Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-01-31

Base Ball Briefs.
Stivctts has signed with Boston for next sea-
son.
The Memphis team will be captained by Billy
Clingman.
The championship season will open the latter
part of April.
The Boston boys are dropping in one by one
and signing their contracts.
Bob Emslie feels pretty certain of reappoint-
ment rs league umpire.
George Miller is already at Hot Springs TAX
ing course of baths to reduce his weight.
Ted sullivan Is coaching the Young players at
the University of Alabama at tuscaloosa.
Jerry Harrington will catch for Boston next
season.
The Warrington management has not lost its
senses and Danny Richardson will not be traded
for Buck Ewing.
Nearly al. league players will be signed to six
months contracts, running from April l to
October.
The Southern Leagues schedule meeting will
be held at Atlanta Ill week from Wednesday
next.
Mailman of the Philadelphia club has started
the ball. He takes a ten-nile walk every
morning.
''Llnk" Lowe will cover second for the Bean
Eaters. and Cliff Carol will tramp grass in the
hubs Quilted.
Out in Utah there is some talk of form
Ogden. Salt Lake City, Park City, Provo and
Evanston.
DU:fec has caught with Chicago. Wash
ingtOn has let enough frst-class men 60 away
to make a championship team.
The Southern League has salary limit of
SlOoO PEI month, but like every other baseball
salary limit it is being broken. Judging from
the Class Of players signed by most OF the clubs
so far -. coo would he about the correct figure
for the salary limit that the clubs are sticking to-
Duke was a former star of big league and it
l. hard for him TO come down to a modest little
salary like $50 month. He wants S215. a
rate which would allow the New Orleans mana
ger to have but four on the team.
COmlskev intends to hold on to Pitcher Daub.
Daub doesn't want to sign with the Cincinnati
team unless given some assurance that he is not
to be a beuca warmer.
The outtie!der wanted By Cleveland il claimed
by New York, so that if the New York people
insist on keeping the young player Cleveland
vii! not get him. The man In question is young
McQuaid, who last season played in the Stockton
team of the California League. He is brother
of Umpire NcQuaid
The reason for the delay in making up the
local team Is the indefniteness of the organiza-
ton of the New Yorks. 1t is not known there
who will manage the club what players will
be there. Consequently no deal can be made
for PLAYERS i'll exchange for Richardson. who is
too high priced fog the local management
1 here mas been some talk OF brooklyn letting
Ward go to New York, who would trade him to
Washington for Richardson. Here he would
captain and manage the team and would be a
consolation 10 the Washington public for the
loss OF richardson. There's nothing but talk
in the matter so far and nothing further is
likely.
1t is not unlikely that the Cincinnati club will
lose Second Baseman NcPhee. That he is dis
satisfied there is 10 doubt. McPhee is a very
conservative man and says nothing, but the
story il that "Bid' was locked for the time he
was i'll last summer. Another story is that Nc
Phee has been asked to sign for several hundred
dollars less than he can get from any other club
in the league, and this in the face of the fact
that McPhee gracefully submitted to big cut
last spring. Whichever story is true, Mcphee
Is very at the management of the club and
is in no hurry to sign for next season.