Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-01-25
BASE BALL GOSSIP,

and says that Bill took off his hat and fed
as soon as he cashed the ticket.
Emerson Hawley has become the latest
$4,000 beauty" and the Pittsburg man
agement will no doubt have trouble in
signing him.
money he promised after the Temple cup
series in 1894. This is only a promise So
was the other.
The Shamrocks have about twenty-five
players from which to pick a nine for the
coming season, and the lineup will be very
strong.
If Phil King would only take hold of the
c. A. c. team what a boom in base ball
ton!
The first player to threaten to retire from
base BAH is Gill Hatfield, the forty-two-
year-old man. This announcement came
out last week. but it is safe to say "Gip'
Will be found on third for the Kansas City
Playing his usual steady game.
1t is reported that Willie Mains of Kelly
k1llers' fame will be given trial by the
Washington club. Mains has been playing
In the New England League for several
seasons, and has done very good work. In
for the local club.
Robinson and Tebeau should come to an
understanding. The latter has declared the
spiders as at present constituted can win
the flag In walk. Robinson evidently has
different opinion, hence his offer for Haw-
ley.
Letters received from Malarky by friends
IN IN this city say that he has gained control
OF that crazy jump-out-curve ball of his,
ana II this proves true Washington's pitch
ing strength will be greatly increased.
Harry Diddlebock has finally agreed to
manage the Browns. Now his troubles are
big Bilr' LANCE of the Chicagos is hold
ing out Tor more cash. A shrinkage in Bill 8
head is in order
Latham has recommended Tommy INLAND
to Won der Abe as a shortstop. According
to reports inland will not do in fast COM
pany.
1t might be well to remind some of the
teams who are trying to lay up a store of
ieft-hand pitchers to defeat the Clevelands
during the coming season that the local
team was particularly hard on left-handers
last year In other words, they were not
success against the Cleveland team.-Cleve-
land Leader
The cry for new faces going up in various
cities of the National League is all wrong
Inc average fan" is not content unless he
sees his favorite club with half dozen
subs sitting on the bench in case of
emergency" as he Is pleased to call it,
His intentions may be Of the best, but his
Judgment is of the poorest.-Exchange
Ed. Delehanty, the Philadelphia fielder,
mad q lengthy conference with Manager
Tebeau and President Robson. He wants
TO secure the release of two or three of
a reliable source that the PhilIes are will
ing to pay good price for Wallace Carrick
and Tommy Delehanty.
Hanlon has let out wall. He says GER
tam out-of-toWn newspapers are trying to
create discussions among the Baltimore
players by publishing stories of alleged ILL
1eeiing among the men, especially between
the old players and Jack Doyle, the ex-
Giant. All the big four have written him
and denied the charge
Ely has been heard from. He says: I'm
| mediately after getting a message an
rouncing my sale to Pittsburg. / left for a
cOuulp n vS' i'm he 10,
Ihis was before any official communica-
ton from the Pittsburg club reached me-
AS fully intended to be gone but two days,
| l left no orders for mail to be forwarded,
but hunting was so good that 1 have lust
now ccme home am sorry to hear tina
my silence has caused the people OF Pitts
burg any uneasiness. They may expect to
see me very soon. will write the club peo-
| pie at once"
Magnates Of the Freedman and McCloskey
stamp have made themselves solid with
| their base ball constituency by making al
most daily announcements that they have
| secured new players, whom they will try
for time, and if they prove good or even
faif men, they will be retained in order to
show the least signs Of weakening This is
wrong in the abstract. Rather get one on
two well seasoned players-say one infelder
and one outfielder-to carry as substitutes,
| IN ADDITION to the regular team but play the
regulars as long as they are in condition.
Boston Herald.
Sage College Girls to Row.
The female students at Sage College,
Cornell University. will not abandon the
| idea Of establishing a crew, though the
athletic council has refused to take cog
nizance OF the project. They say that steps
| of the councils action. Miss A. Kelior. who
Is one of the most prominent workers for
| the Womens eight, has lust received q
letter from Lucille Eaton Hill, director Of
l Of Yon-
Massachusetts. thoroughly indorsing the
| movement. She writes: IT have Studied
mems strokes and think I have found a
gooo one Lor women: OF course. we don't
in our stroke Rowing in correct form is
superb for the figure. VIII gladly help YOU
| to organize" wv
Georgetown University Athletics.
Bernard ]. Wefers. the champion in the
| 100 and 2OO-yard runs, has entered In three
| events in the indoor games to be held by
the ninth regiment of Boston. He viii rur
as scratch man in the rs yards, and will
| uphold the N. Y. A. c. colors in the 350
| yard relay race with T. P. Conner, George
Sands. Union College, and I. Burke of Bos
ton University as his colleagues. against 8
team picked from the crack sprinters of tn,
| country. He will also run in the 44O. and
| those who saw his work In the annual fail
| games OF Georgetown feel certain th,r
Burke. the international champion, vii
Hlu MIN an exceedingly dangerous rival
The Georgetown College field and tracl
| and base ball teams will go into reguIa,
training Saturday, February 1, the formel
| under the care of William J. Foley. whc
has been selected by the executive Commit
tee to train the team, and the latter undel
the direction of Capt. Harley Mr. FoIe,
has trained the field and track teams O,
Brown University during the past tive
years with great success, and under hi.
careful and thorough work the numerou.
| candidates for Georgetown's team will M
doubt sufficiently quicken their pace to up
| hold Georgetown interests at Mott Hayer
in the spring.
The new gymnasium, together with LII,
| indoor track, will prove q decided conyen
| fence for both teams.
Puncture Repairing.
The subject of bicycle tire repairing /.
something that every rider should be con
versant with, and particularly professional
repairers, many of whom do not give tn,
subject Of single tube tires and their re
pairing the attention 1t deserves It is tn,
simplest matter possible to repair a siHel,
tube tire, IL it Is only done with the PROBE
care and use Of the right materials.
the right kind Of a plug patch is used an,
In accordance to the size required by thu
puncture, repair can be made short ant
permanent work. Riders should insist OF
the use of these patch plugs in case O
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