Evening star., 1918-02-20

Pat Moran Of the Phillies thinks that
in young Oeschger. he has the pitcher
who will take Alexanders place on the
pitching staff.
Jim Thorpe, the all-round athlete and
member of the Giants, would try his
luck as a boxer only for the fact that
he has weak wrists.
A pitcher named Charles Robertson has
been signed by the White Sox. He was
with the team before.
Ben Shaw. young catcher, who will
go south with the Pirates, was secured
via the waiver route from the Yankees.
The Pacific Coast League will open
April and close October 81.
Manager Fohl of the Indians will de-
pend upon Stanley Covelskie to do the
bulk of the hurting during the sum-
mer.
Harry Hooper is one member of the
Boston Red Sox who will not wear a
uniform of Uncle Sam, at least not for
some time. He has notified his en-
ployer that he has been placed in
class in the draft.
Connie Mack may have at least one
well known big Lacquer with his team
next season. Sam Crawford, erstWhile
!i5ei' may De seei III dH AtHietiC uibA-
form.
Pat OConnor, former catcher of the
ST. Louis Nationals and Pittsburgh
Federals, will coach the Yankees, sue
ceeding Duke" Farrell. O'Connor
acted as coach of the Cardinals in
1914 under Higgins
Not one of the ten recruit inf1elders
that the Pittsburgh club took south
IaC I,o fl,or Nv-Sy
ing trip of 1918. Eight fell by the way
side and two Joined the Army.
With the meatless and wheatless
days, Manager Rowland of the White
Sox believes that ball players will play
20 per cent faster. Rowland says that
the players eat, too much meat.
Walter McCredie predicts. that Hol-
lacher. the Cubs new shortstop. will be
a sensation next summer. McCredie de-
veloped such shortstops as Tinker, Ban
croft, Peckinpaugh and Olson.
Train schedules will not bother the
teams in the Blue Ridge League next
summer. Plans have been drawn up
for the clubs in that league to do all
their travelling in autos, and these
plans will be adhered to regardless of
what the railroad situation may be.
The story that Matty will pitch for
the Reds this year is again going the
rounds. despite the fact that Big Six
has denied it repeatedly.
War time" contracts are again in
order, only this time it's real war and
not base ball wrangle that is affect
ing the scale of prices to be paid for
diamond talent. Also. the amounts of
.fered are being graded down and not
upward.
Eddie cicotte. the White sox star. has
signed contract for 1918 which calls
for a substantial bonus if he wins thir-
ty games.
When Grover Lowdermilk sent his
signed contract to the office of the
Browns he added note telling his en-
ployer that he expects to hang up from
twenty to twenty-five victories next
season.
One of the New York Giants reported
as having signed contract for next sea
SON is Pitcher Fred Anderson. 1t was sup
posed that Anderson had entered the
Army as a doctor of soldiers teeth, and
with this understanding his name was
scratched from the New York clubs re-
serve list last fall. Maybe he's signing
contract just as formality.
Casey Stengel. playing in the broad ex-
panses of the Pittsburgh outfield, may not
have such an assist record next season as
he had last They say Stengel made his
great record because of his uncanny
judgment of bounds off the wall at Eb-
bets Field last year. Many a. batter who
thought he had a sure two-base hit wound
up at the keystone bag to find a throw
from Casey waiting him there.
Al Demaree believes in making an
early start Word comes from Chicago
that the Giant pitcher is working out
daily in Y. NJ. c. A. gymnasium in
preparation for the coming season.
Hal Chase, Heinie Groh, Tom Griffith
and one or two other big leaguers ap-
peared in the lineup of team that
engaged in an indoor base ball game
for the benefit of the Red Cross in Gin
cihnati the other night. Their team
was defeated by a score of Is to 5.
Pitcher Edward Langdon, who made
quite a name for himself with the Uni
versity of Pittsburgh team, may sign
with the Cardinals.
Several Texas League clubs have been
hard hit by the war. About thirty-fve
players have joined the various
branches of military service.
The Cardinals will play exhibition
games with the Fort Worth club of
the Texas League and the Little Rock
club of the Southern Association be-
fore returning north to meet the
Browns in spring series.