Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-04-10
wASHINGTON'S POSITION.
Where We VIII BE When the Base Ball
Smash Comes.

Where We VIII BE When the Base Ball
Smash Comes.
The Boston players of the National League
had a pleasant trip to Washington, but did not
have any chance to do what they came for
that Ia to show the Senatorial aggregation how
to play ball. Indeed it is doubtful If they could
have shown them many points had the weather
been favorable. This Atlantic Association team
here, which was kicked ont Of the league in
such an unceremonious manner, promises to
show the rest Of the business that they were
not such undesirable company after all. With
veteran VIM. Gleason at their head these
colts have a brilliant future, and with
proper encouragement will be winning pen
nants before long. As matter OF fact Wash
ington is not in so bad a position after all.
There are signs to show that base ball 10 in q
most abnormal condition this year with revo-
lutlOnary struggle going on to the death IN
most of the formerly prosperous cities Places
that once could just about support one club are
now laden with two, each making extraordinary
efforts and mourning large expenses in order
to secure patronage. Something Is going to
snap before the season is over and il is going
to be somewhere in the vicinity Of the league
or the brotherhood. Just at present things
look exceedingly favorable for the Players
League, to judge from the enthusiastic
audiences the clubs are drawing at all
points II this keeps up the league
NAV find itself minus one or more members in
the spots that it could not afford to drop. In
the crash that is coming good many corns are
going to be hurt. and it looks though the
coming winter would see the phenomenon OF
base ball rising from the wreck, shaking itself
and taking new forms for the next season.
New Lines will be formed, new associations or
ganlzed and out OF the present chaos Will come
order.
wAsHINaToS's OPPORTUNITIES.
In all this there will be a comparative i'm
munity come to the minor league clubs. Wash
ington is a major city, and under the new
regime that is sure to come will stand far
better show than if ii had stayed in the league
and suffered along with the rest. In SD ort Mr..
Hewett finds himself in the position of a man
sitting on a fence and watching two others
lighting for piece of pie. When they have
exhausted themselves and each other he can de-
scend from his perch and help himself to the
pie-what there is left OF it,
EXHIBITION GAMES.
The Cuban Giants play today and tomorrow
and the Alerts, local team, Oh Saturday.
Monday and Tuesday the Richmonds appear,
Wednesday the Gorhams Of New York. Thurs
day the Philadelphia league club, Friday the
Germans again and on Saturday the champion
ship season begins with Hartford.
President Young's latest bulletin includes:
Contracts--With Pittsburg, p. A. Hines; Bos-
ton C. H. Getzein, NJ c. Sullivan: st. Louis.
Buffalo, A. b. Conway; Hamilton, E. Sales II.
Spies; Worcester, l.. Kennedy, L. L. Guinasso,
N. H. Bradley, j, A. Cudworth; Hartford, A.
l.. Moore, T. F. O'COnnell, W. p. Annis j. l.
Say, William Fagen. NJ. J. sullivan. Steve
Matthias, II. W. Lynch, I. W. Forster; New
Haven, E. Terrien. Released-By Pittsburg,
Ed. Mulhearn; Baltimore, d. Quinn; Newark,
j. Sullivan, W. Sullivan; Chicago. ". X. Inks.
The Baltimore S'm this morning contains
special dispatch from Louisville giving the
views OF President Phelps of the American As
ISOLATION as to the prospects and the compare
tive strength OF that organization and the At
lantic Association. He says: The Atlantic
Association as it now stands will. i'll my mind
be a success. II is a strong organization and is
represented by several good cities, but con-
slder 1t weaker than the American Association.
II is rather hard question to answer as to who
Will win the Atlantic pennant, as i am SO far
away. but Billy Barnie's Orioles should carry
on the flag In a canter, judging from what 1
know of the clubs"
The sun is very welcome.
Grant, the ex-Buifalonian, captains the
Giants.
The hounds are very nearly completed.
The seating capacity of most of the brother
hood grounds is about 20, 900.
Myers Is putting up tremendous game at
second base for the old Philadelphia.
York sun
The Jersey City Club is dckering with
pitcher that played in the American Association
last season. EXCHANGE
The Hamilton Club, which Washington de-
feated IL to IL, will play in Newark Saturday.
The only game played yesterday in Phil
adelphla, between Yale and the University of
Pennsylvania. Yale won't to ).
Hardie Richardson and Dan Brouthers are
now playing together in the same club for the
tenth consecutive season.
The Philadelphia Times has an appropriate
heading for its ball notes for this time Of year:
''Splashes on the Diamond"
Secretary Brunell says: mo more Sunday
games" Manager and Capt Comiskey saws:
We will play all We have contracted for"
There may be trouble IN the brotherhood
household
Baltimore begins the three-game series with
Boston today. Base ball enthusiasm in the
Monumental City Is at the highest notch. and
the cranks there are Dragging that Baltimore
VIII beat Washington out of sight in the Atlantic
Association race. Hold your breath awhile
All uprejudiced people acknowledge that the
Boston brotherhood team Is a much stronger
aggregation than the one collected tOgethe by
the 1rlumvlrs. There Is vast difference in
the size of the men who are now with the
league club and the ones who wore Boston's
colors last season. The brotherhood men are
much larger and stronger and the addition of
stovey makes the brotherhood club all the