The Washington times., 1894-07-09
Washington Ball Club Making but
Little sHcadway in the West.
TALK OF SOME TEAM TROUBLES
Manager schmsls reported Dissatisasd with
Captain Joyce and Willing to Trade Him
Orioles Are Trembling and Likely to
Lose Their Cock-of-the- Walk Position.

the affairs Of the Washington ball team woul,
have It that Manager Bchmelz has been ind
ing fault with the playing Of some Of his men
and. for the nonce, dropped the cry OF hare
luck and robbed blythe umpire. It cannot b,
expected there would be ths greatest har
mony in losing team, but there is no reason
why these internal dIssensions should be ven
tilated to the world. just now this is being
done. and tho parties to the first and ,cond
part are no other than schmeiz and Joyce
The latter has taken unto himself much um,
bragg because OF his managers expressed
| anxiety to trade Joyce of. Billy cIaims be
ball as ever, and therefore the cry about hi.
injured leg is not right.
Then there has been another rather inter-
esting disclosure with respect to The affairs OF
the club ia the announcement some time ago
that the Washington club management had a
string on the services Of Campau, now with
New Orleans. According to the quarter from
which this information eminated Campau has
been sent for, and is expected any moment
On the other hand. President Nick Young has
no knowledge Of the existence Of any string
in the possession Of the Wagners at least with
reference to this player. The latter will
hardly come to Washington and play with n
weak team in preference to remsining where
he is, il he can help himself. II was widely
given out the Wagners objected strenuously
to the transfer OF those three games to Pitts
burg. and that the shift WAS due to mistake
in the schedule. This Is reflection on Uncle
Nick, the schedule maker, il the story from
the Smoky City, is true that half the gross re-
ceipts was the inducement TO the Wagners to
transfer. 1t seems stringent rule was either
passed or understood prohibiting any more
transfers OF games.
Nothing could be prettier or more ex-
citing than the pcnnant race and there Is a
chance for either Of the first eight clubs to
land the rag. The Baltimore Orioles have
not been doing so well in the West, while Bos-
ton and New York have taken on a brace
which resulted in their getting right in line
OF succession 10 the lead. Last years cham
pions have apparently gotten tired OF playing
shiftless ball, and they are winning right
straight along. The Giants have struck their
proper gate and unless Baltimore improves
the Monumental city crowd will go to the
wall.
Cincinnati. after winning eleven straight
games. broke the run on Saturday and gave
the Orioles an opportunity to get In a much
needed victory. BROOKLYN, Cleveland, and
L IittsbuIS udsO Act bccn Ooiuk Us WSii Us tx
pected the Spiders particularly making very
poor showing. Chicago and st. Louis have
kept up their general average, while the Sem
ators and Colonels are keeping up that deadly
battle for the tail-end honors. Louisville is
more dissatisfied with her team than Wash
ington. the attendance at the former place
being very small.
Racing is being continued at the Alexander
Island track, with the usual experiences of
good and bad starting and the same with
respect to the attendance. The association
cannot be making any money. as but four of
the books on Saturday were those of contrib
uting. members, and the attendance was
very Door for Saturday. The weather was
people were not there. The explanation
given was the public had gone
broke on the Fourth, which may have been
the case
On Saturday Jockey Bender was told in the
paddock his riding Of Te1d Gegg was under
and he at once went to the
judges to find out about it. There was no
truth in the rumor. save what grew out Of
caution being given Bender just before the
race, This caution was due to the fact that
word reached the judges that Bender would
pull for McKeever to get third place, all the
Jockeys intimates being supposed to have put
theif wealth down that way. The start killed
McKeevers chances and Tedd Gegg was rid
den hard by Bender.
If there really was job it failed to 30
through. owing the great showing of Centre
Fire, the latter running all over in his horses
at the finish. In the language Of ''Saray'
Bayley, as Freddy Miller's black rider is wont
10 say when he rides Syracuse to victory, |
Centre Fire 'sput 1t on dem horses" The |
great trouble with many people is the pro-
pensity to look for nigger in the wood pile. |
and if fayorite happens to lose, the horse |
was not trying or the jockey pulled. As |
natter of fact, the averages of winning
avorites is larger at the track than was the |
'ase at the recent Sheepshead Bay meeting.
George Gould was interviewed on board
he yigilant shortly after the latter's defeat
md said:, Yachts are like women; some
lines they will, and sometimes the won't 1
I'M inclined to think that the Britannia could
vim on allowance even in q light wind. OF
curse, l would like to wiz, but came over
or sport, and win or not will make as good
fight as can. This Is the frat race In
which Captain HafY has sailed the Vigilant
nd only the second time that this crew has
aced in her present rig. These facts un-
oubtedly account for something, as it takes
long while to get used to a vessel There
5 great deal in steering and
q working the sails, and before the Vigilant
oft America Captain Half wanted to try her in
er racing rig, but could not spare the time.
competed in these races against the judg-
lent of Captain Haff and Mr.. Herreschoff,
9th of whom told me that the yacht was not
eady and that the crew was not properly
rilled. entered her on my own responsi-
ility and am ready to take the consequences
he people on this side seemed so anxious to
90 her that l raced her despite the fact that
or preparations were not complete"
At Kernan's theater tonight the inter-city
hamE ionship contests will begin and there
Ill doubtless be big crowd to witness the
nd the first bout is advertised to come of at
O'Clock. The events as announced are as
,llows: f
Young Saw Washington. D. C., VS.. Kid Lind
", Baltimore, Nd; Stump Hall, Washington,
e.. vs. Winner Of previous bout; Joe kinne-
an, Washington. D, C., va Mike Green, Balti-
0tSi uilman, Baltimore. e. Ma: DICK Hunt, Wash, "
gton, D. c., vs. Horn. Baltimore, Md; Jimmy
NTH, Virginia, vs Jack Kelly, Wilmington,
el, and others
INIEn-CITY CoLoREp BouTs-Enoch Mason,
d.; Isaac Mergent. Washington. D. c.. vs.. .sThe ,
angaroo," Baltimore, Md; Humphrey How
ID, Washington, d. c., vs.. Bob Reed, Balri-
ore, Nd; Sam Gray. Wilmington, Del, va Gus
like, Baltimore, Md
The wind-up this evening will be between
lily Nally. OF Washington, and Larry Nc
onald. Of Chicopee, Mass. John Glynn,
ony Stannard, and Joe Elliott will also ap-
var during the exhibition.
Results OF Yesterdays Games.
E BALTIMORE, IA; cNcISNArr,4
WASHINGTON, 9; CHICAGo,s 8.