Evening star., 1897-06-11
Base Ball Notes,

! The Washington and St. Louis clubs play
| the last game of the series this afternoon
| McJames and Esper will probably pitch
| for their respective clubs. Today being
| Ladies' day." large crowd will probab bly,
| turn out.
Ed Cartwright has signed with the Min
| neapolis club of the Western League He
is glad to get back in harness again and
will doubtless give good account of him
| self in the new location.
| Jack Gilroy, the Washington ball player
] who is in the hospital at Norfolk. is re-
| ported as doing very well this morning nd
| the chances of recovery are very big HIS
mother went to see him yesterday after
| noon.
"Chippy' McGarr has been released by
| the Clevelands, and another good third
| baseman is out of a job on account of not
being able to bat up to the 300 mark Nc
| Carr will probably become a New England
! League magnate.
That throw of Selbach's yesterday was a
| beauty bright and went clean as whistle
| into McGuire's hands. Tuck Turner evi-
| IDENTIFY did not know the player who is play
| ing left for Washington
| Reilly. Abbey and Brown to say nothing
OF little DeMont. were much in evidence
| again yesterday. Tucker did the best bat
ting ran bases like a deer and took care of
first in regulation style. Silver" King
continued mixing them up and was hit
| hard only In one inning. McGuire's catch
|
time beauties.
Breitenstein is slated to pitch for the
| Cincinnatis today in New York He com
| plains that his elbow is still trife sore
Inc Cinc1nnatis are a trfie uncertain as
| 10 now they will fare at the Polo grounds.
! Both the Pittshurg and Louisville teams
nave been debarred from the privilege of
| dressing at these grounds for minor Of
| lenses. and the boys feel certain that Mr.
! Freedman will find way of reaching them
| and barring them out.
| Ahson has been trying to trade one of
| MIS- hVe farm pitchers for Bug Holiday
| Ewing declared fhatIthe Cincinnati team
| had enough pitchers. and certainly would
| rot be strengthened by any Chicago pitch
er who Is rot good enough to be on the
Chicago team. T.
jimmy kiowl les has resigned as umpire
| IN the Eastern League. Henry Gruber who
| pitchcd for the Springfield and Buffalo
ciuos last year, has been appointed to fill
| the vacancy.
Says Anson: The Orioles struck their
Top speed last season. and l never in nv
life heard of iuciier team than this ag-
gregation of Haplonis. While I'm not one
| OF the luck or chance-blow philosophers
sun l must sayrthat the Orioles have met
with less hard luck. that is, physical in
pennant."
McGraws absence Is materially felt by
ms brother artists He was the life of the
inheld. This season he has fallen off in his
hitting. and his arm has given him no end
| Of trouble -
! John b. Days latest circular to the pro-
! iesslon plainly indicates that he has not
seen any game outside of New York
Among other things he says: Il wish pub
licly to commend the players of the league
i Tor the admirable control they have dis
| played on the ball field this season over
| their personal feelings" To which Nc
| Graw, Tebeau, Lange, Joyce, ct al, say,
| Hes kidding"
The management of the Pittsburg club Is
on the lookout for third baseman Jim
Donneliy. secured from Baltimore, has
! proved to be gold brick On Sunday
| morning Donnely told Walter Brodie that
| ne was going to spend Sunday at his home
| In New Haven. Conn He did not have per-
mission to go: Monday Manager Donovan
| received telegram that DonnelIy would
report at Boston at $3.50 pm. Donneliy did
not snow up yesterday, nor did he report
Today. When Donneily was with the Bal
timores last year he was lost for ten days.
one Day he reported, and as yet Hanlon
does not know where he was sojourning
strict watch was kept on Donnelly all
thls trip by the Pittsburg mana cement.
Donneliy was batting under 200 and had
| oeen OF little use to the club lately.-Ex-
| cnange. Donnelly has since reported.
Stub Brown amused the boys by telling
some funny stories about the champions
lie says they are nearly all society men,"
Doyle, Quinn and Robinson being about the
only exceptions. DO you know" said
BroWn. that Kelley, Keeler Jennings and
clark part their hair between each inning
rms IS TACT, and those who are not in
win thls combination are called buns l
was happy when l learned that 1 had
cnance to get away from that gang If l
mad not been so anxious to get away l
should have held out for part of the pur-
chase money paid by Cincinnati. Early in
the season.. continued Brown, "Hanlon Of
iered 70 release me provided would pay
MIN $loo. He tried to work this little game
on all the men he really did not want. But
Mcmahon was the only one to accept the
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