Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-08-19

ception to this rule.
Those Eastern League teams must be
ed the Clevelands yesterday by the score of
5 to I, their second defeat by an Eastern
League team In two days.
There was a rumof on the street yester-
day that Pitcher MeJames had been sold to
the Boston club, but 1t proved unfounded
and Is not likely to materialfze into a fact.
will not sell any more players, but Is will
Ing to trade Boston has nothing to offer
US. and a deal with that club is not likely.
walter Wflmot was In the game yester-
cay at New York and secured nice bingle
and put out. Holmes has been benched.
Mr. Chick Hoffer seems to have ap-
parently regained his old-time form, If yes
terday's exhibition can be taken as a cri-
terlon The Brooklyns can hit little bit,
and the holding OF them down to three sin
giles Is a feat worthy of the great Rusie.
1t is wonderful how the Baltimore players
come and go as to form.
CfncinL att, Cleveland and Louisville are
coming east this trip well primed and more
than ready for trades, to say nothing Of
Won Der Ahes readiness to sell players al
any time. The Senators can use Donobue
or Mailman Of st. Louis, Mexican or Childs
Of the Clevelands: but Fred Clarke Is about
the only Colonel the local management
cares about negotiating for.
Catcher Robinson was back in the game
yesterday for Baltimore and it is a fore
gone conclusion that his coaching of Hoffer
work.
Arson has fallen of In his stick work thu.
year, but as a fielding first baseman he Is
all right. all right. Think of the chances
a nrst baseman has in a season and then
SIZE up the good work of Arson, who has
made only six errors so far this season
The Atlantic City team of semi-profes-
sionais may not be able to defeat visiting
professional clubs. but they can at least
t,y 10 cripple them. The latest freak down
along the sad sea waves is to steal hats
Deienanty and Padden were the sufferers
Sne FORMER getting robbed of a bat that he
HAS, mas nafsed for several years. But it makes
niue diHerence to Del. He had a new bat
Yesterday at New York and cracked out a
triple and two singles
Nap.. Anson has made several waeers
srs st d ms Chicago team will finish in the
n.et olvlsion, and 1t looks as if he would
get there, as the Colts are good stayers
win all TO win and nothing to lose the
senators can play good ball until thew 90
i rs,ats. oaitlmcre; then they lie down like
inmates OF an old ladies' home
rom tucker Is still bingling them OH, at
w as nh ston. he has done much better
STICK work for the Senators than he did
nor BOSTON last year. At the Hub he was
uhder the constant fire of hostile critics,
ana II takes an iron man to survive that
sort of Observation-Disclosures
A rare bunch of human exotics WAS in
Inc, Inc rlgnt wing OF the grand stand, where
niue MISS Farrell, Miss Tucker, Miss Mich
OILS and MISC Brown held peanut Marty
Boston Globe.
Denny" Lyons. who was recently re-
ieased sy Pittsburg. has refused several
he will lay off for the balance of the sea-
son and start afresh in the spring.
Emsiie should never have allowed
OBrien to get off with that dirty ball
gen.-Boston Globe.
The Washington players feel confident
that Farrell and Mcclure can out-catch
any two men in the business. Mercer and
Il I'M hat ENor
the weak points of every league player
when at the bat. and in that way is in
valuable to pitchers when trying to work
man. Farrell has taught many a young
pftcte important wrinkles, and no doubt
has helped even clever boys like Mercer
and McJames.-Boston Globe.
Boston has played nine games each this
season with Baltimore and New York. In
the money was not far from $4,000. With
three more home games with New York
and three at Baltimore, the club will take
$O,OOO out Of these two series: that is, pro-
viding the weather is fire when the next
six games are played. This $4,000 will
come pretty near paying the running ex-
penses of the club for the year.
Lexington Park, st. Paul, was the scene
of another fight yesterday afternoon. San
dow Mtrtes of the Columbus team had
made hit, and was playing eff first, when
Denzer threw the ball to catch him. He
slid back to the bag feet first, and, it Is al
The latter resented the act and a fierce
fight was on in two seconds. Several
blows had been exchanged before Umpire
Haskell could get between the beligerents.
After little talk. in which it was shown
that Mertes was the aggressor, the latter
was put out of the game and off of the
grounds.
1t would. perhaps, do no good to print
the names of the Philadelphia players
charged with not behaving themselves 5s
well they should, but it would he unfair
to men like Orth, Wheeler, Fifeld, Boyle,
Nash, Delehanty, Cross and several others
not to make the fact known that they have
been doing their full duty to the club all
season, and are not included among those
now being watched by the clubs detec-
tives.-Philadelphi Ledger. This must
mean that Lsjoie, Cooley, Clements, Dowd,
Taylor and a few others are having bird
OF time.
In Pitcher McJames the Washington club
has one of the most Intelligent young men
pla ying professional ball. McJames is the
son of a South Carolina doctor, and he has
already spent two years at medical
school. MY home" said he, sis only
short distance from Charleston, S. c., a
town of $500 inhabitants. When 1 quit
ball playing 1 suppose 1 will go home and
fall into my fathers practice" Unlike
most of the young men from Tillman's sec
ton of the country, Jimmy McJames is
great admirer of the northern people.
Charley Nichols is his idea of a ball player,
ard he says that the rough acts of Jack
Doyle are caused by the unfolding of
Spalding ball in Jacks brain.-Boston
Globe.