Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-08-12
BASE BALL GOSSIP.
What Earle Wagner Says About the
Local Clubs Failure.

Local. CLUBS Failure.
Esper. Meakin and Maui have all pitched
good ball this week. In fact the local base
ball management could not get a pitcher
from Eastern or Western League who could
pitch equally as good. Their great trouble
the whole season has been their uneven
work. Three games would have been won
this week had the local men been able to
nit opportunity. Earle Wagner says that
the management has been eager to get good
pitchers all the season. and would pay a
reasonable amount for them, but he didn't
believe in getting lot Of experiments down
here for the public would be disguised and
and suggestions every day, but not one. II
needed. would benefit the team The lucky
finds in young blood" have been about one
Capt. comiskey is tired Of his Southern
League purchases. Yesterday afternoon he
players or ptcher Tor aa my new ee
piled as follows: What. tired so soon? No
trade" Barnie announces that he has re-
called Pfnkney's release.
Louisville will give Pitcher VIM. Gumbert
trial against Pittsburg.
Pittsburg has wired Catcher Billy Earle to
Pittsburg passed Philadelphia into second
place yesterday by defeating Louisville
while Philadelphia lost to New York.
Staten Island Athletic Club to play center
| field during Hamiltons Illness
The ST Louis Club attempted to play two
games at Cleveland yesterday. Rain stopped
the the second S contest at the end Of the first
| to o in favor Of the st. Louis.
The Baltimore papers rejoice when they
can announce that Wise has made an error.
The more errors the more they rejoice.
McNabb. the California twirler. and he viii
| leave for Los Angeles very shortly Pete"
as he is popularity known. started out well
enough, and was at one time the clubs
mainstay. His health has not been the best
| Of late. and this accounts for the poor work
done. McNabb says he has been perfectly
| satisfied with his treatment In the east and
| especially by the Baltimore club
Manager Wright protested the inning
game lost by the Philadelphias at New
York Yesterday Mr. Wright bases hi. pro-
| In the ninth inning Clements, while at the
| bat, was struck on the shoulder by a pitch
| ed ball. but Umpire Gaffney refused 10 al
| low Clements to 60 to FIRST base, saying he
vas acting under new instructions from
President Young. To this decision Manager
Wright objects.
papers has been giving Louisville two more
! defeats and Cleveland two more victories
than the majority Of the papers. These
| were two games forfeited by Louisville
When Barnie was here recently President
| Young advised him to induce Cleveland to
play the games of this week and thus end
the dispute This Cleveland evidently de-
cided to do. and Louisville has gained on
Washington by the arrangement, though
| Mr.. Young has not been Informed of the
| settlement Of the dispute.
| The local management has been after
Vickery, the Philadelphia pitcher.
Hart on the Pitehi.x Rule.
| An interesting conversation took place
the other day between President Hart of
| Chicago and Pitcher John Clarkson.
John" said Jim, pitchers will command
their own salaries next year. Pitchers are
pitchers this season, and no mistake Most
| Of the games lost by Chicago to date can
be traced to weakness in the box. This
condition is not spasmodic. 1t is simply
| chronic. Under the new rules the batters
kill the ball, 1 have tried for weeks to Sc.
| mented with a dozen or more minor lea
| guers, but none have stood the test, and We
are worse on now for pitching talent than
| lay our hands on any really good man,
Cincinnati has tried over fifteen men. and
pit1s Ss has n, esPer,mented with IKE
And Of the scores of the new men who ha We
been tried in fast company, how many have
only one, and he has been in the big lea gu me
before. The diamond is strewed with The
wrecks Of pitchers. Next year there will
| be the greatest fighting on record to Sc
cure good pitchers. and more money than
ever will be paid for salaries"
The Southern Season Closes Todny.
| The Southern League OF ball CLUBS held a
meeting at Atlanta yesterday, with dele.
gates present from Chattanooga, Mont
gomery. Atlanta, Augusta, Macon, Sayan-
nah and Charleston. The first action taken
| was the unanimous adoption of a resolut,o,
citing that in view of the yellow fever sca re-
50 seriously affecting the clubs, and on ac-
count. also. Of the present financial strin-
gency, the season be declared closed TODAY.
The financial reports Of the president and
trustees Of the sinking fund were audited
and found correct, and each club will re-
| ceive a small amount as rebate 1t ives de-
termined that the deciding games for the
championship OF 1893 be played before the
season Of 1894 begins the contestants being
| Augusta, which won the championship Of
| the first season. and the club which NAV he
| ahead when the league season closes after
today's game.
There was but little talk Of the future
| delegates preferring to devote themselves
to winding up the old season before they
discussed new one. The franchises ri
Charleston, Pensacola and Nashville revert
to the league. 1t is almost certain that
there will be a smaller league in the south
| next year. or perhaps two leagues.