Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-10-11
BASE BALL NOTES.

PRESIDENT Young OF the National League
returned home from Baltimore Saturday
evening. Mr.. Young says the chief cause
of the big scores in the Temple cup games
Is the past strain on the pitchers trying
to win the championship.
The All-American team played a picked
nine at Hoboken yesterday, and won by
the score Of 3 to g. Several of the Boston
players went over to Hohoken from Bal
timore to take part in the game.
Last Friday President Freedman of the
New York club called Captain Joyce into
his office, and, after aifew pleasant words
in recognition Of Bits landing the Giants
third in the championship race, presented
him with a check for 81 GOD In the even
ing the many friends Of ,Scrappy gath
cred at the Colonial Hotel Harlem, to
give him farewell banquet. Johnny Ward
made a happy speech. telling how he had
brought out Joyce with the Brooklyn
Brotherhood team, and said that in his
estimation Joyce was one Of the most
o. the best captains Captain Joyce left
for his home, St. Louis, the next day.
Captain Brown is doing the "clam" act
these days. and for amusement goes fish
ing and rides his wheel Captain Tom says
there are deals and deals in contempla-
ton by Mr.. Wagner and himself. but that
to make them public would spoil every
thing. AS soon as there is any news
base ball fans will be the first to know it.
Jimmy McHale Toronto's outfielder. and
recently drafted by Mr.. Wagner Cor the
Washington club, will be a member Of the
Baltimore team which is to make trans
continental tour with the All-Amertcan
team. He received orders Saturday to re-
port in Baltimore October 10. McHale will
probably act as substitute outfelder. He
is from California, and knows the country
well through which the two teams will
travel on the Pacific coast. His playing
will be closely watched by the Washing
ton enthusiasts, as he Is touted to take
Captain Tom Browns place next season in
the Senator'S center garden.
Bierbauer is reserved by st. Louis, Tom
Mccarthy by Brooklyn and Huyler Wester-
welt by New York.
Hardie Richardson, the old-time player,
and recent manager of the Hamilton, Ont,
team, is suffering from stroke of paral-
ysis, ard there Is slight hope OF his recov-
cry. He was one of the big four"
What will Indianapolis do in 1898 without
Watkins, and what will Watkins do with
Pittsburg are pertinent questions. May In
dianapolis find a worthy successor for him
and may Pi.tSburg have reason to be proud
of its manager.
Lange closes the season as leader of the
Colts batsmen. and as the fastest base
runner. The teams batting record is very
fair the fielding tolerable and the base
stealing excellent. But they lost about as
many games as the law allowed, just the
same.
The ball players who saved their dollars
during the playing season can go into win
ter quarters with more satisfaction than
their shiftless comrades VINO spent their
salaries as fast as they earned them.
The Boston critics who insisted last year
that Bergen and one or two members of
the Boston team were not fast enough, are
slow to give Frank Selee credit for his su-
perior judgment.
The Official scorers. who refuse to accord
stolen base plays according to the rules
should be required to step down and out
in 1893 Uniform scoring Is not an impossible
ity and President Young can easily bring
1t about.-Sporting News.
The II dicationS are that whatever the
temperature may be during November in
Philadelphia there will be hot time in
that town when the annual meeting OF the
National League takes place.
Jack Crooks is back in st. Louis. where
as usual, he spends the winter. The king
had great year at Columbus. He Is tic
killed. to death to get back in the league. but
hardly revels in the idea Of joining the
Browns. II would rather play in the Klon-
dixie league than with the st. Louis team"
said Crooks yesterday have never done
well here The management has a bad way
Of making all Of us good players do poor
ly by interference. Berhaps they will act
differently next season. Il they don't you
wont be able to figure gut the Browns
standing with a crOwhar."c
One cannot go down the street these days
without hearing corner conversations in
which such phrases as sold out" ''of
CouiSc DditiiuoTe Will get IL, ana hippo
drome" are freely heard. 1t is safe to say
that the supporters Fof the belief, which
seems prevalent, that '.tne Orioles are
bound to win the Temple Cup because they
allowed Boston to win the pennant," have
had very slight Acquaintance with the
inside" Of base balI OF all rot, the ac-
cusation that the final pennant games and
the present Temple cup contests are cut
and-dried Is about the worst. The Balti-
more club is likely to keep the Temple cup
because much weaker team than the ORR
oles could turn the trick at present. II
hasn't been SO long since the Baitimores
won their first pennant in driving finish,
and two or three days after that finish
they went into the Temple cup games to be
beaten like children. The second year It
vas little better. but the third time the
Orioles had the easiest race Of the three
and were used to the strain. The Bostens
are not the team they were two weeks ago
and they won't be Until the men have
braced UP during the winter. It IL natural
that the Orioles should win. As for the ac-
cusatton that Baltinaore sold OUT the
pennant. 1t needed only q look at the tcnse
Drawn faces Of the falling champions on
Many things which are advertised possass no
value; but who would nay that Dr.. Bulls CouEh