The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1897-08-12

wEcr the team goes East; and the para
mount point over all Others will be TO get
ner to line 'em out to the fence WHO
these sluggers are Is not yet known, though
Capt. Clarke las his weather eye on sew
erai eligibles
ExManager John Scheible, of the Youngs
town, Ohio, baseball club, who has been
i'll at the Maboning Valley Hospital, In
that CITY, for the past ten days with ty-
phoid fever, died Monday.
Something's wrong with the Indians when,
home audiences at Cincinnati and LOUIS
vile Keep shouting to them TO ''get in the
game" and to wake up" Players getting
ting $500 q rSz0o a month ought TO be able
to keepawaEetwo ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Cleveland Press.
Not withstanding the number of kicks
that were registered by the Browns against
Umpire Clark's decisions, he made a very
good showing Clark has been out OF the
game for some time. and it will naturally
BE- several avs before be Will be at his
best The only serious mistake that Clark
was guilty of was that he stood entirely
to- much talk from tile visitors. -Cincin-
natl Tribune.
Earle Wagner has commenced hauling in
his lines early. He has signed Jake Gett-
man, a ceEter fielder from Fort Worth,
and w. II. Fox, an iIfielder for the Coopers-
towns, in the New York State League.
Ninety per cent OF these fellows fail to I'LL
the bill, but Fred Clarke and Billy Dahlen
were minnow yanked cut of small sti cams.
Gettm2n, so advices run from Texas. is the
hardest hitter in the Lone Star S state. He
halls from Nebraska. Cincinnati Post.
Manager Long, OF the Reading baseball
Club, received official notice yesterda FROM
President Young to the effect that the
national board had, awarded First Ease
nan Carey and Pitcher Garvin to Read
ing. They have been pla wing with the
Athletics and were under contract to the
Philadelphia National League Club. This
case has been before the board all summer.
The Athletic Club made a big fight 20
held the players, but could not substan-
ii; te its claim.
A release in tsaseball-acase of bounceand
fire-really counts for very little, TO Judge
from the League rolls of today. Among tho
pla yers now in active service who Ia We been
turned down outTight-not let out in deals.
trades or exchanges, but simply Gro wdedout
are Werden Wilson, Clingman, Cunning
ham, Dcnnelly Elmer Smith, Donovan, Ely,
Burke, Hoy. Irwin, Miller, Beckley, Schriver
Rhines, Dwyer, Ehret, Schoch, G. Smith.
Keeler, Kelley, Stencil. Quinn, DeMontre
vile, O'Brien, Shugart. Hartman, Monte
Cross, I.ally, Pickering, Tebeauand BYrkett.
The Philadelphia Inquirer says: Worse,
and more ofit.--We may do better when
the mists have rolled away.-Come, now,
you Phillies Get together and show the
people the stuff Of which you are really
made. 1t is to be hoped that the infieId
question will he settled in time for the
opening OF next seasons campaign. The
Senators doubled us on hits and w e doubled
them on errors. In the matter OF run
getting, however, the Phillies were at
zero The Senators have won all the
games played by the Phillies in Washing
ton this season
Willie President Brush was away he spent
his timein alittle townup in Michigan, about
forty miles away from any postoffice. Nat
usally, he wanted to hear the result of the
games as soon as possible, and when he
beard that mail was not delivered at this
place, he made arrangements with one of
tn. natives to drive to the postoffice twice
q week to get his mail. The trip to the
pcstoffice and return took up two VS., for
which the messenger was to be paid So.
Tic first mail that he brought President
Blush conveyed the news to him that the
Reds had lost three out of four to Boston
and the contract which had been entered
into by resident Brush and the settler was
at once declared off, as President Brush did |
not think that new sof ID at kind was worth
the price. Cincinnati Commercial Tribune.
Dad Clarke's GRAFTON upon hearing that
Freedman had sold him to Louisville
sounds well to those who have watched |
the ''snamy-faced" twirler work for his |
club ~ should like to remain" says |
the pitcher, '"but 1 am not blind and can |
see that there is no room for me. There |
are Rusie, Meekin, Seymour, Doheny. |
and Sullivan, all better pitchers than am, |
and do not blame the club for wanting to |
get rid OF me. The Giants as they are at |
the present time are a great team. In !
fact, they are the strongest team in the |
League aud I see no reason why theyshou.d
not win the pennant- There Is not better |
manager in the League than Joyce. 1 |
sincerely hope that the Giants win get a |
slice Of the Temple cup money. In fact, |
know they will. They are all splendid |
ot OF boys. and leave New York wishing /
every one of them all the success possible ~