Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-05-14

| bases and scored six runs.
Tip oNeill has quit smoking. He said last
| night that he was now firmly convinced that
his weakness at the bat was due to an excessive
use of the weed
Cleveland was not greatly remunerated. by
their first Sunday game with st. Louis.
| In talking over the many defeats Chicago has
| suffered. Arson SAYS: These things are liable
to happen to the best club in the country and
it IS not the first time that have been dallying
| with the bottom round of the ladder. nor it
won't be the first time that left the bottom for
the top, either, as that's what this team is going
to do
The Senators took big jump in the standing
by defeating Pittsburg twice yesterday. Good
| for Danny Richardson.-BostOnG Globe.
Danny Richardson never had chance in the
game. When did that ever happen to second
baseman before?-CJecelGnd Leader.
| Uncle Arson has lifted up his voice to assert
There isn't man in the Chicago team can be
called good sacrifice hitter, and anybody who
can hit the ball at all can become quite proficient
as bunter if only he will spend little time in
practicing. The boys must practice bunting"
Pitcher Billy Hart Of Brooklyn is printer
| and formerly worked on one of the Cincinnati
dailies.
Indianapolis will release "Hick'' Carpenter.
Frank k1len was presented with handsome
bouquet of flowers by his Pittsburg admirers.
Bull fighting in Spain was never as popular
as base ball is this season at Louisville. Gin
/
Sam Crane says: Gore, ORourke and LYONS
should be given a course in sprinting Then
Ewing should be put into training with them
and each member of the quartet asked to re-
move all the way from twenty to forty pounds
of the superfuous flesh with which he is sad
died"
Won der Abe expresses himself as satisfied
with Stricken S captaincy. He says he does not
| intend to release Werden and contemplates no
further changes in his team. Chris also
AYERS that his men are well behaved and that
not a hne has vet been imposed upon any one.
The New Yorks are almost champion kickers
this year. 1t will not benefit them much-Er-
change.
Patsy Donovan, our own PATSY" is wearing
very large-sized hat at present. An old ac-
qualn'anee Of his nearly fell out of the grand
stand yesterday to give the warm greeting
Patsy stiffly acknowledged his warm salutation
with cold storage bow that Ward McAlhster
says can only be acquired. CONNER
cidl.
On paper the ''Phillies' have an aggregation
| OF strong batters. The batting is not consecu-
| tive and hence productive of few runs. The
fielding is good.
1t didn't take Capt John Ward long to
weaken on Inks. After five hits had been
made on him in the sixth he called Con Daily
from the bench, put him in center and brought
IN Billy Hart to finish the game.-CiacinTati
Enquirer.
Young Carseyis pitching splendidly and the
Philadelphia management deserves great credit
for their judgment when they selected him as
one OF their quartet of pitchers Commercial
Gazette.
Pitcher staley is in better shape than ever.
When he is in the box the Boston men seem to
exert themselves without knowing it, He
never kicks and the players like to have him
win his game.
Denny Lyons is not keeping up his record as
slugger. Nine games out of sixteen he failed
to bat safely.
bench manager without "signs'' nowadays
is as much behind the times as a winter bonnet
on Easter Sunday. Even Chris Won der Abe
has been brought TO it. He uses whistle.
Hanlon's injured knee will prevent him from
playing, but by dOnning the Orole uniform he
can coach from the bench, as Irwin of the WASH
ingtons now does.
Billy Dahlen has had but one error at third
base in eighteen games.
In ST. Louis Joyce of the Brooklyns was pre-
sented with diamond pin. President Byrne
says that he will not allow his players to receive
trinkets on the field any more
Of the New Works COniskey says: "They are
| good bit easier than the Clevelands They
are lot OF heavy-weights who can't field, and
the best some Of them are looking for is pay
day."
To Govern Base Ball in the A. Al U.
The base ball committee. of the Amateur Ath-
letic Union, composed of James E. Sullivan,
New Jersey A. C., chairman; Fred Stearns, De-
troit A. c., and Howard Perry, Columbia A. c.
of Washington. have decided upon new condi-
tons under which this years championship is
to he played. Championships will be placed in
each association, and all the games are to take
place in June, July and August In the final
games between the different associations the
managers of each team shall toss for choice of
five. The other two, if necessary. may be
played on the grounds of the club losing such
| toss. In all games PLAYED to decide the asso-
citation championship the clubs shall take all
| the receipts and pay all expenses. In the final
| games between the associations the A, A, Z. will
take all receipts and pay all the actual expenses
All entries of teams-and the entries will close
| on May % with James Z. Sullivan, 241 Broad
! way. New YOrk-must be accompanied BY the
full names of all the members of the clubs who
| are expected to play ball during the season.
| Such members, TO be eligible to registry, must
be members of such club and must not have
competed for any other A. A. L. club within
| three months next preceding the entry of their
names A list of players shall be kept open for
| the inspection OF the manager or captain or
other proper representatives of any and all
| teams entered for the championship.
| a banner will go to the winner Of each SERIES
The entries. instead of being $50, have been re-
| duced to $40.
| Ruined by Gambling.
". c. Wilson of Pttsburg. who went to act
as umpire in the Southern League some time
ago, returned home yesterday thoroughly dis
gusted with southern base ball patrons He
has had a rough time Of it, and during con-
versation said:
Nobody has any idea of the kind of people
who patrOnize ball games in places like Birming-
ham, Atlanta and Chattanooga. There is always
any amount of gambling going on, and when
decision goes against the tough element of the
gamblers all they think about is mobbing. They
go all by mobs down there. II o man decides
| in favor Of the home team every time he is all
right. was told to do that, but absolutely
refused. In some cities the umpire is not
allowed to tell the police to do anything. and
the police, of course, favor the gamblers. Alto
gether, the Southern League has elements in it
that are disgrace to base ball and was glad
to tender my resignation"
The Orioles Don't Mind LoOsing.
| When the game was completed yesterday af-
| ternoon, said q recent number of the Louisville
| Courier-Journai. the actions Of the Baltimore
PLAYERS clearly showed that they didn't mind