Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-03-03
BASE BALL GOSSIP.

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BASE BALI. GOSSIP.
Notes of Interest About the Game and
the Players.
That a strong base ball club cannot be
built up without a liberal expenditure in
money has oeen repeatedly shown. The
New York club has been buying good play
ers freely during the past year. and this
season will rank among the leaders In a
little over one year the New York club has
put out about $2O.OOO for players. as fol-
lows: s7.JU for Meakin and Farrell. $4,000
for Ward. $1,000 for Van Haltren, $1,000 for
German and Wilson. $1,000 for Stafford
81. 600 for Petty, $500 for Clark Such liber-
ality should be rewarded by local patrons.
Vice President Ruckstuhl Of the Louisville
club scores the Wagncrs numerically for
selling their star players to New York.
Base ball Is dead In Washington" says he.
land when that team comes to Louisville
shall See to 1t that nobody knows the WASH
ingtons are in town. I'll not advertise their
games and stand the loss myself"
Various reports are circulating regarding
Jim CRourke. One Is that he Is liable to
so to St. Louis. This Is hardly likely.
though Won der Abe has secured no man
ager yet. 1t is also said that O'Rourke will
be one Of the league umpires.
Before completing the big deal Talcott
and Wheeler asked Arson what he thought
Of Meakin and Farrell. III you con get EN-
quick and nail 'em. They'll make your
team a humme-''-New York Sun.
Farrell will be used behind the bat for
New York. Davis playing third.
According to Ward and Hanlon, Meakin
has a speedier ball than Amos Rusie. and
has also excellent command of q puzzling
slow ball. He il a comparatively young
man who has only been in fast company
about two years. and who is coming" all
the time.
Washington has FIVE SATURDAY. vs. at home:
June 2. 8. IL. % and 80.
Chicago Is said to want Dan Richardson
for second base.
As an indication of the renewed interest
In base ball it is stated that Capt Arson
made bet of 500 with Treasurer Talcott
that the Chicago team would beat the New
York giants In the championship race It
Is not stated, however, that as soon as it
was known that the New Yorks had bought
Farrell and Meakin Mr.. Talcott was mag
unanimous enough to call the wager or
He didn't want to bet on a sure thing.
The $500 cup to be played for by the
League teams finishing first and second in
the coming race was donated, 1t is said by
ex-President John B. Day Of the New York
club. Mr.. Day is still a great lover Of base
ball. and thinks the New Yorks this year
will be up among the leaders.
There is not a single conflicting date on
the schedule for the New Yorks and Brook
lyns except during the two periods when the
western teams will be in the east.
There is more interest in base ball this
spring, thinks the Chicago News Record
than was the case last year or the year
previous. for the reason that the prospects
seem brighter There is now a current Of
opinion-and not an under-current at that
that the people will come back to the ball
field this summer and give the game their
two-fold support
Chris Won de- Abe has offered 5000 boz
nus for Hanlon's stock in the Baltimore
club in order that Ned may take charge of
the st. Louis team.
The new rule of section (rule 49, in re-
latton to trapped balls by infielders, seems
to have created some adverse criticism, but
when 1t is considered that the play does rot
occur once a month 1t makes but little diff
ference II 1t Is wiped o,t.
Progressive base ball is Just this" said
Ed. Hanlon the other day Instead of
making plays that become stereotyped, 1
believe In making plays that are unexpect-
ed. That was the secret of Boston's success
last year. With a man on third and one on
first. one out. and the score a tie naturally
one would suppose that the catcher would
try to nall the man on third off his base
But the unexpected play of quickly throw
ing to first and catching that base runner
asleep is the proper caper nowadays The
man on third doesn't expect such a thing.
and consequently doesn't stir. Then we'll
say, the next batsman puts UP q fly and
the side is retired without what looked like
ball"
President Powers Of the Eastern League
sent out the following bulletin: Contracts
approved-With Erie. ]. w. vandyke; with
Springfield. ]. ]. Lawler, Olive. P. Burns;
with Wilkesbarre. William Quarles Re-
leased from reservation-By Buffalo. Leo
Smith; by Springfield. J. E. Seery. Services
claimed-By Erie. Charles Dewald; by
Sprin sfeld. J. F. Houseman: by Troy. Leo
Smith, George Gore, James McCaughey.
George Wright. the ex-captain Of the
Boston club. has in his possession the first
mask ever used by professional catcher.
Charley Snyder. a member Of the Boston
team in 1878, was the first to use a mask in
a League game.
Dahlen must be held in pretty high es-
TEEN by the Chicago club II there is not
money enough In the New York clubs
treasury to buy him.-Boston Herald
Gaffney will not be on the League staff
Of umpires Philadelphia Record.
Manager Ed. Hanlon bet 500 with Al.
Johnson that the Orioles would finish ahead
OF the Clevelands this season.
Milligan and Baldwin have been notified
Of their release by the New Yorks.
The New Yorks have decided not to take
the southern tip. In consequence the men
will not report for duty until the end of the
month.
Manager Hanlon Of Baltimore yesterday
signed contracts with Brouthers and Kee-
Ter.
Mike Tie-nan is in superb condition. He
says: Just let me get out in right field once
and they'll never think of putting some one
In my place l was sick nearly all of last
year. but never felt better than do now
bet We make some Of those high-toned
clubs sick"
Base ball has been played regularly in
Australia since the Spaiding tourists we're
there. Five clubs contest for the champion
snip or the Adelaide district, and at Port
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