Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-02-02
MILAN ASSURES
GR|FF HE'LL SIGN
Crack OutfieIder Says He Will
Affix Signature at
Charlottesville.
BOSTON CRITIC PRAISES
THIRD Stacker FOSTER
Manager Birmingham Takes Squad
of Battery Men to New Or
leans Today.

Manager Griffith received Il letter this
morning from Clyde Milan, which elm
mates all doubt as to where the crack
outfieider stands. far as 10 where
he will play next season
You need not worry about me-, writes
Milan. Il will see you at charlottesville
and sign my contract
Milan is simply doing this spring what
he has always done, not signing un-
til he reaches the training camp
and has a talk with his manager
There was never chance for
the. Federal League to get Milan.
at least not 50 long as Walter john
son is a member of the local team The
two are inseparable friends.
Milan is hopeful that he viii have
one of the best years of his career the
coming season He tells Griffith that he
is i'll fine shape ana that he hopes tt
deliver more goods than ever before.
Griffith was eiated With Milan's let
ter and also with the fact that this as
sures him of not losing man to the
Federal League, barring probably Groom
and he figures that he will reconsider
his stand and eventually come INTO the
fold
\ Boston paper which obtained the
votes of a lot of experts on the question
OF VINO Is the 1lOSl Nd1udpit TINT tdSC@
man in the league found that Frank
Baker was chosen for this honor. Eddie
Foster OF the Nationals. however. comes
in for considerable praise. Paul Shan
non of the Boston Post has the following
TO say OF him:
I'm my opinion, little Eddie Foster of
Washington is the greatest third base
man in either of the big leagues. Few
judges may be inclined to agree with this
statement, and the vote will undoubtedly
be given to Baker on account of his
strength as a hitter But. when one
considers that Foster is a rafting good
hitter as we'll as brilliant fielder, there
seems to be more reason for the Wash
ington mans selection.
Baker owes his selection, too. partly
10 the fact that he is a member of a
wonderful infield. On the Washington
outfit it is doubtful if lie would show
10 such advantage. Foster lost the chance
OF making Il great record last year by
his sickness during the earlier part OF
the season. But he is the fastest man
in either league i'll fielding ground ball.
can recover from an occasional tumble
with the speed OF lightning. is fast
base runner, and is very nearly in the
300 class az a batsman.
Pitcher Chalmers of the Phillies. when
approached by Manager knabe OF the
Baltimore Feds the other day. demanded
knabe did not accept the terms, and re-
turned to Baltimore to consult with the
owners of the club. II stands to reason
that the Ba timore club cannot afford TO
pay salaries of this kind to pitchers of
the Chalmers class though the Federal
League owners figure that they can af-
ford to pay big salaries because the play
ers do not cost them anything
Manager Birmingham is the first of the
big league managers to take a squad
south. The Maps manager and several
pitchers and catchers will start for New
Orleans today. In the party will be Steen,
Hovlik and Co'lamore. pitchers. and Lee.
Foil and Bessler. catchers. Other bat
terymen to begin work this week will
leave direct from their homes for New
Orleans. They are Hagerman. Bowman.
Dave Gregg, Walker. Cullop and Billings
In addition to the pitchers and catchers
the following payers will also report this
week: Bean. Robert Myers, Guy Morton
G. Styles and George Wants. Most OF
these players are youngsters. 1t is the
first time in the history of base ball tina,
a ball team has gone into training this
early in the year. Birmingham should
have good line on his new material
by the time the regular squad makes its
appearance at the training camp later in
the month.