The morning times., 1897-03-09


Southeastern League, was in the city yes
terday.
Jerry Benny, the one-time famous third
baseman OF the League, win manage the
Derby Club, of the Connecticut League,
the coming season.
Tommy Corcoran was disposed of by
Brooklyn because he was .'sulky'' IL
seems that Cincinnati is finding him in
the same frame of mind.
The Norfolk club, of the Atlantic League,
will open the preliminary season with the
Senators at National Park ON All Fools
Day, and will play April 2 and 3.
The regulars of the United States Army
post at Presidio, San Francisco, are con-
ceded to have the best bah club among
the guardians OF Uncle Sans peace
In 1893 President Won der Abe, of the
st. Louis club, sold Foutz, Caruthers and
Bushong to Brooklyn for S15, 900. 1t was
the baseball sensation Of the period
IL all the Ohio orficeseekers follow suit
and attend the games at National Park
when President Mckinley honoTs the oc-
casion, Mr.. Wagner will have to provide
extra seating room.
If the weather continues fair this after
noon Coach Brown and Coach Kelly will
have their fledglings at Catholic University
and Georgetown, respectively, at work on
the open field
Manager Schmelz is in receipt of letters
from Johnny 'Brien and George WrigIey,
in which they say they viii reach Wash
ington OF the 18th instant. Mercer viii
probably arrive the latter part of this
week.
John Ieydler viii probably umpire the
preliminary games at National Park be
tween the eSenatorsandclu from yracuse,
Toronto, and Virginia. VIII Belts viii
also see service in the college games at
Georgetown Field.
II is reported that the Br0oklyn club is
trying to trade Tom Mccarthy and Tom
DAILY to st. Louis for Catcher Mcfarland
1t would appear that st Louis has more
need for the backstop than for the two
has BEEN Toms.
Nov that the inauguration has passed
big percentage of Wastiugtonians are
eagerly awaiting the opening Of the base
ban seaso The COrbett- -FitzsimmOns
fight viii be small, II ocgh welcome,
oasis in the interim.
will captain the PhiIlies the coming sea
son, but Manager StaIlingS. who should
know better than anyone else, has said
that Billy Nash will guide the destinies
of the Quakers on the field
After trying that free sample of Quaker
Oats which is being given To every house
keeper in the city, one is not surprised To
know that Quaker Oats is the most
popular breakfast cereal in the worli-
We are glad to inform our readers that
Quaker Oats can be bought ut any grocery
store.
The iteIa going the rounds that Bert
Meyers has signed a Milwaukee contract is
without foundation. Bert sdid Saturday
that he had not pJ his name To the papers
offered him, nor would he until his terms
had been accepted 1t is understood that
Milwaukee has offered him 81, 200, but
Bert says $500 more Will have to be added
before he Will agree to become Il Brewer"
Big Bill Clarke, Baltimore's premier
catcher, has been clerking in a clothing
store all winter. II goes without saying
that if Bill used that boiler factory voice
of his on a customer the latter was scared
into making Il purchase or else ran out
GA liic bulltliiS III Slittt 4IiEilt. tAdihC Is
now coaching the Mercer College team.
In a letter 10 a friend, Earrister John
Ward puts the following construction on
the new rule, which prohibits a captain
fIom leaving his position 10 argue with the
umpire. Il think YOU will find that the
rule prohibiting a field captain leaving
his position to talk TO an umpire viii result
in the captains walking in 10 have a talk
with the pitcher or catcher, aCcUuiing TO
which is nearest the umpire, and tfe cap
ta.n's remarks 10 tie player VIII have
direct reference 10 the last decision by
the umpire The address 70 the UupiTes
states that all trouble arises from the
failure o. the un pr es to enforce the rules,
but II strikes me that the Leagues failure
to sustain umpiTes who have dared to en-
force the rules is the real trouble"
When Manager Jake Wells, of Richmond,
was in the city last week attending the
Inauguration. he met Tom Brown, and,
of course, baseball was the topic The
conversation turned on Wrigley, and Tom
told the Virginia magnate about the sen
sational game the youngster played at
short one day for the Senators last season
when he was une Xpectedly called to the
field to take DeMontrevilIe's place, who
had been put out of the game by Umpire
Hurst Nothing strange about that"
said Wells, 'he plays that way all the
time. l watched him a whole season and
he was continually making hair-raising
plays. Don't think his work that day
an accident, by any means. He can keep
it up right straight along and the more
you work him the better he gets. Wash
ington has prize in that boy, as the
future will prove
The death of Dave FoutZ reminds the
fans of the famous st. Louis Browns, the
four-time winners of the American AssO-
citation pennant and twice OF the world S
championship. only five of the players
who were members of the team during
that eventful period are yet actively en-
gagedinthe game. These are Jack Boyle,
catcher of the Philadelphias; Silver King,
of the Senators; Latham, of Columbus;
shorty Fuller, of the Springfield, Mass,
Club, and John c'Cub") Stricken, who
played with Springfield last season but
was released, and whose services are now
on the market. Commisky, who was the
leader of the great organization, has laid
aside his uniform and now poses as the
magnate and manager of the St. Paul
Club. Caruthers ekes out meager living
as an umpire in the Western League;
Bushong is a dentist in Brooklyn; Tip
O'Neil lives in Canada; Nat Hudson keeps
hardware store in Chicago; "Brudder
Bill" Gleason and Tom Doian are members
of the St Louis fire department; George
McGinnfss is q iourneyman glassblower