Evening star., 1899-03-20
WEYHING STILL AWAY
Gus Has Not Yet Made His Appear
anee at Hampton,
ST. Louis NEGLECFS TO PRACTICE
Washington BowIers Meet Those
in Baltimore.
ECEN1' WHIST MATCHES S


Va. The two days work on the diamond
at the Soldiers Home has made them stiff
and sore. and the first day OF the week
was gladly welcomed. Several of the boys
turned out early and attended church. but
a majority were content to remain in bed
| until a late hour. and when once UP and
dressed a good, ali-around loaf was the
order of the day
Pitcher Gus weighing Is the only Senator
unaccounted for at Hampton, and 1t begins
to dawn upon the players that perhaps
there Is "a screw loose somewhere as re-
CARDS the veterans peace of mind over the
terms offered for the coming season. Wey-
hing came to Washington last season on
trial for very small salary. ard there is
no question that his work was of high
order. What terms were offered Gus for
this season are, of course, not known. but
that he should have been sent a contract
calling for a stiff advance over last sea-
sons figures goes without saying. Wey-
hing Is past the experimental stage now.
and with good fielding team behind him
his victories will far Outclass his defeats
Weyhing is always prompt to report in the
spring. ard, one of the players remarked
yesterday. dissatisfaction over his con-
tract Is the only way to account for Wey-
hing's absence.
1t is expected that "Wally'' Taylor will
report to Manager Irwin today, and from
this on will hold down the second corner
for the ''Yanigans. or picked nine. Taylor
will play second and manage the Toronto
team the coming season. Johnny o BrienS 5
sprained knee is coming around all right
and the center fielder will be i'll the game
this afternoon Billy Hulen has loaded
himself with Guinine and last night his
slight attack of chills was beaten off for
the present.
played the regular and picked mines lining
up against each other. The regulars will
have a majority of the players selected for
the positions the coming season in the
clubs makeup, while the picked nine will
embrace the superfiuous pitchers ard extra
men. These games will be played every
afternoon until the practice season closes.
with the exception of games scheduled with
| regular clubs while the morning practice
| will take in bunting, signals. ba tting With
| the runner. and getting a general under
| standing Of the technical parts Of the
game.
The Philadelphia club, practicing at Char
| lotte. S. c., indulged in a seven-inning
game Saturday afternoon. and it was
| quickly demonstrated that the boys had not
yet developed their business eye" as but
three hits We're made by the regulars and
| but six by the picked nine. Wheeler and
Frazer pitched for the Yanigans. while Ber-
nard and Piatt performed the same service
| for the regulars. Roy Thomas late of the
University of Pennsylvania played first for
| the regulars, and his work was exceedingly
| fine, lChiles and Douglass. the other candi-
oates IOF IIt pbSlIlOT, DtlilS Silp"cil ui'ticI
in the first trial heat. Should Thomas
prove good enough for the Philies at first
Douglass will go behind the bat, his proper
place.
| lumbus. Ga; the practicing grounis of the
Cincinnati club. and Jack Taylor. the
| pitcher, is the cause therefor. Jacks con-
tract temperance clause and lll does not
go into effect until April /. and the biz hoy
decided to fake all his training thc last
| week of this month. Three or four times
he has been missing from the grounds dur
ing practice hours. and Saturday night It
was developed that Jack was doing a little
painting on the quiet. but claims he will
he all right when the season opens. Man
ager Ewing was. of course. very WrOthy
over TaylOr'S break. but he Is helpless on
account of the contract not yet being i'll
force. Taylor always has been a nar1 man
to handle. but he will find nut that he is
dealing with men of SITTER caiiber in Gin
c;nnati than have confronted him in Phil
delphia and ST. Louis
Many guesses have been made at the rea
son why the expulsion resolution, having
in view the freezing out of the ST Louis
clUb. was not passed at the late meeting
of the National League in New York, and
only hints have been thrown out as to the
real cause. Mr.. Brushs chief opponent was
Col Rogers of Philadelphia. and he was
| backed up hy his companions owing to this
simple question: How are you going to
exDel the St Louis club for not paying dues
levied by the league. when the New York
tiuD owes the same nOuy S1,OFb, tDe nne IN
the Holmes case" This was the lever that
moved the league and defeated Brush.
nothing more. 1t was quickly seen that the
New York situation would come to the
| front very quickly and demonstrate the
false position taken by the league and for
this reason alone The ma gnateS fell back on
tne generous proposition of not expelling
the Browns because it would not be fair
to the stockholders of that club As one
magnatc put it after the meeting: The St
Louis club would have been thrown out
Dag ana baggage. at the meeting but for
the taCt that President Freedman has not
palh ms hne in the Holmes case and will
close the Polo grounds before he submits
10 that penalty This talk about Brush be-
ing defeated is all rot. Brush wanted to
| have an end to base ball politics and get
the public into shape for the coming sea-
son: but his companions thought different
and that's all there is to it. The Cincin-
nati magnate can come to the front in base
DaII politics whenever he desires and three
| 1ourths of the magnates are more than
Wiling to listen to his suggestions and ad-
vice"
The Louisville and Pittsburg clubs left
their respective homes Saturday night for
their spring practice grounds: the CoIoneIs
| journey to Thomasville Ga. while the Pi-
rates stop at Roanoke. Va. This evening
| the BaItlmores go south and the BrooklynS
| leave at the same time by boat from the
| city of churches. Poston leaves home We'd
nesday. and this will place eleven of the
twelve citrbs in the south for spring prac-
tlce- The players under reserve 10 the St
| Louis ub are The only ones who will be
| handicapped when the season opens Sew
| eral of the more Intelligent members of the
1 Browns have had enough energy to ioin tho
| Clevelands In their practice at Hot Springs
| but there are few ball players who will
take up the spring boiling out unless actu-
| ally pushed to IL.
| When the members of the Chicago Club
| arrived at Hudson n. M Friday evening
| a great reception was given them by the
quartet of players who had gone before
| Demontreyille. Donahue. Lange and Mer.
| tes. Hudson is several railes from the
| grounds selected by the Colts on which to
| DO their practice. and the team had to be
| hauled in a lumber wagon to their qua r.
| tcrs. The four players named dressed in
| cowboy suits. lined up at the station when
| the train arrived and fired numerous sa.
| lutpS from their hinge xpba be