Evening star., 1898-06-03

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| By Powell. 1: by Nichols. l. Passed bailNBersen.
Time Isl. Umpires- Connolly and Lynch
Base Rall Notes.
Louisville again today.
Attendance about 800
Did you notice Gettman slide into second?
Maybe SeIbach wasn't pleased with his
batting yesterday.
Frazer was taken but Of the box because
| of illness.
Wagner may not be a heavy batter, but
as a pinch" hitter he is strictly all right.
McGuire's catch of Wagner's wild throw
| to first was brilliant effort and rightfully
| arplauded. Nc
Five straight is not so bad: neither is the
landing of the Senators on the tenth rung
| of the ladder. Keep up the good work.
Mercer started off bad, but rounded into
| good shape afte- the first inning. The other
eleven clubs in the league have evidently
! 'coppered' Winnies slow ball, and, besides,
the umpires lose theEl as well.
Farrells injury win probably keep him
| out of the game for week. Today Ander-
son will be on first and McHals in center.
Amole or Swain will probably do the
| twiIling for the Senators today, with Red
Fhret on the slab for the Colonels
The players should get on and off the field
and ZIP to the bat quicker. The series with
St. Louis and the game yesterday with the
Co1onels took on a lazy aspect on this ac-
count.
Bert Myers, the local player who has re-
fused to sign with the Milwaukee club on
account of salary. has other admirers be-
sides j. Earl Wagner. A special from Mil
waukee says that Manager Stallings of thu
PhillieS has offered a good price for Bert,
and negotiations are now under way be-
tween the two clubs. Myers was at the
grounds yesterday, and looks to BE- in per-
feet condition.
An enthusiastic soldier from Camp Alger
Strol1aI the
took up a good position in the laft-feld
fifty-cent seats. He rooted for the Senators
like good fellow and created lots of
amusement. Jack Doyle said he reminded
himself loose at the Polo Grounds in New
York.
Joe Kelley, the well-known local player,
arrived home Tuesday from Atlanta, Ga,
where he has been playing since the season
opened. The Southern League went to the
wall and Joe is out of job. Kelley says
the trouble down south in base ball circles
is that every magnate wants to be president
of the league and the contention resulting
therefrom wrecks the organiza ton. Joe
was hitting over 400 when the league col
lapsed. He is considering an offer from the
Rochester club of the Eastern League.
Another Washington boy who is doing
well is Pitcher Norcom. He is twirling for
the Cedar Rapids Western Association
team and in recent game shut the OF
tumwa club out without a safe hi. Nor
cGtil IS Il leIt-niliueI, Nlln great Sped anu
control. and hits hard enough to be played
in the field when not pitching.
When Gettman made his wonderful catch
of Hoy's would-be home hit yesterday
his arms were thrust between two strands
of the barbed wire than runs over the right
field bleacher fence. This gave him practi-
cally no leeway. After he had caught the
ball and held it secure he had to release
with one hand the undershirt sleeve on the
other arm. that had been caught by the
barbs. So narrow was his escape from in
jury in making the CATCH and keen
his Judgment in placing himself for it, that
the barb marely went through the light
texture of the garment and did not reach
the skin of the arm. 1t was one of the
greatest catches in the history of the game
for nerve, accuracy and Judgment.
Many a Senator trotted up to the rubber
during that memorable batting streak in
the middle of the game. The ''walk-arcund"
lasted so long and was so continuous that
in the fifth, sixth and seventh innings no
less than twenty-siX men faced the pitcher.
j. Earl Wagner, whose purse grows fat or
thin according to the business done by the
turnsties a the Washington base bail park,
vas IN a thoughtful mood the other day at
Cleveland, waiting for the bus to the train.
Il can't get that little verse from Gilbert
out of my head:
See how the fates their gifts allot;
is happy, B is not;
Yet b is worthy. / dare say,
OF more prosperity than A.
Cleveland Leader. I'm Washington we have
the attendance and no club Here you have
the club but no attendance. II could trade
clubs with Mr.. Robson l could play to from
10000 to 1900 people day at the national
capital, and could make enough money in
two seasons to retire and live like prince.
The Indians are. likely to win the cham
pionship. They will draw 10000 and 12,000
patrons to game down east. Here. alas!
they play to a beggarly handful. Gilbert
was right. The fates are strangely un-
kind"
Jack Doyle was well enough yesterday to
put in an appearance at the park, but took
a scat among the spectators. play by
Wrgley at short brought that player un-
der discussion, and Doyle remarked to an
Evening Star reporter: ''Wrigley is one of
the best shortstops in the business, but
two, or possibly three. of the crack-a- jacks
being better. The boy has been under the
weather for the past three weeks, but the
want of better man has kept him in the
game. Wrigley is very sensitive, his one
fault but jolying will make him play for
his life. He has future before him, and
| look for him to be top-notcher before
the season is out if he regains his good