The Washington herald., 1915-02-14
ROndeau and Hopper Look to Be Most Promising Of the
New Men-Pick and Nef Sure to Be Watched-Oh
Box Score of Interest Other Sport Gossip.

score card the ''once over The names
, are near and dear to many of them.
! Billy Sunday, the great evangelist, is seen
on the White Sox list. He played right
/ field that day and scored a run.
On the Giants list is shown the names
of Jim o'Rourke, Roger Connor. John
Montgomery Ward, Mickey" Welch and
DaIrymple Gore, King Kelly. Pop
Anson and Fred Pfeffer were the Chi
! cago stars.
In the box score the errors total eight
for the White Sox and eleven for the
Giants, but in those days wild pitches
and passed balls counted as errors
Chief Bender. the former Athletic
pitcher. who jumped to the Feds and
who has been assigned to the Baltimore
club, paid a visit to the Monumental City
last Friday, and was given a banquet by
officers of the Baltimore club.
c. Starr Matthews, of the Baltimore
Sun, prints an interesting interview with
Bender, as follows:
Bender is curious about the Athletics,
because he figures that the Mackmen's
great team work will suffer as result
Of the sale of Eddie Collins.
80 If You were picking ball club, who
would you take as your first man? Ben
der was asked.
I'D take Eddie Collins he responded
without the slightest hesitation.
well, now, it's pretty hard to decide
between those fellows replied Bender.
I've never been on a team with Cobb.
so that is why I'd take Collins. He's
just a wonder, that's all: and he will
help that White Sox team, believe me
Bender apparently does not think Mack
pays very large salaries. He told Of an
incident which occurred last season.
d" Brown, one of our pitchers, was not
going so we'll, the Indian said, and Con-
ME notified him one day that he wanted
TO talk about a three-year contract.
Brown told Mack he would not pay him
what he wanted. but Connie insisted that
it did no harm to name his price. Well,
Brown said he wanted $1,000 a year for
the next three years. Mack told him the
salary was out of reason. and offered
Brown S2lOO year for three seasons.
Brown. of course. did not sign, so was
sent to the Yanks later. The Hishland-
ers. however. pay Brown the $4,000.
But, speaking of Collins said Ben
der, as he switched the conversation back
TO the previous topic. Eddie said the
incest thing ! ever heard from a ball
player during the last worlds series.
He is a wonderful player Bender
continued, because he is out there every
day hustling. He does nof care about
himself. but is working for the team all
the time. And, say, he's as game as they
make 'em.
u remember one day when he slid
into second and sprained his ankle. We
gathered around, and after Eddie had
removed his shoe and examined the
ankle. some one asked him what was the
matter. He was suffering great pain at
the time. but he looked up, grinned, and
said:
'''''Oh, it's all right: it's just broken.
Well, we had to carry him Of the
field, but he was out there playing again
in a week, mind you. But that is Just
the way with Collins and Barry. They
are game to the core Both Of them go
hardly walk, but no one would know It,
They hustle all the time. and in my long
experience 1 never have seen a shortstop
who looked better to me than Barry"
According to reports from New York
Bill Donovan denied that negotiations
with Pipp and High have been called
Off 'I saw them while in Detroit. and
they wanted a little more money than ]
was prepared to sign them for said
Donovan. The difference is mo- great,
and I am quite sure that everything will
be fixed up in a day or So"
Litigation over the baseball status of
Rube Marquard will be the next move
in the legal warfare between organized
baseball and the FedeIal League, no
matter what decision is handed down by ,
Judge Lands in. the famous injunction
suit, says Sid Mercer in the New York