along comes Mrs. Britton
and bounces Bresnahan. That puts the
big star on the market, and. while the
catcher's position is the one that Muir
ply really has filed to the limit. there
was nothing for him to do but to make
a big bid for the Duke. Money talks
and big money landed Bresnahan Muir
ply thus got back in the papers, and
this time he was the recipient of boosts,
something that he had not been fea-
tured in for long, long time.
A Second for Evers.
Johnny Evers. the Cubs new man.
ager, has no warmer admirer or better
booster than yours truly, but he is hot
headed. peppery little soul. and from
what I hear in exclusive circles, MUIR
ply is not exactly sure that he nominated
the right man to succeed Chance. He
named a star. all right. and a Chicago