Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-04-29
base hall Notes.

Jack Gilroy has been farmed cut to Nor
folk and John Mallarkey to Richmond
The managers of both teams offered 70
buy the pitchers release but Mr.. Wagner
declined the offer.
The lease of National Park by the Wash
ington Base Ball Club has been renewed for
a term of six years.
washington got on to Pond at Baltimore
yesterday and gave the doctor dose of
medicine. "-Philade!phia Times.
Cleveland Is the second team to get the
whitewash brush this season.
Hamilton and Duffy have changed no.
sitions in the Boston outfeld.
Pitcher Taylor of the Phllies has only
won one game from the Bridegrooms dur
ing his career
Manager Irwin of the Giants put on a
uniform and coached his men in Mondays
game with the Beaneaters
Louisville is not the only city that does
not stand by the club when the team is
losing. The attendance at New York shows
daily decrease.
Cincinnati has never had a POSTPONED
game on holiday. and has had but one
on a Sunday. during the five years that
Bancroft has been connected with the
management.
Much surprise has been manifested by
the st. Louis enthusiasts because Man
ager Diddlebock has not given any of his
young pitchers any chance in either of the
two Louisville games.
John Ward has been appointed bv State
Excise Commission CT Lyman as attorney
for his special agents in Kings county.
This Goes away with the story that Ward
will join the New Ycrks again.
Pitcher Nichols says that this will post
lively be his last year on the diamond
He says he has made arrangements to
go INTO business Eext year, in which there
is more money than in base ball. He was
very positive in this statement, and said
it was not the usual bluff
President Nick Young was notified Mon
day night of Lester Germans uncond!-
. hn
J. Earl Wagner of the Washington club
will probably put in a claim for the pitch
er. He thinks that German will help the
Senators out a great deal on the western
trip.
1t seems to be the ambition of all the
Phiilies to put the ball over the fence.
Singles come in just as handy at times as
home runs.
It's a kind of mean trick to take adj
vantage of the weak. but everything's fair
in base ball as it is in love and war. and
we will get even on New York.'-Philadel-
phia Times
A great deal has been written about an
exchange. by which Pitcher Ruse of New
York was to be traded for Pitchers Nc
Mahon and Hemming of Baltimore. The
management Of both these clubs have de-
MED that such an exchange has been
contemplated while Mcmahon, who has
a won't of his own, says he would not go
to the New forks under the present man
aGement.
Clarke of Baltimore, whose ankle was
spraned badly in Atlanta Ga, is now
strong enough to catch, and will probably
do the backstop work in Boston. Captain
Robinson's sprained arm is better.
The Washingtons open the season at
Brooklyn today. 1t was expected that
Kennedy would oppose the Senators. but
he did duty in two of the games al Phila-
delphia in the present series, so it is likely
that Stein will pitch The game will be
called at o'clock. and. Should pleasant
weather prevail 1t is expected that not less
than 1900 people will attend.
The WashirgtDns are not the easy things
of former years. as they have already
trcunced the New Yorks and Brooklyns
in four of the six games played.-New York
Sun. .. 10