Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-04-28
NEWS OF THE BALL FIELD.
A Game TOday-How the Different Ball
Teams Are Getting Along.

Once more the sun is shining and the fates
are propitious for base ball games. The
grounds may be somewhat soft for today's con-
test, but there will be a game there neverthe-
less. Washington has always had a bad repu-
tation as damp city, as far as base ball Is con-
cerned. and the local management should not
neglect an effort that might tend to get the
grounds in condition for play after rain
storm.
This week there will be two visitations. The
Jersey City team plays here today and tomor-
row and the Worcesters on Wednesday. Thurs =
day and Friday. After that the Senators will
disappear tor six days and we shall hear of
them in other places.
Worcester plays in Baltimore today, Hart
ford at Wilmington and New Haven at Newark.
There were but two games played on Satur-
day and both OF those were IN Boston: Boston
brotherhood, IA; New York brotherhood. O;
New York League, 3; Boston League, l. Yes
terdsy all the American clubs played with the
following results: At Louisyille-Louisville A.;
Toledo, 8. At ST. Louis-St. Louis IA: Column
bus, l. At Gloucester. N.J.-Athletic, 5; SYRIA
cuse, 8. At Ridgewood-Brookly 5: Roches-
ter, g. The attendances were: Louisville
1857; st. Louis, 1854; Gloucester, l,5OO, and
Rldgewood, 200.
Three games postponed already.
There is an open date, June "a, when the Jer.
Bey City game can be played.
The Athletic. Louisville and Rochester teams
are tied for first place in the American and
Hartford, Newark and Worcester in the At
lantic.
The rumor of a transfer of the Buffalo
Brotherhood team TO this city has been effect
uslly killed by dispatch from Buffalo saying
that the hackers of the team there would not
entertain any such proposition transfer.
Comparisons are the order of the day, and
IN view OF the claims of the Players League
that they are putting up the best game OF ball
II might be interesting to note that in sc scores
made since the opening the league men made
S24 hits and 147 errors, and in 80 scores the
brotherhood made 40 hits and 1877 errors
Providing for the extra two scores on the part
of the players it would seem as though they
were hitting the ball harder than the league
batters, but are not putting up anything like
the fielding game. Honors are about even,
except that folks usually like to see batting.
The news comes from Pittsburg that the four
games scheduled to be played there this week
between the Pittsburg and Chicago league
clubs are to be transferred to Chicago, and the
superstition is Immediately formed that the
change Is made In order to avoid any further
conflict of dates with the brotherhood. Both
Spaldlng and Nlmick are shrewd enough to see
that unless something is done quickly the teams
will be playing to empty benches. dispatch
III the Philadelphia Press from Pittsburg gives
figures TO show that in the five games PLAYED
tnere dlreauy the brotherhood total attendance
was IL. Isl and the league, 2,074. AS the latter
number Is just about good attendance for one
game under ordinary conditions, it is q reason
able conclusion that the PittsbUrg league team
Is doomed
Brunell of the the brotherhood SAYS that his
organization will make no move to meet this
change Of league schedule John b. Day saws
that the change is merely an ordinary business
transaction, adding, Its thing that occurs
frequently. and, IN this instance. the chances
are largely in their favor for making more
money IN Chicago than in Plttsburg, and that
Is all there Is to 1t. In his opinion there will
be no general change oil the schedule.
Rainey, the Buffalo player who was hit on
the head during Fridays game in that city, is
seriously hurt. He is suffering from concus-
sion of the brain and will not be able to play
for a month.
The keefe ball is lively article. Ewing and
other brotherhood men say it is too lively
The manufacturers are to be asked to make it
more dead
Its hveliness is supposed to be one of the
reasons why the brotherhood outbatted the
league.
Manager Cudworth is looking for some new
men for the Worcester team. 1t is likely tina.
Pitcher Burns, Shortstop Bradley and RICH.
Fielder Staltz will be released unless they sho =
some rapid improvement
Wednesday will be ladies' day at Atlantic
Park.
There will be a game of base ball on Ana
Iostan Island Wednesday between the Johns
Hopkins and the Columbia Athletics Admis-
sion, rs cents.