Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-08-20
AFTER NEW PLAYERS.
The Nationals to BE Given . Shaking Up b,
the Management.

| The Nationals to BE Given . Shaking Up b.
| the Management.
When the directors of the National Base Bal
Club secured the Omaha contingent of bal
players they came in for good deal of prais,
for their energetic efforts to build up Q frs,
class ball club. That this was good move nc
one has the slightest doubt The fact that the
Senators have made such poor showing of latt
| is due largely to hard luck. Instead Of dis
heartening the directors, this bad luck hal
made them all the more DESTROYS Of strengthen
ing the team, and they have their plans laid 70,
| securing several new men on their pay roll in 9
short time. The Observation-Disclosures dea
afforded opportunity for securing some Of the
players Of the former team.
President Won der Abe telegraphed that We
| could have seery, Mari and Whitney. The re.
ply was that Washington wanted Mains and
Vaughn (battery) III nobody It was the inten-
| ton to put Sut Life permanently In right field
If this battery could be secured. When this
was not possible it was determined to get an.
other good pitcher and first-class right fielder
and let Sutcliffe take his turn behind the bat
PITCHER DUKE SECURED.
The pitcher has been secured in Duke, the
''cyclone" Of st. Paul, who, barring Witness ID
regarded as one of the greatest twirlers Of the
country. He has habit, it is said, of filing
the bases by wild pitching and then striking
out the next three batters. Duke has tele.
graphed that he will be here tomorrow.
As for the strong right fielder. Manager
Shannon is now on the still hunt for him. No
one at liberty to tell knows who he is, but it is
whispered that if Shannon is successful he will
bring back jewel
Manager Shannon. by the way, has recovered
from his recent accident and would play with
his men in Baltimore had it not been thought
best FOR him to 60 in person after the new man.
1t was expected that the Nationals would get
Ward the hard-hitting northwestern infelder,
was sent him yesterday. but it was returned
with the information that he had gone with the
Pittsburgs.
AFTER sHoRT-sToP ELY.
Another man who is expected to Join the Ma
tionals is Ely, the Duluth short stop, and an
offer has been made to him which, it Is thought,
lie VIII accept In this event it is but natural
to suppose that some Encouragement of the in
field will follow. just what this will be lie not
known.
ANEW INFIELD.
But there are signs. In the first place Dowd
is not keeping up with the procession, and
should Ely come Shannon will probably re-
sumo his old place on second. Then there is
something else worth thinking about. Hat
held, since he has been In fast company, has
Alvord, while making occasional phenomenal
plays, is not coming up to expectations. He
isn't steady enough. 1t need not cause any
surprise If in the second reorganization Of the
team Hatfield be shifted over to third bag and
given an opportunity there. This part Of the
program is supposition, but Manager Shannon
is bound to get good team together. In se-
lecting men he pays little or no attention to
their records. When he suggested getting Ely
some one called attention to the fact that his
record was only fair.
II don't care cent for record" said Man.
ager Dan: when l see man play ball know
how he plays You can't tell anything by figures
on paper. Some Of the greatest shirkers in the
business have the best records. 1 know
Ely can play ball because 1 have seen him.
He's the man we want" Whereupon On offer
was made for his services
OF the Omaha contingent Eiteljorg is the only
one who has not shown up well. The suspicion
is gaining ground that he has become chicken
doesn't do something soon. He pitched great
ball out west.