Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-04-03
THE NEW BALL PARK.
The Progress Of the Work Of Improve
ment-Notes.

| President Hcwett made quick work with the
boycott which the Federation Of Labor placed
on him for the employment of non-uniou men
at Tuesday nights meeting, and this morning
he announced that everything was lovely and
the boycott was raised. At the park things
look very business-like. All of the columns for
the grand stand are up, the floor joists in place
| in many parts, and. in fact, the frame work
nearly completed. Today's work will make
great difference in the appearance of the stand,
and it will be very nearly, If not quite, ready
for tomorrow's name. The grading. which is
not n difficult job. will be entirely finished, al
though the diamond will not be sodded until the
home club goes away for its first trip abroad,
May 3, 5, at Worcester. and for several days
thereafter. The east fence was nearly toppled
over by the severe winds of Fridav and Satur-
day and has had to be braced in order to pre-
vent Its falling. The grounds will have gen.
tie decline from the north to the south, so that
the alley from second to third base will be
slightly up hill. This will operate against the
base runner who attempts to steal third or who
tries to stretch a twO-bagger into a three
But 1t will aid the man eonp down
from first to second base. particularly
in getting ready to dive for his slide to the bag
netting Is to be put up on the right field
fence to protect the windows of the cottages
on the other side of the alley, and a ball must
high, in order to score a home-run hit The
chances are that there will be fewer home runs
made on these grounds than on the old ones.
THE PLAYERS DRESSING ROOMS
are to be underneath the grand stand in the
space left at the corner. This will give a COM
modious apartment, from which the men will
emerge into the field by a small door under
meath the stand ledge in front. A netting will
be placed in front of the spectators across the
center part of the stand to prevent the foul
tips fro I'm playing havoc.
There will be good many fouls driven into
the lower ends of the open stands, but the line
viii be so long that no danger is anticipated.
The fences in front of the bleacheries have
been built solidly instead Of with pickets, as
on the old grounds.
OPENING OF THE PARK.
The new Stand Pipe Park, 18th and streets,
will be opened this afternoon with game be-
tween Washington and Lehigh University.
ECHOES FROM OTHER CITIES.
At the brotherhood meeting in New York
yesterday the schedule was changed so as to
throw the opening dates on April 70, 81, % and
g. instead of April q, % 90 and a. as at first
arranged. This was done in order to open
with the league. No other changes were made
IN view of the announcement of the
league magnates that they would cover every
change made By the brotherhood. Pickett's
Philadelphia. 1t is rumored that Mulvey,
Delehanty and Beckley were reinstated.
Yesterdays games resulted as follows:
At Brooklyn-Brooklyn, 8; Metropolitan, 5.
At New York-New York National League. II;
Yale. 6.
At Columbus Columbus, 90; Wheeling, Is.
At elphia-Athletic, ~: Princeton, s.
At Philadelphia Philadelphia National
League, ID; Lehigh University, o.
At ACKNOWLEDGMENT, 5; Hamilton. H.
Dra LIANT baa r.. fill.
bulletin:
Services accepted-New York--M. ]. Scan
Ion. Pittsburg-Paul A. Hines. Boston-C.
II. Getzein. Chicago-E. H. Eitelson. Phila-
delphia-Albert ]. Inks.
Contracts for lS90-With Brookly n-A. S.
Herman. Pittsburg William O'Brien. Roch-
ester-R. NJ. Barr. Detroit-Jacob Wells, Flint,
Clarence Chalker, Richard Mckinley Nam
istee. Mich. H. Mcmahon, +. C. Hall, J. NJ
Abbott. E. J: Gull, William Riley, G. T. West
lake, r. McMahorl o. III. Sheenan. Galveston
w. l.. Work, W. L. Peoples, Thomas McQuirk,
X. L. Fender, James Hennessy, John Huston,
NJ. S. Polhemus, John p. Luby. F. g. Ward,
John A. Smith. Jacob Stencil
'.Released-By In6ianapolis-M. J. Scanlon,
A Manassan, p Weckbecker C. III. Getzein, f.
II. Eiteljoy, Paul A. Hines, William George,
Nick T. Ivory, Albert ]. Inks, C. b. Miller,
George Miller, George G.. Meakin. By Pitts
burg-Alex. Jones'"
Washington made a strong effort to get Hines
dlttr the view 1Orh cluD SAID tnat he was not
wanted, but it seems that he had been dicker-
ing with Pittsburg as well as New York and
was gobbled rather against his will
NOTES.
Hamilton tomorrow.
There will be no score board at the ne
grounds.
Newark plays the Philadelphia league club
today. 1t Is a strong team.
Tom Lovett has signed another Brooklyn
league contract.
Visner is the only man from last year tho
has not signed.
The Athletics go to Wilmington today. The
ATLANTIC Association team haa not vet been