Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1884-03-15

| Lucas, WilnOnare. ana by alnWrlght * Co..
| the famous and wealthy brewers. Thorner and
! Mclean. of the Enquirer will take care of the
i Cincinnati Club The Chicago and Baltimore
! clubs are backed by very rich COMPANY with
A. l.. Henderson at the head. The hackers of
! the Altoona Club are all wealthy and will play
! the season through if they lose $50 900. Tom
Pratt. the veteran ball tOSSer is behind the Phila-
I depha Club. He is now in the oil and paint
business and is well able to keep his club going
/ No one doubts the standing of the Boston Club
/ under the care of the famous George Wright
/ ana his partner DittsOn and two other gentle
| men Of means. They put up $4,000 cash in
order to obtain the charter necessary in Boston.
/ Our own CLUB. the Nationals, is run 10y a stock
/ company. composed of we'll known business
/ men. able and determined to see the club
! through the season. The stock is issued in
/ shares Of 500. The Union association is q fix
/ fuTe. you may rest assured. Only to-day a
7 letter was received here from gentleman in
/ Philadelphia. asking if he could obtain - 600
! worth of stock in the Boston club or any other
/ club OF the association
/ in a STAR interview some time ago with
/ Holly the Washington's manager" said this
veteran patron OF the game warming up to the
t subject. he was represented saving that it
would be foolish to play us even if their aSSOCi-
alton would permit it, for if they wiped us up
/ there would be no money in the games. and il
/ the contests We're close they would only be fur
nlshing Us with money to fight them. Now |
} tell You what would like to do. would like
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| NaShingtons-al the gate money to 90 to the
winners or for charitable purposes. We have
money enough to fight them and men to do it
with just compare the records of the indiyid-
uai players. if it is impossible to compare the
men on the same ball field. They have Barr to
pitch and we have Lockwood Humphreys
catches for them and Cragan for us. Joy plays
irot base for them and NOss for U.s. Hawkes. is
their second basenan and Eyers ours. They
have Gladmon on third and we have Mckinney.
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the field they have Morgan. Cox and Beach.
while we have Wise. Baker and Tenney. Any
body who knows the men knows the relative
strength of the mines. If it is impossible
for The two mines to meet. as Holly says it is,
let there be nothing more said about it. Each
club Processes its ability to stay through the
season, therefore let them both prove it. The
coming season will do that and the public can
soon form All opinion as to the relative merits OF
the clubs"
BASE BALL NOTES.
Lockwood. the pitcher of the Nationals, ar
rived here OH Wednesday, n fine condition and
ready for hard work. The boys are much pleased
with his appearance.
Cregan, the catcher. of whom the Nationals
expect so much. left San Francisco for Wash
in@tOn Thursday morning.
EOss and McArl will be here by the Goth
The Nationals will do all Of their preliminary
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first game will be played on the new grounds
about the 18th of April, probably with the Fly
Always. of New York. Their championship sea-
son opens on The 2lst Of April with one Of the
western clubs.
The new grounds will be graded by the Goth
INST. and the grand stand will be completed by
the 1st of April. About 5000 people can be
| seated 1t l. thought. i'll the new grounds.
The Nationals will play twelve championship
games before going on tour. They will leave
here about the 10th of May.
The uniforms of the Nationals will be of bright
cray cloth trimmed with red cardinal stockings,
blue belt, and white cap trimmed with red and
| blue. Their suits will come from Wright 4 Dit
son. Of Boston.
The Washingtons will have two distinct uni
forms, one ior practicing and one for manes
The former VIII be grayish blue flannel shirt and
pants. blue stockings, belt. cap and necktip
The regular uniform will be white crooked fan
lei pants and shirt red stockings. belt and neck
tie. ana white cap with a FED band. The PLAYERS
Will also be furnished with red cardinal Jackets.
to be worn when not in the field The shoes will
be OF the best UndresSed calfshin made to order
here
Bob Earr and Joy. of the Washingtons. oDened
the practice season last Monday by walk to
Alexandria and back. Gladmon knocked off
work "Wednesday night and is now in training
III the local lnen VIII be in training next week
and all the outside players are expected here
then.
Humphreys saying that he Will be here as soon
rs possible. He is now coaching a team at
cornell Tie says lie is in regular training, and
Will be IN first-class condition when he gets here
lie states positively that the Minneapolis people
have no real claim on his services. lie will Be
the principal catcher for the Washingtons and
Will captain the nine.
Work OF improving the grand stand at Athletic
park has been commenced. The lower tier of
the stand VIII be lowered about three feet
friy-i-.
Alterations will be made in the club house.
making it more commOdous and convenient
and improving its external appearance. The
infield and part of the outfield will soon be
sodded. The ground back of the home plate
has been leyeied with the bicycle track
Arrangements have been made with one of
the hotels to accommodate the members of the
Washington nine during the season.
Hawkes., the Washington second baseman is
the only married man of the nine. His wife vii!
Come to Washington with him.
The Wa-hingtOns open the season on fine -fh
of April with the Providence league club The
first championship games will be with the
Brooklyn club on the 18th and 18th of May
President Monkey has ordered a large gong to
be used in opening games. 1t will be sounded
twenty minutes before play. when the visitors
relInquish the grounds to the home club. who
issue from the club house In line When third
base Is reached, the players run to their posi-
tions and practice for fifteen minutes The
gong again SOUNDS. the le.i II cleared. and the
remaining five minutes are taken up with the
mai arrangements for the game.
Inc twenty CLUBS of the two leading profess
slonal associations will have to play the start
ling aggregate Of les games in the q weeks
10 which the championship season is limited.
thus keeping each club exceedingly busy and
allowing scarcely any timt for games with clubs
OF other associations Whether the increase in
the membership Of the American association
viii diminish the quality Of its championship
contests is, as yet moOted question.
Harvard. Yale. Princeton. Amherst Dart
mouth. Brown and Columbia will probably be
candidates for college championship honors this
seas0n-ttat IS if Harvard be not obliged to re-
tire through the action Of their faculty.
The ST. Louis Union Baseball club Yesterday
closed contract by which +. p. Sullivan is to
manage the Union Baseball club during the
next season This settles the business so far as
the claim OF Richmond, Va, on Sullivan is con-
cerHed.
Boating.
Owing 20 the present disa -rcement among the
District boat clubs, it is impossible to predict
accurately the various aquatic events of the ap-
preaching rowing season. The active members
of all the clubs are, however, determined that
1t shall be a successful one, whether their trou-
bies result in holding two Sc parate renattas. as
was the case las year, or whether they combine
their forces in one Joint regatta Whatever are
the merits Of tie a1ta:,Oustic stands OF the
clubs, TIE public at large whose interest in
aquatic sports has been LARGELY increased of
l'tc years. - growing weary Oi the continued