Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-08-11

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playing with the Lima. Ohio, team, has
been signed by Mr.. Wagner. and win re-
port at once to him. The pew man comes
highly recommended . Ale Latham. who
mer, and it is to be hoped Arfie has not
lost his good eye for picking up promising
players.
Ihs. Baltimore EagE q toushs better
a share Of that Temple cup money. They
appear to be making slow Progress toward
the top these days, and their troubles are
not done yet. The Quakers may surprise
them when they get them on their own
grounds.
The Philnes got a good man when they
than any the Quakers have behind the bat,
and there are few in the league that out
Gottman. the new man secured by Mama
ger Wagner from the5 Fort Worth team.
is known as the "Keeler Of the south" II
he plays anywhere near Baltimore's little
right fielder he will do for the Senator'S.
Over to the left of the foul netting sat
winsome bicycle girl: who opined that
there was no sand" IN fuckers bear
her opinion he would go through the sea-
son without loosening a spoke. Tom Brown,
too. in her mind, was no '95 model
The Toronto team has at last landed in
the first position for the Eastern League
trophy. The team started of bad and
were anchored for a time in the last posi-
ton. Then the Canueks got ageing and
kept it up continually until they landed
the Toronto team Is the wonder of the
base ball season of 81. The Washington
club will grab about four of the canucks
this fall to dead certainty. McHale, Wag-
ner, Snyder and Dineen look the most
promising.
The $500 received by the management of
the Baltimore team as a guarantee in their
game at Providence on Sunday was divided
among the players.
The directors of the Louisville Base Ball
Club held a meeting Monday night and de-
cided to, strengthen the team in vital
spot. Two heavy hitters will be bought
when the team goes east: and the para
mount point over all others will be to get
men to line 'em out to the fence. Who
these sluggers are IL not yet known, though
Captain Clarke has his weather eye on
several eligibles.
When Bill Kennedy. the Brooklyn pitch
er, heard of the fable that Boston had Of
tered $4,000 for his release he turned up
his nose, and said: 1.-The Boston club
wouldn't give ten bat bags for any men,
Ter of this farmyard team. You can't josh
me-"
1t would not be at all surprising IL Dad
Clark would join the Cincinnati club in a
few days He is anxious to become a men,
bei OF Ewings team, and a deal may be
made for him. notwithstanding the agree
nent that was entered into by Freedman
and Pulliam that Clark was not to be
transferred to Cincinnati. That agreement
will not prevent the Louisville club from
releasing Clark and the Cincinnati club
from signing him after he is released
Clark would be better man for the Reds
than he will prove for the Colonies
Says the Boston Globe: ''The oriole is
something like the buZzard-he loves to
feed on scraps. AS a notorious aggrega-
ton of tricky inside ball players Mana
ger Hanlon's boys take the prize. They
showed their true colors when Boston, by
game uphill work, forced them to take
backwash. They went into the air like a
lot of frightened colts, and used abusive
language to the Boston players, to Umpire
Lynch and to each other"
Yesterday was Ladies' day, and one of
the fair fans who ornamented the grand
stand said, enthusiastically: "Oh, he's Just
splendid; he's the best player on the
team"
'Who%" inquired her companion.
why. OBrien, that man who is going to
knock the ball high up In the air. His uni
form always looks as II it. had just come
from the wash. And see how neatly he
tucks his glove in his trousers pocket He
never gets down and rolls, in the dust like
some of the other players He has such
a manly gait, and when he runs he trips
along as pretty as a picture"
'Huh!' grunted an old rooter in the next
rev, as he got up to change his seat. II
can't stand that. I didn't know before
though, what o'Brien was paid for. If it's
FOR fork keeping his clothes 9cleah. that's some