Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-07-22


natl tomorrow.
OF the last twenty games the Senators
have won fourteen. Quite good record.
Buck" Freeman rang up his thirteenth
home run yesterday and it was made on
such a speedy outfielder as Dick Harley.
jerry Sullivan has played great third
base for Cleveland in Washington, but he
is a weak sticker. and for this reason will
hardly become fixture in the league.
1t is good thing for Anterior that the
Senators will play away from home the
next two weeks. The big fellow has sore
hand and a Wrenched ankle and couldn't
do his best. On top of this, the crowd took
to roasting him and he was fast going to
pieces. couple of weeks work away
from home will place him on his feet.
Aleck Smith drifted into Washington with
the idea that the local club could not get
along without his services and demanded
an increase of salary over his Brooklyn
contract. With Duncan doing good work,
there Is little chance for Smith getting
what he wants.
The mighty bluff made by the Philadel-
phia magnates in Offering a reward Of
5000 to the Quaker players If they won
the pennant has been too much of handi-
cap or hoodoo to carry. 1t has knocked
out Lajoie completely, the big fellow not
being able to play for a couple of weeks,
and the club has not won a game since the
offer was made.
The Senators will play the Johnstowu,
Pa, club today, going to Cincinnati f)r a
double-header tomorrow and then remain
idle until Wednesday, when they begin a
series with Pittsburg. AS the Cincinnatis
are playing fast game at present, 1t looks
like double defeat for the program to-
morrow.
Catcher Harry Vaughn of the Cincinnati
club was given his unconditional release
yesterday. Vaughn has been with the
Reds ever since CoInisky held the mana
gerial reins, the only other player having
longer service with the club being Nc
Phee. Vaughn Is a good batter. but slow
and awkward.
cost Manager McGraw So for an inter-
change of words with Lynch at one stage
of the game. "All right" said Mac. 81
won't have any players for you to go up
against next season. Baltimore Sun.
There is a world of meaning in McGraw's
has been tipped off, as the owner and
manager of the club that will represent
Baltimore in the new league next season
and all the players will go with him. The
new organization is laughing matter no
longer.
A Brooklyn paper says: Cincinnatis
$1,000 offer for Catcher Mcclure did not
tempt Washington this spring, but Han
of the Senators. How does Hanlon do
these things?
Hamilton's return to the game has put
Boston in the running. Hamilton may be
unpopular, "cheSty, Spectacular and
everything else charged against him, but
as a ball player from his head to his toes
he has but one or two equals on the dia-
mond today.
Brooklyn to Washington, refuses to play
with the Senators Manager Irwin will be
sorry man. Irwin has been after Smith
for two years.-Breoklyn Times.
1t would be interesting to know what sort
of a contract exists between Pitcher 60
Bates and Brother STAINS team. Although
the eX-Daytonite succeeds in turning al
most every game in which he participates
roo hn i. Snp,f In, ha hn~
In his turn, only to bring ridicule upon his
unfortunate associates.-Cleveiand Press.
Jack Taylor still is making strenuous eff
forts to get away from the Cincinnati
team. Taylor Is up against real discipline
for the first time in his career as ball
player and it hurts him much to think that
he can't work on the sympathies of the
Cincinnati club when he is guilty of
preach of discipline as he could on the
other clubs that be was with. So far the
Washington club is the only one that has
listened to Taylors pieadings, but did not
heed them. Captain Ewing was willing to
accept SlaSle in exchange for Taylor. The
proposition made Manager Irwin laugh so
heartily that for a time it thought
that the hiccoughs would kill him. Then
Ewing made his price miider and was will
ing to take o Brien in exchange for the
ratio twirler. This proposal met with
about as much favor the previous one,
and the substitution of the name of Wey-
hing by Ewing for that of O'Brien still
part of the Washington club So Taylor
will have to seek some other club to nego-
tate with that has more confidence in him
than has Cincinnati or Washington. AS
yet there has been no suspicion of offer
from any club in the league for Taylor's
services, and 1t promises to be longer than
several days before such an offer comes
Cincinnati Times-Star.
Martin Bergen was at the Boston grounds
Tuesday. He called at the box Office to see
President Soden, who was busy and re-
ferred him to Manager Seize. Director J.
B. Billings had long talk with the catcher.
Bergen said he would like to get away
from Boston, as the players We're all down
on him. He gave no excuse for his absence
from the club, and after his talk with Mr..
Billings took his grip from the dressing
room and left before the game. Bergen
will not be released unless some catcher
equally good can be traded for him.
The 5000 bonus money offered by the
management for pennant-winning team
seemed to have put the Phillies in a trance
yesterday. They played the sleepiest kind
of ball against Louisville. and only the
kindness of the Browns in checking the
champions kept Shettsline's men in second
DISQUALIFICATION Press.
Lanse is cutting big figure on the bases
and is snatching every chance. On Tues
day he got away with his trick of starting
after the catcher had received the ball and
is in the act of returning it to the pitcher,
and when the basemen are not awake to
the necessity of covering second. In the
ninth inning he noticed that Grady had
edged in dozen feet from third, laying for
bunt, and dropped down from second
while Meekin held the ball. waiting for the
dazed third baseman to stumble back to the
bag.
When the Cincinnatis return home tomor
row one and probably two, members of
the team will be handed the usual ten days
notice of release. The club has twenty men
under contract at present. which is more
than it has carried in many seasons. The
poor showing of the team has not had a
tendency to increase the gate receipts. and.
furthermore, 1t Is conceded that Ewing
really has more material than he use.
He will probably be able to get better re-
suits with fewer men. 1t Is limited that
Harry Vaughn is sure to go If Petz is able
to get back into the game when the team
gets home. One other player Is under con-
sideration for release, but it is said that
the club has not yet decided who it will be.
BY WHEEL TO CHAPEL POINT.