Evening star., 1898-09-16
Base BALL Notes.

Base Ball Notes.
Cleveland today for the last time.
Chicagos opens a series at National Park
tomorrow.
The new men seem to be good, and with
the exception of Casey, who is played out
of position, will probably hold regular posi-
tions on the team
Manager Irwin was particularly pleased
with the work of First Baseman Carr yes
terday. He hit the ball hard every time he
came to the bat, but was unlucky in plac-
ing it AS fielder he will do. He has
plenty of nerve and plays the bag in Ten
ney style.
Outfelder Freeman continued his good
work yesterday. He bats with a free
swing. something Ike Burkett, meeting the
sweeps as if to drive it out of the lot.
Casey has been playing third base for
the Toronto team all season and at short
he is bothered by the runners getting in
between the little fellow and Smith as to
who shall play third regularly next season.
Yesterdays hoodlumism at the park de-
cidedly Illustrated the value of the double
umpire system. Umpire Brown was too
far away to get a true line on the play at
the plate that caused all the trouble, and
on several occasions decisions were given
that seemed wrong that would have been
robbed OF all doubt with two arbitrators at
work.
Billy Shirdle, the Brooklyn third base
man, has been released and President Eb-
bets is negotiating with AL. Wagner. re-
Gently with the Washingtons. Wagner de-
mandS more salary than Washington gave
him, and there is a hitch which may be
Strengthened out today.
Umpire Brown had a great chance yes
terday to throw Tebeau into the clutches
of the board of discipline and the public
would have had the opportunity of ascer-
tanning whether the league would stand by
the Brush resolution. Tebeau called Brown
a vile name and it was only through the
greatest Self-reStraint that the umpire kept
his hands off the pugnacious Patsy. Some
day Tebeau will run against umpire
with little self-restraint, and when he is
through with the argument he will be a fit
subject for the hospital.
The hitting of both clubs yesterday was
very heavy and added a great deal to the
enjoyment of the game. The spectators
enjoy batting game very much better
than pitchers battle, and yesterdays eX-
hibition carried excitement with 1t all
through the contests. The magnates will
make no mistake If they handicap the
pitchers before next season opens, either
through taking off one ball or placing the
twrler's position a foot further back
Boston wants a catcher. Selee offered
Washington Bergen and a cash bonus for
Mcclure, but, as President Wagner did
not look favorably on the trade, the deal
is off for the present.
A decided novelty in the way of base ball
attraction will be served up at Chicago
October 8. The last ST. Louis-Chicago
series has been transferred to Chicago and
the Cleveland-St. Louis series will be
played there On the date mentioned the
poor old Browns will play a game with
Chicago and then tackle Cleveland for a
game. That will be an entirely new pro-
gram in the annals of big league base ball.
Tommy Leahy of the Providence club
has the sympathy of many friends in the
death of his wife, who passed away sud-
denly last week. Mrs. Leahy was a lovable
nd In
burg and Washington where her husband
played last season. Her death was sudden
and unexpected, and was a shock to her
friends, many of whom did not know she
was i'll.
Double games were played by all the
clubs yesterday except Philadelphia-Chi
cago and BrooklynLouisville. The games
in Philadelphia were postponed on account
of rain, while in Brooklyn but a single
game was played, Louisville winning. Bos-
ton and Baltimore each won two games,
St Louis falling before the champions,
while the Reds were victims to the Orioles.
New York and Pittsburg split even, while
Washington and Cleveland each won a
game.
The Boston people have been trying to
make negotiations with Washington to Sc
cure the veteran catcher, Jim" Mcclure.
OF course they were conducted in the great
est secrecy, but the matter leaked out all
right. as all these great secrets do. Bos-
ton wanted to make a trade. while Wash
lHSlOn wanted Soutp CdSH II the HSuTe Is
not right it can be easily corrected. Doubt
less the "old reliable would make a great
man for Boston. He is at his post every
day, and there are today few in his Glass;
Sporting Life.
over in Washington they do not call play
until 4:3o every day. AT this time of the
year it is a pretty hard matter to get nine
innings in before darkness comes Manager
Bancroft of the Clncinnatis last night
wrote a telegram to President Young call
ing his attention to the rule making it
compulsory for a club to call it's games two
hours and a half before sunset. At this
time of the year 80 Is not that long before
the sun goes down. He will try and have
the rule Observation-Disclosures Herald.
Special league legislation allows the
Washington club to call games at 4:15 in
this city during the last month of the sea-
son. This is an old ruling. but, strange to
say, is forgotten every fall.