Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-03-17

Sioux City Indians should sign a red man,
and they have His name is Edmund
Many Deeds. He is an outfielder. and it
is now up to him to prove his name.
According to report from Portland no
less than seven clubs have put in claims
for George Hollacher in case he is not
kept by Portland. circumstance that
irnpels the Portland MANAGEMENT to
think 1t has landed prize. Four class
A clubs are included in the list of those
claiming Hollacher.
The Warren club of the class D Inter-
state League has a good press agent if
nothing else. He sends out a report that
Warren wants Hal Chase to manage its
team and that 1t is willing to take him,
Fed contract and all. Now just think OF
a class D club paying IS. 900 year for
manager who can't manage himself.
Catcher Harry Glenn. recently trans
ferred from the st. Louis Cardinals to the
st. Paul Saints, had shoulder dislocated
playing basket ball last week at his home
in Indiana, and report has it he will not
be in shape to report to the Saints at the
opening Of the season. Glenn was de-
pended on as ST. Paul's first catcher.
Ths Providence club OF the Interna-
tionai League has signed a Washington
and Lee University battery, Hastings and
Sweetland. One Of Hastings notable
George Sister, now of the st. Louis
Browns three times in game with the
University OF Michigan. At least, that
is the story told.
While always many miles remote
from being wonder, Jack WARRIOR has
managed to eat the royal fare Of big
leaguers for a long stretch OF years
The Yanks. summarily dismissed him
without benefit of clergy. but he was
able to find asylum In The 81. Louis
National camp.
Otto Jordan. for several Years re-
garded as the best second basenan in
the Southern League. former manager
OF the Atlanta team and later of lower
class teams in the south. announces
his retirement from the game. He has
gone into the business of selling auto
mobiles.
The ST. Louis Browns have shipped
another player to Memphis. making six
all told for the Southern League club
The latest consignment is John Till
man, a pitcher who was captured last
fall from the Colonial League The
five to precede him were Del Drake
Edgar Willett. Jimmy Walsh Ea.old
Ruel and Clarence Sims.
Fat wilbert Robinson has signed
Mike Mowery for Red Cross purposes
on the Dodger team. Mike was a free
bloke, the Pittfeds having released him
before the season ended. He batted
.2s2 IN the trading stamp league last
year Mike changes his colors as fire.
Quently as chameleon. He has seen
service with Cincinnati st. Louis and
the Pirates.
Howard Baker. who for some unex-
planned reason was drafted by the New
York Giants last fall from Little Rock.
has notified Secretary Foster from h !.
home in Bridgeport that he will not
play ball This year. He finds II more
profitable 10 make ammunition for the
allies. Baker cost IN. Giants 5 500.
the draft price. He Is no youngSter
Hans Lobert out Of his job anyway.
There was general surprise when the
New York club drafted him.
The Portland club Of the Pacific
Coast League announced last week that
IL had signed Pitcher Byron Houck
once Of the Athletes. who jumped TO
the Feds in 1914 when released by Con
ME Mack to Baltimore. Houck would
revert to Baltimore should Jack Dunn
care to claim him, but evidently he
does not. Houck had d sad experience
with the Feds. He thought he had an
iron-clad contract. but IL was repudiat
ed and he had TO settle on a cash basis
calling for about hall or what he had
contracted for.
The present position of the Cleve.
land club shows that there is as much
sentiment in base ball as there ever
was-approximately one tenth of pei
cent.
ment for an Athletic pitcher. Some one
asked Bobby Veach to name the si1
greatest pitchers he ever batted agains
and Bobby replied. johnson. Gallia