Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-08-24

Mr.. Wagner's attention more than his play
ssnver' King is said to be negotiating
with the Baltimore club and would I'M
doubleday do well with that Aggregation.
Ctarley Reilly. Johnny OBrien and Char
ley Abbey have received numerous offers,
clubs.
Zearfoss. the first baseman recently
bought by Pfttsburg from the Newark
GIoD. mas been returned to his old club
larry naTry Davis VIII play first for the Pirates
CHagan. who has been playing first for
the newark club. returns to right field.
Wmtey Schoenhut, the University Of
ttennsyivanfa boy playing this season with
negotiating with the Philadelphia club for
. posi,ion In the Quakers outfield. He is
player. ouho oaii
r,h Mercer &c s shows no bad effects of the ter
a ,u.s Lnesnoot he received on his right arm
uuIihs Saturdays game with CHICAGO ont
oIue OF Dig black and blue bruise m tho
ME as bi 4. was Harrow escape for Win
ne, as ms arm warded off the ball which
was on q Decline for his head and T,nrId
nave landed back Of his right ear 'N
couple Of the Senators who have not
s,.rnr, aohs tneir best this season win be
tract for next year. Two oontn Gun.
s se Isl Will call for the holding hacE 81
*i,Ooo conditional on good hail. Piayers
dlsd can a;a play and will not should be han
dozen new faces in Washington next
spring, and the regulars cannot AFFORD tn
be too independent ~
LANCE Hamilton and Keller are having
OF the league. The Bostonian has n sI;eht
Iead at present, but the Colt and thn Or;o1o
VIII keep him hustling to hold it.
Jack Giasscock will not escape the draft
In the National League in 1903 JacL iioLa
eu george Tebeau last Monday and
for you. ginger
iGea of the profits of Sunday base hsm 81
Weehawken. de poss'' president t.ia.
grapned Manager Mailman on Saturday
.hat ne mad fined Kid Carsey $500 for leav
ths+ ' ~ Browns month ago. He added
mat II Carsey pays the fine he will allow
MIN to pitch for ST. Louis the balance of
the season. VI
AZ Wilkesbarre yesterday, in the game
men ioronto.- McMahon was knocked
stnseIess by pitched ball. He was car
ried OF the field, and doctors say he is in
precaflous condition. The ball struck
MN back of the right ear
other day hot liner struck one Of the
spectators on the head and bounded into
the ar to height of fifteen feet This SO
amused one of the bleachers that he laugh
ed until he dislocated his jaw
Theodore Breitenstein, Cincinneti. pre.t
left-hander. has the following to saw of
the pennant race: I'VE have as good n
chance Tor second as anybody else. / don't
mink that Boston will figure in the wind
up. To me it looks like Baltimore to win
with New York and Cincinnati fighting II
out for second place"
OF the recent Cincinnati game in Cum
beriand Rem milford writes: IAN amusing
feature of that runaway game was that
the Reds crossed the plate too rapidly for
local scorers to keep correct account and
they gave out two fewer runs than were
actually scored. In one inning Vaughn,
who had been forced out, fingered between
the bases, and kept the Marylande.s doGg-
ing around until their tongues hung out
running him down.
Talking about the effectiveness of tie
Giants pitchers on their own grounds
Morgan Murphy, the hustling little catcher
o. the Browns, said last night: "Whan We
play in New York 1 am going to take a
tape line out with me and measure the dis
lance between the plate and the pitchers
slab. l am willing to bet that slab Is not
the regulation sixty feet from he home
plate. have sized up the distance every
time we have been in New York, and the
more l look at it the more I am convinced
that the pitching distance on the POLO
grounds is between three and four feet
short. What an advantage that would be
for pitchers like Rusie. Meekin and Sey-
mour. who are effective simply because
they have terrific speed, while the ma jority
of the other pitchers in the league do not
rely entirely upon their speed. ! may be
wrong, but I'm going to measure that dis
lance. What If 1 should discover That the
pitching distance Is short? Why, nothing
a. ALL 1 guess. only every game that The
Giants have played on those grounds this
season would be thrown OUT and then
where would they be?-Philadelphia Press.
At Lancaster. Pa, yesterday 1t is said
that in the absence of regular umpire,
Manager Frank Rim officiated and gave
general satisfaction, not one of his decisions
being questioned