Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-08-14
NEW MEN SIGNED.
Abbey and stevens Of the Chattanooga
Club Secured.

President Wagner of the Washington
Base Ball Club telegraphs The Star that
he has signed Pitcher Stephens and Out
fielder Abbey of the Chattanooga club OF
the recently disbanded Southern League.
Stephens has been pitching well for the
Chattanooga the past two weeks and has
been hitting hard. Mr.. Wagner has been
on the lookout for good men for weeks.
but has been unable to find anyone who
would be an improvement on the men in
the present team. What is needed is a
hard-hitting first baseman, and Brouthers
would about FIJI the bill
Earle Wagner says that Stephens is a
cracker jack" Besides pitching for Chat
tanooga he has pitched Tor Columbus and
st Paul he rs said TO be speedy" and
''heady." Abbey will be used as a general
utility man. Mr. Wagner has a high opin-
ion OF both They will play in Wednes-
DAYS game IL they arrive in time, and il
is believed that they will.
Base Bali Notes.
The Washingtons. without O'Rourke Far.
rell and Radford, played the Paterson. Nj.
nine yesterday, the home team hitting
Stoekdale hard and winning by IL to 5.
Saturdays games resulted as follows: .
Washington, 3:Brooklyn, .
Philadelphia, 3; New York. 3. Called, rain.
Boston. IA; Baltimore, $.
Chicago, 8; Cincinnati, 3
Louisville, L; Pittsburg, IL
Louisville, Ii; Pittsburg, Z
Cleveland, 3: st. Louis, &
Cleveland, 4; ST. Louis, 8.
Maui pitched a fine game on Saturday,
only four hits being mace OF mis- delivery.
the Brooklyn crowd at Eastern Pack SAT-
uruay were very angry because the second
game was not played. Manager O'Rourke
says that me innings could have been
played, but that as the Brooklyns were sure
OF defeat they refused to continue the game
The New York Recorder in trying TO show
what boom base ball is having this year
rhsa fr,,k
Ito caused by the brotherhood, people
wouldn't go TO the games" All of which is
rank nonsense More persons went to base
ball games IN 1879 than IA 1883, more in ~
than i'm 80 and more in go than 81 OWNS.
to the competition for players salaries were
higher during the period mentioned, but the
people dio not stay away from the games
Ed Crane wants to try his luck at UNI
piring.
Pittsburg is not using "Adonis' Terry
much.
Carsey has displaced weighing as Phiia-
delphia's winning pitcher.
Billy Nash continues to be the best throw
ing third basemal in the land
Fuller has taken a big drop in hitting.
he still continues to field well. though.
Ward Will, ii possible, allow Dawes to go
TO some other club for a consideration.
{. ID. W mite, ex-president of the eastern
League, has gone into the hotel business at
Utica.
"Bumpus" Jones pitched his first game
for Providence last f'riday. and was batted
hard.
Washington was negotiating with Catcher
Silly Earle, the globe trotter," but Pitts
burg basgei him.
Philadelphia has seven pitchers-Keefe,
weighing, Sharrott Taylor, Carsey, oCon-
nor and Nickery.
Arson has signed Second Basernan John
j. o Brien Of the Augusta club, who played
with the Brooklyns in 1891.
Jimmy Ryan OF zee ,DlcagoS. who was
injured a week ago In a railroad wreck viii
play no more this season.
Pitcher Schmitt is dead to the world The
Lao IL.
professional teams in and around Boston.
Tommy Burns. the ex-Chicago third base-
man. is playing for the Springfield Eastern
yeck Rowe who has been playing second
base for Buffalo, is about TO be replaced by
a young blood named Bradley from Dover,
II makes no difference how strong in
dividually a team may be there must be
team work in order to win. II is team
work which wins games for the Bostons.
They have been together for nearly three
years and have team work down to
nicely. They do not lead the league In
batting, fielding, sacrifice hitting or base
running. But they get there just the
same.-N. Y. Recorder.
O'Brien. Anson's new second baseman,
halls from the Atlanta, Ga. team. In 81
games he has a fielding average of .957.
Jerry Denny has made only two hits in
the eight games he has played with Louis
vile.
Shugart, the short stop whom Won der
Abe got in exchange for Glasscock, Is sick
at Louisville and will not be able to play
for some time.
At Baltimore last week Joe Kelley OF the
Orioles made home run in a very pecu-
liar manner, the ball rolling into a sewer
in left field.
The ST. Louis club has released Som
mers.
Nash has made but one error in the last
thirteen games.
Getzein, the ex-league pretzel curver, is
now pitching for team In the Chicago
city league.
Sigsby, the youngster whom Manager
Ward released. held the Providence team
down to thnee hits last week.
Should Killeen and Cross, Cincfnnatis
two new pitchers, fill the bill, Chamberlain
will probably be released.
Just as the Pittsburg fanatics were
screaming with delight over being in sec
ond place the much despised Loufsvflles
would-be champions two games In one
day.