Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-10-29

But II Dunn IS thinking OF having Lee
Foil succeeded by iris Speaker he has
made no such intimation. In fact. he
has been loud in his praise Of Foil.
whom he considers a most capable
leader.
Dunn admits that the changes in his
team which he hints about. have abso-
lutely nothing to do with the manage
ment; that they refer to some trades
of players which he hopes to make to
strengthen his team for the 1917 cam
paign.
Bill Donovan and Jimmy Callahan.
whose positions. according to rumors,
were in Jeopardy during the summer. al
ready have signed their contracts for
1917. Both have given satisfaction to
their club owners. and are sure to snow
to better advantage in the next pennant
race.
Donovan had the worst luck imagin-
able, At one stage Of the season he had
ten of his most valuable players on the
hospital list. After the first month OF
! the season Donovan never had his team
intact, and yet he managed TO nnlSh
fourth in the race.
| Callahan finished the season with vir-
tually new team. many of the players
who started the season being dropped 20
make place for youngsters
With Hans Wagner slated to play FIRST
base next season the Pirates are expect
ed to present a more formidable front
than they have in some time.
One of the off-season reports. which
is given some credence in Boston and
Philadelphia. is to the effect that Con-
ME Mack will lead a syndicate which
Will buy the Boston Red Sox club.
1t has leaked out that owner 700
- ,a to11
town have had many conferences late
ly and. although neither Is willing to
tell what is going on. some OF the
newspaper sleuths have figured 1t out
world champions next season and nave
a part interest in the club
No man would prove more capable TO
again make the Sox a winner than
Mack. Even the wiley Carrigan mas
nothing on the elongated manager OF
last seasons tail-enders, when it comes
to knowing the game and how to make
the team a winner.
Give Mack a ball club like the Red
Sox and he probably would win the
pennant with greater ease than ola
Carrigan.
That Bill carrigan is through with
base ball seems assured. The report
est in the Boston Anne rfcan League
club is emphatically denied by CARR
I gan, who. at his home at Lewiston,
Me, made the following statement: 1
am through with base ball In every
capacity. / would not invest a hVe-cent
piece in any sort of a base ball propo-
/ sition, and for ono. and all time am
through with the game.
Carrigan recently made DIG invest
ment i'll the stock of the First Natlonai
Bank of Auburn. near Lewiston, and ne
has been elected a director of this con-
, Germ. To get into an easy CHAIR ana
watch the money coming in Will suit
him better than worrying about some
ball team.
Timothy H. Murnane no longer Is
"Mr. President" to the club owners OF
the New England minor leaguedom
| The veteran player. scribe and magnate
retired from Office as the executive
head OF the Eastern League MONDAY.
October Is, after q quarter OF century
| of service, and knowing something OF
the ups and downs of minor league Dali
! it Is considered some record.
Tins record. in fact, really is the
history of minor league ball in New
| England He was first elected head of
| the. old New England League in 1891.
and was continued in office when that
| organization merged q few years ago
! with the former Eastern Association to
give all New England more staple
representation in the minors.
| President Tener must not be taken
seriously when he talks of making war
| on the American League. There 10 no
| cause for any strife between the two
major leagues, and, what Is more. there