Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-12-18


Will not be In the first division next year.
fhe Boston correspondent says that the
BALTIMORE ashington deal created a big
sensation there, and was one Of the great
est surprises known there in base bail for
many day. No ipkling had been given
in Boston that such deal would take
place. It was expected that if Hanlon sue
ceeded in trading Doyle 1t would be with
some big club and not with one of the or
carnations that usually were not up in the
race. OF course there will be lots of specu-
lation about the outcome of the matter.
Time alone cen show what the outcome
will be. DeMontreville will undoubtedly
PUT up faster game in a faster team.
Everybody knows what a fighter Doyle is.
and his accession to the Washington team
will boom base ball In that city as 1t has
not been doomed for years. The deal will
come very near giving Washington a most
formidable aggregation, and one 1t will pay
well to watch in another season. Young
McJames was a player Boston was urged
to secure last season, and those up'tn the
game will remember there were many ru-
mors that he had been purchased by BOs-
ton at q very stiff figure. The feeling here
is that Hanlon has no better pitcher on
his rolls than the young southerner.
The Senators' Prospects.
The Brooklyn correspondent of the Sport
ing Life has the following to say In a re-
cent number Of that paper of the Senators
work last season and their chances for
next: 1.-The upward climb that Washington
made in 1897 proved beyond doubt that
that organization possesses elements of in
herent strength that will make it visible
factor during the coming season. Not. in
deed, as very dangerous aspirant for the
championship, but as team that will give
many a championship aspirant an attack
of heart failure in close game where ex-
pert fielding may have more or less to do
with deciding the day. Don't forget that
the infield of the Washington team will
cover lots of ground and smother many
hit while the outfield is not to be sneeZed
at Let Washington. Brooklyn, Cincinnati.
Chicago or Cleveland win 25 per cent more
games from the leaders during 1888 than
they won during 1897. and see what diff
ference 1t would make in the race. The
fight would be narrowed down until all
America would be agog with excitement
and the standing from day to day would
shift as the tiny pieces of glass shift in
the kaleidoscope 1t might come to pass
that the winning of game would drop
team from the top to sixth place and mid
die place club would Skyrocket to the top
for like reason. Anyhow, there is always
the probability of such a thing happening,
and what may occur is half the real fun
of base ball"
Says the Pittsburg Press: II some
of the youngsters upon whom Ear
Wagner and Tom Brown are pmnhs
load of confidence should reach expecta-
lions it may be put down as fact that
the Washington club next year will be
first division team. Doyle will be better
than Tucker, and Reitz viii be more
Montrevlle while the new men in the
trade, McGann and Amole, may be looked
upon as an even thing in advance of dem
onstration to the contrary. The new style
schedule will be decided advantage for
the Senators, who are about as good as
they make them or their own dunghill.
There will be more snap with the new men
in so many places, and If some of them
pan out Washington is going to cut con-
siderable ice next season.
The Black List.
Ever since the league passed that resolu-
ton Furnishing profanity with Punishment
for life from the game, some critics have
been laboring under the mistaken impress
sion that every time a player objected to
the decision of the umpire he was placing
his future as player in jeopardy. Such,
however, is not the case. The resolution
| was put forward to drive players out of the
game who are disgrace to the profession
| in the matter of cursing and using vulgar
sms, so that ladies in the grand stand
| were shocked, and such players deserve to
| come into the full benefits of the resolu-
| lion. President Brush of the Cincinnati
! club, who fathered the resolution, was
asked recently about the full import of the
''rowdy'' legislation at the recent league
meet and said:
at was not the intention of the league to
punish what might be termed rowdy bali
playing with such severe punishment as
| Punishment from the game for life. That
| was not the object of the rule What We
want to suppress is the use of language
that would have a tendency to keep wo-
men and respectable men away from the
game. If the league was to pass a rule
which would expel players from the game
every time they ragged about decision, the
! game would soon be dead. The league
magnates discussed this question thorough
| " in Philadelphia. Every detail was gone
into and. of course. all that was said would
man that attended that meeting knows
what the rule means. even If all the details
cannot be printed. What we want to avoid,
as said before, is the use of such vulgar
average man, and which hate to admit
was used too frequently by some of the
players on the field last year. Mr.. John 1.
Rogers of the Philadelphia club. under
stand, has said certain things about that
rule. which places 1t in an entirely different
light before the public. No one knows just
what that rule means Unless they were
present at the time when it was discussed
by the league. Mr.. Rogers was not present
at that time
Local Gossip.
The well-known ex-Cincinnati pitcher,
Tony Mullane, has been in the city for the
past week or two. 1t is reported that Null
lane is an applicant for position on Pres
icent Youngs staff of umpires, and that
his chances of securing the appointment
arc N0iy 6Cod. 1Ohiy has HHe endorsements
from the western magnates.
Manager-Captain Tom Brown has been
sticking close to his home for the past
week or two. He is busily engaged on
Christmas tree ornaments for his lit
tie girl. Tom has been keeping himself
in good trim in the intervals through
the medium of a punching bag that
he has set up in the cellar (. of his
house. Old Reliable Jim Mcclure wrote to
Brown last week from the wilds of Michi-
gan. and his letter was full of good things
over the re-Washington deal. The
letter was so good that Brown forwarded It
to Treasurer Earle Wagner in PHILADELPHIA
Trades are the life of the national game
The patrons have love of new faces New
players create new interest. There Is no
doubt that the sport will be doomed both
In Baltimore and Washington by the trade
recently consummated by Messrs Wagner
and Hanlon. The trade between Philadel-
phia and st. Louis and New York and St
Louis will attract many who will want to
see the new players.
Mccoy IS THE CHAMPION,
Indiana Lad knocked CreeIou INT q,