Evening star., 1916-01-03
BY J. ED GRILLo.

Many interesting developments are
expected at the annual meeting of the
national commission in Cincinnati to-
day. Several important matters per-
tanning to the peace pact with the Fed
.eral League will come up for further
consideration, while the question of
what the status will be of the members
of the Chicago and ST Louis Federal
League players also will come up.
The annual election of officers of the
commission will take place and un-
doubtedly will result in August Herr
mann's succeeding himself as chairma n,
while it is not expected that Jim Gill
more's name will even be presented.
There was report to the effect that
Gilmore would take Herrmanns place.
which Gilmore did not deny, but this
was not based on facts. as the result of
the election undoubtedly will prove.
Jack Dunn, who was virtually driven
out of Baltimore by the Federal League,
wants to put an International League
club in that city and in order to get
permission will appear before the COM
mission. Dunn is SO anxious to get
back into Baltimore that he Is willing
to expend $4,000 for the Baltimore
franchise, according to a statement he
recently H1dde.
story anent Eddie Fosters opinion of
playing second and third base. Foster
it would seem. prefers third base to the
keystone station. according to Evans
who is responsible for the following:
Third base is usually referred to as
the difficult corner. 1nf1elders accue-
toned to other positions never relish
being shifted to that bag. Third base
men are equally reluctant to try any
other position. I regard Eddie Foster
of the Washington club as one of the
greatest third basemen in the game
Conditions last summer made 1t neces-
sary that Manager Grimth of the
Washington team shift him to second
after Foster had made an unusually
brilliant stop of a ball over second base
and started in a double play that saved
the game, / asked him what position he
Playing third base Is a joke COM
pared with this Job answered Eddie
You only have couple Of si-uations
to think about at third; over here II
I turn my head I see some fellow try.
ing to steal second coming at mo or
high speed. With almost every ball
pitched you have to keep shifting. also
YOU must constantly figure the batters
I have turned more somersaults tag.
ging base runners since I started tc
play second than the average acrobat
In a circus does all summer. Third
base is called the difficult corner; per-
haps It Is. Such being the case, 1 an
| strong for third"
There are winning and losing sides
to the base ball peace. Fielder Jones
Joe Tinker, Phil Ball, Otto Stifei
Charley weeghman and a few other.
are rolling in the spoils. They remaiI
in the game. Then there are Others
who have not Jared SO well. Branch
Rtckey, Roger Bresnahan and many
more are not getting an even break
they were loyal to organized base ball
| but had to be sacrificed for peace.
| One Of the most ridiculous propositions
ever offered in tho history Of base bal
| Ia that which Joe Tinker has made fo1
Hetnde Groh Of the Cincinnati team
Tinker, when tho two Chicago teams ar
merged, will have lot Of surplus play
ers. In fact. there will be about thirty
one men he cannot use, and he ha.
offered this number Of players to the Gin
lcinnati club in exchange for Groh.
II is a safe prediction that not one o.
these players could be used by the Gin
cinnati club to flll the place Of Groh
hence there II not going to be any trad
along these lines. but Tinker IL gettinl
q good deal Of advertising ost Of an I'm
possible proposition.
Young Aheas1fs victory over ~ McCD.
Saturday night b calculated T. win hin