The evening times., 1898-02-26

| Ii looks now as though Jack Doyle is
! inclined To hold off from signing with the
! Washington club. and there may be some
trouble about getting the big first base
man into one of the new uniforms Earl
Wagner has been so actively engaged in
securing measurements for. If Jack does
not come To the Capital City he might as
well count his baseball career ended. and
man does not usually part with his
| meal ticket SO easily. Doyle seems in
clned 10 suIk, however. and may have
an idea that the company is not fast
enough for him. His berth with the
Baltimores could not be called a bed
Of roses, and it was generally thought
that he would be only too glad to change.
He is a faVorite in Washington. and on
the best of terms with all the members
of the team. 50 his attitude is quite sur
prise TO both the players and the pa
irons of the game. 1t is much better
that he should ID his sulking now than
after the season begins. and Jack is too
wise to injure his reputation by playing
poor ball because he is not satisfied with
his job, and if he signs there is no doubt
but that he will hold down the first sack
with any Of them and make his stick work
show up well in the percentage column.
il Doyle should refuse to sign. Earl WaS
ner will look like the man who bought
the gold brick instead of I'D. Hanlon.
and would have to do some tall hustling
10 make his infield complete. Ii is pos
sible that Tommy Tucker might undergo
another metaTnorphosis in the mind of
the astute Mr.. Wagner, and till the
mea surements for big League timber.
While Cy. Swain is indulging in liter
airy gymnastics spieling the shells
against a soap wrapper and practicing
slow balls down i'm Florida, he might look
for job in a merry -go-round to get his
optics in trim so that the games he
pitches this year will not look like cake
walks, with the players on the opposing
team promenading around the bases.
Cy.'s weakest point is watching the bases
and while he is doing conversational du-
~ with the umpire. or unwinding his
pitching arm, the man on base skips mer-
rily along TO the next bag. Too much of
this won't add zeros to Cy.'s salary not
plant laurels on his mansard brow.
The search Of Magnate Wagner and
Manager Tom Brown. Of the Senators.
FOR a seasoned pitcher 10 balance up his
staff .o1- tYiEleTs has ended in the selec-
ton Of Gus weighing, who played a stel-
lar role in the old American Association
and was a member Of the Louisville team
during the season Of '95-6. He signed
with the Wasbinston team Friday. Wey-
hing has been playing professional ball
since ISIS. when he was a member of the
Athletics. and has a thorough knowl-
edge OF al points Of the game and a line
on most Of the batsmen in the Big
League. He refused TO sign as manager
Of the Fort Wayne. Ind. team last year
because the salary offered was not large
enough and was not signCl by any 9TH
er club He has good speed and control.
in addition TO several deceptive curves,
and with his long rest should be able to
show up well al the first Of the season
and steady the youngsters until they
catch stride.
President Nick Young left for ST. Louis
to attend the National League meeting
yesterday afternoon and j. Earl Wag-
ner. president Of The Washington club.
passed through the city yesterday morn
lng en- route TO the same place. Many
matters Of Importance will come before
the magnates al this meeting and the
seat. at baseball news for the next few
days will be the home Of de poss brcsi-
dent" whose troubles have occupied the
attention Of the baseball world lately.
Foot cycling. the new sport on roller /
skates built after the plan Of safety
hlcHcif mas appeared I'm Washington
where the smooth streets are we'll suited
70 the exercise. and the pioneers in this I.
line are Vice President Hobart's son and
few of his little friends. The skates
are said 10 feel very heavy and clumsy F..
at first, but they have bali bearings. and .
ron 50 easily that the exercise is not so
tillnS as one would imagine on a first ex- 4
pel1ence. il is said that a rink or large
hoor IS the proper place to enjoy foot
cycling. Smooth pavements serve al
most. as well. however. and when the
skates are thoroughly introduced the
pastime promises 10 become very popular.
Silver" King - not vet out of the
"a me, and is waiting at ST. Louis for
Tim Hurst. and hopes to fix up a con- |
tract To twiTl for the Browns next sea-
son. King is an old favorite with the
St Louis fans. and Hurst may sign him.
n New York paper Is conducting a
makeup column, 30 which il invites all
the fans 10 contribute their ideas of how
the Giants should be made un for this
season There are very few persons who
ever witnessed more than two games of
ball who do not think they can tell the
owner OF the team how to make il a
pennant-winner, and this class are con-
tributing largely to the column. Scrappv
Bill Joyce has an even call with Bin
Clark as the choice for first base. but
many think Scrappy would do better on
the bench TO watch the men.
JEFFRIES' BIG JOB.