Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-06-27
COMMENTS FROM CINCINNATI.
What the Queen City Papers Say of
the Senatorial Outfit.

When Miller faced Donovan after he had
hit Hill, Dusty yelled to the pitcher: IF
you hit me I'll make you jump over one of
those fences" Donovan took the threat
good-naturedly, and after the game he
walked over to Miller and inquired:
(which fence would you have made me
jump" Dusty made no reply, but only
smiled
Anderson, the hard-hitting outfielder of
the Washingtons, got cinder In his eve
after Fridays game. He tried his best to
get it out, and finally went to bed About
midnight he suffered SO intensely that he
got up and dressed and hunted up a physi-
clan. There was nothing about his playing
thing else in his eyes.
A story is out that one member of the
Washington team dropped into a little game
OF craps in Louisville the other evening
came out in the air again the game was
"sewed up and the bank roll was in the
players pocket. He had "copped" $475
with the dice.
You should see Gus weighing this year2.
said Charlie Farrell before the game yes
terday. How is the old-timer?" inquired
Harry Vaughn. Pretty nearly as good as
ever" Pretty nearly as good" said Far
right now than he ever was. I'm not kid
ding. 1 think that he is pitching this year
better than 1 ever saw him PITCH
Home Run" Anderson. the crack center
fielder of the Washingtons. is popularity
supposed to have been present to the
Senator'S. 1t was believed that Anderson
was released by the Brooklyns and taken
up by the Senators. 1t transpires that
there was big wad of good United States
currency tangled up in that transfer A
gentleman well posted on the Washington
clubs affairs said yesterday that Anderson
cost the Washington club no less than
rhn fh,,,
the Brooklyn club was offered for the
home-run hitter. The-story goes that Bal
timore offered Brooklyn 49, 800 for Ander-
son. but that BROOKLYN being under obIjea.
lions to President Wagner for fuckers re-
lease, let the Washington club have him for
$500 less.
When Hill remarked that he was lucky
to get of as well as he did from the effects
of that swift shot from Pitcher Donovan's
hand he told the truth. Donovan is one of
the fastest pitchers in the business His
swift inshoots are delivered with terrific
force. Hill is not Donovan's first major
league victim couple of weeks ago Dom
ovan hit SILLY Hoy, the mute outfielder of
the Louisvilles, and came near ending his
life He hit Hoy in the short ribs, near the
heart. The mute was in critical condition
for few days. He had a slight hemor-
rhage from the effects, and was out of the
game for some time on account of It, Dom
oyan Is a very promising pitcher. He has
not only wonderful speed. but fields his DO
sition well. He Is a hard proposition for
opposing batters to face. His command is
not Of the best, and thoughts of getting a
crack like the one given Hill naturally
makes batters timid about facing him.
Let no one underestimate the Washington
team. There are some very fine players on
the senatorial pay roll You will go a long
ways before you will find two such great
batting catchers as Mcclure and Farrell
Indeed, there are many good judges of the
opinion that there is not a team in the
league that can show such a pair of back
stops, hitting and everything else consider
ed. Mercer Is one of the greatest pitchers
in the business. weighing, from all ac-
counts, is good as he used to be when he
was league star, and Donovan and Swain
are promising. Reitz Is wonderful second
baseman, and there are few better outfield.
ers in the league than the trio that guard
the outer posts for the Westinghouse Sell
bach, Anderson and Gettman are all first
class. The team that beats the Senators
invariably knows that it has been in a ball