Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-10-21
BASE BALL NOTES.

The Baltimore and All-American clubs
played at Peoria, Ill, yesterday afternoon
before about loo spectators. the latter
again winning by the score Of 10 to y.
OBrien's batting and Jennings and Lange's
fielding were the features Pond and
Clarke and Rhines and Donohue were the
batteries.
The Pittsburg club yesterday drafted
Third Baseman Anterior of the Wilkes
barre Eastern League club and Pitcher
Scott Of Grand Rapids. Both players are
well recommended.
The st. Louis players wintering at home
are agitating game between players rep
resenting that city and a team of Cincin-
natians. Bill Joyce and Jack Crooks are
back of the scheme. but the need of a
manager will probably keep the Cincinnati
boys out of the game. Both St. Louis and
Cincinnati have large number of first
class players who claim these cities as
their homes. but the mound city has about
10 per cent the best of IL, owing to the bat
teries that could be called on to help out
the team representing that city. Breiten-
stein. Donohue and Sudhoff are a formula
Bile trio, with Ehret about the only NAH
TO oppose them. game between the two
cities would certainly attract widespread
attention.
A special from Louisville says: From a
member of the Louisville Base Bali Club
ii was learned last night that the players
for next season had been practically de-
cided on. Wilson and Dexter will be the
catchers. There will be six pitchers on the
list They are Hill. Frazier, Cunningham.
Magee. Newton and Thomas. billiard will
On the second sack. Clingman has been
selected for third. Stafford will continue
as shortstop. while the outfielders will be
Clarke. Wagner and Nance. Newton and
"a no nh
unknown quantities in the big league.
From what the directors say. Stafford,
drafted from Milwaukee, and Lewee will
not be in the club next year, and Perry
Worden will also be left out. There were
dozen pitchers on the pay roll last year.
They were Frazer. Hill, Cunningham, Wad-
dell. Magee. Herman, Evans Hemming.
Or. Clark, Jones. Miller and bowling. The
arrangement has decided to cut down this
expense just one-half and put on six good
men. This is the program as outlined by
one of those behind the throne.
ed out he used to mix it up bit. One
day he would pitch and the next day he
would take a turn behind the bat. Peltz
and Vaughn did the same thing. Breiten-
stein, Dwyer and Rhines. except at odd
| times never played outside of the pitcher s
bcx. McPhee was catcher when he first
drew salary. He caught for the Davenport.
Iowa. team. Pepper" Bill Schriver took
baseman and became backstop. Pop
per- ''jiEed OUT in fast company as thir1
haseman for the Brooklyn team. He play
ed thIrty-two games on the bag and then
became a notwithstanding News.
special from Winona, Mimi, says: o.
p. Caylor. who died at the hospital in this
city Tuesday afternoon, came west for
the benefit of his health scine six weeks
ago. and visited his half-brother. Val
Rocker, at Lake City. on the Mississippi, n
short distance above this city. He came
here about two weeks ago and entered the
hospital to be under the treatment of a
! local specialist. He suffering from
tumors in the throat. and had had several
barrow escapes from asphyXia while at
Lake City from intense Inflammation of the
epigottis and tubercular deposits in the
throat. He improved after going to Vino
| Ia. but few days ago the left lung col
lapsed and he grew rapidly worse Tues
day morning he was told that he could live
but few hours longer. but replied that he
had no fear of death, and would be glad
to be relieved of pain. He had just read a
letter from his little daughter. and was I'M
usually cheerful. As he felt the end APP
preaching he called for the nurse and said
Hold my hands, and with those words
he passed away. His brother was sum-
| moned by wire and came to this city and