Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-04-11

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WHEN 1T DOESN'T RAIN.
Base Ball Games to be Played-Notes
Of the Diamond
Once more the base ball enthusiasts Of the
city were doomed to disappointment yesterday
when the rain began to fall during the middle
! Of the day and continued through the after
noon. The game between the Senators and the
| Cuban Giants had, therefore, to be postponed
As this il written it looks very much as though
there would be game today, but predicting is
dangerous work nowadays Mr.. Hewett has
decided to adopt one of the suggestions
thrown out by THE STAB in regard
to the notification Of the public on
wet days whether or not there will be q game.
Hereafter whenever there is any doubt as to
| the chances Of . contest coming of bulletins
announcing the decision of the manager will
be found posted conspicuously at the following
points: THE STAR Office, at the corner Of 9th
| and streets and at the corner Of 18th street
and New York avenue. BY this means ma
jority Of the would-be patrons will be reached
without any effort on their part and the points
| selected are so central that all who have any
desire to know can learn in q few minutes.
These bulletins will only be posted when there
Is possible doubt and not when no rain mas
fallen or is likely to fall during the same DAY
as that scheduled for the game.
Next week will be lively one at the park
here if the weather is only trife more lenient
than it has been this week. To lose three
| such games as those with Boston and the Cuban
Giants and to play but one such game as that
with William College 10 pretty hard lines, but
it 10 only the fate that has come to most teams
this year except those that went south There
are few folks in town who really believe that
Washington 10 not fitted for base ball, arguing
that more rain falls here in year than In any
other ball club city. 1t was indeed true that
Washington had more postponed games last year
than any other league club, butt is undoubtedly
fact that there were dry days enough to satisfy
the base ball hunger of the Washington patrons
The chances are that this year will be unusu-
ally dry. This is . private tip from the weather
bureau.
NEXT WEEKS SCHEDULE.
But, as to next week, there are first the Rich
monds Monday and Tuesday, a strong club,
eager for admission into an organization and
with longing eyes on the franchise now held
by Wilmington. 1t is believed by those who
understand the situation that there is only one
club in the Atlantic Association that may not
finish the season, and that is Wilmington. But
it is very certain that if Wilmington should
drop out Richmodd stands ready to jump in at
q moments notice. The Richmond team is a
fair one and depends upon what games can be
played with Norfolk and other cities within q
few hours from home.
After they have come and gone theG orhams of
play on Wednesday and also on Friday, with
the Philadelphia club sandwiched in between
on Thursday.
MUD PUDpLEs.
Don't look at the sun.
The Alerts play tomorrow
We leave home on the Sd for Baltimore.
Baltimore and Boston could not play because
of the rain.
Philadelphia plays Baltimore next Friday,
the day after its appearance here.
Secretary Braden of the Atlantic Association
has issued official notices that w. F. Horner
has signed with New Haven and 7. F. Power
with the Baltimore club.
Manager Sharsig Yesterday released Pitcher
Mike Kilroy and Catcher Ernest Smith. Neither
was strong enough for the Athletic team.
Slower, the deaf-mute center fielder who was
released by Washington. wants to play on the
Baltimore club. He forwarded an application
Endorsed by President N. E. Young, but Mana
ger Barnie informed him by letter that he had
all the men he wanted just now.-BdHtmore
Sun.
Boston people think that New York will
walk away with the league pennant again next
year, but Bostonians will have considerable re-
spect for Brooklyn and Cincinnati when they
see these two clubs play. Most Of the men in
these two teams are almost entire strangers to
Boston and both the teams are stronger than
ever before.-Ne,o York Telegram.
Arlie Latham is in another scrape. D. Cas-
tleman Webb, young st. Louis attorney, has
piloted the dude through all his matrimonial
adventures, but he repudiated the bills for
legal service. Webb got his blood up, and
after Wednesdays game a constable took pos
session of all Latham's clothing, amounting to
$500 in value. The unfortunate third baseman
had to walk around in his baseball garments
until Comiskey lent him a suit three sizes too
big.-Sun.
Yesterdays games resulted as follows: At
Philadelphia = Philadelphia II, Athletic g.;
University Z, Williams 8. At New York
Rochester 6, New York 3. At Brooklyn
Brooklyn d. IS, Newark 2; Brooklyn (A.) 20,
Jersey City, IL. At Chicago-Chicago d. 10,
st. Louis T. At Pittsburg-Pittsburg L.) 8,
Wheeling 6. At New Haven-New Haven 7,
Nets 2. At MISUNDERSTANDING IL, SYRIA
cuse g. AT ST. Louis-Chicago 10, Cleveland
P.L.)
Manager Barnie has challenged Powers of
Rochester to play him two games in Baltimore
on the 14th and 18th, the winner to take all re-
ceipts. Powers says he has a game scheduled
in Jersey City on the 14th and in New Haven
on the 18th, and he, therefore, cannot accept
BARNES offer. He is willing, however, to play
Baltimore on the first mutually open date and
promises to snow the Orioles under.
President Young. in an interview with Bal
timore San correspondent admits that things
look serious for the base ball business with in
creased competition and expenses, but he
thinks that there is a greatly increased interest
in the game and discredits the idea that there
will be a collapse before the season is out
Nevertheless it looks very much as though
something would snap. Pittsburg's League
Club is deplorably weak, being just able to
pull out game from Wheeling yesterday. The
ex-Smoky city is very hot for the brotherhood.
the Labor Union element there forming the
larger part of the base ball patronage. Even
in New York things do not appear bright for
the league. Yesterday the Rochester team,
m In and this after ha ahaor of tho