Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-03-21

victories with the Pittsburgs out at Hot
Springs. The latter club is minus Ely, the
.shortstop, and the pitchers are taking
things easy, therefore it is hard to get q
line on the two clubs.
The exchange of Cartwright for Tucker
does not look like bad one for either side.
cartwright outfelded and outbatted the
Boston boy last season, but the Senators
are shy on hustlers and Tucker would be
great help to Joyce.
The lines are drawing closer around the
dissatisfied players, Rusie, Breitenstein,
Burkett, thinner. Cooley and Foreman be-
ing the only ones that have not signed
contracts and are still outside the breast
works.
The strength Of the Senators will be in
creased the coming season owing to the fact
that every player On the team is satisfied
with his contract and has no kick coming
over salary. If there is playing ability on
the team 1t should come out.
You Lose Mack of the Pittsburgs says
the smoky city team will make runaway
start IN the pennant race and keep it up
throughout the season. He only wants
of the season. If Pittsburg can hold to-
gether through July they should be well
up in October.
Eight Louisville boys will he found in the
Norfolk Va) team this season.
More rain at the Springs. At least ten
days have been lost.
Five inches of rain in nine hours at
Houston, Tex, made Arson gloomy
He didn't talk for five minutes.
John I. Brush has doled out those silver
passes Digby Bell received one.
The cost of the improvements on the Phil
adelphia grounds Is placed at $4,000.
Catcher Dick Buckley of last years Phil
adeiphia team has signed with Indian
apolis.
Tom Daily of the Brooklyns says he has
Bonner
With Latham captain, Won der Abe pres
ident, D'ddlebock manager and Mucken-
fuss secretary, the st. Louis club is heav-
lily handicapped.
Tom kinslow considers John Mullarkey
one of the most promising of the young
league pitchers. Il don't know where he
gets mis- speed FROM says Tom. but he
good curves with it,
FRED Pfeffer has not been playing like a
man who has "dissipated for months" or
VINO was only on the verge of the grave
f f1ea l ne has mt safely in each of the
nse games he has played in having a total
or ten hits. He has a record of twenty
three chances accepted without an error
Exchange.
pleadings of "Bill' McGunnigle in 1850 and
accepted the offer of $4,000 for a three
years contract to go to Brooklyn, S2OW
IN advance: His subsequent career might
naxe ehtireiy changed He would have had
a cinch' for three years at any rate, as
Gus AbelFs word is as good as his bond
Morse. in Sporting Life.
Never before in the history of base ball
IN St Louis has there been as little con-
tdence in the ability of the ST. Louis team
TO cone with those in other league cities,
and this is largely attributed to tine fact
that the getting together and getting into
neglected.-Ex.
Doyle made a be aut,ful long headforemost
slide to the base just for practice. The
boys applauded the slide, and one remarked:
N Is
last season.. Base running Is one Of the
most important things IL base ball, and as
base ruI ner Doyle is as strong as Carey
weak
Cooley Is taking strong stand He took
up the proper position and hell it manfuly
He has chance for his white alley' The
odds agails. Breitenstein are overwhe,m-
lEg- Eefore he signed contract he was in
safe position. Now he is between two
grinding mil;stcnes.
NcPhee's work is as clean and brilliant
as ever it wos. and the only proof that he
is not as young as he was when he joined
the Reds In 1889 is picture of the team of
lSS2, which hangs in a halfway house near
the New Orleans Park. This represents
Mack as slim. smooth-faced boy
Breitenstein went out to Sportsman's
Park Tuesday, but did not come to terms
with Mr.. Won der Abe In fact the nresi
dent refused to see him, and instead of a.
personal Interview, served written no.
tce on the pitcher that if he did not show
up on April 16 in good condition he would
be severely disciplined. He also informe
Breitenstein that his presence around the
race track was "distasteful, and would
cause unnecessary comment" 1t Is now in
order to raise the old howl of The is dis
contented and will not do good work in ST
Louis to furnish good excuse to sell
Breitensten.
A Cleveland paper says: philadelphia is
no stronger than last season, while Pitts
burg is a great deal. Though the World
< of iol- fho
burg people about Fred Ely and Denny Ly-
ons, the addition of these men to the Pitts
burg infieid will strengthen the Pirates.
Lyons, of course. will have to keep sober to
be OF any Use to Pittsburg, but there is
good enough reason to believe that he has
decided that he must mend his ways Pitts
burg ought to finish as good as fourth Fifth
is about the lowest the Pirates will fall"