Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1886-06-26
HOW THE RECORD STANDS

THE AMATEUR DISTRICT LEAGUE
At a meeting of the Amateur District League,
last night, the following officers were elected:
ii. King, president and secretary; Warren
White, treasurer. The following change of
schedule was adopted for the 5th Of July: Capt..
tol Park (morning game), East w ashingtons VS..
office VS. East Washingtons. At Georeetown2
Oympics grounds High street-mOrning game,
Oympics vs.: Analostans; afternoon game. Mer-
chants VS.. Olympics.
BASE STEALING.
Manager Scanlon fined Hines, Knowles and
Crane 500 each for losing Mondays game in
New York. The Offense on the part of Hines
was in falling down in attempting to catch the
base hit by Gerhardt in the seventh inning,
while Cranes error was in muffing COnnOrs fiy
in thesfirst inning. 1t was not very costly, as
the New YOrks failed to score I'm that inning
Knowles made three errors playing wretched
game. Scanlon will not make any Thing by i'm
posing such heavy fines for such trifling mat
tiers. A player who holds his own among the
first ten batters of the league is hardly good
man 10 fine.-BOston Globe.
There have been long-fOught and dangerous
disputes about the exact number of motions
through which Shaw, of the Nationals, puts
himself before delivering the ball. One man
| claimed thirty-two, holding that he had counted
foolish A few will be enough When he first Laws
his hands on the sphere he looks at it. Then he
rolls it around a few times. Then he sticks out
hind him. Now he makes three or four rapid
steps in the box. While he does all this he
holds the ball in his left hand. After he has
snapped it to his right he wipes his left on his
breaches, changes the ball TO the left again
| and pumps the air with both arms. Then he
gets down to work and digs up the ground with
his right foot. Then you think he is going to
pitch. But he isn't. He starts in and reyerses
the program and does 1t over again three or
the seats with a sigh. the ball flies out like a
streak. Nobody knows how 1t lett his hand.
but it dds. Louis Post Dispatch.
An effort is being made to have the National
League championship season extended one
week, in order to permitthe playing of of post
ponce games. Such step is absolutely neces-
sary, as with the schedule arranged AS il is
there are very few opportunities to play drawn
or postponed games.
never been more. exasperating this season,
Their work is not that OF first-class organiza-
ton as the games with the phillies showed
was wretched base running and coaching
Radbourn has been doing superb work, un-
deriul that he does not get discouraged by his
surroundings.-Boston Herald.
Henry Zeiber, catcher OF an amateur club, has
nate behind the bat with Gilligan,
|. Esterbrook Is certainly the most artistic ball
player on the diamond. His stops OF hot ba lis
at third base time and again call for the highest
When Jim Knowles. of the Washington.
from his head to his Ieet.-Phitddetphia Ncars
Fulmer has been overworked catching Kilroy,
on the BaltimOres.
The Detroils have made O small mint of
money away from home.
The Bostons have done far better than any
other club on their own grounds-in proportion
to success achieved.
1t lis generally claimed that the "Metsn have
not only been a financial failure, but that they
have done Staten Island good. The club
cost MI. Wiman almost $1OO,O 900, and sos. 600
OF this was paid for the purchase of the cluD
management and $50, 900 Tor the new pronnd
This Goes not include the salaries and minor
expenses. The Nets have been doing much
better recently, and are gradually moving up.
ic n I'M hat L.
presented by his fellow players with a hand
some watch recently, he merely said: "Where's
the chain?
Jim Knowles, of the Washingtons. has been
playing SO badly of late that ne has given rise to
the suspicion that he wants his release. A lead
ing ASSOCIATION club wants his services.-Hhit
Bancroft says that Rochester stands ready to
take the place OF any club who desires to drop
out OF the National League In 1887.
For months the cry has been, IF Bennett gets
hurt Detroit Is gone up.' Bennett is hurt, and
Rowe is laid up. CANCEL has stepped into BEN
netts place, and Is filling 1t well. To think
that he might have been catching Shaw or Barr
for month. He would have been help to the
batting strength OF the Nationals. =
The BostOns have gone west. and 1t must be
said that few mourn their Experimentation
Wyman's Indians the Nets, nnder Big Chief
Bob Ferguson, are TO be treated to electric baths
are TO reduce their weight SO that they may be
able to run bases more quickly.
Young Neal, the Savannah phenomenon, is
Weidman, the Kansas City pitcher. now
wears diamond ring, the gift Of Detroit friends
AydelOtte, who pitched for Indianapolis In
1854, has Joined Louisville.
Mullane, the Cincinnati pitcher telegraphed
to indianapolis few days ago: "Bef ALI you
can scrape On Cincinnati after the seventeenth
inning. can pitch for twenty-fOur hours"
Joe Gerhardt, New York's second baseman. Ia
not q slugger by any means. In eleven games
he made two hits. His batting average for
thirty.two games was .127.
1t Will always remain q mystery why Hines
and Knowles were fined after Mondays game
at the Polo grounds..-N ew YORK. SIN. =
Kelley. of Chicago; has made more runs than
any other League player.
Harry Wright Is said to be great admirer OF
the playing OF Nash, Of the Bostons.
Mccormick, Of Chicago. has pitched in IS
winning games tais season.
There is o runlor that some of the crack New.
ark players are now for sale.
Calvin, OF Pittsburg, has been pitching for II
years. 3 -
Devlin, the New Workers. left-handed pitcher.
VIII play In one Of the Detroit games on the
According to the Detroit Free Press Benefits
nnger was sprained, not broken.
fogarty, OF the Phiiiies, made but one error
Radboprn is pitching strong game for Bos-
ton, put ne mas been giving poor deld support
Inc Cancinnatts At home are spoken OF Is
'the-tu ck-wtlEchange-soon club.n
me Nationals have engaged Whiting the