Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-09-21
Near the Wind-up Of the Base
Ball Season.
NOTES OF THE rLA ERS

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| Toronto club opened up telegraphic COM
| munication with Uncle Nick" Young of
the league. and also President Powers of
| the Eastern League. to let them know
| that De Montreville has not been released
| by Toronto. At the same time Manager
| Chapman objected to his playing with
| Washington unless he was regularly
| drafted and 500 paid for his release.
| 1t appears that the playing season, or the
| contract season. of the Toronto club ex-
| pired on the 18th instant. Under the rules
right to draft player from a minor league
within fifteen days after the contract sea-
son closes. In the case Of De Montreville
the Torontos propose to reserve him for
| next season. but under the rules the Wash
ington club may draft him and secure his
| services upon the payment of $500. 1t
| seems that the Washingtons are expert
m nn,l;u With the young player without
| ties what their intentions are. Under the
rules they may play him for five days with
out making contract with him, but at
| the expiration Of that period any club in
| the league may put in a claim for his SER
| vices and draft him from the Torontos.
Jack Chapman is an old bird. and he knows
what Is coming to him, and he insists upon
| having 1t If De Montreville Is to remain in
Washington. The latter is promising lad,
| and plays like a winner. He is full of
| ginger. and may inject little of the ''hot
Sluu INTO MS senatorial associates. He
caught Earl Wagner in his first game here,
when he went after fly ball to the infield,
which either Joyce, Crooks. Mercer or
| Cartwright might have taken. by instantly
starting after the ball, shouting as he ran,
Let me have it," He captured ii, and at
| the same time captured Mr. Wagner. who
| says he likes a player who always wants
| the ball and does not call for one of his
companions to take 1t.
Next week the professional base ball sea-
son for the present year closes. The indi-
cations now are that the race for the pen
| rant will result in blanket finish" be-
TIVE en- Baltimore and Cleveland, with Phila-
| delphia close third. The Clevelands, with
| Patsy Tebeau holding the lines. are dashing
down the homestretch at a fearful pace un-
| der strong pull. while the Baltimores are
| slightly in the lead. with Ned Hanlon whip
ping and squirting at every jump.
With Mugsy McGraw out of the game. the
Orioles are heavily handicapped, for he is
the inspiring genius of that team. In this
connection 1t is said that McGraw deserves
the credit for the high standing Of the Bal
| have credited Silent Ned" Hanlon with
furnishing the brains and the tact that has
been displayed in the work of the cham
piohs. Others have attributed the fast ex-
hfbitions of the Baltimores to the magnifi-
cent generalship of Robinson, the veteran
catcher. A gentleman. prominent In league
| &C mpany. while in this city few days ago,
vas discussing the remarkable achieve
| ments of the Baltimore team during the
past two years. Said he: do you know
| of that team?'
Several guesses were made, but they were
not In accordance with the Information in
the possession of the magnate, who went
on to say that McGraw inspired the other
| Members Of the team for fast work. When
McGraw became member Of the team he
at once displayed an activity in the field
that astonished some of his associates, and
eventually they commenced to acquire his
e%vyl~
pie. Jennings Kelly, Keller. Reitz, Clarke,
Gleason and the rest Of the team. who were
rot considered fast before they went to
Baltimore, took to handling the ball quickly
in practice. and finally they developed that
remarkable form which has made them
famous throughout the base ball world
There will be many who will not agree with
him.
At the next meeting of the league an eff
fort will probably be made to do away with
the Temple cup series and return the tro-
ply 10 MIR. Temple. 1t appears that some
of the magnates do not appro re of the
Temple cup scheme. because it is calculat-
| ed, they claim. to incite Indifference among
those clubs that do not have a show to
compete for the prize by the time the sea-
| son Is well advanced. 1t is also said that
there has been too much advertising of Mr.
Temple to satisfy some of the magnates,
and therefore they are in favor of abolish
| ing the competition for the cup and the ac-
companying gate receipts. which. after all,
| is the greatest incentive TO the ball players
NOW, 1t seems strange that any magnate
should object to the Temple cup scheme or
any other scheme that is calculated to
stimulate the competition between the va
| rfous clubs in the league. If any condem-
nation Is in order, it should be visited upon
the magnates for permitting an outsider
| to do the generous act by donating the
cup. 1t is said that the present season has
been more prosperous from a financial
standpoint. than any that has preceded it.
All or nearly all Of the clubs have made
money under the present arrangement of
dividing the gate receipts between the COM
petlng clubs, without any rake off for the
| league kitty" In view of the large profits
derived from the national game, the league
might easily afford to offer handsome
| cash prize to be distributed among the
clubs coming in first, second and third
The fact that Joyce leads the league In
nome runs this season recalls the circum-
stance that Washington holds the record for
the greatest number of home runs made
during a single game. During the season of
1891 the Washingtons and the Bostons
played a game early in October at Capitol
Park. The records will show that thirr cen
home runs were made that day. The WASH
1ngtons scored five and the Bostons eight
Jim Whitney pitched for Washington and
Kid Madden for Boston. For Washing
ton, John Irwin made two Paul Hines.
Dealy and Cliff Carroll one each For Bos-
| ton, Sam Wise and Sutton two each. Dicky
Johnson Billy Nash. Madden and Morrill,
one each.
while Dave Foutz was here with tina
BIZ ooklyns he was taken with a reminiscent
SPELL. He was talking about the proposi-
ton of Earl Wagner to give $4,000 for five
players, providing he could obtain their
release.
Talk about spending money for ball
players" said Foutz, the Brooklyn club
| lays over any club in the country when IL
comes to putting out money for players.
Back in 1888. Brooklyn spent over $40, 600
| trying to get winning team. They gave
$4,000 for the Nets of New York, s1I 900
for Bobby Caruthers, Doc Bushong and
| myself. $500 for Hughes and $500 for Pop
Ccrkhill and Burns"
Foutz says Doc Bushong was the best
catcher to help a pitcher that ever stood
| behind the plate, barring no one
Among some Of the ball players it is said
| that Shindle of Brooklyn is a shirker of
| hard-hit grounders. Well, he didn't do
| thing here but snatch everything that
| came down his way; besides. he won a new
| hat and neckte by hitting the sign board
| in extreme left field.
| If Charlie Abbey had hit the ball through
| out the season as he has been hitting it
! during the mast six weeks ne would he I'M