Evening star., 1899-01-28

Fielding average............... WJ .943
This. as far as records go, is most fat
tering to the younger player.
That the reported consolidation of the
Baltimore-New York clubs was not a flash
in the pan is corroborated by the following
interview with President Soden of the
Boston club. He was asked yesterday in
Boston what he thought Ur the Baltimore
New York consolidation in case the Brook
lyn deal fell through. The Boston magnate
said:
THE best play Baltimore could make
would be a combination with New York, as
the Polo grounds will have the benefit of
5o-cent admission, while in Brooklyn they
have been accustomed to seeing league ball
for p cents.
with the great team Hanlon could get
out of the BatimoreNew York combina-
ton, now that they have Dahlen, New York
would take in money enough to boom the
game in every city in the league"
The story telegraphed from Chicago yes
terday that the league magnates had
agreed to drop Cleveland and Baltimore
and play out the coming season with ten
clubs is discredited in the east by magnates
and players alike. Third Baseman Nc
Graw, in an interview last night, put for
ward about the best argument that has
cropped out lately against the story and
reasons soundly why altimore will not be
dropped. McGraw says:
Il do not believe a word of it. Why, if it
were true, should We get it by way of Chi
cago and only one paper be able 10 find it
out there? l do not believe the league
would be foolish enough even if the owners
wanted to reduce the circuit to ten clubs to
drop Baltimore and retain Louisville when
Baltimore at its worst is far better than
Louisville.
''Besides that, Baltimore Is right on the
main line between east and west, north
and south, and the clubs would have to
pass through here anyhow, whether they
stopped to play or not, while Louisville is
considerably out of the way and il takes
time and money to reach there The story
looks foolish TO me-
The makeup of the Chicago infeld. since
the Dahle n-DeMontreVille trade is the ques-
tion that is agitating the windy city news
paper men at present. They have already
placed the men for Manager Burns as fol-
lows: Everett, first; DeMontreylle second; :;
Mccormick, short, and Wo!verton, third.
The writers concede the fact that Mana
ger Burns may have ideas of his own on
the subject, and in this they are right as
he intimated in this city near the close of
last season that he would like to have the
little Frenchman on his team. Continuing
his remarks. Mr.. Burns said that he con-
sidered "DeMont" one of the best short
stops in the business, and that If he Sc
cured him he would place him back in his
Old position at short. Having had expert
ence in that position, it certainly looks bet
ter for DeMont. to go to short than for Nc
Cormick. who has tried The job and reIiu-
qulshed 1t without creating a very favorable
impression.
Charleston. s. c., has been decided upon
as the training grounds of the New York
cluo this spring, and the players will leave
Tor that city March 10. Two weeks will be
spent in that city, and then the club will
go to Norfolk, Va. for two weeks. Mama
ger Day. in addition to giving out the Ioca-
tlon or the Giants training grounds, also
impaired the In Information that CaDtain Billy
joyce would not go south with the team and
that that player would not be Giant next
season. Manager Tebeau of the Clevelands
mas 1ntlmated that he would like to have