Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-03-07

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WE ARE In 1T AFTER ALL.
A Ten-Club League Schedule Decided
On by the Base Ball Magnates.
| HOW TIE CAKES WILL BE NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
| At HOME AND ABRoAD-wHAr MAY BE Ex-
| PEcrED-THR CHANCES OF TIE LOCAL TEAM
| HOW THE OTHER CLUBS AVERAGE.
We are still in i'll Washington is, a. II has
been for some years past league base ball
| city. Mr.. Hewett's proffer Of his franchise to
the league for q consideration found no takers
simply because the magnates could not find an
other victim, and one would be worse than
none. Accordingly at the meeting yesterday
afternoon it was decided that the league must
face the inevitable and adopt ten-club sched-
ule, which was done. Then the league adj
journed sine die and the magnates hustled
homeward to make their peace with their stock
holdsrh
| THE COMING FIoHr.
The league will fight the battle of 1890 with
| ten clubs, somewhat disagursd, it is true, but
still in the ring. Each club will play one hum
dred and twenty-six games sixteen less than
| heretofore, with series of seven games abroad
with each OF the other nine clubs and as many
| at home, thus making each interclub contest
consisting Of fourteen games. There are four
teen open dates and nine travelling days, thus
giving twenty-three idle days for each team.
wAsHINaroN's SCHEDULE
| is az follows:
WASHINGTON AT HOME.
With Boston-Apri %. &c. June 2, 8, October
46,L
With Brooklyn-May Is, 16, June 6, z, August
%, 49, Is
With New York-May II, 10, June 4, s, Sep
With Philadelphia-May 1, 2, June g. 10, o.
tober 9, 10, IL.
With tn q Gahiseaso-May ae, a, July 81, %, Au-
With Cineinnati-May %, "a, July "A, l5 Sep
With Cleveland-May 2s, 2s, July 1s, II, Sep
With Pittsburg-May q, %, July IS, 10, Sep
TENDER TO- IL, II
with indianapoiis-May so two Qames), 81,
July ~, "a, August 26, "a.
WASHINGTON ABROAD.
AT Boston-May 10, Il, June IL, u, August 8,
9, II.
At Brooklyn-May 6, Z, June %, "a, August
10, 20, q.
At New York-May 8, o. June 20, q, August
II, Is, IA.
At p!hisdelphia- 10, a. June ls, II, Au-
At Chicaso-July s, 7, 8, August s, 6, septsm-
Der 16. IL.
G. At CippcinnstioJuly 10. II, H.. August o. 4,
AT Cleyeland-June rs, "a, %, July 2s, q, ssp-
TENDER Is, Is.
At Pittsburg-June 80 july /, 49, 30. Septem-
Der 1.-TWO games), 2
At Indianapolis 8. 4 1.-TWO pames). 81.
August l, September 20, o.
Thus we begin work at home on the 29th of
April and stay here through the I'd of May.
Then we go abroad to return May Is. During
the second home series, which lasts until june
ii, We play two games on Decoration day with
Indianapolis.
ON THE SECOND TRIP ABROAD
We play twenty-five games, our Fourth of July
games being played in indianapolis, returning
for q short season on the 14th Of July, ten
games. The 26th Of July finds US in Cleveland.
and for twenty-one dates our uniforms are
scraping up foreign dust. Home again on the
I'D OF August for eight games, and then to
flttsDurg for two games on the LIST of Septem-
Der. followed by another on the I'd and then
back home again to play Cincinnati on the 80,
4th and 9Th, and then six more games here.
Eight games abroad, beginning September
IL and ending September 20, bring US pretty
near the end. The next home series begins
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end the season at home with Philadelphia.
WHAT MAY BE EXPECTED.
So the trial is over and now the struggle for
supremacy on the diamond will begin. From
now on to the opening of the season, which
begins bit earlier in some Of the cities than
In Washington-Aprh 26-we shall hear of
nothing but practice games, law suits, coming
kings OF the diamond, promises to play the
games OF their lives, rumors Of DEALS startling
haC0 INN 70 nhNtr a.
hood trickery and league rascality, and proba-
bllltles OF return to the eight-ciub basis after
all. But the chances are very strong that the
situation will remain practically unchanged
wAsHISGToN's CHANCES.
Washington has a fair nine of young players
nearly all new to league work, but quite up to
the revised standards made necessary by the
desertion Of the brotherhood men. They have
yet to prove themselves, and really stand quite
as good show as New York, Pittsburg, Cleve-
land or Philadelphia. Boston, BROOKLYN Gin
cinnati and indianapolis probably have the
strongest teams, with Chicago near at hand.
The two association teams now in the league
Will give the others pretty race, but all il so
uncertain that prophesies as to the outcome
Walter Hewett should not grumble at
the prospect He has q spanking team
OF colts, without any local opposition
When abroad he gets 40 per cent of the gate
recelpts, ana ne nnds at home quite as enthu-
siastic a crowd of cranks as ever. Taken alto
gether he is in far better position than John
b Day, who has a weak club to compete with
three strong ones. Work on the new grounds
will probably begin in few days in order to
get them in condition for the exhibition series,
which will commence very SOON
The National Rifles.
The National Rifles held their regular
monthly meeting last night with ffty-two
members present Messrs. A. J. Green, ]. C.