Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-10-25
THE GIANTS BRACE UP.
And the Worlds Championship is Again
In Doubt.

The winners Of the league pennant braced uI
Just In time yesterday and by defeating theil
brethren who won the association flag, made
the outcome of the worlds championship series
. little more doubtful The score was IL to g.
and now the Bridegrooms have won games to
by the Giants Crane and Browns and Caruth
ers, Clark and Bushong were the batteries.
After the first two innings, during which
neither side scored. the Giants had the game
al their own way, making enough runs in the
third inning to win the game. -Four more in
the fifth made the case absolutely hopeless for
Brooklyn, who could earn but one run, while
New York earned 2. The Giants made IL hits
and two errors and the Bridegrooms 8 hits and
errors. The game, which was played
In Brooklyn, was witnessed by about 1000
people.
RULING WASHINGTON OUT.
The Pittsburg players deny that the brother
hood does not intend to locate a club there.
They say that Washington and Indianapolis,
not being base ball cities, will be discarded for
Buffalo and Brooklyn, and that White and
Rowe will play in the former place and Glass
cock in Pittsburg.
STRAY SHOTS.
Tia Philadelphia Press says: 1t does not look
as if the association players intend to 90 hand
In hand with the brotherhood.
The Inquirer remarks that the Philadelphia
managers are hustling after minor league
players.
Manager Sharsig yesterday signed Curt
WEIGH, Edward Seward, VIM. Robinson and
George BauswIne. He says he will have three
or four more signed before the end OF the
week.
President wikoff of the American association
has issued the following bulletin: Contracts.
Il pait
Joe Werrick; Cincinnati. Jerry Harrington. W.
p. Rhines, James W. Knight; Columbus. Ed.
Bligh and J. Easton; Kansas City, John Healy
The annual meeting of the American asso-
citation viii be held at the Fifth Avenue hotel,
New York city, on November Is, 1889, at 10
O'Clock am. The board of directors will meet
at the same hotel November IL, at 8 o'clock
pm.
Calvin has winter job. He is going to
drive q Pittsburg laundry wagon at a high
salary. The wagon is brilliantly painted.
Jimmie's name in big letters eliminates the
sides. He says that several of his friends have
not had any laundering done for months wait
ing for him to start into the business.
John Morrill, reports that he has met with
gratifying success in working up the brother
hood business in the Hub. He has been offered
several frst-class positions, but has declined
them all to give his entire time to the brother
hoods interests. 1t was easy matter to get
the old dissatisfied stockholders interested for
1t would give them chance to get even with
the three men who forced them out of the
club. Morrill, had full charge of the business
at that end, even to finding grounds, and
selected two sites. one in south Boston, not far
from the New England depot, and the other not
far from the present ground ON Huntington
avenue.-PhilGdeipkid Press.
The Scorers association will this fall urge
the league and association to SO amend their
constitutions as to require each club to sign its
official scorer to a contract and have the same
approved like players contracts by the secre-
tarles of the two organizations. This is aimed
at the Chicago club, whose official scorer is u
myth. so to speak. and the scorers elsewhere
think he is showing too much favoritism to the
players of that team.
Some one has even limited that this position
il filed by Mrs. Adrian c. Anson