The evening times., 1896-08-08
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President Wagner Says His
Manager Is Faithful.
PLAYERS ToBE DISCIPLINED
The Magnate Is Confident That the
Senators wiiiGive a. ood Accountof
Themselves Before the Season Is
Closed Outfieider Lazotte and In
+. fielder Henry May Be Signed.

Luck favored the W ashingtons yesterday,
and they won at Boston. 1t was the first
game the team won since Mr., Schmelz
took active charge of the club. or course
they were victorious by only one run, but
It counted Just as much as did the games
they lost by the same narrow margin.
The friends of the team naturally hope
that yesterday victory will be the turning
point, and that the Senators will begin to
climb UP the pole on which they have had
such disastrous decline.
Just what material difference there would
have been had there been a playing man
iger on the team Is mighty hard to figure,
but II Mr.. Schmelz can get the work out OF
the men that they are competent to do
the honest patrons of the game here will
certainly give credit to the man with the
whiskers Mr. wagner will stick to Mr..
Schmelz because he claims that Gus has
given him good service, and those who
know the Wagner folk in Pennsylvania
say that. they never turn away a faith
ful employe.
NO TRUTH ABOUT WARD.
Discipline will and must be exercised,
says Mr.. Wagner, and he told Times re-
porter this morning that Mr.. schmelz is
the man to execute his wishes.
He said the story that he was negotiating
with John NJ. Ward was merely the fancy
of some irresponsible person. and he quoted
from letter he received from his brother,
that under no circumstances would he agree
TO any proposition to put the lawyer ball
player at the head of the Senators. He
felt very confident that the boys. as he calls
the Senator's will strike their gait in a short
while and they would play as good ball as
any team In the League
II believe in non-playing managers -
continued Mr.. Wagner. Look what Ham
lon has done. That man traded sbindIc
Tor Keeler, Inks for Hemming, Van Hal.
tren for Brodie, Gleason for Doyle, and
other trades We're effected which a play.
Ing manager would not make, because of
n,s close companiopsbip with the men,
"McGunnigle is getting good work out Of
the Colonels, who were practically head
less before he took hold. Doyle and Davis
were failures in New York. Nash is not get
ting good work out of the Philadelphia
team. or course, Anson, Tebeau and Ew-
ing are rare exceptions, and when the
small number OF successful playing man.
ayers out OF such a large number is con.
sidered, the public will agree with me that
/ made no mistake when let joyce go
and got Charley Farrell for him, who is
just as popular in this city as scrappy.
ever was"
NO THIRD BASEAAN YET. :.
Mr. Wagner has not yet signed third
oaseman, and when he does it will hardly
De player let go by another club. 1t would
not be surprising to see Henry the hard
hitting third baseman of the Lancaster
team, now in the Atlantic Association,
wearing a Senatorial uniform within n
snort While. Thema gnate saw young Henry
play several games, and says he is fine
fielder, and meets the ball with good Iudg
ment. He is rated as fast enough for the
league.
Ihe new outfielder the Management is
after no doubt is Lazotte, now ulayinp
center field with the wilkesbarre Eastern
League team. When questioned as tn
whether Lazotte viii be signed Mr.. Wag-
aer wocld neither deny nor affirm, but said
ne was the best hitter in that league.
McJames Will likely do the pitching this
ifternoon and Mcclure will do the catch
ing The Senators last year were in the
habit OF lowering the hopes of pennapt
winning, and 1t is to be hoped that they
viii pull the Baltinores down by defeat
ing them at National Park.
Kings arm is mending nicely, and Silver
says he Will get into the game just as soon
as the physician says it is safe.
Norton and Maui were practicipc this
morning. Al. claims that he is rounding tn
all right. y