Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-11-09

ing left field for the Chicago White Sox
against the Giants, is none other than
Steve Evans, the outfielder Of the st.
Louis Cardinals. This may be called
poaching on National League preserves.
Hans Wagner, der capting of der Pr
rates, wants to wager he will lead the
National League in batting next season.
Wagner's confidence is as marvellous az
his playing.
who joined the Brooklyn Superbas in the
fall of 1912, has been released to the To-
ronto club Of the International League.
The Athletics look to Harry Davis as
a mascot. He was with the team when
it won pennants in 1905 1910 and 1911.
He left Philadelphia at the close of the
season OF 1911 to boss Cleveland and i'm
deranged. Back in 1913 Davis put the
Athletics in the pennant class again.
Charles w. Murphy left his proxy in
ing for Europe. Murphy belongs to the
anti-Lynch faction.
Up to date the Federal League hook
hasn't encircled the waists of any Col
linses, Bakers Mathewsons, Doyles.
Speaker or >Johnsons.
Boston Americans have sold Infielder
Martin Krug to Omaha krug played
with Indianapolis last season. He COW
cred short for the Red Sox in the games
between Boston and the Pills in Hot
Springs in the spring Of 1912.
Unless the Brooklyn men who now own
the controlling interest in the Newark
club of the International League come
down in their price. there will be no deal
for its transfer to local parties. The
Newark men who planned to buy the
stock of Ebbets and his associates have
concluded the price asked is too high.
Understanding that the st. Louis
Browns will no longer be affiliated with
the Montgomery club. the Nashville club
of the Southern League is dickering for
surplus talent from the American League
tail-enders. and Manager Bill Schwartz
of Nashville has been in conference with
Manager hickey of the Browns.
The golfing bug is making great head
way among ball players. The latest one
to be stung by the insect is Joe Wood,
the star pitcher OF the Boston Red SoX.
Wood has joined Clyde Engle in his daily
William Ducky) Holmes, who now
makes his home on a ranch in Montana
is mentioned as a candidate for manager
of the Butte team of the Union Associa-
ton next year.
Pitcher Clyde Jarnag:n. a fixture on
Western League teams for several years.
announces his retirement from base bait
He is going to take up farm life near
Monroe, Iowa.
Owner Cameron of the New Haven Club
OF the Eastern Associa ton announces the
purchase OF Catcher Angemeier from Neo
Orleans of the Southern League, and says
that Catcher Jack Nagle will be traded
Pitcher Williams, a recruit on the ST.
Louis Cardinal list secured from Salt
Lake of the Union Association. is MAX
ing world tour of his own, having gone
to Europe with his parents to spend the
winter
Report has it that President McCaffery
League has secured control of the Hamil-
use it as training point for his surplus
players.
Manager Higgins of the ST. Louis Car
dinals announced late in the season that
Catcher Roberts had been released to In
dfanapolis, but 1t now appears two clubs
transfer was never made.
George B1bser. will return to active
management of the Rockford team OF the
Wisconsin, Illinois League for 1014.