Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-09-09

Louisville at Baltimore.
St. Louis at Boston
Cincinnati at BROOKLYN
PittsburP at New York
Chicago at Philadelphia
Cleveland at Washington.
Base Ball Briefs.
The third game of the series with Cleye-
land will be played this afternoon. game
being called at Ais. Mercer will probably
pitch for the Senators, while Powell will
act in the same capacity for the visitors
Gettman certainly has the local fans with
him at National Park. Jake played sensa-
tional ball yesterday and scored his first
error. As the ball dropped from his hands,
after hard run. the spectators stood up
to man and gave the Texas Lacquer an
encouraging round of applause. That's the
way to treat young player and the new
man will feel the better for it,
Perhaps some of the gray-haired follow
ers or the national game can recall when
Washington ball club was in the first
division during the last month of the sea
son, but the younger generation would
have hard time remembering when Wash
ington had such club In the year 1879
the Nationals then playing on the 9th
street grounds, were tied with Albany for
first place in the International League at
the end of the season. and were beaten out
of the pennant through the padding of the
New York club with outside players. Since
that year the Washington club has con-
sistently chung to the last three rungs of
the ladder i'm the championship race.
The Philadelphia club has at last made
good move i'm getting Elberfeld. the crack
third baseman of the Richmond club to
play the same position for them next sea-
SON. This young man has been playing
good. consistent ball all season. and Pitts
burg almost had him on their pay roll at
one time, few hundred dollars blocking
the deal. Elberfeld reports to the Ouakers
on the Goth of this month.
The Cincinnati club follows the Cleye-
lands with four games, commencing Sat
urday and winding up on Tuesday. with
the last game in Washington for the sea-
son of 81 As double header will have
TO be played, Monday will probably be Sc
lected as the day for that event The Sem
ators will have hard trip for the last two
weeks of the season, but the clubs below
them in the race will also have their
troubles.
The Cincinnati players, who went to see
the games at the Polo grounds Tuesday.
had TO pay the regular admission fee
Just to make the distinction the Chicago
players were admitted free.
Among the base-stealers Keller is fourth
Doyle fifth, Stencil sixth, Jennings seventh
Kelley tenth and McGraw eleventh The
leaders are LANCE, Hamilton and McCor-
mack
Bob Allen has no reserve clause in his
contract. Boston will sign him if possible
as mis- work has not only come up TO ex-
pectations. but he has been a big factor in
Whats the matter, Amos" said Jake
Beokley to Ruse in the last Cincinnati
New York game. you haven't got any
speed today Z? I've got it, retorted
Amos, but don't need to use it on you
fellows today" Whereat Beckley relapsed
into silence.
Joseph K. Kelley, Baltimore's great left
fielder. expects to be married just after the
Temple cup games and take his bride
(nee Miss Margaret Mahon) on the post
season trip Of the champions through the
south and west.
Catcher Schrecongost was merely given a
trial by Louisville yesterday, and while he
caught good game he did not show any
extraordinary talent. and his batting was
rather weak. President Pulliam refused
to buy him and Schrecongost left for home.
In Fall River. last night.
Stencil leads the league in two-baggers
Harry Davis In three-baggers and Duffy
In home runs. Stencil has made thirty
six doubles. five triplets and four homers
or extra base men, Those ahead of him
are Lajoie, Delehanty, Ryan and Duffy.
Keeler is eleventh, although he leads the
league on general batting average.
Manager Hanlon is quoted as saying that
Baltimore will win the pennant this year
by from five to six games. The Baltimore
man is entitled to one more think He
only thinks he thinks SO. He is trying to
jolly his crowd, which Is growing gray
with worry.
A special from Boston says that Tommy
Mccarthy, formerly of the Bostons, last
night announced that he had received an
offer from Won der Aae to captain and
manage the st. Louis Browns rext season
AS to whether he will accept or reject the
offer Mccarthy says nothing. How he will
escape from the reserve rule by which the
Brooklyn club holds him he does not ex-
plain.
The language used by Mugsy McGraw
to Frank Dwyer in one the the Cincinnati
Baltimore games will be preserved and re-
n 90 fhEa ham <sf
the next annual meeting 1t was inside
language by Hanlon's inside player and
should be enough to expel him from any
nrst-ciass base ball organization. Jack
Doyle is down for like turnover for his
outburst of elegant language to players
when there was no chance for even a warm
feeling.
Secretary Muckenfuss of the Browns
has received long dispatch from Presi-
dent Won der Abe. says a st. Louis special,
in which the latter says: Deny all state
ments that am here West Baden Springs
d IN a. d,ckering with Brush Tor the transfer
Auckenfuss added: He realizes it Is TOO
late to strengthen this years team and I'm
getting up next years team he win
paieners. don't think he win meet Brush
at all. for don't believe Brush would re-
lease anything worth having. Brush has
the reputation OF knowing a good thing
and holding fast to that which is good.
Freedman. 1t seems, doesn't give the
league any credit for reinstatinx Amos
Rusie. To Scrappy Joyce alone he attri-
butes all the success Of his team In an
Interview yesterday afternoon he said:
THE position OF the Giants reflects the
greatest ON q man who Is responsible for
their standing. mean BIN Joyce who has
handled them with q view to winning the
pennant. and they'll win IT, too. or make
the team that snatches It understand that
there's been . battle for the nag. The sea-
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