Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-07-16

New y ork. 80 &c 600 Phiiadelphia.3i 35 -493
Chicago. Al 20 $50 Brooklyn. ..32 81 AGA
Boston. III 81 .J29 Pittsburg..-..21 80 .4O9
Cleveland. SO 80 $50 Cincinnati. .2s ~ 400
The announcement in The STAR last evening
that the National ClGc is to DC materially
strengthened like the sight of an ga III TO
the burning eyes of the p!odder of the desert.
IL was promise OF great future performances
OF the Senators shat was very pleasing. The
prospect that there will be some rev men on
the team, III new hah6is will doubtless tend to
PIT new life into the public interest III the work
of the club. which has been surprisingly strong
III view OF the lgnOmlnlOus position occupied by
the team In the association race. 1t Is an
nounced that Manager Snyder will remain with
the team for the present. but 1t is the intention
of the directors 10 put the men III charge OF
Shannon ii he should show up ~ well as Is now
expected. Snyder will probably be given his
release on August 1.
Information has been received here that an
order for 500 sent by telegraph to Shannon
by the local directors had been received, and
that the men engaSed-Shannon. Eiteljorg
HalIigan. Sutclifle and Griflin-had started Tor
Washington. In that event they will probably
arrive here in time to take part In Mondays
game against Cincinnati.
How THE DEAL WAS CoSsUMMATED.
Il develops that when negotiations were first
opened with the Omaha people for the transfer
OF the men it was done in the regular way and
| the directors OF the western team h'li Dten
preached. They were on the make. however,
and the president of the concern. Mccormick.
demanded a bonus of $500 for the releases of
the PLAYERS. The local directors happened to
know that the Omaha team was OH its last legs
and in sore straits. and they took advantage of
this information to refuse the proposition
knowing that they could soon get the men free
of any bonus. SO they ''lay low and waited
for the final collapse of the club i'll Omaha
which came the other day. The men were
H. - I,l
it is said, of the methods of the wild and woolly
west in the line of base bal, particularly in
minor league that has been propagatec into the
sphere of u major organization.
GOOD BALL TOSsERS.
All five Of the men engaged are hard hitters
and will no doubt be great addition tic the
team. So far this season all of them have done
well and have secured records far above the
average. Hatfield will be retained as a utility
man or given his release. He is hard worker
and is well liked by the management. but he is
not regarded as strong enough for the team. 1t
necessary to find place for Shannon, in
order that that good man might act as captain
of the team. and as Dowd is playing gilt-edged
ball all the time there was no other place for
the new man but at short
NOT CONTRACT JUMPERS.
The news of the coming of Shannon and his
four companions was received in some quar-
their contracts. This is emphatically denied
at both ends of the line 1t is held that the
men were perfectly at liberty to go where they
chose. and that as the terms with Washington
were satisfactory they decided to come here.
The Omaha club was regularly disbanded and
therefore the players could not be held for ten
DAYS even. In fact, they were liberated at
once. Although they were notified that the
Omaha club would be recognized and their
salaries were assured to the end of the season
they preferred to take advantage Of their lib
Grafton and come TO Washington. Shannon
and Sutcliffe will arrive Monday. but the others
are supposed to be on their way.
YESTERDAYS GAMES ELSEWHERE
Everything went the way of the Athletics
yesterday in Philadelphia. They hit Bell hard
and fielded superbly. On the other hand the
ders The game YVES stopped for twenty-five
minutes by rain and subsequently called at the
end of the seventh to permit the visitors to
catch the train for Boston.
kelly's team yesterday made 21 hits in
Boston and then was beaten They batted
U Brien out OF the box in the third inning. and
HaddOck. who succeeded him. was even less
effective. The BostOns had their turn in the
seventh inning, when they scored 10 runs on
9 hits. including two doubles, triple and two
home runs.
But five hits were made off Lovett OF Brook
| lyn yesterday at Pittsburg and no bases were
given on balls. vet the pittsburgers. whose
| pitching was hit for six bases. one of them a
| double, and gave two men bases on balls. were
| ahead at the end of the game. But the Brook
! iyns played ragged fielding game; did
| Pittsburg, but not quite so ragged as the Wis
1 itOrs.
With the score five to one against them at the
| commencement of the ninth inning the Bosto-
| mans went lii and pounded out enough hits to
| give them four runs and tie the game at Chi
| cago Yesterday. In the tenth, however they
/ failed to score, while the Colts got in run
| after two men were out and won the game.
Ryan sprained his ankle and was forced 20 re-
! tire, necessitatinS several changes i'll the posi-
| tions Of the players
| Buck Ewing was not in yesterdays game in
| Cleveland. but the Giants won il lust the same
| though they had a might tightly squeeze. Eusie
pitched for the New Works am. was hit hard and
often enough by the "DumpIings'' to have
given them the game had they not gone al. to
pieces In the seventh inning. when the visitors
got themselves together and pounded viau
nightly and scored runs. Cleveland came
! within one Of tying tae game in the ninth, but
were prevented by clever fielding on the part
| of the Giants.
| Cincinnati ran away from the PHILADELPHIA
team at the start in yesterday Cincinnati
game and kept ahead until the close. though it
| looked III the seventh inning though the men
| from the city Of brotherly love would overtake
the Reds. However, they did not, and one
| sided though interesting game was won by the
home team. The batting of Hamilton, Latham
and Curtis arG the general field play were the
| features.
BALL NOTES.
Cincinnati today.
There was no game yesterday.
Louisville has a two-year contract with Fitz-
gerald.
Halligan will play in right and Griffin in
center.
Washington gained points on Louisville yes
teIday by not playing.
Carscy and Lehman will officiate today
agains. Mains and Kelly. the same batteries az
ia the great tie game two weeks ago.
Boston Association has released Pitcher Daley
and Third Baseman John Irwin. Br other Arthur
could not stand Johns poor playing.
Won der Abe says that the recent little es-