Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1888-03-24

Preparations ter the Beginning % the
TIE wAsHfSGroSs' SOUTHERN rorR-wnAr TEE MI
AXE DoiSs-ihrRovEhKSrs AT CAPITOL PARK
NOTES AND GOSSIP About CLUBS AND PLAYERS

TEE wAsHrSGroSs SOUTHERN rorR-wBAr TIE xKS
ARE NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. AT CAPITOL PARK
NOTES AND GOSSIP About CLUBS AND rLAYKRS
President n. E Youns has appointed Mr.. valen-
tine as umpire.
The Washington team went South with an evi-
dent determination TO play ball In a busness-liks
manner Thus far fourteen games have been
played, OF which twelve were won by the Sena.
tors This is an average OF .s57. The past " eek,
counting last saturday, has shown a remarkable
degree OF steady team work, although the reports
OF the games that have reached here have been
merely the bare announcement OF the total score,
and hence IL Is impossible to judge OF the indi-
viduai work OF the men except through inference
from the inal results The two New York games
while they should not have been played, showed
that the success OF the Senatorial team
mas not been on account OF the weak
ness or the clubs against which they
have played. Thus far Il would seem that
ODay Is the chief reliance OF the team In the box
three-strike rule has apparently helped him. as ne
has continued TO down the southerners With ease.
Glimores arm Is still sun and sore, ana In every
game ne has pitched he has been instructed 10
save himself. Daily's arm is not quite In condi-
ton yet for effective work In the box and eonse-
quently he has been played In the held, with the
been quiet and satisfactory. owing Ia Myers
absence from the team the having been obliged 20
has gone up 10 the short-stop's position where ne
has been playing an excellent game. Gardner has
noe p a, doihg anything very brilliant, either In
Ing suspicion among the stay-at-homes that
he Is In too fast company. Those who
great Developing powers and ne SsS has pees
known 10 show up well early I'm the season. Irwins
WORK at third seems TO be up TO the standard, but
IL Will not surprise many the infted is completed
Win shock at short and Donnelly AT third. Hoy
and Wilmot are simply covering themselves with
.ns praise OF all who have seen them play or
Yesterday the nine played the jacksonville Fia)
Team, and won by score OF Is to .. Nothing
further Is known as TO the pitchers the features
OF the game.
AZ THE GROUNDS.
Workmen are busy repairing the eastern Sec
ton OF the fence around Capitol Park, which was
blown down during the blizzard. The work OF
rolling the field Will begin In a few DAYS. The
suggestion In The STAR few days ago concerning
the need OF a shed or some other accommodation
Tor bicycles at the park has received the favor
aole attention OF the management, and among the
olnei Improvements Will be the boarding in of
shed under the "bleaching boards" probably
near the clgar-stand Wherein VIII eimen can leave
their machines without fear of finding their sad:
dies covered with tobacco juice. The reporters
quarters are 10 be changed from their present
location In the upper grand-stand 20 the roof 1he
accommodations will De much more satisfactory,
as there Will be plenty OF room.
MANAGER SULLIVAN,
VINO arrived In the city the other night says that
the games with the New Works IN Jacksonville
were played against his directions He left orders
10 avoid working the men beyond the prescribed
program with the southern clubs, especial REFER
ence being made to-the New Yorks. The latter
clup was comparatively fresh, having little work
IN tne South, while the Washington men had been
hard at work ever since their arrival In New Or
leans The pitchers wee not in condition for
| such game as with league club
whitney ald DoDnelly nave not signed with the
washington club yet, but there Is no apprehen-
they Will come around all right before the home
eAhOtlon games begin.
LOOKING FOR A NEW MAN
"The negotiations with Boston are still pend
ing" said Walter Hewitt the other DAY. ssWe
should like very much TO get sutton the old relia-
ble,' for our infeld, and he wants 10 come here,
but Boston has had such hard luck In the exchange
OF players tDat they don't know which way 10
move. Nearly every man whom they have released
lately has turned out 10 be such an excellent
payer that the managers have been severely crit
clsed ever since. Ii We could get sutton here IL
would be the test thing tnat We could DO. lie is
seasoned AMI Is good Tor five or six years more.
lie il indeed reliable and would Strengthen our
team N nensely. He wants to play heIe-iJ Is
Just ms nobby TO get In nine with young play
ers- he Will be or little Use TO the BustoBs be-
cause II they keep him he Will only play Two OF
three times week, ana hall the time he Will be
| sum Like a good horse, he needs 10 be worked
steadily.
RUMoRED DEALS.
All sorts OF rumors are rying around In regard
70 possible and probable deals by the Washington
management. One is that Carroll and Gilllgau
are TO go TO Boston In exchange Tor Wise. Another
mentions sutton, while still another hints at the
importation oil Glasscock, who has not yet signed
WIN indianapolis or these three the sutton deal
has perhaps The best chance for truth IL Is uuanl.
mouaiy agreed that the Introduction vi such
material would strengthen the Senatorial team
| beyond measure.
President Young, or the National Base Ban
League, to-day announced the following contracts:
g b. Baldwin with Detroit, and W. Al. Nash, S. w.
Wise, and j. +. Morrill, with Boston.
BALL NOTES.
Watkins saved himself and the Detroit club the
other day from a severe loss by a timely apology
| TO Deacon White, thus inducing the veteran 70
| sign. Precaution is the better part OF valor.
Flint, ClarAsons catcher, has given up hope Of
seeing the Cambridge twirler In Chicago uniform
| again. He thinks, however, that John Will not be
contented In the Boston nine.
The Philadelphia club is getting ready for the
| front OF the stockton Hotel
Mike Kelly says that John Ward Is a great cap.
tain, Knowing as much, II not little more about
the rules OF base bail as any man in the country
Manager sullivan says that the Washington
public VIII "gO Wild over Hoy and Wilmot. He
puts the senators down for fourth place this sea-
| son.
The Detroit club has offered Baldwin s.. 500. and
he wants s., 600. His salary last year was So zoo
and the drop or 500 hurts.
IL is said that Spalding has again told Clarkson
! to name his own figures
Paul Hines wants TO cover the Indianapolis first
base.
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