The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1897-09-21
AROUND THE BASES.

Subscriber first game is the regular
one.
Al the present rate, it looks like the
Senators will drop four straight at Baln-
more.
Abel bought he release Of Pitcher
Miller OF FAN River, yesterday for S5on.
Miller was one Of the swift.si pitchers
of tie New England League this sea
son.
wrieley played great game on the
Quaker City ball field yesterday. He was
all over the diamond, and the things that
got past the little sho-tstop We're not vii
BILE To the naked eye.
What {. drop hal come the way OF the New
YocS tc8Ei since Andy Freedman returned.
His loud-nioutbcd nagging at the players
froIn morning until night completely dis
gusts the boys with the game, and they
don't half try to play.
Players who are unfortunate enough TO be
members Of teams which are down in the
race are looiing for base hits ut this season
of the year. In q recent game star out
fielder refused TO run when hit by pitched
ball. He wanted another chance 10 hit the
leather.
Arthur Irwin Of wagner's farIG. is still
trying to convince Boston newspaper
men that he owns the Toronto franchise
and al, its pla yers. Up TO date he has
yet to explain the presence of Earl Wag-
Ber's clerk as treasurer of the Toronto
ciuL.-srr4nrfIeld Union
Willis is one OF the most deceptive drop
hall pitchers III the country, and Buckenbur
ger says the Wolf will undoubtedly pan
out all right IN the big League. All the
friends of Willis and he has hundreds in
Svracnsc- will wish him all possible sue
cess I'm the National. Syracuse News.
Presiden, Young viii insist on an inves
tication Of the charges IN AIDE against him
10y President freedman, and unless he is
fully yindicateti, will tender his resignation.
II Uncle Nick is found guiltless and Mr..
Freedman does not offer an apology, il is
probable that a vote OF censure for him and
confidence In MIR. Young will be the
consequence. But Mr.. Soden, who is "a
friend of both Mr.. Young and Mr.. Freed
man, can be counted on to straightcn out
the tangle.
Monte Cross deserves great credit for
y
der Abe knows anything about gratitude
he will trade the active shortstop.
Cross expected to get away from st. Louis
last year, but " as disappointed Insteadof
sulking over it. however, aud trying to
get lis release by playing indifferently.
lie worked all the harder. and IL his rec
ord is not as good as it should be, 1t is
because he was doing what few other
members OF the team We're by taking
every chance. The absence OF a regular
first baseman and the teams weakness
at second for many weeks account for a
large number of errors Balls which half
Of the first tasemen in the League would
have caught were missed and recorded as
wild throws by tie sthorstop.
That alleged $500 offer to pitchers de-
feating Baltimore has exploded. 1t was
said that the alleged offer was made by
Adolph Busch, the millionaire brewer of
st. Louis, and that Griffith, the Chicago
twirier, had received q letter to that ef
feet, with Mr.. Buschs signature affixed
thereto 1t has been learned, however,
that Mr.. Busch is at present travelling Ia
Europe, and that even were he In this
country. he does not take sufficient inter
est in baseball to blow in" as much as
$40 cents on its ups and downs Some one
must have been stringing the Chicago
boys 1t In not likely that Busch would
give them penny for beating Baltimore.
II anything. he would like to see them
loee to Baltimore. for he has large inter-
ests IN the Monumental City, and none at
I'll At Boston.