Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-02-11

he gave Ben JORDAN, the BritiSher,
the international featherweight cham
pionship over George Dixon. He was
the third man in the ring of Peter
Maher and Gus Rubin, Fitzsimmons
and Rubin. Fitzsimmons and Sharkey
in their second meeting. Maher and
salvin and Maher and Goddard.
These are just a few of the battles
in which White gave the fans salts
faction. In all he has refereed about
$500 fghts-long fights, not ten-round
no-decision dancing contests.
George Stovall, who has been turned
down by all American League clubs,
may land with the Cincinnati club.
has bad arm as a result Of a faulty
setting of a fracture, and Herzog is
not counting on playing him at first.
Charley Weeghman is trying to help
stovall get the Cincinnati job. He has
interceded with the Cincinnati officials,
and it is not at all unlikely that the
former manager of the Kansas City
Feds will hold down first sack for the
Redlegs.
Chief Meyers. for the last seven
years the star catcher of the New York
Giants, will be member of the
Brooklyn Dodgers next season. Both
Percy Haughton and Charley Ebbets
refused to waive on the Indian catcher
but Ebbets won the player on the
toss of a coin. Meyers went to the
Giants in 1908, the same year McGraw
got RUDE Marquard. They were from
the American Association, Meyers hall
ing from st. Paul and Marquard from
Indianapolis. Meyers made good right
from the outset. proving himself one OF
the leagues best sluggers. while it re.
CURED three years for Vanguard to gel
going. He and Meyers for several sea.
sons formed famous battery. Mey.
ers' slump last year came as the direct
result Of the Federal League. The. eff
forts Of the outlaw league to get Mey.
ers caused the New York club to sigr
him to q high-priced contract. ant
from that time on the Indian seemed
to lose all his energy and deterioratet
| in every department.
eve will win the National League
pennant this year, and will then NEE,
| the White Sox In the world SERIES
This Is statement which Joe Tinker
| is said to have made in New York the
| other day. and 1t brought smiles t.
the faces OF those who heard him.
| Tinkers confidence in his team IL
| causing no end Of predictions that he
| is going to be the most disappoint-
| ed man in base ball. He is particularly
| proud OF his infield, and yet he has
only Two players on II that have the
| slightest class, Safer and Zimmerman
| who are to play first and third base, re-
speetive1y. Yerkes at second and Mike
Doofin atshort are players who were in
their prime some years ago. and Meth.
err will compare with the players Of
| any of the other teams in those posi-
lions. though Tinker insists they give
him the greatest infeld in the Nation.
| al League.
National League experts do not give
| Tinker's team a chance in the coming
race. They predict that his outfit will
be the real disappointment Of the race
and that before the season Is half over
he will be forced to make a lot OF
! changes In his lineup. There are
those who have their doubts as tc
Tinker's ability as manager, de-
| spite the fact that he brought the
| Whales home in front in the Federal
| League last season.
RUDE Marquard is one Of those who
believes the Brooklyn team this yea,
will be one of the strongest in the
league. Rube predicts that the Dodg.
/ erA will eaStlv heat MT tina Gianta a