The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1898-01-12

home. DOYLE remained at Coronado
Beach enjoying himself He did not
hesitate TO talk freely OF the deai
which made him a Senator.
Officially / know nothing OF the
deal" said Jack Nobody has yet told
me of it, but, of course, / know II is
true / see that some OF the papers
have published conflicting reports as
to how / regarded the transfer TO
Washington. j am told that IL was
printed that / wrote letter TO Messrs.
Wagner and Brown saying that i VIII
be glad to play at the Capital. l never
wrote any letter to anybody on this
subject. The report that L intend TO
lay off year is not true, either. You
see, it's this way: I've been from home
for many months, and | want to get
back as soon as possible. Until ! have
been to Holyoke | will not talk terms
with any baseball management. A
friend at Holyoke wants me To take a
share in an established business in that
city. He wrote To me that he would
have a proposition to make which
would make il unnecessary for me ever
again TO play ball professionally. i am
not at liberty TO say just what this line
of business is, bat the gentleman who
wants me TO become his partner is well
able to fulfill any promises. / will
neither talk terms nor sign a contract
with the Wagners until ] have visited
Holyoke and looked into this business
proposition. When / sign a contract l
always want To feel that l will live up
to 1t. and / could not now sign such a
paper with any ball team, as | do not
know that / shall again play profes-
sionally.
Il want the people of Baltimore to
know that ! fully appreciate their
many kindnesses to me. l certainly
llx~ nj
| feel very grateful both to the man
aeement of the team and to the people
of Baltimore. / never was treated 80
kind before. and | am sorry to leave.
| have no objection To Washington,
and will play there willingly if the
terms are right and my business pros
poets in Holyoke do not interfere. 1t
seems to be understood in some quar-
tiers that l have no friends on the Bal
timore team. This is unfair to me and
to the other members of that team. l
have as many friends on the Baltimore
team as any other person. There wer>
frictions, but there will always be
friction among a lot of players keyed
up to the top notch of endeavOr."
Doyle says that after he has looked
around in Holyoke he VIII be glad To
hear from the Washington manage
ment.
AS to the merits Of the deal" con
Guided Doyle, 1T is not well for me to
discuss. | believe that | am in bette"
condition than ever, and that ! VIII be
good enough To keep the Washington
management from regretting the deal"
President y. F. Young. Of the Ma
tional League, is said to have made but
two appointments on his umpire staff
for next seq son. up to the present time.
F., They are Thomas Connolly, the New
England League umpire. and Ed.
Swartwood an old ball player. and last
year an Eastern League umpire Ems
lie the best umpire in the country
will. Of course. be on the staff. as well
as Lynch. Mcdonald and O'Day. Car
penter Will also doubtless be reap
pointed. and it is said that George
Wood. of Philadelphia, the ex-bali
player. is on the list.
II is reported also that Tim Hurst
has been invited to send in his appli-
cation. This Will surprise many. who
got an inkling of the result of the
Leagues investigation and action at
the November meeting concerning
Hurst's beer-glaSs- throwing incident I'm
Cincinnati last summer. 1t was report
ed at the time that some facts came
to light at that time that would pre-
clude the idea of Hurst's umpiring
was thought that Brush's opposition
would be enough to defeat his reap
pointment.
James J. Corbett Is the latest Gus
toner of Chris Won der Abe for his
baseball franchise and team. Corbett
said he would like to buy the Browns
and was willing to put up a good piece
of money for the club.
In fact" said the eX-champion. Il
have a man working on it now. ] would
like to buy, and. properly managed, it
would be a good thing and would pay
me nicely after j had the team
strengthened. OF course ] will have TO
lose some money for a year or two.
but in the end | will get il all back
Willie Keller has been interviewed
about the pitching distance and gives
the following as his opinion on the sub
iect: spectators want to see hitting,
and plenty of it. Under the old rule
tedious / to games predominated,
and many were simply pitchers con-
tests All this talk about the terrible
strain caused by the present distance
is nonsense. Under the old rule pitch
ers depended mostly on speed. and the
successful one at present is the one
who is most clever in cnange of pace.
/ don't think an experienced pitcher
uses fifteen curves in game nova
days A twirler with good control and
change of pace, and one who studies
the batsman. is sure to succeed nova
days. My advice to young players who
have an ambition to become pitchers
is to practice control first of all
On his return from the California trip
Manager Selee, of the Beaneaters, had
several conferences with President Ban
Johnson. who made him the offer of the
eighth franchise in the Western League
the club to be placed in Omaha. Selee
was delighted and went to Omaha at
once. where he is we'll known and can
get plenty of backing, He then went
to Boston to get released from his YER
bal promise to manage the Boston team
next season. President Soden held him
to his promise and Selee had to give up
his idea of becoming a ''magnate,'' at
least for a time. Selee certainly lost
a great chance, as a Western League
franchise in a good city and in the
hands of an able manager like Selee is
a valuable piece of property.
Uncle Bill Conant said yesterday that
Boston might be compelled this season
to play Sunday ball away from home
in self-defense.
Never since the Boston club. or the
National League, for that matter, was