Evening star., 1895-08-03
New York Offered $4,000 or Clarke,
the 0utfelder.
WASHINGTON HAS SECURED HlLL
He Comes From a Minor Club
Well Recommended.
NOTES OF THE PLAYERS

aeement ontbid him for the SERVICES Of
Clarke the brilliant outf,elder of the Iouis-
Vile cluh The daa, included ono or more
nlavers and whom the wasbine.on nagnate
offered e O0O he sa;d that was "a h,ph as
y. n,o,,,d 80 IT, NJ, vo,.,.s go
nc "ouiu so. Inc view AorAs .nen canie
INTO the market ana onered s4.OOO, ana the
details Of the transaction are yet to be made
rub,,c Thosa pbo have scan Clarke at
,,orI Gov y. is ora,t ,,.r.r a,a .. ,.noh,a
WIN say NC siea' pia'ei anu - o"peoie
OF holdins MS own IN any company. Tne
result of the negotiations has not yet
reached league headuuarters.
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Ing o"iS .io'i Vi me uois ."e
week was lhe purchase ol oueief ieieaSo
..oH' 'Ne A'asnsie 'i'O =, 'As A,e"
me papers III .he Ease "eie u'a"n up anu
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n"3 .u
A.'e vruo u ems, ~
who ,s y, ,.Id # =, he :.u,pndsr" ssvarai ont.
of-town "rooters,' for Washington wrote
here urging the local management to keep
their eye on Hill. Before these communi-
catlons arrived MI. WAGNER nao arsauy
Ssidsr and % a fast man on the bases.
Offensive Kicking.
The New York team IL not a happy fam
a., cn.,n nr,,.oor T,oy,a a. TOO hot
neaoeo 10 De the leaoer OF cluo .na' - ou'
hunting for the championship. He Is Of
fensiy in his manner not only to the UNI
~,ro h,,t ~ aoos ,t+Ia +bInos and savs hio
Things TO ms associates tnan are not o,e, SaaSu-
iateo 10 Promots soou lenow Sp .atons
them. IN Inursoay game r .ne Sen.or1 Sai,,,or,,
were toucnins UP Dao N,alne usn'e.S e.,
at ,is noeS ssneod =" tha INC sanne and ordered
ning Doyle stopped .nH game G anu ,oto Utoet IT,
clarke 70 retire ana cahe1 GHMan LII n.ao I eIo
pox. Ine mortlhcation o. Carh Was ~
parent 10 All present. anu may 49,. ~ az :. M, y
@ Sork players synpatn,z .pa aarne Sor German was
new forks lost tne game ioi 0efinau woS
nit almost as haro as MS pIeoecessof. anu
the rest or the team olo not appear 70 po
very sorry.
Capt. Anson's Way.
Capt Anson OF tns Chicaso ciuo "eu,u
nave resorted TO 'dlHereht tactics' "i.n'
perhaps better success. A similar situa-
ton was presented mere curing the last
WISH OF the Chicago ciuo 10 wasnihs .on
Ierry was sent III 10 pitch ior tue Shicasos
ana ne started OUT very Daoiy' ne 1ouiu
no. locate the piate, ana "neh ne aio .ne
ball was batted all over the HELD Inc
Senators piled up enough runs in one inning
to win an ordinary game Anson did not
get mad and order Terry out of the box
In the middle Of shep-iHning. On the con-
trary, he walked over to Terry. patted him
on the SnOulQer ana whispered WOrQS Oh
confidence into his ear. That act Of Anson
inspired Terry to Go better, and the whole
team behind him combined to help him out.
The result was, the Washingtons did not
make another run during the game, and the
Chicagos won out. Collectively, the Chi
cagos are supposed to have team much
inferior to that OF New York. yet the for
mer Is weli ahead OF the latter.
Doyle's personal filings at an umpire do
not inspire either fear or respect, and the
result Is MS team Is frequently maze 10
suner Tor nis ugly manner IN contesting
point. when captain loses his self-re-
spect ne cannot expect MS comrades, the
umpire or the audience to feel kindly to-
ward hlm Do3 le 1s an earnest player. Dut
ne IS not MADE or the right klnd OF stuH
Tor captain-manager. ,
What Meekin md Farrell Saw.
-,..s =. ,.,
As iohs as prayers arc pein.'eu " AioA
against every questionable decision 30
long will the umpire problem remain un-
settled. Nearly all of the PLAYERS who
bava heen ,ntarv,ewaa on the umn;ra ouas.
w W. 80 .p
aon aoinit 'nae they 10 NOT KICK Win 'he
expectation that the umpire will reverse
his decision, but they protest for the pur-
pose Of trying to influence him in making
the, next close call in their favor
Fitcner MeeRln, 1ormeriy OF TINS CITY,
kicking Is to put the OFFENDING PLAYERS out
of the game. Said he: IF I was an UNI
pre- Wouio pul an eno 10 tnis ANNOYING
ransaod It mnt eni,, & diso'Sts th nao,is is
who support the game. hut If natrraiIv in.
fiuences the umpire against the club max
Ing the Kick. umpires, like other men. are
disposed to resent the insults sometimes
Put upon tnem- 1t sometimes happens that
the umplres go into game with the deter-
Inination to soak the first man who makes
himself disagreeable.
That's fact, put In Charley Farrell.
Meekins SIDE partner Il had an expert
ence OF that kind while we were In Chi
cage recently. Doyle and Davis were both
on the " ounded list. and was acting cap
tain-oh, had my troubles. Ed. Andrews
was umpiring. 1t was our first turn at
the bat. A questionable decision was given.
and. as captain, advanced toward him to
make remark. He waved his hand for
me to go back. l said wanted to speak
to him. He said could not speak to him.
! insisted that as captain Of the team had
right to speak to him. / continued to
sent me to the bench. I was convinced