The evening times., 1896-09-26
TAlKS.AB9yI Ills PLAYERS
Magnate Wagner's Farewell
to the CaM. al City for '96.
TO. THE CITIZENS
He Appreciates the, Patronage Be
slowed, and PROMISES Even Better
Work Next SeasOn-will Sign Two
New Men-Where the Senat ors
VIII Pass the Winter Months.

There was jolly crowd in Earl wagner's
private office This morning at National
Park. Instead OF doing their preliminary
practice the men were seated around the
maghate and Manager SchmelZ, and the
conversation was or a retrospective and
prospective nature. The players were in
clned to be somewhat loquacious, ard
Billie Lush rected an original poem, en-
ttled MY First Experience in the
League 1t was humorous, and much en-
joyed.
When Mr.. Wagner la ga thered himsclfto-
gether from fit of laughter, he answered
The Times reporters question, Anything
new in the following way:
Not much new. / have not yet for
gotten that three -bagger of Charley Far
| rell's with three men on base in the last
New York game. That was the baseball
| joke ot the season. and as he sad this
| j. Earl S,inked the othereye. Il am think
ing seriously the magDate continued,
''of giving back that $500 we got with
| Farrell and Fl ynn for joyce md adding
little to it. don't like TO Palmer brick
| anybody. Do you think Mr.. Freedman would
accept .it?'' and the other eye winked.
''On the dead, though, don't yon think we
have a pretty good bail team, "A nd don't yOu
think we fooled the press agents. who
predicted all SORTS of dire things wien the
Farrell-Joyce deal was made? We have
| fulfilled every promise made to the pub
| lie. The team has finished better this
season than 1t did last, and has made a
| greater gain in percentage than any club
in the National League.
| SENATOR'S WE'RE NOT DUMMIES.
| "No, don't think we will make many
changes in the team for next season. We
may possibly add pitcher or haId-hit-
ting outfielder if we can get one, but neither
Mr.. SchmeIZ nor myself think it abso-
| lutely Necessary TO get anybody. Ithas been
| demonstrated that oar team is not a lot
of dummies and 'pimple-heads.' who could
not be taught anything, which was Mr..
Joyce's excuse for their not winning. The
boys have been playing up date base
| ball, and have come down the home stretch
at Il clip which has made everybody in the
business open their eyes. We have won up
| to toda nineteen games more than We lad
| this time last year and lost twelve less, and
are % points higher in Percentage. Our
gain in percentage is greater than that of
| any other club in the League. Cincinnati is
next lighestin number Of points gained, that
club today being 80 points ahead Of where
they were last season. SO You see that, On
the whole, we have no kick coming On the
work our club has done this season, not
withstanding the horrible slump Of mid
summer"
| ATTENDANCE SATISFACTORY.
HAS the attendance been satisfactory,
Mr 'Wagner?'''.~ .'~.
perfectly: and while on this subject /
wish you would thank the Washington
public oD behalf of NJ yseif, my manager, and
my PLAYERS, for their very liberal support,
ard say 10 them that we will strive next
season to merit Il Continuance of their
patronage. -,-a,,.-s
How about next season."
What do you mean? The standing Of
the club in the race?"
Yes"
"In regard to that, I have only one
prediction To make, and that is that we
| will finish higher in the race next season
than we did this. That may sound
| little bit stereotyped, but we have made
| good on that prediction every year for
| the last three years, so it will have to
| go again for next year.
WHERE THE PLAYERS WILL WINTER.
| Where will the players pass their winter
months?" was asked.
Mr.. Wagner then made bomerun hit.
The ncn who overheard the Grafton ap-
| plauded when the magnate finished.
The migration OF the Senators to their
respective winter quarters begins today"
| said he. ''McGuirc has already hied
himself to the shades of Michigan,
e
his burg Dog aud gun will OCCUPY Jim's
| attention until the bluebirds whistle again.
| Charley Farrell will retire to his estate
at Marlborough, Mass, where the duke
will runinate over the hreebaggcr which
| broke Bill Joyce'S heart. LcCauley goes to
Providence, R. l., to bask in the smiles
| of his Sunday girl. Al Maui will sand the
| sugar in his Philadelphia grocery with
| his lame arm. Win MERGERS winter will
| be put in at East Liverpool, Ohio. Lester
| German will hibernate in Aberdeen, Nd.
| silver King will vote for Bryan in st.
Louis. Carney Flynn goes to the home
of the man with the hammer-Buck
Ewing-Cincinnati. 'Shep' Norton cleo
| TRIES at Conneaut, Ohio, and Jimmy Nc
James cuts up cadavers in Charleston,
S. C. Big Ed Cartwright will be in the
stdhes III tdsteih ANoltb
o'BRIEN TO TEACH sPARRING.
Johnny OBrien will teach the youth
| idea how to spar up in Lewiston, Me. Gene
| DeMontreville will skate the happy hours
| away right here in Washington. Harvey
| Smith continues his study CT medicine in
| the University of Penns ylvania. AL Sci
| bach has his trunk checked for Columbus,
| Ohio. Tom Brown and his nimble pair of
| heels betake themselves to Louisville,
XIV. Billy Lush will take lessons in elo-
| cution from Orator O'Rourke at Bridge
port, Conn.,, and Charley Abbey will keep
score Oh way bills in the freight department
| of the Southern Railway in this city. George
| Wrigley, the sailor boy and all=round in and
outfielder and leading coacher, will sail
| miniature yachts on the lake in Paramount
Park, Philadelphia. while Charley Reilly,
who, operates on third until Smiths re-
turn from his studies the latter part of
next May will imbbe ginger from watch
ing the football men at Princeton hump
each other.
Thatthe boys may all winter Well and re-
turn next spring in the pink of condition is
the wish OF every deyout Washington fan.
RECORDS FOR TWENTY YEARS.