Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-09-08
Base ball Notes.

| SWAIN ana mercer VIII proDabiy DO the
twirling for the Senators. Through the
courtesy Of President Robinson of the
| Clevelands, this has been made special
ladies' day.
Emslie's injury will keep him out Of the
| game for some time and handicaps Presi-
dent Young considerably, as 1t is late in
the season to introduce new men.
| Wrigley's brother died yesterday morn
! ing at the family home in Philadelphia,
but the little shortstop went into the game
for fear his absence would handicap the
| club. Zeke will be out of the game for the
| rest Of the week, DeMont going to short
| and Leahy to second.
| Private advices from Cleveland say that
| the x rays were tried on the injured foot
| of Sockalexis and showed that the joints
! at the ankle were becoming rigid and may
| disable the Indian permanently. Sox says
he Is going home to study for a physician s
certificate, and has tabooed liquor for the
rest Of his life. A pretty nurse in the hos
pital at Cleveland has captured the heart
| of the noble red map and he has showered
| her with flowers and boxes of candy. but
| as yet the pretty one has failed to recip-
rocate his affection. Should Sockalexis be
permanently injured, it will break up the
expected great outfield of next year, Dele
| hanty, Burkett and the Indian.
The New York aggregation may be a little
| shy on fielding. but when it comes to hit
+ ting and hitting hard the Joyceites are al
most in class by themselves. Four home
| runs, triple and two doubles, not to men
| ton the singles, was their record on the
day at the Polo grounds yesterday.
| Magnate Freedman of the New Yorks ar
rived home yesterday from Europe, and one
OF the New York papers this morning has
column interview with him, the substance
| of which is a roast of the umpires and
dab at the Cincinnatis for dirty bali play
ing. joyce, Tebeau and Arson have in
dorsed the work of the umpires this season,
a w hnr 6nyrvr 6srfxy hall ,,t,
ing the Giants have not been backward in
this particular. Freedman talks as IL he
owns the league, and speaks of what he
will do, when in fact he may be turned
down at the next meeting, as he was at
the last.
The fans at National Park have aban-
doned their custom of rising for luck
when Washington goes to bat in the sew
enth inning, but that fact has not seemed
to deprive the old-time lucky number of all
its properties as mascot for the Sena tors.
Yesterdays game was climax in a most
curious series of condolences. 1t was the
seventh game of the series with Louisville
on the home grounds. 1t lifted Washington
into seventh place. 1t was played Septem-
Der Z. 1t was the fourth successive game
with Louisville in which Washington scored
seven runs. Here are the scores of the
four games just closed: First game, Wash
ington, Z; Louisville Z. Second game,
Washington, Z: Louisville, 3. Third game.
Washington, Z; Louisville, B. Fourth
game. Washington, Z; Louisville, l. Thus
in the series Louisville continued to drop
two runs in each game, while Washington
kept hammering away at the lucky seven.
And it is of further interest that the best
Louisville could do at the bat in the last
game was seven hits.
The Clevelands are accused Of being the
pioneers of dirty ball" Several teams
now can discount Tebeau's men at their
own game.
The Cincinnati players claim that in
every city in the country. Cincinnati ex-
basis, while in Cincinnati the scribes take
great pains not to violate any Of the rules
of scoring.
Billy Hamilton, If he only had the proper
ambition, could be even better than he is.
Billy has a queer disposition. Sometimes
he acts as if he is sulking. 1t has been said
of Hamilton that If he does not get hit
or to first base the first time up in a game
he will not play his best ball.
Businessman Doyle is provoked about
squib in a sporting paper. which says:
First aseman Doyle is said to be unable
to agree with his teammates at Baltimore,
and even disputes Manager Hanlon's au-
thority. Therefore, Manager Hanlon Is
anxious TO trade him on Manager Han
lon says there is absolutely no truth in the
statement, and he is angry because 1t Is
copied in other papers. He says Doyle's
relations with the other members of the
club are pleasant, he is always ready to
harder to win and he fits into the team
nicely-Baltimore Sun The Life picked
the wrong man. McGraw Is the one in
tended, and it's 100 to bet he will not
be with the Orioles next year.
special from Philadelphia says that
Tebeau was asked about the story that
he intended to trade Shortstop Mexican
and Catcher OConnor for Delehanty and
Cross.
You can say for me- said Tebeau. that
| there Is not an atom of truth in this, for
we do not contemplate any such deal. In
the first place, OConnOr is more valuable
n than h0fh the other And
need him too badly to let him go. Then,
again, / would be foolish to let Mexican
go, for he has no superior as shortstop.
1t is true he has done very little hitting
this season, but every man has his Off
year, and 1 can't expect player to hit
all the time. We do need an outfielder,
and must try to get one, but not on such
TERMS
Tebeau then talked about the cry of
hard luck being sent up by the various
teams, and said: 1.-THE clubs that are talk
ing about hard luck should experience our
luck and then they would have cause to
complain. 1 do not want the public to
think that l am kicking at our misfor-
tunes, but they have come in punches.
Sockalexis went a big spree. McAleer
quit the team because one of the Cleveland
papers roasted him. and Cuppy has been
on the hospital list for nearly a month.
If these players had been all right we
would have won dozen more games". (
Il haven't the slightest use Sfof, Freed
man of the New Yorks." said a weIl-s
khOWn president OF q base Dali cIuO 10
Weldon of the Cincinnati Enquirer the
other day. Il don't like him personally 6
and / detest his methods. yet after all it
strikes me that his system is' the best onea
He knows no such thing as sentiment. He
looks at the business like he was handling
so much coffee and sugar instead Of deal
ing with human beings. He doesn't know
one from another He is strict. arbitrary
and dictatorial. He knows nobody but him
self. He makes the ball players stand
around with sharp stick, and his players
ere browbeaten and bullied worse than
these of any team in the league. Yet rec
oIds show that they work harder for a
man OF this kind than they do for one who
is ndulgent and plays the sentimental
gag. The New York club players are
made to about face by Freedman worse
than any players in the league, yet they
are more loyal to him and work harder
for him than some of those who are indui-
gent. He doesn't coax his players: he just
drives them. His success is shown by re-
suits. The New York team has fought
an uphill fight. They have. come from no.
where in the race to a quantity In the
homestretch. 1t rsed to be said that II
any president tried such course that the
players would get their heads together
and give him the worst of IT, Freedman
has had no uncomfortable experience
This president overlooks the fact that the
New Yorks best work is done when Mr..