Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-04-18
BASE BALL GOSSIP.
Players and Public Impatiently Wait
ing for Good Weather.
THE WARD AND MORRILL, DEALs-wAAT rs AND
WHAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN-wAsN'r PRESIDENT
HEwETT RIGHT IN RELEASING DAILY AND Wild
NER GAMES YESTERDAY


HEwETT RIGHT IN RELEASING DAILY AND Wild
| NER ?-GAMEs YESTERDAY.
Raining. muddy, cloudy. and the season only
four playing days off. The situation is truly
exasperating, and the enthusiasts about town
are beginning to growl just as hard as though
they were demanding the release of a player
instead OF waiting with but poor patience for a
chance to see the new men play. Wise has
come to terms and has agreed to
sign contract, accepting the sum
OF $4,000 for the seasons work. This was the
inquire at which he was classified, and he un-
doubtedly thought that he might better bow to
the inevitable and take what he could get than
play ball on the hard side of bench this year.
| Walter Hewett has shown considerable gener-
oslty IN his operations this spring and winter,
| but he has also proved to the outside watchers
the fact that there is point where generosity
| ceases to be virtue. As it is he has done
| marvellously well.
| THE TWO DEALS.
] The services of John Ward would have
undoubtedly cost him, counting his release
money and his salary together, fully $4,000,
which is an awfully big sum of money to pay
| out for one man. He paid. say $1,000 for the
release of Morrill, and Wise, "A, 600 for Morrill, s
services, and 3, 900 for those of Wise. total
COHSluerdtlOn OF Sll,UUU Tor TWO men. Inc pal
ance between the two operations is striking
Hewett saves $4,000 in money, gets man
whom the highest authorities rate as fully equal
to Ward, both as player and a manager be-
sides another man whose all-around abilities
are tirst-class. In short. Hewett is fully 81 500
ahead. He has received a telegram from Healy
at Pittsburg stating that he would accept the
offer made him on Monday while the clubs
were here. This practically settles the matter
and his signed contract may be expected in a
very few days.
GOOD RADIANCE.
By the way, Hewett's wisdom, which has
sometimes been seriously questioned for re-
leasing Daily and Wdner from the team. has
been amply proved by dispatch from Balti-
more stating that the manager of the Columbus
club yesterday fined both Daily, Wdner, and
another man 800 apiece for being out all night
on a drinking bout. Although the club ar
rived there Monday evening these three men
did not report until Tuesday morning. 1t is
now very evident why Mr.. Hewett let the
pitcher and right fielder CO. In fact, his
friends have known his reasons for the action
ever since it was cOnsummated, but little has
been said about it thus far. Daily was a good
player, and probably is still, and although he
had convivialism to a large degree hewas seldom,
II ever, ncapacitated thereby for ball PLAYING
But the great evil came from his influence
among certain other members of the team
whose natures could not present the same I'M
disturbed front under the same conditions. In
other words he was directly demoralizing
agent, and Mr.. Hewett knew it well.
GAMES YESTERDAY.
Chicago won yesterday, the score being to
4. OF course there are folks just ill-natured
enough to say something mean about this see
saw business and hint at word sounding like
.'hippOdrome." This is strange state of af-
fairs, when one considers Mr. Spalding's
reputation as an excellent baseball man bus
mess man. and manager. twas Cranes turn
IN the box, with Earle behind him, pitted
against Baldwin and Arson. The result was IL
hits by Chicago, and by Wards men. ALL
America made 6errors against by their OPP
ponents.
Pittsburg defeated Toronto by the score of
to l. and Indianapolis took game from Tole-
do, II tot.
AT Louisville-Louisville, 4; Kansas City, z.
At Observation-Disclosures, l; st. Louis, 5.