Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-08-07
Records of the Clubs.
Base Ball Briefs,

Inc new Senators will be given heart!
reception.
Games with minor league clubs should
not be taken seriously. A victory for then
means great deal.
The deal transferring Nops to Brooklyn
and Jennings to Baltimore has faiier
through, De Mont going to second ant
keister to short. The Baltimore enthusi
asts are consequently happy.
cincinnati may yet prove a factor In the
championship race The club has won the
last ten games straightaway and are play
ing good. consistent ball. A few more vic
tories and the Reds will be up in aristo-
cratic company and, unlike last season
may stay there
The Kansas City PLAYERS pulled Them
selves together yesterday and, to the sur
prise of the $500 spectators, defeated the
Detroit club twice in one day. Manager
Manning is bound for home with six play
ers, and the men at home are doubtless
wondering who will be 'it'
The release of Dusty" Miller by Man.
ager Ewing of Cincinnati will doubtless
prove a good thing for the club. Reports
clubs concerning the feeling between Mil
Ter and Ewing say that the manager gave
the cratic right fielder the full liberty of
action both on and off the field, but that
the latter seldom let an opportunity go by
without belittling the man who was treat
ing him well. Setback, Mcbride and Smith
give Cincinnati the stronges outfield the
club has had for many years.
The Washington enthusiasts can rest as
sured that all the talk about BROOKLYN be-
ing after Dineen is froth OF course, the
SuperbaS can use Dineen very nicely but
with the acquisition of Coughlin the only
weak spot in the Senator's makeup appears
to be in the pitchers box. This spot would
assurediy not be strengthened if Dineen is
let go.
The contemplated new organization to
oppose the National League may never see
the light of day, but If there ever was a
int no
the magnates are doing it this season Not
satisfied with doing as they please with the
Cleveland club and players the Brooklyn
naSnates now come forward and reveal
themselves as being in the st. Louis class
Strong opposition of McGraw and the Bal
tlmore press is what checked the deal and
brought Hanlon and Vonderhorst to their
senses.
II would be just like Washngton's pro-
verbal bad luck for two leagues to be
formed a time when the Senators have
been whipped into shape to make a good
showing. For this reason the new organ
izaLon VIII fnd little support in Washing
ton. The Senators look like winners at
present and would doubtless make good
II held together and a good start made
next spring. 1t has been many seasons since
the Washington club looked as good as it
does today.
Frank Dwyer, the well-known pitcher
has resigned from the Cincinnati club ana
left that city for the east SATURDAY. to con-
suit with President Young about a position
as umpire. Dwyer is one of the most gen
tlemanly fellows connected with the ma
uonal game, and at different times has
umpired in a. way that stamps him as be-
ing exceptionally clever in that line. He
VIII probably umpire his first game this
week. ~
The six players purchased by Manager
Manning of Kansas City left for the west
SATURDAY night. There was considerable
srumeilng among the players, and some of
to
fitcner Patton said he had been treated
unfairly. He had an offer to go to Wash
1ngton month ago. but the management
would not let him go. He would like to
pay Win the Senators, but has no love for
the western League.-Philadelph Press.
In the eighth, when Slagie made his sen
sauonai catch that seemed Boston's hoo
400 ne did not see the bail until it began
70 ran He ran toward right field in
sdnctiveiy as Freedman was coming toward
MN and the center field fence The ball
was Freemans by several yards, but he
misjudged it, and only a fine play by SlaeIe
saved the game for Washington at that
tlme.-BoSton Globe.
IL won take an extra section sleeper to
maui the Cincinnati club east this trip. Not
counting the youngsters, the Reds have
less men under contract at present than
they have had for a long time The re-
lease of StenZ l. Miller and Dammann the
resignation of Dwyer, and the farming out
OF Houtz has cut the party down to fifteen
tomorrow morning, will swell it to sixteen.
the announcement of the release of First
Baseman Clark by the Pittsburg club Sat
urday surprised many of the fans who sup
pcsed tnat the improvement in Bits work
since the team returned from the east
would keep him on the rolls until the end
of the season. The management did NOT
go INTO details In announcing the change,
PRESIDENT Kerr simply saying that he had
decided to try Bowerman at the first cor
ner and get new catcher.
with the four lsaders so closely punched
as tney are this morning, a red-hot fight
Tor the championship should be on the car
pet from this out. Boston and Philadel-
phia have made steady gains on Brooklyn
Tor the past seven weeks, and the close of
the present month should see them even
closer to Brooklyn. Indeed, it is probable
that there will be a new leader before
Labor day rolls around.
The action of the observation-disclosures
owners has been another blow to the popu-
larity of the game, and the fact that the
players were returned matters little since
the owners clearly showed that they would
turn the trick If they dared Syndicate
base ball is an evil that should be rooted
out OF the game and 1t will be If ever the
magnates get together and make a
straightforward effort to re-establish the
sport upon the plane 1t occupied when the
present twelve-club organization came into
existence.
Bill LANCE has been laid off without nav.
Manager Burns, feeling that the big fellow
has been overestimating his injuries, de-
cided on this strict measure yesterday,
Bill Lange will probably not accompany
the team east, and during the time he is
off he will not draw a cent from the club.
AS soon as he is willing to play the game
there is little doubt he will be reinstated in
the clubs good graces. Still, Mertes is
playing fast ball at center, and should the
team settle down and win, it Is hardly like
ly that Burns will split the winning COM
bfnation, even to accommodate his chief
star.-Chicago Record
OF nearly fifty men who put up money in
that year to fight the league, only two re-
main in base ball. They are J. Earl Wag-
ner of Washington and w. W. Kerr of
Pittsburg. 1t is doubtful whether the play
ers of the National League today would
leave their present employers, for the rea-
son that many of them recall the fact that
the veterans who went out in a body in
1850 were within couple of years frozen
out by young blood-New York Sun.
Quite wrong, young man. The New
York, Washington and Pittsburg clubs are
practically owned by men who came into
the business through the brotherhood
move. Among the leaders of the move
now in the business are Hanlon, Irwin,
Ewing, Tebeau, Duffy. Van Haltren, Nc
CURE. Farrell, Delehanty, weighing, Quinn,