Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-08-30

pared with the changes of positions among
this sextet between this and Sunday.
Manager Arthur Irwin of the Toronto
team of the Eastern League Is anxious to
get Pitcher Horton of Baltimore. recently
loaned to Reading. and Manager Hanlon on
Saturday wired Horton to report to To-
ronto. Instead Horton went to Baltimore
and had talk with Mr. Hanlon and OBJ
jected to going but will probably change
his mind. Hanlon told Horton II he could
get berth on big league team he could
have his release at once. Mr.. Hanlon may
send another of his young pitchers to Read
ing to take Horizons place.
In the fall of 80 / went to st. Louis
to try and secure Comiskey for the Phila-
delphia club" says Billy Waltz, Philadel-
phia newspaper man. Upon arriving there
and talking with Won der Abe 1000 was
FAMED by Chris as the financial induce
ment for Comiskey's release. This was
finally reduced to $12.5O0. and Reach and
Rogers wired their willingness to pay the
figure demanded. As authorized by the
Philadelphia owners, then offered Comfs-
key contract for five years at an annual
salary of 5000, or $4,000 in all, to play
first base and captain the Philadelphia club.
i thought we had Comiskey sure, but the
next morning, upon going to the ball park,
was told by Charley that he had decided to
take charge of the brotherhood club at
Chicago the next season. Messrs. Reach
and Rogers we're willing to spend $37 500
for one players services for five years. The
kilograms which passed between the Phila-
delphia clubs owners and myself on this
subject 1 still have in my possession to
prove that what 1 say is so.
If Ned Hanlon expects to have a walk
over for the pennant, as he said he would
early in the season, he does not say so
now. Ned has suddenly become very con-
sentative, and in reply to question as to
what team would win the pennant he said ::
We'll, every one of the first four teams
has a chance, but. of course, the Reds
have ri
playing away from home. We are out for
it. but there are still whole lot of games
to be played, and Tdo not care to make any
rash claims. Base ball is so uncertain that
just at a time when you think that you
have got everything coming your way
something goes wrong. and there you are
The startling statement in o. p. Caylor's
story for the New York Herald Of the game
which the Louisviles won last week in the
metropolis that 1.-The Giants acted as if they
were half dead and wholly drunk was due
to typographical error. The intelligent
compositor made the mistake of substitute
ing the word drunk" for dumb" There
has been no dissipation among the New
York players this season.
Last spring the Rochester club placed a
prohibitive price on Ollie Beard when the
Detroit club opened negotiations for his re-
lease. 1t was toss-up with President Van
Derbeck whether he would secure Bob AL
len or Beard to manage the Tigers. Allen,
who was engaged, is now with the Boston
club and Beard has just Joined the De-
troits. He opened the season with Scran-
ton and then went to Syracuse. His re-
lease from each club was due to the TACT
that he is a high-priced player. 1t is said
to be highly probable that he Will manage
the Detroits next season.
Third Baseman Donnelly, whose batting
in Pittsburg this season was miseraby
weak, is improving in his work with the
stick as a Giant Donnelly started in last
year batting at $50 gait but in the latter
part of the season was batting over .4o0;
and his average for the season was well
above 300, the mark that divides the strong
from the weak batters. He had two hits
out of four times at bat, one double, In
Saturdays game
Lajoie of the Phillies has been suspended
for the rest of the season without pay for
bis bad break on the field during Fridays
game. Lajoie had taken too much LIQUOR
aboard, and when he tried to play made
sorry exhibition of himself. To make mat
tiers worse he used the foulest kind of Ian
guage toward several of the spectators in
the grand stand.
Neither Billy Lush nor Horace Smith
have been playing with the. Toronto team
for over a week past. Their batting has
been weak, too weak in fact for an Eastern
League team. In fielding they were doing
very well.
Eddie Burke, the Cincinnatrs left fielder.
has gone home with sore foot, and Claude
Richie takes his place. Holiday and
Schriver were sent for, but the former is
still too i'll to get into the game. Schriver
At Columbus, Ohio, yesterday Umpire
Mannassau was mobbed by the crowd at
the close of the game. He escaped with a
slight cut on the head. Six policemen es-
corted him from the grounds The score
was: Columbus, 4; Milwaukee,, g.
"Ducky" Holmes, who had until recently
been playing left field for New York, has
been ''farmed'' out to Newark where Get
tig and Zearfoss also are. Holmes created
a sensation by his fielding in Saturdays
game.
Amole Hanlon's new find. looks a conner
all over. He is a left-hander with lots of
speed and a cross-fire delivery that is hard
to hit. When 1t comes to watching first
base Amoe has no equal. A base runner
cannot move off the bag with him in the
box.
The minor league magnate with star play
ers to sell is busy booming his goods and
his press agent is giving him invaluable aid
in marketing them.
How many National League managers
will walk the plank on or before October
Is? Let's see. There are two National
League cities in Observation-Disclosures
why anticipate?
Although Washington picked up Pitcher
Bresnahan. Toledo boy who has been
playing In the Lima club, he has a brother
still with the club who is a star catcher
ana should be gathered in by some league
club.
Charley Reilly made his first error during
Saturdays game since his reinstatement
1t was on an easy chance and was not
Think of Jimmy McJames getting In a
triple. Hart evidently trusted to luck when
he placed the ball over the plate, and the
tickle goddess was with the doctor. Jimmy
generally hits very hard at the ball, but
three times out of four fans the air.
Mr. Wagner says he has no claim on
Pitcher Dunkle, recently released by the
Sunbury club to the Phillies. Dunkle had
accepted Mr.. Wagner's terms, but the Sun
bury club refused to let the big pitcher go.
and as result the Quaker people stepped
in, and by offering better terms to the club.
secured their man. Dunkle pitched goci
game Saturday, but his support was some
thing terrible.
When Second Baseman O'Brien went
into Mr.. Wagners Office Saturday morn
ing to get his release papers, before leaving
Tor Providence, he asked the local maenate
why ne had been released. Mr. Wagner
told MIN because he didn't think he was
playing good ball for Washington. O'Brieu
SAID ne thought he was. and that he con-
sicersd himself as good at second base as
any man in the league
Little Bresnehan displayed the right spirit
after the game Friday, in which he did the
tW iriing. He thanked Mcclure very hearth
ly for his assistance, and told him he
ha tn folr