Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-06-24
BASE BALL GOSSIP.
A Protest Over Last Saturdays Game I'm Ne,
York.

A Protest Over Last Saturdays Game I'm NJ,
York.
The Washington club IL after two Soutber
League catchers and also after a noted leaSu
inhelder. J. Earle Wagner has taken chsreee
the Washington team for the western trim, an
perhaps for the balance of the season. sccordi,
to the Sporting Life.
Washington has protested against New Yorh,
action in forcing tie club TO commence n
game on the Polo Grounds Saturday. = ves
ago Mt O'Clock, IN order TO permit the Yale
Princeton game to be played at clock. Pr,
ident Wagner claims that the Washington Gin,
was injured financially, while the New Yor
club make profit at the expense Of the wssh
ington club. When the game was started at
CLOCK there were but 500 people present 1
was raining. but the probability is that the,
would not have been more present at thu, s.Yt
hour had the weather been clear Toward
clock the weather cleared Of and the colleeisn
bad a crowd of 1000 people.
treasurer Talcott admitted that the wsshins
Ton cup was beng wronged, but claimed thu
he had no power 20 prevent it, as the aeros
ment to let the collegians have the ds,e he,
oeen made long ago and could not be broken
he offered Mr.. Wagner e200 over and above IA
snare OF the slim gate receipts, but this NJ,
wagner declined on the ground of insuficiency
considering what dune SATURDAY. crowd 4
New York is usually worth President W.ons
was at Fret inclined not 10 play the game at ali
Dat rs there was no rule TO cover such an extrs
ordinary case President Young advised Mr. waa
ner 10 play the game and leave it's adjudicstio,
TO the league directors: 90 the game WAS plsve
and a protest filed with President Young.
The gambling element which always bet m
'ne side OF the visiting club in Washington
patterning after their ilk in Boston are begin
nlng to loudly applaud the plays Of visitors
ones, by the local PLAYERS are received Id
almost absolute silence. II is well 70 spplarI,
good PLAYS, by whomsoever made; but 10 sbo,
extreme partiality for the visiting plavers A
going too far. and does more than a little d
oreak up The home team. There is console
uon; however. In knowing what class of peopl
do this.-BOssOn Herald
Washington patrons should remember thu
Missing the home players is not the way 70 en-
courage the home team or make il NAV win
ming ball When a ball team islosing hard lucl
| stories are contemporary disregarded by tn,
| cranks as Of yalne whatever. After IN,
team gets on Its feet again they will be remem
bered and Haunted evidence that there
stuff in the players.-Sporfing Life.
The receipts OF every western club on 10
eastern trip this season nearly double TIN
same on the first eastern trip last wear. Ever,
| club Is ahead at present financially. and In,
closeness of the race argues for big receipts 70,
the rest of the season. The old game il Ger
tainly on Its feet again, and the only kick NOV
is that there cannot be twelve leading clubs-
| Cincinnati Enquirer.
The New Yorks will enter upon their firr
| western campaign heavily handicapped with
disabled players They have eighteen Cnme,
to play before they return home from the vest
and they viii be lucky If thev win half Of them
New York scribe says of the western team,
and their probable reception OF their eastern
visitors on the coming trip that these west.
erners put up great ball on their own erouoda
and umpires are more likely TO be home um.
pires IN the west than they are in the east
The crowds are very rude indeed when tbino,
don't come their way, and. however consci.
entious an umpire may intend to act he
must in some way be Influenced by the up.
civilized surroundings"
The South End ball grounds at Boston ara ~
limited in extent in the outfeld. especially A
left field. that balls hit in that direction tbo.s
which are easily sent over the fence for hov,s
runs. would be caught without difficulty by ont
felders at Eastern Park. The Boston team
have made nearly thirty home runs this se.so,
on their own grounds on hits that il made A
Eastern Park would have resulted in catches
Ward, the new man from Baltimore has been
making quite showing In the games In which
he has worn the Cincinnati uniform. Ward
deserves praise Tor his accuracy in picking out
the good balls and in forcing the pitcher to ma
them over the plate On bases he Is a remark.
ably fast runner Tor man Of his size and
though he is not tiptop fielder, he has made .
good impression by has heavy batting.
BROOKLYN easily holds the honors for pro-
Terry, one of the crack pitchers Of the league
halls from that city. while Keller of the New
lorks won his spurs ON BROOKLYN lots Cslliops
Miller OF the Pittsburgs, Schriever Of the Chi.
Cages and Carsey of the Philadelphiss welded
the ash first in BROOKLYN. So much FOR the
leSguers. Among the BROOKLYN playerp who
are making then marks on minor league teams
ar PITT. Mayer and Carr of the Scranton Pa.
teen: McGuirk and Tommy Hess. Albany,
her and Fricken. Troy; Leblanc and Archis
N Sprfn Cfa al a. n
- les there are hundreds Of rising amateur
pla'ers at Prospect Park and elsewhere Who
are now IN the primary class, but who are only
waiting the call TO graduate into the profess
sional ranks.
Crooks evidently proposed to bluff Umpire
McQuaid into calling PARROT out in a recsnt
Chicago-St Louis game, for he dragged the
PROSTATE form Of the lengthy third baseman OF
the base and Was about to touch il with the ball
At this iuncture Arson, who coaching 81
third, rushed in and pushed Crooks away from
Parrott. Crooks allowed his temper 20 get the
better Of him. He began 10 huri expletives ~
the big captain which the latter didn't relish,
and when Crooks took a step toward him Anson
showed him back with his left hand and four
ished his right with all the grace Of Corbetk
The old mans face the color Of cochineal
and there is no telling what would have become
Of Crooks had not Umpire McQuaid and several
players interfered. Crooks fined e25 and
notified that he would be taken out Of the game
/ III ne oldnt Denave himself Tor the remAinoR
| of the afternoon.
In speaking OF Tony Mulane Capt Comiskey
has this to say; IF We hadn't succeeded IN
making a trade do not believe Tony would
have returned 10 Cincinnati with the club.
Chiefly on account of his family troubles be
ed to get away from Cincinnati, and think
it / well for him that he can make a new start
In a.other city. / think he will prove q winner
/ 70: he Baltimores. He PLAYED poorly in the
ca that none Of the clubs seemed to want him.
Mes York. BROOKLYN aud Boston would mos
/ give PLAYER for him. / tried to exchange
him for Stivetts. Selee willing, but IL -
team blocked the deal"
| No Home Club Umpiring.
In regard to the published reports thas
league umpires had received instructions 70
give the close decisions 20 the home club Presa-
dent Young yesterday said:
There is not the slightest truth In such re-
ports. Every league umpire has uniform iu-
| structions TO umpire every game perfectly
| souarelv and exactly as he sees IL. without fooR