Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-09-05
BASE BALI BRIEFS.

Charles Somers and Connie Mack are
probably the only two big merchants In
the world who don't use cash registers.
Mr.. Tener of the National League
doesn't like the hidden ball trick, while
others think it accomplishes about as
much as the hit and run trick
They're springing world series stuff
already in the public prints. The play
the other day was "matchless," "des-
perate," "whirlwind" and "superhu-
man" and all in one game.
George Stallings has called out the
landstrum. Bill James. sore arm and
all, Is penny-anteing his way from
Seattle to the east on a continental
fiier
"A frequently spilled bromide regard
ing some crack pitcher is this: eff
he'd never lose a game" but we never
saw pitcher that good.
The Winnipeg and st. Boniface clubs
of the Northern League have arranged
q transforming trip through western
Canada, one intention, it is said, being
to show the fans in the cities to be
visited the kind of ball played in hopes
that they may be interested in a reor-
ganization of the league next year.
In the field day exercises that marked
the close of the Central League season
at Youngstown, Jess Altenberg of the
Youngstown team made new record of
circling the bases in thirteen seconds
but it is doubtful if the mark will be
given official recognition, because prop
err arrangements were not made. How
ever, if it can be clearly established
that A1tenberg performed the feat he
should get credit for it in the books.
"A Buffalo writer figures that Frank
Gilhooley has been very expensive
proposition to the New York Yankees
Originally they paid about $4,000 for
for Truesdale, who was of little use.
Now he is bought back for $4,000 or
whereabouts and players to boot. GIL
hooley is understood to get one-third
of the sale price. He will have. SO
much money he won't care whether
he plays ball or not next year.
The release of Tim Jordan marks the
end of a first baseman who few years
ago was considered the greatest in the
game and for whose services big prices
were bid. Tim is not an old man by
any means, but a bad knee that slowed
him up has been his handicap. AS a
hitter he still holds his own with most
anybody. And what pair of ,hitters
he and Harry. Lumley were when they
played on the Brooklyn Dodgers to-
gether! pool.
Under the caption, sale Of Joe Jack
son to Chicago an Outrage" the ,Phila-
delphia Evening Ledger excoriates the
Cleveland club for disposing of a ball
player to pennant -contending club
at this stage of the race. Then right
beneath the article referred to appears
another under the heading, McQuillan
is Valuable Acquisition to Phillies." in
which Pat.Moran is praised for bolster
Ing his pitching STAFF. Whose OK, Is
being gored makes quite some differ
ence. -,
sample of the truthfulness Of base
ball officials was given in the case of
waivers on RUDE Marquard. 1t was
stated that waivers had been asked and
Secretary John Foster of the Giants
positively denied it. Three or four
days later the announcement of Mar
guards release to Toronto was made
by the same man. who had denied the
asking OF waivers. 1t doesn't matter
either way, Of course. but the facts
are mentioned for what they are worth.
As yet no one has heard a protest
from Mayor Curleys Of Boston because
Ered Snodgrass has Joined the Braves.
can II De the mayor is SO busy naming
streets for Jim 'Gaffney that he has
overlooked his civic duty in this case.
How well everybody. RENE mbers the in
c1dent OF Mayor Curley, silk hat and all,
stalking out on the field at Fenway
Park and demanding that Snodgrass be
barred from base ball for life then and
there because he thumbed his nose 1t
lhe. crowd m.s.