Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-05-16
League Games Today.
Washington at st. Louis.
Baltimore at Chicago.
New York at Cleveland.
Philadelphia at Louisville.
Boston at PittsbCrg.
Brooklyn at Cincinnati,
Base Bali Gossip.

Johnny Ward, If he could have been Sc
cured. would not have been dear for Louis
vile If they would have had to pay $4,000
for his services for the rest of the season.
Even with the handicap Of $4,000, the club
would have come out even on the season,
where it is now booked to lose that much,
ana next season money would have been
made.
The ST. Louis club should undoubtedly
make a better showing. With a man like
Joyce on third base to captain the team,
there is hardly club in the league that
of three. A brainy, hustling captain is
wanted, but where is such man to be had ?
That is the question.
Dummy" Hoy made his first error of the
season IN last Tuesdays game, and now
the papers in Cincinnati are publishing para
graphs about his weakness on ground balls.
That's encoura cement for you.
;. Tommy Dowd is playing the game of his
NE TINS season for st. Louis. His one-hand
catch last Tuesday in deep center resulted
IN double play, and made Magnate Won
Der Abe quite enthusiastic over the player.
The first time he makes an error or strikes
out his name will be mud, in the same mag
mates opinion,
Short Stop Dahlen of the Chicagos is men,
tioned'lttle these days, but for all that he is
quite up with the leaders in the matter of
put-outs, assists and batting, besides con-
trlbuting In no small way to the success of
the club by his coaching
Manager McGunigle of the Louisyiles is
showing his wisdom in going after seasoned
PLAYERS In securing Treadway for right
neld ne has not got a first-class player but
ne Is far and away better man than sew
eral others on the team. Treadway Is a
great fielder, base runner and .throWer and
II ne could hit he would never have left Bal
timore.
1t Is reported that the many friends of
Pltcher Mercer will place $40 bill in the
bouquet they are going to give him when
fnr hn
National Park, with which to pay the fine
recently levied by Umpire Lynch
Capt Duffy of the Bostons is getting goo
work out of Jack Stivetts this season, but
ne appears to be about the only one there
Is on the team that can help Nichols out
Young and Cuppy will have to do the
WORK they did last year to land the Cleve-
lanus near the top. Chamberlain has ap-
wilson cannot be depended upon in pinch.
brooklyn has not struck her proper gait
yet although doing better up to the pres
ent en-, time than last year. Kennedy. Stein
but can be depended upon to do good work
peIore decoration day has passed
Joe Sullivan is still holding on to center
held for the Philles. His fielding is all
ais rig, put ne has taken slump in batting
ana this defect caEEot be tolerated in
Quakerdom If you can't hit over 800 right
aiohs On the reel Philadelphia has little
use for you.
Nic seidHu writer IN making man to man
comparisons between the BROOKLYN and
washington teams finds that the latter
has none the worst of it.
Nichols, before going west won every
game ne pitched for the Bostons in the
east, hve in all. Since he left the east he
mas won only one game out of three His
Ieceru thlS season is six games won and
Two lost Stivetts is pitching great ball
inns season He has lost only one game
and won five.
TackS PARROT created mucb anusa,,or.
MONDAY as he struggled up to the plate
WIN bat which looked like a telegraph
Ecle, but lie nearly broke McMahon's neart
ny making a home-run hit in center field
racks also made two singles with the
same stick, and President Won der Abe felt
so good that he RENTED that so fine i'm
posed upon Parrot by the recent manager.
Inc Plttsburgs are a gang of cutters )"
says AL Setback. 'If you can get one or
two runs the best of them I'D to the sixth
inning they will take up a collection among
themselves to present you the game on a
silver tray. l will say for the Washinptons
that there isn't a man on the team who
VIII quit Joyce would make hustler and
a hshter out of any ball player that lives
and l believe he could even inject sand into
Hawley"r ~
Ihere was a great change In the posi-
tons of the first division yesterday Pitts
burg Is the only club retaining its position
baltimore sinks to a tie at sixth, while
Cleveland rises from fourth to share wi III
P1ttshurg first place. Philadelphia, again
defeated by the Colonies. drops to bird DO
sition. Boston and Chicago each rise one
point.