Evening star., 1914-11-27


to be given a tryout by Hughey Jen-
nings at Detroit.
Manager Miller Higgins Of the Cardi-
nails has purchased outright. for cash.
Outflelder Ham Hyatt Of Pittsburgh.
who has been used chiefly as pinch
hitter.
Duffy, Murray. Doom. Moran. How
the owners of the Philadelphia Nation
ais do hate the Irish. sh.'-Cleveland Plain
Dealer.
Sometimes. Don't forget the Phillies
have been managed by a Shettsline and
a thinner
Cincinnati and New York want Char
ley Doom. erstwhile manager of the
Quakers At present Cincinnati leads
in the bidding. Doom was a Cincinnati
resident before he was tempted by
Quaker cash just thirteen years ago.
The Maps are to train at San Antonio
next spring instead of Athens, Ga. San
Antonio served a training camp for
the Detroit Tigers the two years they
captured the pennant, and for the At
lantics preceding three of their world
championship years.
The citizens of Dawson Springs. Ky,
are already planning for the reception
and entertainment of the Pirates next
March. Dawson Springs is one of the
finest spots on the earth, and there is
hardly any doubt of the corsairs re-
turning there next year.
President Dreyfuss of the Pirates said
the other day: II am not paying any
attention to any peace rumors that do
not come from more authoritative
source than President Gilmore. He has
promised many things since he became
president Of the Federal League, but
has performed few"
Charles W. Murphy. forme- owner of
the Cubs, has been sued f. 1900 in the
county court of Chicago. H., by A. F.
Shaw & Co., local agents for Lloyds Of
London, England. The action is the re-
suit of an automobile accident, accord
ing to Attorney ]. A. Bloomington, who
filed the suit.
Secretary John A. Heydler last week
received from President Gaffney of the
Braves a base ball which all the world
champions had autographed. The ball
will be turned over to the Brooklyn
Lodge of Elks, officers of which filed
the request for the souvenir before the
world series had begun.
It developed last week in the office
been considering a training jaunt to
California for his 1915 squad. The
training camp at Marlin, Tex. will not
be abandoned, and If the California
trip is arranged the team will have its
final two weeks of conditioning at Mar
manner in the journey north.
It is said that one of the French SOL
diers returning wounded from the bat
tlehelds Of Europe requested to learn
who had won the world series. You
can't keep the great game down.
It is said that the return by the Pa
ciflc Coast League to the single-umpire
system will save from $4,000 to $4,000,
and will not detract to any great ex-
tent from the effectiveness of the arbi-
tration board.
Out of all the players Jack Dunn sold
from the Baltimore International
League team only two made good.
Dunn, however. peddled something like
100000 worth of ball players before he
was through. Birdie Cree and Pitcher
Shore. sold to the Yankees and Red
Sox, were the only players who repaid
the clubs who purchased them.
The demand for ball players is such
that they are digging them out Of the
earth. Tom Wilson. the catcher whom
the Washington club has turned over
to Minneapolis with four others for
Rondeau, the outfielder, was a mile and
a half below ground, working in a
mine, when Mike Kahoe. Griff's scout,
sent for him to sign. The next thing
Is to go up in aeroplanes for them.
Pitcher Mcconnell. Third Baseman
Bues and Shortstop Bob Fisher are still
up in arms because they were counted
out of any part of the Cubs end of the
Chicago city series money, and all are
talkinE-but only talking-of going
over to the Federals. the haven of
many a disgruntled player.
Jimmy Archer. Cub catcher, and
George e. Wolfson. whom he assaulted
at a Chicago city series game because
the catcher thought that Wolfson was
trying to flirt with Mrs. Archer, agreed.
october 20, that ut was all a mistake"
Archer said he might have been mis-
taken, and Wolfson did not prosecute
when the case was called.