Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-05-23
Local Fans" Preparing to Greet
the Senators.
A ROUSING WELCOME Will Be READY
Comment on the ,"FaII Down" Of
y
the Pittsburgs,
NOTES OF THE PLAYERS


point of popularity the song is not in tho
same class with the club that represents
this city in the National League. No mat
ter how the series terminates in Chicago
captain Joyce and his followers have done
hobly since they left home Whenever
club leaves home, no matter If it leads
the league at the time, all the home peo-
pie ask is for the club to win half its
games. Here the Senators, with no as
pirations for one-two-three honors, have
peen doing almost that well, and the Phil
les' who led the league prior to leaving
nome think they are drawing a grand
prize In lottery when they manage to
register victory. Year after year, with
the exception of 1892. the Washington club
would sail away in a good position in the
remnant race and as regularly take
header and bring up with a crash at the
1all END. This year things are different.
ana Brooklyn, and in the other cities did
as well as could be expected. Had the
senators the New Yorks' assignments Of
oates they would have done still better
DIS tne latter club caught both Louisville
ana ST. Louis in a demoraliZed condition
ana won games they could not now place
70 tnelr credit. When the Senators struck
81. Louis that club had rounded into great
form and put up game against the WIS.,
itors that will win four times out OF five
,I was also in good shape, but
N1iS Seha'ols we're not 10 De denied, the
ram probably keeping them out Of three
straight record
And what homecoming it will be for
the Senators out at National Park Tues
DAY! A band will be present to cnIiven
the occasion 1t being ladies' day thou
sands Of the fair will help TO cheer
on the boys. and that the sterner en-
thusiasts will be on hand by the thousands
goes without saying. Cincinnati will be
the opposing club. What more could be
a asked Tor? The Senators played to a
2,ooo audience when they contested the
farewell game with the Baltimores and
undoubtedly a larger gathering will en-
Enthusiastically greet them on their return.
On the trip Captain Joyce allowed no
size trlCk to escape him. Lester German
was chung TO until he showed his worth.
Silver King was sized up in St Louis,
ana on the captains well-sustained judg-
m men signed to help the team where it
was thought ii was weak. AL. Maui re-
celFed trouncing in Cincinnati, but Joyce
was determined to kaow who he could dc
pend upon and Philadelphia diamond
dealer was sent to the post again and
demonstrated that he is ali right all right
Ihen again Mercer/was showed into the
breach quite often, but he was willin' and
one game won counts, as WELL If not better,
away from home than when surrounded by
enthusiastic well-wiShars. Harmony is on
tap in large quantities. No matter If
mere Is an extra in and out fielder en-
the bench, II one Of <the players had an
idea the extra man could do better with a
puzzling pitcher than he the regular man
gave way willingly. and in the case of
Lush and McCauiey the substitution
proved beneficial. This kind of feeling Is
what wins games. The same spirit pre-
salls IN the orioles camp and look at the
game gan c1 they are putting up! Tom Brown
and Charley Abbey have the clubs interest
at heart, and Whenever it is demonstrated
| that the extra Han will help along the
clup' the extra man will he IN the game in
twinkle After one of the games II, the
west in which Rogers made a coupa of or
rors the plucky New England boy went to
Joyce and said he was perfectly willing
to TO- slv@ way to Crooks or Lush. The game
Jimmy put up the next day demonstrated
mat Captain Joyce's jolly reached the
right spot, the favorite third baseman's
nerve returning with rush.
Think Of team having a batting aver
age of $40 and a fielding average of 1887
losing games with the regularity the Pitts
burg club does. There is screw loose
somewhere They frequently manage to
outbat and outfeld their opponents but
lose Just the same. Seven of the team
nave batting averages of over 300 and one
over 400, and but two fall below the 800
mark in fielding. Little sympathy is ex-
pressed for this team on account of their
propensity to cripple players, if necessary
70 WIN games, and the road before the
cup on thls account, will be extremely
rocky. Pittsburg furnishes more gambling
on the national game than any other CITY
on the circuit, and it frequently happens
that thousands change hands at a Single
feeling such losses bring forth, and it NAV
be that this gambling spirit is too much Of
a handicap for the home club to battle
against. The club had been playing good
Dali until the Baltimores arrived In town
enthusiasm was running high, and the
smoky city fans We're Juggling around
coed money in sacks looking for people
VINO would bet against their club. Three
ue1eats followed, and it is said that when
the Orioles won the third game there were
more people in the stands cheering the
visitors than the home CLUB. During
c morse race cen ,he man that has bet on
until the race Is over, hoping until the
iast that the ticket in his hand may be
lucky, but in base ball 1t is different. Let
man place S. bet on the home ciuh and
that club start off poor in the game #
always follows that that gentleman will
roast the club for the remainder of The
afternoon. thereby lessenng his own
chances Of winning beside making ever,t
body around him uncomfortable If .ha
P1ttsburg management would call down tho
petty bettors on their stands the nrohabiI
illes are the club would do better. There
is nothing so demoralizing as a "roast
from the home patrons.
Ball players have their "hobbies, inst
like other people, but the collection Of
bats has seized upon several similar To
the stamp-collecting craze, and as a CON.
sequence several players have wagon
ION by the e; dozen Capt. Ewing of
fall Ewing drifted down into the cellar of
sporting goods house and uneartbed
about ten dozen first-class sticks which
had been there for years, and immedia. eIv
bought the lot. During the winter they
were oiled and scraped to perfection. ana
now every one of the red legs has . hat
to his own fancy and this apparentIv
small feature may have something to do
with the standing ofythe Reds in the men.
rant race, as they are lacing the ban ont
this season as never before. Visiting NAV
ers 'have been dickering to get possession
OF some of Ewing's stock, but eeneralIv
without success. So far Your ITncIa',
William Joyce is the only visitor to Gin
cnnati who has managed to beg. horrnu,
or steal one Of the choice base-hit kii1ers
Scrappy" got one from Buck on tho ra'
cent visit to that city, and had it turned
down. and now claims it is worth It's wegbt
In gold. Ewing and Joyces friendship dains
back from the brotherhood days.
All the clubs will be chary about subst;
tuting players as ump;res when the repn-
lar n an fails to show up. The deal RAT
the Louisv:lles got from Grim during re.
cent game with the BroCklyns has nIaced
all the managers on their guard and here
after when regular umpire fails To nut In
an appearance a substitute will be yanked
from the grand stand instead of the nIaV-
ers' bench. The Louisville boys claim that
they were robbed out Of a well-earned Viz.