Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-09-15
Base HALL Notes.

Cleveland begins a series of four games
at National Park today.
Pitcher Schmidt will be on hand to en-
liyen matters with his unique coaching.
The senatorial infeld yesterday looked
unusually strong, but one grounder get
ting through, and that as a result of a
bad bound.
Every day at National Park for the re-
nlainder of the season has been designated
a ladies day"
Zeke Wrigley, the ex-senator, has been
signed by New York and will cover third
base for the rest of the season. Zeke owes
his latest engagement TO Jack Doyle, who
believes the ex-senator to be one of the
best shortstops in the business.
The Senators should win all four games
with the Clevelands if they will attend
strictly 70 business and play their best
ball. New York is not far away and Louis
vile be reached. To finish in ninth
place would be quite feather in the sena-
torial cap.
J. Earl Wagner said last evening that he
was going to have two more new men at
the park today pitcher and a catcher.
but refused to give the names. Mike Pow
ers, late of Louisville, will probably be the
catcher, but the twirler comes under the
head of mysterious
Right Fielder Hans Wagner was simply
in his element yesterday at Baltimore. The
German boy is the happiest when he can
throw the ball, and during the game yes
terday he had play 10 catch the runner
at the home plate The ball left Wagner 5
hand like a shot and, true as a bullet,
landed in Catcher Messitts hands, mailing
the runner by six feet. The play is said to
have saved the game to the Colonies.
The Louisville club is still purchasing
players. The latest additions ere Outfielder
Ketchum and Catcher Messitt. both of the
New York State League. They have signed
contracts for next season
This season has been an unusually heavy
one in fines. Up to date league umpires
have inflicted Isl fines on players, at the
rate of 50 per fine, making total of $52o
paid into the league treasury by players
up to the present time There is no doubt
that the amount will go over $1,000, as
| the season still has month TO run.
College men are not popular with Barney
| Dreyfus, according to VIII Douglass of
! the Courier-Journal who ventilates the
| Louisville magnate's popularity in the fol-
lowing manner: "A person who Is in po-
sition to know stated yesterday that the
| release of Mike Powers was due more to
| the fact that Powers was a college man
| than anything else. President Dreyfus has
| expressed his opinion on more than one
occasion that he did not ike college ball
| players and that he would not have one
/ on his team If he could help 1t. When Pres
| ident Dreyfus had the majority of the club
stock Tom McCreary was released by MN
more on account of Being a college man
| than for inefficieney-"f
mail vote is now being taken on the
| question as to whether league club may
nave more tnan eiBntetIi P4ayeis dttei Inc
list of OctOber-when the reserve lists for
| the following season must be hied-pfo-
vided all over that plumber have signed
contracts for the following season. So
| far the vote shows a decided favoring of
the privilege of a club having as many
players as it can get under the above IN
| depreciation of the rule. The original pur-
pose of the rule was to do away with the
unlimited reserving Of players at the end
of the season. For this year, at least, II
would seem that the rule has been a fail
| ure, so 1T will have ito be reconstructed
for next year,