Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-03-01
SPORTS IN GENERAL.
Via. is Going On in Turf, Base
Bail and Pugilistic Circles.
BASE BALL NOTES.
Preparations for the Coming Season on the
Diamond.

DIAMOND.
Manager Ward of New York said Yesterday
tbnt the Tavis deal did rot involve a trade be-
tween Cleveland and New York. New York
simply got from Cleveland permission 70 ne
so.iate with DAVIS. and in return granted to
Cleveland the right to offer terms 10 Back
Ewing
Manager Selee of Boston has his eve on two
three good ones tnst he is confdon mt will fill
the bill. even in the fast company OF the cham
pion team Bobby Lowe will take ouinn's
place a. seco2d base. Carroll going to left field.
Manager Wright of Philadelphia has received
the signed contracts Of Pitcher Iavlo-. who
made inch a favorable impression with the
lHii.ie al The end OF last season. and Third
Base1lau Hr,l.T.
Wi!:red tGrsey writes that lie would like to
secure h. release. He RAYS that be and Man
seeT Wrig,'t are vide apart ON he salary qUes-
ti"u.
Manager YIN. Barnie Of the Louisville Base
Bail t.ub Jas accepted che iern- Of Catcher
Eafr-uc on OF the Cincinnati team. Pitcher
'!anssn ri last Fears Louisville team. Breckin-
riIee. the FIRST bas@-nar. ard Curtis WEIGH. the
fo:tssr sait;mOrr p.aytr- The I.ouisv:iles viii
make q southern gOIT. stopping at Chattanooga.
Tenn. and ATLANTA. t.d- At the latter place
thcv Will U.a- Jhe Chicago team Manager
Barnis sa.G that he experiencing some
trouble IL signing men. but unless they report
NAfh tst4t Ftt4 falEtf- Will axe lDflr nidfca-
In!s time I..st wear the ssarv list of the Bos-
ton club close to- S6OO0O; this the
team. including manager and twelve men. will
cost the club les than $50
he New Yn-k pitchers will be Rusie. King
anu Crane. without doGbt. e. Crane signed
q contract some time ago and the other two Will
doubtless come to terms. Behind the bat
DOv.e and Hoyle-
Ward Announces that be viii carry only
thirteen men the coming se,~on ana that num-
h.r .far. ts.--N toll nv
majority Of .eague clubs.
Morgan Murphy of tie Cincinnati Base Ball
Club Il in the best of health In response 10
Questions asked Murphy said that the CircIn-
pati- we're very desIrous o: securing him for
tie coming season and had sent hIm a contract
To sign. which. however. he refused 10 do.
be wo1ld not piav for the salary offered. In re-
gard to els catching b. cardi3ly admitted that
his WORK last season after his sIcA-ess was not
up to the standard. When lie Isis his bed his
physician had forbade hiEl to DO any more
work dGrnS the season. but as the team
IT need OF man he tCOk the field al their So
hciistiOn. although in a yery weak CONDITION
Manager HaaiOn received notice Yesterday
that Catcher Clarke. Third Basenan ReItz and
Outhelder IreaGHay OF the Baltimore Base Ball
Club have started from san FTaEcisco for Bal
tiInore. They will sop in Chicago several days
an expect To report To Manager Ha2lOr about
March 20.
The Louisville Base Ball Club has at last Sc
cured permanent Dali ground. Ii is within
fifteen ;.Ilaut"s OF the center Of the town and
the P-lce paid for the land $50 900.
Il don't care ~ say what the Chicago club
would DO If IL had a cnance tO engage hel.y,'
saws AESOn. The chicago club does not buy
piavers. but sells them. i don't know whether
Boston has turned h N ont or not. l did hear
that NH-d was trying TO get him for New
York. III went on record as wanting Nike /
wouid net get him. So 1 will not say any thing.
have always been good friend of Nike ;.
who Is his own worst enemy. He is good
player ard IS popular with the brotherhood
:ldleTents
JOHNNY Ward pays this generous compliment
to Danny EIcnari-on: There can be no doubt
that in securing Danny Richardson the Brook
iyn team has CAPTURED the greatest playing in
fielder on the diamond.
Capt Arson SAWS OF the new rules: Il do not
favor the proposed changes in the PLAYING rules
promulgated by the rules committee. the
scheme of placing the pitcher IN the center
o. the diamond is no: a. all feasible. Worst
OF ali is ihe twelve-ineh strip which the
pitchers foot must rest when delivering the
ball /: tina: is adopted the rules viii have
TO be revised and / think they good
enough thew stand l in favor of try
ing The plan Of setting the pitcher five or six
feet back and il II works TO adopt il. The
league will settle thar business in March and
there danger OF the proposed rules being
adoDted.
There ia little chance OF Harvard and Prince
ton meeting at base ball this wear. Princeton
has agreed with ials TO play this season under
the undergraduate" limit rule. but the Ha--
ward representatives refused point blank to
plsy under this provision. and for TINS reason
effort 10 arrange dates with the Cambridge
men was abandoned
The ale-P-inceton base bail dates have been
made pubic. The first game will take place
SATURDAY. Nav 20. in New Haven. the second in
Princeton. June 10. and the final contest on
SATURDAY.. June Il. III New York.
For the good of the game II is hoped the
PLAYERS and magrates will have fair under
standing. giving ard taking on both sides and
settling their differences on the salary question
without Disgusting the public with lot OF cheap
talk that az one time was considered good adver-
tising.-BoStOR Globe.
Sunday games. Capt. Arson thinks are
bound 10 be winners from the start. He says:
Il. will only be question of securing big
enough grounds to hold the people Chicago
Is q great sunday town. Base ball is an in
nocent amusement and ought to prosper. |
never had any objections TO PLAYING Sundays
and think will draw large and orderly
crowds. We hope TO secure ten or twelve sun
6ay games at home. will round up the Colts
about the middle Of next month and prepare
for southern mp We have a large number
of exhibition games already arranged. i think
that the club will return north in good form
and that We will cut a clipping good pace from
the start
The ball PLAYERS of the Chicago and ALL Amer
lea teams no travelled around Ike world during
the winter of 1889 have been invited to wit
ness the performance OF William Gilletse's new
spectacular drama. Ninety Days" at the
Broadway Theater. New York. on Wednesday,
March 5. The party viii be peculiarly happy
one. from the fact that the tourist ball players
are introduced into the action OF the rlay and
have important interest In rescuing a party
of American tourists from q mad house in
Cairo while tLey their way to piay the
famous base ball game which took place on a
level stretch OF ground rear the SPHINX.
baaqre. will follow the performance
George HaddOck, the pitcher. was signed bv
the Brooklyn Club yesterday. H&deock PLAYED
with the BROOKLYN Club last year and he
the most successful pitcher in the team.
President Young OF the National League has
issued a circular calling for the annual SPRING
meeting o! the League at the Fifth Avenue Ho-
tel in New York next Tuesday.
WANT PURER SPORTS.