The Sunday herald and weekly national intelligencer., 1890-06-29


afternoon, at 3:15 o'clock. Trains will leave
the Baltimore and Potomac depot at 2:30
O'Clock and as fast afterward as the coaches
fill up with passengers. The management has
arranged to have train in waiting to bring
the crowd back to the city, thus overcoming
the drawback experienced last Sunday. Phil
lips and Riddle will be the Washingtons' bat
terry.
1t is about time for the Washingtons t9 brace
up and do some good ball playing. Their eX-
hbtions on Thursday and Friday were of the
poorest sort, and looked more like amateurs
than paid professionals. They must play better
or even the pilgrimage back to Capitol Park
will avail nothing.
The return of the Washingtous to Capitol
Park will enable our astute lawmakers to at
tend the games more regularly. That great
national umpire, the Goddess of Liberty, has
resumed her wonted smile since the gladiators
have returned to her observation.
President Hewett last week came to the con-
cluson that Atlantic Park was too far away
from the people and he decided to finish the
season at Capitol Park, the old stand of the
club. 1t remains to be seen whether the people
desire to see baseball contests, or If they have
become tired of the sport and long for some
thing new. If the attendance at Capitol Park
does not largely increase over that OF Atlantic
Park the conclusion must be reached that the
old-time enthusiasm over the gamels dying out.
The truth is there are too many associations
tired keeping track of League, Brotherhood,
Atlantic, American, Western, International,
Southern, and New England leagues. lhe
fewer the leagues the better it will be for the
elevation of base ball
The games scheduled for the present week
are as follows: Monday and Tuesday, Hart
fords: Wednesday and Thursday, Worcesters;
Friday, July 4, Baltimores, in the forenoon at
Capitol Park and afternoon in Baltimore. On
Saturday they play in Wilmington.
The return of the Washington Clubto Capitol
Park leads several regular attendants OF the re-
sort to request Manager Sullivan to see that the
grand stand is kept clean and fit for respectable
people to enter Last year the seats ana noors
were disgracefully kept.
A free tour through England France, Holland
and Belgium will be given by TuE SUNDAY HER,
AID to the school teacher of Washington whom
the readers of the paper select as most deserving
of the treat Read the conditions of this novel
offer in another column.
President Hewett's answer to the suit brought
to compel him to make returns to the Hewett
estate, it being alleged he was indebted to it,
was filed last week. In the language OF the
street, President Hewett got there with both
| feet.
Kelly, a promising young Washington player,
who formerly played with the Monumentals, of
this city, has been engaged for the Jersey Citys.
| In his opening game on Thursday against the
! Washingtons he made four splendid hits.
The attendance at the games throughout the
| country is away below the average, and there
| is a general desire to unload the extra players
carried on the list. This cannot last many
moons, and some clubs will sink.
Wilmington seems to be very shaky, as the
! attendance there has dwndled away to mere
nothing. If the Sunday games commenced to-
! day, do not pan out well it is dollars to cents
the club goes up.
The Rochesters, who lead in the American
| Association race, are thinking of transferring
their team to Detroit. This is pretty rough or
the leading club, to say the least.
Pete Sweeney, who played here in 1888, ha
been released by the st. Louis Club. Peter is {
good player, but too much elbow crooking
has destroyed his usefulness.
Mace, formerly of the Washingtons and New
arks has been secured by the Hampton Club
of Hampton, Va, and will finish the season
with them.
The Baltimores have gained a splendid leat
over all competitors, and it looks as if they ar
sure winners
The absence of Gleason from game seems t.
take good deal of the vim out of the players
Parsou Hill is keeping up his steady work a
third-base.
Old place looks very familiar. Now for tn
goal.
Jerry O'Bricn has promised TO do better.
Vail parl-