Evening star., 1897-03-27

trary of what is expected Of him rms
kEack only comes to players after tneE
have been in the game for years fof IN
stance, pitchers have a way of delivering
the ball to the batter in way that ihdi-
Gates whether it is to be a down or up
shoot. in or out curve, but hlmDali
goes by contraries and all the Senators ad-
nit that he has had them guessing on the
balls right along.
Mr.. Earl Wagner returned to Philadelphia
last evening to spend Sunday with his fam
lily and, it is whispered. incidentally to have
a quiet talk with Pitcher Maui. This favor
ite pitcher does not want to sign a sliding
scale contract, viz, If he pitches he gets
his money, and if he don't, nothing; but
MIR. Wagner has given ii out that ii viii he
this way, Berry will take a seasons
rest
Nothing came in the morning mail from
Pitcher King. but Manager SchnelZ is posi-
tive he will be hand when his contract
goes into effect.
Ladies' Tickets.
The local management will irausurate
strict system of issuing ladies' cards this
season The tickets viii be numbered. and
will be issued to ladies upon the indorse
ment of a responsible party. record will
be kept of TIE indorsers and tickets. and
should a free pass fall into the hands of
undesirable parties the indorser will doubt
less hear of II. Mr.. Wagner also contem-
rlateS setting apart the right end of the
grand stand for the exclusive use of Smok
ers OF course, there are ladies who do not
mind smoking, as long as they can get good
seats. There are times during the progress
OF a ball game, however when man feels
like turning The air blue with something
I OF quite so fragrant as a Havana
Notes of the Game.
Bert Myers played third base well this
morning. and got in a three-baSger and a
single during two turns at the bat. He has
received no additional news from Con
ME Mack lately. but Milwaukee will lose
| a good if Myers decides to rest this
season.
Wrigley and Lush participated in the
! first double play Of the season this morn
| ing, and Mercer was cheated out of a
| home run by Umpire Schmelz, who. being
| back of the pitcher, failed to his line
| nit to right.
McGraw recently fell off his bicycle and
huft his knee slightly and Manager Han
| Ion has become dubious about bicycle
riding as method of training players
| Accidents are altogether too common. and
STRAINED knee or wrist might mean a
| good deal in the championship race.
! Dad" Clarke is highly respected by his
| osWego, n. Y, townsmen because of his
devotion to his mother and sister. whom
ne supports. There several PLAYERS on
tie w aSnlngton team who are in Clarke's
| ciass IN this commendahle action.
feiore Louisville can clear dollar on
ene year business it must take in re-
x
| penses averaging about $500 daily, and
| hardly enough being taken in at the gate
| to pay the visiting clubs guarantee dur
| ing the week. it will take big crowds on
| those eight Sundays to reach these figures
| lhe local player. Geier, is having hard
| time of 1t contesting for the short stop
position on the Phillies against Gillen.
| Both men are doing extremely fast work
| on the diamond but Geier has slightly the
| best of it in batting.
The New York papers claim to have pr-
| Vate information from Indianapolis TO the
| effect that big Amos Rusie is Weakening
| in his stand against the officials of the
| New York club. and that he is making his
| arrangements to come to that city for a
| conference. If he ever gets inside of New
| York it is a sure thing that the big pitcher
| will be bound and gagged TO keep him
| there.
| Ten years ago Jim Murphy was the re-
| ceiver general for the Phillies, and at the
| late league meeting John l. Rogers brought
| up Jims name to illustrate the uncertain
| ties of base ball. ''McGure,'' said Col.
| John, was our backstop in 1856, and who
| would have thought at that time that
| Jims services would be in greater demand
| than any catcher in the league ten years
| later. Verify, Jim Mcclure is the FitZsm-
| mons of the diamond ~