Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-03-12
BASE BALL PROSPECTS.
What President Hew-tt Says About the
Washington Team.
THE MEN WHO HAVE SIGNED coSTRAcTs--woRx
OK THE NEW GROUND TO BE coMMENcEp-rHE
BROTHERHOOD MEETING AND THE REsuLrs-
BASE BALL NOTES.

| on THE NEW GROUND TO BE CoMMENCEp-THI
| BROTHERHOOD MEETING AND THE RESULTS
| BASE BALL NOTES.
J President Hewett of the Washington base
ball club has at last returned to the CITY from
| the spring meeting at Cleveland. to which he
went some days ago, not knowing whether he
would return league magnate or not. He
came back just as much of a magnate as he
ever was and full of enthusiasm of a certain
KIND Tor the coming season. When seen by a
! STAR reporter today he did not have much to
say beyond the fact that he thought the new
scheuule as poor as it could possibly be. But,
then, he added, everybody else is dissatis.
ned, and 80 he probably thinks that he has
oeen treated as gently as any of his associates,
especially as he was allowed to remain in the
league. He had not then seen Mr. Ted Sulli-
van. who was supposed to be waiting for his
arrival to secure points before starting off on
a cunning trip" But conference between
the two will undoubtedly occur before long if
II has not happened by now, and then people
may look for news of the great player finder
signing new men somewhere 'up country. -
Ihls Is leds favorite expression and when he
uses II no one need try to find out where he is
going.
WORK on THE NEW GROUNDS
MIR. Hewett has given orders for work to
begin on the new grounds a. the corner of
18th and streets next Monday and he expects
to have the field in good shape before the
opening OF the exhibition season on the 29th
OF tins month. The grand stand is to be built
on the same plan as that in st. Paul, with the
exception that there will be but one story to it.
1t Is In the shape of horse shoe, generally,
with the covered stands in the center or round
OF the shoe. The bleacheries will extend on
both sides of the field for some distance down
the fence line. At first it was intended To fit
the stands under cover with opera chairs but
owing to a misunderstanding the contractor
purchased 600 or more of the chairs that were
sold at the Ivy City sale recently, and these
Will probably be used for the present at least
with the chairs from the old grounds thrown
IN to make up the balance. The ground is
naturally so level that there will be very little
grading necessary. and large force of men
Will be put on the fences and stands so that it
Is quite likely that with speedy work such
progress may be made as to get the park
ready in time.
THIS YEARS TEAM.
complete club has been secured, although
two of the men have not yet been signed The
men whose names have already been placed on
contracts follows: j. Maioney, Peter
Mccoy. Harry Mace and w. C.. Phillips, pitch
ers; John II. Riddle, Frank Bird and F. F.
Nicholas, catchers; Louis Whistler, first base;
Beiden Hill, third base; Herman Bader left
field; Michael Jordan, right field. and Fred H.
Slower. center field. A man named Gleason
has been found who is willing to sign to play
short stop, and another by the name of O. Brien
to guard second base. There are other men in
mind. but Mr.. Hewett is inclined to think that
he has enough men to start the season with
lie intends to put the men who have been
named INTO their places and give them a trial
and keep them If they suit, instead of getting a
them salaries for doing nothing.
lie has come to no decision as yet with regard
TO the matter of a manager for the club. Mr..
Sullivan, II Is understood. does not care to take
care OF a new team this year. and is supposed
to be on the lookout for some one to take his
place. 1t Is very likely that he will find man.
Tor he usually discovers what he sets out to
find. The men will report for duty on or
about the Goth, and will go into practice at
once.
THE BROTHERHOOD MEETING.
FATHER to the surprise of most folks the
Cleveland brotherhood meeting was short and
uninteresting. A schedule was adopted con-
ffIcting with the league dates thirty-one times.
Buck Ewing, as chairman of the committee on
rules. reported that it had been decided to
divide the 100000 prize money as follows: For
the winners, first time winners this year, there
Will be an extra consideration of $3.50. Sec
ond place gets $4,S00; third, $500; fourth,
SZ,ooo NTH, Sl, i5O; sixth, $500; seventh $3.50,
and eighth. honor.
Action on the Dunlap case was taken by re-
leasing that player from Pittsburg and giving
him leave to sign with any other brotherhood
club. In case he fails to find takers the players
league VIII pay his salary for year.
The Mulvey case was left untouched, and Joe
viii probably play in Philadelphia.
An appropriation was made for the purchase
OF banner to be the property OF the New York
players club as embiematic of the victory of
the national league New York team last year.
Then the brotherhood adjourned. There
was good deal of talk about prospects and
the hopes of the brotherhood were painted il,
very rosy hues According to the talk the
players OWE ali New York, Brooklyn and Chi
cage, large part of Boston and considerable
slice Of Philadelphia.
ODDS AND ENDS.
If Chicago gets the worlds fair she ought to
arrange to exhibit some of the antique bail
players now in the national league. New York
can contribute Mickey WEIGH and others
Net1 York World
That's pretty good Antiquities in the ma
tonal league and from brotherhood organ,
TOO! Well, II there is one thing to which the
league Is open to the slightest criticism it is
that the vast majority of its men are entirely
new and unknown, and if there is one thing for
which the players are getting the cold shoulder
1t is that they all belong to the archaic period
of base ball
Ansons colts whipped Byrne's veterans YES
terday at St. Augustine, 8 to 5. Hits-Chicago
3, Brooklyn Z. Errors-Chicago 4. BROOKLYN Z.
The North Pacific base ball league, with a
capital stock of $4,000, has been organized at
Spokane Falls. Wash. The league is to include
the cities of Portland, Ore; Tacoma Seattle
Spokane Falls, WASH: Helena and Butte Mont
One hundred games will be played during the
season.
The Chicago league team is to be strength
ened by the addition Of Pitcher Shell of Evans
vile. Shell Is under contract to the latter, but
Is willing to play elsewhere, and his release is
ready.