Evening star., 1898-09-29
Base Ball Briefs.
New York today.


Baker and Rusie will probably be the
opposing pitchers.
Capt. Joyce is now playing third. with
Doyle on first.
1t would be more than passing strange
should Washington and Brooklyn again
quit the season tied for one position.
Tom Daily is playing a great game at
second base for the BrookIyns. He has yet
to make his first error and has batted ter
riically.
John Is. Stanchfield, one of the most
prominent candidates for the New York
governoTship nomination on the democratic
ticket, was quite a ball player in his young
er days. He pitched for the crack amateur
team of Elmira in 1873. Deacon" White
being his catcher. Stanchtleld one of
the first twirlers to use the underhand
throw in pitching and was very effective.
All this talk about the league clubs losing
money can be taken with a grain of salt.
Several of the clubs are undoubtedly back
on the season, but not to the extent claim
ed. st. Louis is about the only western
club that Is behind on the season, the trans
ferring of games allowing the Wander
erS' to quit about even, while WASHINGTON,
Brooklyn and New York will lose sums
ranging from about $1,000 to $4,000 Sal
aries of the players are very low just now
and the season has to be extremely poor to
make the magnates lose money. Cut the
alleged loss of S65, 900 squarely in half and
close line on the actual losses will be
arrived at.
Local base ball "cranks'' with fondness
for wagering money on their opinions of
| the different clubs are sore on the Cincin-
natis. The Reds had quite a following in
this city. One of the sore betters remarked
yesterday. that "he wouldn't bet the Gin
cinnatis would play ball next season"
The Cincinnatis will never win the cham
pionship as long Buck Ewing is man
aser,' recently remarked one of the fore
most players of the country to The Even
ing Star man recently. Buck will never
serted the players during the Brotherhood
season, and this fact Is kept green in the
memory by the older men. The opposing
players do their best against the Reds and
in pinch Ewing's own men will throw him
down. There may be more in this than
designating the Cincinnatis as cutters
Bates. one of the best pitchers with the
Dayton (Ohio) team, is to join the Cleve-
| lands He has signed q contract and will
join the Spiders at indianapolis next week
He is said to be very promising young
ster.
Tebeau's Indians would have dropped to
NTH place yesterday if they had lost and
the Chicagos won.
Next to Baltimore and Boston, Louisville
| is winning more games than any team in
the league. The Coioneis bid fair TO over
take Pittsburg at this rate and will be close
| to the 800 mark by the close of the season.
They would pass 500 If the season was a
rev weeks longer. and may do so anyhow.
Who would have thought three months ago
| that they would be anywhere near Pitts
| burg by this time?
In another column of this issue appears
| the announcement of Tommy Corcoran n $
| engagement and coming marriage, to Miss
Daisy Sykes Flowers an estimaD,e Young
| lady of Washington. D. c., who mas been
| living N this city with her mother for sey-
| eral months. The announcement comes in
| the nature of a surprise to his many
friends, admirers and the membars of his
team. Corcoran Is one of the most popular
members of the local team, and he viii be
| the recipient of numerous congratulations
when he next makes his appearance IN the
| local grounds.-Cincinnati Commercial.
| Worlds Racing Record Lowered
SALEM, Ore, September 29.-Del Norte
| the guideless PAGER, has reduced the world $
record Of 204A for one mile to 204A. The
| time by quarters was 80, 100, 1.31, 2.04A