Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-03-18
BASE BALL BRIEFS.

Mack players are now satisfied that
"Rube" is more than a legacy prefix
to Bressler. hailed as a second Eddie
Plank. The rosy-checked southp .w
has his jokes at the most stirring
moments of a game just the same as
if he We're lounging about the lobby
of the hotel. He promises to be Macks
leading southpaw.
The Chicago Cubs are in the court
again. James Noal, 4 telegraph OPP
orator. who alleges he was hit on the
head by a stray pop bottle. has sued
the club for $4,000 dam ges. Think
of an ordinary telegraph operators
head being damaged $4,000 worth.
Amos Strunk has surrendered the
medal for being the Beau Brummel of
the Mack team. He has turned the
trophy over to Lloyd Davies, the Am
herst College phenon, who covers the
outfield as smartly as he dresses. Mack
need lose no sleep over filling utility
outfield roles, for in Thompson and Da-
vies he has two players from whom
much will be heard.
The income tax bureau of the Treas
ury Department has notified the man
agement of all base ball clubs to with
hold tax on salaries due the players
under their control This means that
married men will have to pay l per
cent on all salary in excess Of $4,000
and single men will be mulcted l per
cent on all the excess of $4,000.
The Athletics will wear uniforms Of
new color and design this year, Con-
ME Mack finally having concluded that
the ugly stuff he used to array his
players in is not lucky after all. White
with a blue stripe will be the home
uniform, and the suits abroad viii be
gray with blue stripe. The stockings
for both sets of uniforms will be of
y hite, with a color band around them
Catcher Gaven. who so much re-
the bat, was the cause Of an argument
among the scribes during the first
ReFular- fannigan tilt of the Mack
men. The pencil pushers had entered
it was only after several innings had
Gaven was doing the catchins. He
halls from the homo town of Joe Bush,
Ping Bodie lost no time getting re-
venge on the Chicago White Sox for
releasing him. In the first game played
Francisco team. of which PING is now
an honored member, his Pingship put
the ball over the fence with the bases
full and decided the contest.
After more than two weeks of boil
fng-out at Hot Springs, Joe Kelley, in
charge Of the Yankees battery depart
ment, declares the men who have been
under his instruction are in fine con-
dition. He is particularly pleased with
Ray Heating, who took off some thirty
pounds at Hot Springs.
Hugh Jennings of the Detroit Tigers
is quoted in an interview sent out from
Gulfport as saying his team this year
doesn't look any better than 1t did last
year. He then goes on to say, however,
that he would have won the pennant
with last years team had Ty Cobb been
in the game all season.
John McGraw is quoted as saying that
during his stay in Cuba he made no
effort to land Almeida Marsans, since
the Cuban under base ball law belongs
to Cincinnati and he had no right to
approach him. 1t Is stated that Mar
the St Louis Feds. as has been stated,
because he already had a long-term
contract with them. Fielder Jones
merely called on him to learn II he was
faltering in his devotion to the Feds
Jimmy Austin's return to the ST. Louis
Browns, it is stated from the organized
ball side, was entirely voluntary on his
part and the club made him no over
lures Jimmy had begun to regret his
move before the signature on his Pitt
fed contract was dry, and he wrote
several letters negotiating for his re-
turn 1t is said he would have re-
jumped some time since, but was held
off pending an expected decision from
Judge Lands in the trust-busting suit
Manager McGraw of the Giants says
he would not sell Catcher Harry Smith.