Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-04-11

good game against the Beah-eaterS this
Billy Nash putting in any but the best
pitchers against his old comrades and play
ing for hi, life lnievery series.
"Scrappy" Bin Joyce is undoubtedly the
humorist of the league. His writings and
letters have been quoted everywhere dur
has been made by Joyce to polish them up,
there were many streaks Of genuine hu-
NOR in them. Joyce is funny man. 9th
ers who might be named mistake buffoonry
Bass Ball Gossip.
During the practice games in Texas the
| st. Louis club has been lamentably weak
at tho bat, apdothe indications are that the
| lack of stick work will keep the club
| around the twelfth place throughout the
season.
Hugh Duffy and the Boston club are get
| ting good practice down in Virginia, and
opening of the season. This club is about
| the only one that reaped good benefit from
a southern trip, the other clubs having
numerous players hurt or knocked out of
| condition through the rough weather.
| Out in Chicago the fans are in the dumps
| over the poor prospects for Anson's colts.
Nothing good has been developed in the
| way of new players, and the club looks to
| be weaker this season than last.
So Freedman Of the New Yorks is offer
ing prizes already for the best batters
!
rifice hitting this is. Fred Pfeffer should
| be released on top Of this last move, and
| then one might be able to get a line on the
kind of dope they are using up near Man
| haitian field.
Lave Cross will play short stop for the
Phillies the coming season without doubt
The way he has been hitting would permit
| him to make one or two errors a game and
yet keep him on the team, but his fielding
| has also been of the best.
Caulifower, the Washington boy who will
son. has bright future before him. He
had the rankest kind Of backing last Tues
| day, but managed to keep the Senators
guessing all the time he was in the box
| O'Hagen and Hodge, two other Washing
| ton boys on the same team, also played
| good ball.
Your Uncle Nick Young" says the
mistake when he appointed Jack Sheridan
| an umpire his staff. The work Sheridan
| did behind the plate in this city last Sun
day was gilt edge. and If he can do as well
as that in the regular season, Uncle Nick
| has a jewel"
Breitenstein pitched in the game against
the Fort Worth club Sunday, and only
| four hits were made off his delivery.
| AS evidence that the Phillies gained but
| little from that spring trip. 1t need only
| be mentioned that some of them grew
heavier, Cross gaining nine pounds.
Joe Corbett says he will devote his at
tention to outfield work hereafter. He is
said to be good judge Of fly balls and
sure catch.'
The Baltimore players all admit that thew
look to the Bostons to give them a harder
rub than any club this season. and the
only other club they fear at all is the
Cleveland aggregation
Connie Mack tells Kansas City people
that with Hastings Goar and Hughey, the
three pitchers secured from the Western
League, he will be able to keep 'em al guess
ing. He says that the Pirates are stronger
IN the box than ever before.
ny letting Reilly go to Syracuse and Tur-
ner to Cincinnati, the Phillies are without
| man for emergency. except Hulen, for
taking great chances.
Ex-Gov. Mckinley was given silver
| pass by President Robson of Cleveland
and here is what he said: II have your
courteous compliment of the 26th instant.
Please accept my thanks. 1 enjoy few
things more as relaxation, than to wit
ness a good game of base ball"
Capt. Billy Nash has repudiated the rules
framed to regulate the conduct Of the Phil
| lies this season. He says that he does not
want to take the players money, but adds
| on the team will be shifted to the bench
| and allowed few moments for repentance
without salary.
Here is a good yarn from New York:
me executive committee of the New
York Base Ball Club held a meeting yes
terday and decided that the $500 in fines
imposed on Rusie must stand. they
were just and necessary for team disci-
pine" Members present, Freedman and
Irwin. ~
Patricus octavius Tebeau will certainly
have to buy wine supper for J. Earl Wag-
ner when his Spiders play in Washington
this season. The owner of the Senators
hurls the entire conservatory at Pretty
Pat in the following language: "You NAV
talk about your playing managers, your
Comiskeys and Ansons, but none of them
ever excelled Capt Oliver Tebeau as
judge of player a hustler"
In the talk going the rounds of the Louis
Vile pitchers to be let out, 1t is funny, in
| deed, to see the name of Cunningham cou-
pied always with some other unfortunate
demonstrated his ability to hold his own
Cunningham is that player. Last season
the Colonels did not win many games, but
Cunningham pitched in nearly half the
victories.
Jake Morse is responsible for the some
what surprising statement that the New
1orks were the worst behaved team in the
League last season off the ball field, and
We're regarded as positive nuisance in
the hotels at which they put up. When
Johnnie Ward managed the Giants they
were models of department.
/ Louisville FANS are thoroughly arous-
ed on the subject of base ball. When it
is remembered that the attendance at an
exhibition game Sunday exceeded by near
ly ZOO the number of spectators that at
tended the opening championship game
with Pittsburg last year. it is clearly evil
dent that the Louisville public is enthusi-
astic. Financial Agent Pulliam in the light
of yesterdays monetary results, predicts
crowd of 1900 at the opening champion
ship contest with Chicago on April 16-
Louisville Times.
"Chippie' McGarr and Morgan Murphy
are rapidly rounding into shape for bail
playing with the Browns.
1t Is practically settled that Pfeffer will
commence the League season as the New
Yorks regular short stop. Connaughton
will be placed in left field.
LOCAL BASE BALL.