Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-03-27

New York Cannot Force Him to Play
There This Season.

Charley Farrell. the catcher whom the
New York club wants but is not willing
to pay as much as Washington, may de-
eide to play in this city after ali. II is
generally supposed that when a ball PLAYER
Is sold TO another club the player sold has
to go. Ordinarily this is the case hot if
the player has a contract with the first
club that must be EXCHANGED for a new
contract before the deal is con,pletad
Farrell has an unsigned contract tn inlay
with Washington this year All he mas 10
60 is to sign il and the Washington cluh
/ is bound to pay him a salary for the sea-
son.
Farrell said the other day in Boston: 81
wocli ike TO 50 10 New York, but don't
feel Ike taking a smaller salary than I
got from v Washington" said he. Il have
a washington contract in my pocket, un-
s ~. eaI!ng Tor the same amount Of
800 from Pittsburg in ~. 5000 from
washington IN - and will not drop off
sIEerai hundred dollars for the sake Of
Playing ball even in New York"
The New York MANAGERS for the sal,e -
lie" nun fred dollars, are spelling The fine
elect OF their recent deal Their announce
.Ielt nat tney would sooner be tail enders
nan give up Z principle will not please
me average patron, and If persisted in the
Giants VIII be playing to empty benches
ny midsummer Ward is now reported as
=
acquisition after all. Why Grim cay,sbt
more games than he did last season IT.
may be Grim caught n!nety-two ya,nn.
out faTrell played I'D games. or thirty
a contract at the same old fo7,ras ,,.
paced before Young. the pitcher Of ~
ttcEstand clah. yesterday afternoon ana he
S.s.ei ~; This completes the team for the
YER. All exhibition games arranged for
this week have been postponed hecsnso or
snow that covers the ground Graney a
ne" outneIdef. who is to be tried bv tba
team. Will report in Cleveland today e
Steps were taken at a public meeting &,
kingston last e"cning to form a base hail
club to be represented in the New yorii
state League The league will consist Of
eight clubs, as follows: Albany I-t,oo
Oneida. Poughkeepsie. Kingston. Johnstovn
Schenectady and Pittsfeld, Mass Final ar,
rangements for the formation of the leapue
VIII be made at meeting to be held in
Vaughn. Morgan Murphy. Smith. McPhea
ana Chamberlain OF the Cincinnatis have
not yet signed Tor 1894
Cmpires will give all decisions from back
OF the plate the coming season. There will
be no going down behind the pitcher when
man is on first While this may give bet-
ter Judgment on balls and strikes il is sure
to be the cause of much bowling whenever
there is close decision on trying to steal
second.
"Jiggs" Parrott and his brother Tommy
drifte1 into Chicago yesterday Jiggs is
ready play 1Or AnSOn ana Tommy is en-
route for Cincinnati. He is confident that
he will rank as one of the leading pitchers
of the season. Van Haltren and big Rill
Brown also reached the city. They came
direct from California, where they have
been spending the winter Van Haltren was
on his way to New York. He was delight
ed with the prospect of playing there
When l got the contract" he said, Il
back number yet, and l expect to do good
work for the team" Bill Brown is not as
fat as he was at the close of last season,
having got rid of about ,thirty-fve pounds Of
! flesh.
Jim .o'Rourke says OF Farrell: New
yorK can well afford TO be just to a man
Ywhose<equal they never had as a catcher
and -batter. Charley Farrell, the cheerful.
willing worker. has no superior on the base
ball field. Farrell is an ideal player, and.
/ think, the most brilliant star on the field
today"
Manager Schmelz decided not to play a
! ball game today. Should the temperature
| become warmer by tomorrow afternoon,
| however the kids and Vets will again
| line up, with Egan as pitcher for the for
ner and Stocksdale doing the twirling Tor
| the older men.
As Stricken has not yet reported and has
| made no effort to get into playing condi-
| ton, he was last evening given an uncon-
dtional release.
Two new sets of caps arrived today. One
| is of white and black stripes and the other
| Of red and black. Manager Schmelz claims
| that Washington will be the best uniformed
| club in the country. and Mr.. Wagner agrees
| With him. According to the latter, the
uniformng of a base ball club is similar
| to the scenery of a theater. A good one
| reflects credit on the city which the team
| represents.
The club will issue. in about two weeks. a
! reat invitation to the ladies for use on
| ladies' days.
Charlie West, the colored groundkeeper,
is quite a feature in himself. Attired in a
blue uniform and cap, with an unlimited
\ quantity OF gold braid sewed thereon, he
stands with folded arms during the progress
| OF the games and at times attracts as much
| attention the players.
| A. G. Throop founder of the Throop Poly
| technic Institute at Pasadena, Cal. died
| Thursday night. aged elghtythree years.