Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-04-04
sition. he can play It better than any one

sition. he can play It better than any one
on the New York pay roll.
Don't expect too much from young De
Montreville In the first part Of the season.
He Is young, and may be over-anxous. but
ne Is built for the first class, and will get
into 1t.
from last years salary on account Of his
poor work in '95, but he will get 1t back II
he plays up to his standard. Charley has
already pulled himself together, and it Is
q foregone conclusion that the half-dozen
centuries will be his when the season
comes to an end.
The ranks Of the 'hold-outs' are narrow
Ing down week by week. Since last Satur-
ing Rusie, thinner, Breitenstein and Fore
man outside the breastworks. Foreman
Will probably sign when the Cincinnatis re-
turn home. but it looks like great strug-
The Brooklyns' new out fielder, Jones. Is
making Schoch and Anderson feel shaky.
Joe Corbett is quite a boxer, as some Of
the Baltimore boys discovered to their sor-
row.
The hit and run game is all the rage
with ambitious managers. Yet two clubs
seldom play it in one game. and it Is easily
blocked
Arthur Irwin tried last week to sign
Philadelphia amateur named Goeckel to
play first base. Will that man never get
through looking for talent?
for leading .batsman Of the Phiiadelphia
club this season between Delahanty.
Thompson. Brouthers. Sullivan, Clements,
Cross and one or two others.
Dick Cody declares that he is the equal
of any man on the st. Louis team. He
makes the assertion with the same cool
ness with which he Is demanding con-
tract for 81, 100.
Billy Hamilton duplicated his famous
kick of last year with the Phillies, when
he demanded that the Boston club pay for
his uniform. Williams bluff didn't go.
The Chicagos are beginning to think the
name of sunny south as applied to
Texas is misnomer. For five days the
weather has been unfit for outdoor prac-
tice. and the cold wave flag still flutters
triumphantly from the weather bureau
lookout.
If James Manning, the manager Of the
Kansas City club, is good judge of a
pitchers abilities, the Phillies will trot out
another 'phenom' this year. Manning
says Eyler, whom the Philadelphia club
signed on the recommendation of an old
University of Pennsylvania ball player, Is a
coming great pitcher.
Brouthers starts in early this year hit
ting the ball, he making three singles and
double out Of five times at the bat in the
first game. Delahanty also has his eye on
the ball, he making double, triple and
a home run in his first game out of four
times at the bat
Won der Abe has sent Breitenstein an
open letter. 1t is twelve-page dictated
affair. One stanza reads: You were given
500 and told that your wife could have as
much money as she Eeeded for domestic
waits while you were away with the team.
If you do not report on April l, 1S06, at
Sportsman's Park in proper condition TO
play ball land l am to be sole judge of
your condtion), You will have to take the
consequences. The trouble with you is
that your indiscreet friends, by their fool
ish f1attery, have 'swelied' your head to
unusual proportions. and it is impossible to
reason with you in a sensible manner.
now withdraw my offer of an additional
advance of 500, payable to your wife, and
l will not allow you another cent before
pay day"
There is story going the rounds that
one of Rusie's fines, the $3.50 levied at Bal
ti:nore, should not have been inflicted. AS
the tale gees, Rusie and Fuller were room
mates. The pitcher did rot find the key at
the desk one night when he went there for
it, and also could not get into the ROOM
Sooner than demand an explanation and
get Fuller into trouble, Rusie slept with
Mike Herman. The next morning one of
Mr. Freedmans spies reported that Rusie
had not slept in his room the night before,
and the $1UO penalty was placed. Fuller
could not explain, or would not, and Rusie
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