Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-01-14
LATE SPORTING NEWS
Current Gossip of Interest in Base
Ball Circles.
COLLEGES TO ENGAGE In CRICKET
Yale and Princeton to Form
EIevens.
NOTES OF THE CYCL Frs

Charley Reilly, the eX-National League
player who was with the Minneapolis team
last season, was seen by a Milwaukee re-
porter recently and appeared as full of life
as ever. In speaking of base ball deals,
etc. he said:
Il see by the papers that Connie Mack
has claimed Cy Swain, the Washington
pitcher. Now, you mark my word, Connie
will make no mistake if he secured the big
fellow. Cy is frst-class man and no mis-
take. He was with me when 1 was in
Washington in 1897 and pitched great ball
when he got the chance. Brown, the man.
ager of the Senators, was always putting
Cy in to pitch after some other twirler had
lost the game. In the last Brooklyn game
on the home grounds one of the pitchers
was hit hard and they had us 10 to q When
the manager saw the way things were go
ing he told Cy to go and warm up and fin
1sh the game. Swain walked into the club
house and started to take off his uniform.
When Brown rushed in and wanted to
know what he meant by taking off his uni
form Cy turned and said: I mean that l am
tired of being made sucker Of l have
been in q dozen games after the others
had been knocked out and the games were
lost. but old Cy gets the credit for the de-
feat. No more of that for me- 1 pitch from
the start of the game or not at all The
manager was red hot and said the big
rube would have to go in against Boston
the next day and take his medicine. Swain
said 1t suited him and that nothing could
please him more.
THE next day Captain Duffy and his
champions came on the grounds and when
they saw Cy they set up a howl. Duffy
told Cy they would send him to the back
woods in hurry, and Cy remarked that
ne would make them look as though they
were getting their money under false pre-
lenses. The game started with Lewis in
the box for Boston. Well, Cy never pitch
ed better than he did that day. He had as
much speed as Rusie and let the cham
pions down with seven scattered hits We
beat them to 3 and Cy struck Duffy out
three times The laugh was on Duffy. and
atterWard he admitted that Cy was some
what of pitcher. Swain took his regular
turn after that and won six straight games
the last of the season he beat Baltimore
) to 3. If Connie Mack gets Swain he will
get a winner"
The animus of Reillys remarks about
ex-Manager Brown is well known in Wash
tnSton. The third baseman has always
blamed Brown for his release by the Wash
ington club, but Earl Wagner gave his sup
posed manager little chance to exercise his
free will in signing or releasing PLAYERS
As for ''Cy' Swain, the charge that Brown
handicapped him Is all foolshness The big
Fellow was tried time after time and proyed
failure, although his work against the
Boston club at the time mentioned in Reil-
ly's story Is one of the brightest spots in the
tall pitchers career. Swain should make
good record in the minor league but in
the big league he was a dead one" as he
can do nothing outside of pitching the ball.
AS fielder, batter or base runner Swain
was simply so much dead weight