Evening star., 1898-09-03

Senators at Cincinnati today their last
western game.
1t looks now as if the Washington-Phila-
delphia series would not be transferred to
the latter city.
Al Selbach will not be able to play for a
week or two.
There'l be fun in Cincinnati tomorrow,
when the Clevelands start series. They
are in great shape to shake the Reds out of
first place.
Baltimore will probably be in first place
tonight. The birds have two games with
| the Pittsburgs, and should land them both.
as McJames and Hughes are down 10 pitch
against Rhines and Hart
If Buck Freeman can be secured from
the Toronto club Mr. Wagner should at
least give him trial. Freeman is easy to
handle is a hard, conscientious worker and
takes care of himself. Dozens of players
have been given trials that have not nearly
as good a record as the Toronto right
fielder.
That man Cockman, the Reading short
stop, is playing a wonderful game for his
club. His put outs and assists are generally
in double figures, and the pleasing part of
his ability is that he is hitting away over
the three hundred mark. Cockman is one
of the men offered to Mr.. Wagner by Man
ager Long on trial
President-Manage Hanlon of the Balti-
mores left his club in Louisville and slipped
over to Cincinnati a day ahead of his play
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| correspondents with the club Perhaps Ned
wants to get into the Taylor Hill Mercer
| deal The chances are that Hanlon would
| give Hughes or McJames for the big st.
| Louis tWirler.
| Another case of hard luck is reported to
| have fallen on the Senators. The Cincin-
| natl Enquirer says that ''Jud" Smith has a
very bad foot Pitcher Hawley ran into
| him in Thursdays game and accidentally
| stepped on his toe Jud is reported to have
| said last night that he was afraid a small
| bone in his foot was broken. This will put
about four pitchers and two catchers in to-
| days game, Reitz, Anderson and Gettman
| being the only regulars.
Billy Joyce is just the man to bring the
revolt at PittsbIrg yesterday to an issue
between himself and the three or four play
ers on the team who are trying to drive the
old man to the woods Doyle coddled Joyce
when he first Joined the team, but 1t now
| locks as If he is already after the man.
ayers job. The shirking of Doyle and
Gleason Is said to have lost the game yes
terday, even after RuSie was taken out on
account of illness.
| The Bostons probably thought they had
| picked up a good thing in carrying the
Clevelands to the hub to play off the pres
| ent series of games. 1t may have been a
| good thing from a gate money standpoint,
! but artistically 1t has been an awful frost.
The visitors have taken two out of three
| and pushed the champions out of first place.
The Colonels are not pannant winners, but
Iney are penndnl LurnDIerS. Iney nave
| tumbled both the Bostons and the Balti-
| mores at several critical stages in the race.
| Thers Is no gainsaying the fact that the
falls city now has a high-class ball team.
The Cincinnatis can shake hands with
themselves that they have not many more
games TO play with the Colonies.
Van Haftren's athletic prowess has net
ted him s43,SOO, or thersabouts. He has
| worn the livery of Chicago, Brooklyn, Bal
timOre Pittsburg and New York, and from
these five towns came S31, $50 of his earn
ings. The highest salary the veteran ever
drew was 5000 from Baltimore, and that
bonanza lasted for two years. His stay in
Baltimore was the Klondike OF his career
and he rejoiced In daily income of $50.
Lave Cross, third baseman for the St
Louis club, has brought suit in the police
court of that city against the Philadelphia
Base Ball Club for 500 alleged to be due
| him on last years salary. 1t was set forth
that Cross had contracted to play for the
Phillies last year for 81. 100 and $500 extra
to be paid on conditions governing Cross
playing and conduct. He was to receive a
certificate from the manager of the team at
the end of the season certifying that he
was entitled to the $500. Cross admits that
he did not receive the certificate but de-
clares he obeyed the stipulations and Is en-
| tftled to the extra money. The case was
| taken under advisement, and decision will
be rendered in two weeks.