Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-08-02
1T Is GROWING INTERESTING.
VIII Washington Remain in the At
lantic Association?-Game

The base ball situation grows complicated
Manager Ted Sullivan now claims with some
strenuousnsss that he is in possession of the
franchise OF the Washington Club, while As
signes Coleman asserts quite as emphatically
that the franchise 10 still IN his possession as
the trustee Of the stockholders of the club. It
10 quite certain that there is but one franchise,
as 1t Is that both Sullivan and Coleman do not
hold it simultaneously. But this seems to be
about the state OF things: The present club has
forfeited its rights in the association and. being
In Its debt to large amount for guarantee
money and dues, the association managers
have decided to confscate the franchise as o
penalty, which they have a perfect right to do.
For some reason or other Braden and Barnie
want to keep Washington in the field, and are
now promising Ted Sullivan that il he can OBJ
tam sufficient local financial support they will
see that he gets his franchise and privileges.
sullivan spent some time and cash yesterday
telegraphing to the various clubs to obtain
their conssnt TO play yesterdays scheduled
game with Lebanon and to ask if they had any
objection 10 his having the franchise. No one
kicked, and when Braden was informed Of this
fact lie wired his consent &c the playing of the
game and intimated that the franchise would
soon be turned over to the plucky manager.
STARTING CANT.
Accordingly the game with Lebanon was
started, and after progressing for two innings
had to be abandoned on account of the rain
storm that swept over the city. There were
not quite enough people present to pay the
guarantee owing to the threatening clouds and
the uncertainty as to whether or not there
would be game. About $50 were taken in at
the gate, and As no game was played there WAS
no guarantee to pay, so that this money goes
into the general fund. Riddle sold tickets and
nd fhpm at In ryfa 1aIa
games are TO be played. the first one to start at
2:30. and as but one admission is to be charged
it il hoped that u big crowd will go down to
Capitol Park, If only to help the boys out.
They are a clever lot OF fellows, and with the
proper support and encouragement will play
winning ball. They would have won yesterday
from Lebanon had it not been for the ram
Phillips and B I'd were In the points for WASH
lngton. One run was scored in the first by the
abandoned Senators. Bader hitting for base.
stealing another, making one more on a wild
pitch and scoring on hit by Whistler. The
visitors made two in their half Bader fumbled
Graham's hit and the runner made second.
Hill could not handle McCaffrey's grounder.
Graham scored on ReSun's sacrifice and Nc
Caffrey on Granlich's two-bagger. In the
second Hill and Bird went to first on balls and
went ahead on VENTS sacrifice. Hill scored
on Phillips short safe hit and Bird and Phil
lips OIL Gleason neat single between short and
third. The Lebanon men could not tally in
stood to i'll favor OF Washington.
IN OTHER CITIES
New Haven beat Baltimore 4 to 1. Horner
and Hofford and Baker and Townsend we're
the batteries The Orioles lost through the
bad errors ofWerrick and Power Baker pitched
magnifcently. New Haven made hits aud
error and Baltimore hits ana errors.
There were Othor Atlantic Association
games played. The games in the other organi-
cations resulted as follows:
National League. Chicago-Chicago, g.;
Boston. 8. At Observation-Disclosures. 4: Phlla-
New York. g. At Brooklyn (frst game)-
Brooklyn, z; Pittsburg, 8. Second game
Brooklyn, 2O Pittsbury, /.
New York, s. At Pittsburg-Pittsburg s.;
brooklyn, 6. At Buffalo-Buffalo, Is: Bos-
ton, q. At OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES 3; Philadel-
phia, 4.
American Association.-At syracuse-Syra-
cuse, s; Louisville, g. At Observation-Disclosures
ter.9 st. Louis, 4. At New York-Brooklyn
1; Toledo, 2.
Newark is scheduled for Monday and Tues
day.
Jack Riddle can catch quarters quite as we'll
as strikes.
The three BIS, Braden, Barnie and Burn
ham, are determined that Washington shall
stick
The question now is Of Sullivan's raising the
wind from the local capitalists whom he hopes
to enlist. 1t is but forlorn hope. however.
There will be a benefit game Monday and
another by electric light on Tuesday night in
order to help the players out of the hole. The
people of Washington ought to turn out.
The next step III this performance will be the
expulsion of the Washington Club for the nom
payment of dues, which is expected TO take
place almost n mt
to $780,
The race now stands thus.