Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-07-27
NEWLEAGUE FORMING
Continued from Ninth PageJ

been slowly mastering the speedy bali ana
should prove effective aud a big help 90 the
Superbas.
Roy Evans the ex-sanatorial ,u,r,.r
VINO mas been playing with the Providence
team OF the Eastern League is reporied 10
nave been secured by the Washington club.
evans has been heralded as the hest an
the Eastern League this season hut when
ne ieft the Senators he was tipped OF as
lacking in sand"
The trouble with the old Cleveland gang
~ not dissatisfaction, ciiaues poor 6eldinr
light batting or anything like that. n IS
malaria, plain says Ed Mexican coo
ing from the lake city, where such n thing
~ unknown, down into such n malaria in
Tested town as St Louis was too much, for
the boys 'o'
Ihey certainly expect too much of mo"
salu Williams when ne went to hat In tho
,i., l can Knock out home runs every
t4he they are needed" and then he made
just one more-and lust when n vas pe.d
ed-Pittsburg Press
Oliver Tebeau. with his St Louis host
Is peginning to look dangerous again To-
beau is a hard fighter. and he y,sye, Lr,,.s
when ne mas enough. II he has a little
Iuck with his players during the reu,aindsr
OF me year he may prove a dangerous com
Ign nine. N ''i' n'o"h-
never drink beer, whisky or chow To-
hacco said Kid Nichols the hest nitcb,r
IN the National League, at the Cincinnati
rTlfN
Know what Intoxicating liquor tastes Iu.e
nave been pitching professional bali about
eleven years. / can pitch a game eyarv
lnlio gay. and In a pinch can pitch every
other day. Yes. l attribute nv povers ~
endurance to my habits. However. do
nor think IL hurts n pitcher to take a class
oil beer once in a while"
mere Is a story afioat In Chicago now
tndt the National League magnates5 are
planning concerted attack on the rern,rted
lew league The plan is to absorb the hest
managers now floating I'm the Westeru.and
put mem IN charge of certain OF the big
leaeue CLUBS, like Cincinnati. Cleveland and
Fittsourg. The attempt to include such
men as Tom LOTUS, Jimmy Manning
Chariie Ccmiskey and others in the big
league. would undoubtedly be frustratAs h,,
the men themselves who see mora ,,,a,.S,
and power in the Western or a new I.as,,a
than In the National
When the Cincinnati club salspendes
taylor indefinitely IL violated a clause "a
the players contract" said Manapar salae
recently "One clause OF the PLAYERS con-
tract provides that he cannot be susnend
ed Tor an indefinite period. The suspension
must be Tor a definite period and the NAV
er must be informed of the length 81 rs
duration when he is notified of his suspen-
SION That is a rule, however like any az
the other rules, which is not observed.
proDabiy because the PLAYERS do NOT make
the proper objection. / dare saw thar many
OF them are not aware that such a clause
exists"
i-oSai ldhuoin VIII have Earl Wagner and
MS senatorial outfit from Washington here
To-Day: There Is always something INTEREST,"
ing about visit of Wagner and his ex-
periments. He invariably tells US eyerv-
thing about the game in general and what
the magnates are going to do or what they
cuSnt 10 do; and he adds voluntarily the
pest KIND, at least the most interesting
hlnd, OF advice as to how to get a winning
team In the past these Washington chaps
have done lots Of damage to the homes and
the enthusiasm of the Pirates and their
friends 1t may be that they will land
here and do something that the powerful
Quakers failed to do-that is take the
majority or the series away.-Pittsburg
News.
special from Chicago says that the
| west in eccentric orbits and holding secret
| meetings. No one seems to know on what
GRAND they are up to. Ebbets Of the
Brooklyn club yesterday Joined Won der
Horst, Robson, Hart and Col. Rogers in
chicago. and today most OF the league rul-
erS are going to St Louis, where John T.
Brush now it. The meaning of the confer
ence is known only to themselves, and the
gueSseS range from the adjustment of the
league circuit to a compromise with the
alleged rival league. Charles Comiskey II
| the ST. Paul club has been with the M or
league managers all the week, but processes
| ignorance of their doings President Hart
says the conferences have no particular
significance. 1t is said President Ebbets
went TO Chicago with the intention of max
| ing a trade. He wants to switch Jennings
| TO the Philadelphia club. but the deal has
| not yet been made Ebbets also wanted "a
| sell two men to Chicago, but his offer was
declined.