Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-05-24
Ease Ball Notes.


n Brouthers, who i'd at present living ill at his
home in wappingors Falls. n. Y. will probably
be released by Brooklyn in few days. Foutz
will play first base.
The Cuban Giants defeated the W. A. C. nine
yesterday at National Park by 20 to 7.
Stovey received a telegram yesterday and
will go to BROOKLYN. His ten days notice e1-
pires on the 29th. which is next Monday.
There IL business for the fool-kiler at st.
Louis The Republic saws the League NAV
buy the Baltimore and Louisville clubs and use
he players to strengthen Chicago and New
York
Those alleged base ball writers who are con-
inually crying fo- a change windbags. who
know nothing Of the business end of the Ma
ionsl League, and write through their hats
Baltimore american.
Washington. is not the only GROWER A
Philadelphia paper SAYS grumblingly: "If
slanager Wright would abandon his score
tard-which somebody else could keep for
him-and give his active attention to what the
players ought to do. not to what they have
hone. such weak exhibitions as that Of Friday
could be avoided"
A Cincinnati paper saws: liking Kelly kept
his appointment with Al johnson at the St.
Nicholas yesterday morning and signed q con-
ract to play with the New Works. In cousid-
Fration of his signing the contract the Cleve-
land railroad magnate presented the king with
800 in cold cash. The money, il is said is a
present to kel from Mr.. Talcott. Mike went
~ Latonia in the afternoon. and last night he
left for the east to join the Giants
I special dispatch from Louisville SAYS
Manager Barnie. after today game. notified
Pitcher Clausen of his unconditional release y
Pfeffer is greatly depressed over the poor
showing the Colonies are making. He is play
ng in his old-time form, and in the field his
men are up to the best of them. but when hits
would count they can't get them.
MIA i'm fuht falI 81
vas taken and will continue to be filled by
JUDI Smith who has been kept on the bench
hus far during the season. Henry will be
Kept as general substitute.
Carter Of Yale has the ''strike-out'' record
Tor the season. On Saturday he retired sixteen
Princeton batsmen.
The average hits per game made by the
eague Clubs Is Philadelphia, ~; Cleveland.
j 66; Washington, IL s.: Baltimore. II. O3; New
ork. 1888; 81. Louis. 1907; Boston, 9.69;
BROOKLYN. 9. 20: Cincinnati. Is; Pittsburg g. SO
chicago. I53. and Louisville. Z.
Manager H.nlon has notified Frank Ward Of
last years Bsltmores to report for duty.
living leads the league in base running.
Louisville is charged with l. 90 errors per
game; Brooklyn, 2 AZ; Philadelphia. 2. 81; New
York. 263; 81. Louis. 267; Pittsburg, 2s6;
Cleveland. 2.s9: Cincinnati. 8; Boston. 500;
Chicago. 324; Baltimore. 3.63.
In stolen bases Griffin leads the BROOKLYN
club. Radford leads the Washingtons in this re-
spect, Shindle or O'Rourke the Baltimores.
Long the Bostons, Glasscock the st. Louis
Smith or Donovan the Pittsburgs. BOYLE or
Hamilton the 'Phillies" Burke or Fuller the
New lorks. Brown the Louisviles. Buck
Ewing the Clevelands. Latham the Cincinnatis
and PARROT the Chicagos
O'Rourkes catch Of a line ball off Doyle's
bat in the eighth inning at Baltimore Yesterday
was perhaps one of the most startling catches
ever made. ORourke was running at full
speed, and az the ball was passing over his head
he threw up his hand and caught it. At ths
same instant he fell and rolled over but he
held up the ball to show he had not loss his
grip
The Boston's had thought of protesting
Mondays game because Taylor pitched, having
been awarded to another club and being there
fore inengloie, out after batting his curves
yesterday all around the lot concluded to let
ngO-
Danny Richardson remarked prophetically
when the Brooklyns were here. regarding the
washingtons. wait till they 20 away; then
they will take big drop
They call IL ''womens day. in ProokIvn
Burns Of the Brooklyns, who made sncb a
spectacle of himself here that Umpire Nc
Iaughlin ordered him out of the game suffered
similar treatment at Brooklyn Monday from
Umpire Hurst. Such fellows need sharp dis
cipline and it is to be hoped that they will
get it,
Ii can be said in confidence that the trim of
the Washiugtons Is somewhat disappointing to
local patrons.
in the fifth inning in Yesterdays game Mt
BROOKLYN the Brooklyn- went TO the front in
great style. Maui grew wild as a wolf and
gave Foutz. Burns and Schoch successive bases
on balls. Then a curious thing happened
Tommy DAILY drove a hot one into center that
would ordinarily have been good for base.
In m instant the B-ooklynites began to troop
homeward. Hoy got the ball and lined it in
10 Mulyev to catch Schoch at third. The ball
bounded over Nulvey's head and rolled under
the picket fence and every Brooklyn man on