Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-01-13
BASE BALL GOSSIP,
Efforts Of the Teams to Strengthen
Themselves.

strengthen
Themselves.
a dispatch from Louisville says: Louis
, VILE is making a strong pull for Danny
Richardson's services. and th,. local officials
are hopeful Manager Barnie viii be able TO
land h,m. If Richardson is secured ii will
probably he fer money consideration Should
Danny be secured he would be placed al
short. With an infed composed of Bill
Brown, Ffe;fer, Richa -dson and Danny. and
with Twitchell. Tom Brown and Tim
ORourke In the outfield the Colonies ought
certainly he in the hunt this season.
Il guess remarked Fred. Prefer. IF We
get Danny at short. We will be able to show
the people how the infeld can be- PLAYED.
hear a lot Of talk about Danny because.
ne doesn't lose the bah whenever he comes
20 the bat. That talk is the worst kind of
foohshness. The ideal ball PLAYER is a man
who is well up in every department of the
game, not ore who only has one long su,t
ana Is otherwise no good. Danny is a fast
man all round, he's just the player We
want
1t Will be remembered that Barnie was the
one who lnauced Richardson to leave Nev.
York.
A special dispatch from Boston SAYS: ''rhe
PROPOSED ueal of the CIeveEtnd cIuo when
ouerei Mci,ean Tor Snort SOD Long WAS
not eIIjSted. I'rcSidcnt konuson a, ,'ieva-
iand mas onertd AIcnedn To New orN Tor
Fuller. T., .inett, the i;oston catcher VINO
hau poth ICES cut on IN a railroad accident
Tor many y AIRS received Iarl,e salaries as n
payer ANA IS comfortably liked niiitIlCIaiiy g"
A friend of Manager Schmelz has under
taken, IN the Sporung Life, the task of
d tIeiluiriS hun aSainst Imaginary abuse
al act ma h1.f
kindeSJ remarks have been male ABOUT Air
ScnmelZ. The writer says: Mr.. Schmeiz
has peen shameruiIy abused. but has simply
gone on in his perseve ring style picKlns up
unOer here ana Inere turning aside the
snaGtS OF attempted rldIcuie ana mailce py
imperturbabie equanimlty and street atten-
tlon 10 business" AL TINS because the local
management was crucised for signing
broken down hacks instead OF Streng tnenmg
the nlne, as was beng done in ali other
cities The only excuse onered Tor Mr.
Schmelz is that he cannot DO worse than
has been done before.
Manager Irwin has a scheme to reduce
weight IN ball players, which he proposes
TO try on the members of the Philadelphia
team. He is going to put in sweat boxes at
the grounds. The boxes will be heated by
steam, and will ne low enough to allow a
mans head TO project when m a sitting
position, thus avoiding the injurious effect
OF breathing the foul air of the sweat box
A man TO run tllt players down AFTER their
sweat Will be engaged, and in this way il
is hoped to get the heavy weight mem beIS
Of the team into something like condition
by the opening of the season. These vapor
baths are highly commended by Trainer
win Bryan OF the Pennsylvania University
who introduced them at the university with
markedly beneficial effects upon the foot
ball candidates.
When the official averages for 90 were
issued there Only twpIVp plaVprS N no
league who had averages better than 800
ana the highest notch was Just 81 points
above the figure. This year President Young
has figured 1t out that there are no less
than sixty-four players who are in that
class. while twenty-one of them have pass
ed the 90 high mark of .:i25, which was
shared by both Chiids and Dan Brouthers.
The following Eastern League contracts
have been approved:
With Binghamton-C. l.. Tierney, NJ s
Roads, c. ]. Conley, William o Brien, Frank
Long, u. Sweeny.
with Bufalo-Frank J. Boyd. Patrick ].
Mulnall A. Weddige. W. ]. Clymer w l..
Hoffer.
with springfisld-P Phillip Nadeau T. ].
Sheehan.
Thanks to his wife's prudence Bennett
the catcher, has saved about $4,000 He
still suffers great pain. but his friends state
that there are no longer any symptoms of
fatal termination resulting from the great
shock caused by the amputation of both
legs. His wife is helping care for him.
John Clarkson, the Cleveland pitcher is
also with him. They had planned an ex-
tensive hunting trip and would have started
in few days. Bennett can scarcely speak
of his great misfortune without weeping
bitterly.
George Haddock yesterday accepted the
terms offered by Manager Irwin, and will
wear a Philadelphia uniform next season.