Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-07-13
For the Local Cham pfOnship.

The base ball game, which was to take
place yesterday afternoon at National
Park between the Bureau of Engraving
and Printing and the Shamrock teams, for
the championship of the District, was
postponed until today on account of rain.
The game is the first of a series to be
played. Play will be started at 4:30 o'clock.
Base Ball Notes.
again today, King and Hawley being the
twirlers tabled to pitch.
Freeman, the rightfie!der of the Toront D.
made three singles and homer in the first
game, and double and home-run in the
second yesterday, the Wilkesbarre club
being defeated III each contest. Billy Lush
hammered out two triples.
One Of the New York players recently
gave away the reason why Dad" Clarke
is not pitching more games for the Giants
Dad is not popular with the players, he
said. He is q great poker player, and is
more than bis salary ahead of the game
his victims numbering almost every player
on the pay roll. When Dad" pitches they
even up on him by poor support. Joyce
knows this, and refuses to take chances
Notwithstanding the fact that Deleha nty
leads the league in batting, and is fielding
in frst-class style, he is not popular with
the Philadelphia scribes. They say he is OF
but little value to the Quaker club, AMI
that change would do both Ed and the
club good. But Reach and Rogers are
afraid to let him go on account of his pop
u!arity with the Philadelphia patrons.
The Cincinnati club has not been in
Washington this season, but the next
eastern trip of the western clubs we will
have the Red legs at National Park for six
games. They play here August %, "A and
-, and then. before going home, return for
yr1nr 1f1NoS ar SDT NfGrro nAr md
Ii. The transferred games around Decora-
ton day brought this change about.
special dispatch from Chicago last
night says: President Ban johnson of the
Western League states that the Boston
club is playing Illegal player in Lake,
who stands suspended by President John
son, a bulletin to that effect having been
issued by President Young. Lake was sus-
pended for failing to pay 500 fine for as
saulting Umpire Graves while with the
Kansas City club.
Fob Allen, the crack shortstop who WIS
released by Detroit last week, was signed
yesterday at Cleveland by Manager Seely
of the Boston team. Ii had been supposed
that Philadelphia would get Allen.
Sandy McDermott AYERS his intention of
turning over a new leaf and becoming mas
nerve" sad he but l always hate to take
away a ball players money. Hereafter,
though, l am resolved to serve notice that
all players must keep away from me- In
that last little affair in Quakerdom it was
hard to tell whether Col. McDermott was
acting as an umpire chairman of com
mittee on credentials during a row in a po-
Hiical convention.
Jack Crooks is another one of the old
lea guerS in minor company who believes
that he will be playing with one of the big
league teams when the season opens next
year.
4 never was in better condition in my
life than | am right now, and l am throw
better |
years. l sincerely believe that l will be
with the league again next year. At any
rate. | am going try awful hard to show
that i am not yet an Old has BEEN
Jacks playing in the two games recently
at Columbus bears him out in this regard
In the two games he played he ac3epted
nineteen chances out of possible. twenty
a record that any second basemah might
be proud of.
\ decision that caused the biggest kick
was Lajoie's hit down the left field foul
line for two bases. Irwin and all the play
ers insisted it was foul. After the sides
changed and Ewing started to go across to
the first base coaching pen, he stopped at
the plate and said to Hurst: You 1ad bet
ter watch that third base on close hits
lis that SOL said Tim. Perhaps you
might come and teach me my business
THAT hit was foul by four inches,
persisted Buck.
"Who told you so-Freshy Irwin. eh?"
said Tim. Well you go back to the bench
and sit down with Freshly
Buck protested but it was no use. He
had to go to the bench and he sent Vaughn
up to do the coaching.-Cincinnati En-
qUirer.
Billy Damn.ann has temper. This tenn
per sometimes cannot be controlled by it's
possessor. In the seventh inning Saturday,
when Dammann stepped into the box 20 re-
lieve Ehret. Jack Taylor yelled from the
coachers box, Here comes Coxey's army
Quick AS a flash Dammann turned around
ard let the ball go at Taylor's head, which
il missed only by a few inches. Taylor and
I'ammann came within an ace of corning to
blows after this. but interference by the
payers prevented a scene. Taylor rushed
toward Dammann, but the little pitcher
gamely met him half way and drew back
if to hit him. Irwin and PETIT jumped
between the two mea just then and pre-
vented further trouble.-Cincinnati Ex-
change.
TALK OF THE OARSMEN.