Evening star., 1896-01-18

ITEM, and III they 90 better than one game
week many wiseacres will be fooled.
To sum UP the situation, there are eight
clubs entitled to the FIRST division, which has
room for only six. Luck will play promi-
nent part in the standing of the clubs, snd
the ones that sleep under lucky stars viii
have something to be thankful for. 1t is to
be hoped that the Senators will be among
this class. as their hoodoo rarely lost sight
of them last season.
Base Ball Briefs.
The Philadelphia management has signed
Hallman, and this probably sets at rest all
the rumors wfiph have been circulated re-
garding his sale or excnsnge- This is es-
pecially significant in view OF t..ee tact that'
while the Philadelphia club has some tn ehty
cdd players on its reserve list. only four So
far have been signed by contract.
The Louisville club has been doomed this
scar in every way more than any ether
club was ever doomed The Louisville peo-
pie appear to have more faith in their ag-
gregation than outsiders have.
The Albany club is anxious to Join the
Eastern League. and has presented an ap-
pltcation for a franchise.
1t is stated that Danny Coogan. who play
ed with the local team the fore part Of last
season; will play with the Orange Athletic
Club this year.
McCreery. the Louisville pitcher, seems to
nave experienced change of sentiment.
and now does not object TO being a Colonel
next season.
There is talk of placing George Davis to
of Prefer
The services of Butler. who played with
the New Yorks last year. can now he
cured for almost a mere thank you. Last
year the New York management paid the
Nashville club $1,000 for his release.
Inc Portland tOre) team Of the North
Pacific League has secured the services %
ha ,f far nf
nobility. He will be placed in the pitchers
box.
Frank Bancroft, the enterprising mana
ger OF the Cincinnati club, has gotten tho
Louisville people down on him by ridiculinG
Manager McCloskey's Colonels. An ad-
mirer of the Louisville club has offered to
bet 1,oOO that the Colonels will beat the
Reds in the series of games they play this
year.
A paragraph lis going the rounds of the
press tending to show the love for Pat Te-
beau in Pittsburg. 1t is counted an off day
when a paper does not come out with
half column or longer roast against him
The Atlantic League will pay its umpires
a salary Of Sl,JO0 per annum and let them
pay their own expenses.
Secretary Shettsfine of the Quakers has
made bet with Sharsig that Tom Smith
will not do better work this year than Orth.
1t is said to be the intention of Manager
McCloskey to keep sixteen men during the
entire season on the Louisville team, and TO
| farm out the balance Of the players TO minor
clubs, with the proviSo that their services
| can be secured at any time.
The New York management is attempting
to arrange for early spring games with the
leading colleges of the country, similar 10
last year. A game has been arranged with
Yale College and one might be with Prince
ton. but 1t is not likely that either Harvard
or Pennsylvania viii play on account of the
recent agreement Of the last two colleges
made last year.
A Chicago criticism Of Aason's acting:
| He couldn't play Santa Clans at Christ
mas tree distribution. bat he stuck to the
stage 10 the end. suprenely unconscious
Of the comedy hit he was making In melo-
drama tie role. Perspiration rolled from his
face in great drops, while the spectators
howled with delight and laughed until they
cried. but Anson stayed until the curtain
fell"
Following In the footsteps of the West
ern League, the New England League has
placed itself On record against the farming
| out of players BY the big league clubs.
While the officia1 averages OF the players
| of the Eastern League have been COM
| pleted, the list will not be published until
| the LIST Of next month, up to which time
| the National League can draft players
| Manaeer Mack of the Pfttsburss has or
dered all his men to report for work on
will all iesve w for Hot sprinss4 seTenteen teen
men will be In the party. s-
The PittseurE team will play exhibition
games at Memphis. Kansas city. st. Jo-
| seph, Hannibal, Quincy, Peoria and In
| diana2olis The dates remain to be settled
| upon.
The Pittsburg management seem to think
that they have jewel in Jimmy Gard
| ner, a pitcher, whom they are anxious to
sign. In case they cannot accomplish this,
| they viii endeavor to have him pitch some
( of the home games for the club.
Billy keeler Is the first Oriele to put his
name to q Baltimore contract
| Mack says Boston did not offer cash fer
! Hart. Pittsburg had offered Hart for Stiv-
etts, and Boston wanted killen-
L Eddie Burke Is bartender in Harlem
| saloon He feels somewhat shaky about
next season.
Fifteen thousand dollars would not buy his
release of Griffin's. So the Brooklyn man
| agement says.
! President Byrne says Dave Foutz Will
| manage the Brooklyn team, and the old
park will be retained this year.
George Haddeck, the once noted WASH
| ington pitcher, has a nice business In Dor
| chester, Mass, wears nice clothes and has
good credit at the tailor's, grocers and
| BARRIERS.
| Hanlon says: freedman has offered
Ward his release with the proviso that il
| he goes into base ball again New York win
| have the first call on his services"
| 1t Is said Of Won der Ahe's new third
| baseman,' Bert Myer, that he Is "a fast
| bases, and can throw the bah over the
| first baseman's head oftener than any man
| in the business
Ed. Hanlon, of the committee on rules,
| says he is in favor of no changes for this
year. They just suit his players, why
| shouldn't he be?
| 1t looks as though Doyle was simply
| holding out for more money or playing for
| a little free advertising, as, IL New York
| and Baltimore stick to the deal made, he
| will either play in Baltimore or not at all.
John Healy says that Fred Hartman the
| third baseman of the Milwaukee club of
| the Western League, is the best man in the
| Western League in his position. And he
| might be in the National League If he
| didn't turn his head on a fast grounder.
| Hanlon is trying to get Joe Corbett,
| brother of Jim, who pitched one game
| against Baltimore for the Washingtons last
| seas0n. Hanlon was somewhat impressed
With the your.g fellows work last sea-
| son, and thinks ii would be good idea
| to try him out and see what the result will
| be.
Frank Foreman says that the taking of
Carey off first will hurt instead of help the
| Baltimores. He says that Doyle's great
| batting and base running will not result in
as great benefit to the team as would
| Careys sensational fielding. Frank SAYS
that his brother Johnnie will be the star
pitcher among the youngsters of the league
next season.
Last season Tebeau claimed that in the
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