Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-04-30
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PROBABLY n marked man.
Chicago and Louisville are the first two clubs
to play perfect fielding game Philadelphia
Inquirer.-A little off thore. Brother Diddle-
back Washington was tho first
Washington games have been better patron
lied this year than at any time since Washing
ton was connected with base ball Irwin is not
likely to help the business of the club any
Pittsburg Dispatch.
Calvin has been on the turf for nineteen
seasons and still continues to pitch winning
bail-Exchange Lucky he's not u Senator.
Only young blood goes here.
Duffee has TO wear blue glasses in right field
in order TO see the bail when it is hit in the air
The sun shines right In his eyes,
Said Pitcher Young last night: s'No one ia
going to hit Young Breitenstein of ST. Louis
very hard. Re hasn't much speed. but he's
got quick and wide curve difficult to find."-
Plain Dealer. Oh, what q difference there
was in the morning.
The Washington club is giving Ulrich. a
Phliadelphia amateur catcher, a trial. Arthur
Irwin considers him a second Lave Cross.-Ex-
change.
Harvard has shut out four teams without. a
run and two without hit. In o day or two the
announcement will make the rounds: wash
lngton is after the Harvard pitcher, Highlands"
Jimmy Ryans protege. Lawrence, just re-
leased by Arson, can outneld Wilmot or Dun
gan; put Keeps reaching after curve balls at
the bat, and with that weakness once known be
would be at the mercy of good pitchers.
PRESIDENT Hart Of Chicago declares: "Our
| club excels in batting. and owing to the wet
condition Of tho various grounds the balls have
| been wet and soft, while the fielding by the
| players could not improve under such un-
| favorable conditions"
Mike Kelly will stay with Boston His re-
lease cannot be bought now.
Gus weighing and Kid Cross stick together
| like brothers. They are not only battery part
ners, but they are partners of each other 8 Joys
and sorrows. They share DIP on everything
| Gus weighing said the other day Somehow it
puts life IN me to see the Kid signalling for
| balls We understand each other and feel as
! II nad the batsman at my mercy when he is
| catching"
Capt. Faatz has found 'phenom" down in
| Chittenango. who. he says. stands six feet high
| and can pitch twenty-seyen innings without
weakening. His name is Case and he will be
| tried In the box before tho regular season
| opens.-Syracurse News.
Capt. Pfeffer has accepted ffty-eisht Of the
| hfty-nlne chances offered to him since he be-
gan the championship.
Ewing is already giving offense by his over
| ndcIgence OF argument with the umpIres.
| The rules were supposed to prevent this, but
you can't squelch Buck"
Manager Selee will keep Kelly and CAMEL
| behind the bat until the weather gets warmer.
| when Bennett will take his turn. Bennett will
not let himself cut in the early part OF the sea-
| son, although he was never In the fine condi-
| ton he is this year.
| Cliff Carroll has been handling the stick with
| a vengeance.
| Arthur Whitney will captain. manage and
! play third base for Lowell.
| Ryan, OF the Chicagos. says: ''If Comiskey
can continue to improve his club as he has done
so lar The Reds will finish right up among the
leaders. Its the most dangerous team III tho
! league today
| Capt Hanlon Of the Pittsburg team, when
| asked what team would win the pennant. said
that 1t was hard guessing. Most people picked
the Bostons, but he saw no reason why it had a
better claim on the flag than some of the others.
| The advance in price has not affected the at
tendance at Louisville on the contrary it has
been much larger this spring than ever
| before. The 25-cent and 50-cent stands have
| been filed twice, and Saturday both were well
patronlzed. there were more people, how
| ever. IN the 25-cent stand.
| Columbus has already been picked as the
| winner OF the Western League pennant
Two or three more players are booked for re-
lease by the Louisville club, but who they are
| Is not yet announced.
Manager Chapman of the Louis villes is try
| ing to sign Pitcher Haddock, who won't play
| with the Brooklyns.
new bill may be presented to the legisla-
| ture now IN session in Frankfort, Ky, for the
| establishment of two lunatic asyums adjacent
| to Louisville. Everybody in that city has
| turned base bali cranks
There are five captains among the Boston
players. They are Nash. Kelly, CAMEL, Stovey
| and Mccarthy.
| ~ ioohS aS IL the new 1OrkS mad got onto the
| toboggan.
| Won der Abe thinks the Louisville club had
| no right to sign Pete Browning while the St
Louis club was negotiating with him.
Tom Ramsey is tending the lunch counter at
the Louisville grounds. His pitching days are
| over.
| Carsey is proving valuable man to the
Phiiiies. His pitching, fielding and hitting
| more than fulfill expectations.
Brooklyn never had SO heavy hitting team
| as the present one.
The rule prohibiting player from taking
| first base when hit on the arm by pitched ball
Is creating dissatisfaction among PLAYERS
1t ought to be between Louisville, Boston,
| Cleveland and New York tor the pennant of
the National Leagues first series.-Teledo
| Commercial.
Brooklyn's team is like the old Detroits 1t
can bat OUT a victory, even though its fielding
| is poA,at times.
Th& Charlottesville game may be uo-
testeyDy Chicago and an appeal made to the
| board of control
Uncle Arson is sore unto death over his re-
| peated defeats.
All Louisville is in the height Of hero wor-
| ship, Prefer being the object of alteration
| Ion Lotus Is managing hotel in Dubuque,
| Iowa.