Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-06-10
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team. but you can't beat Washington
Chicago Post.
There is strong talk among the more en-
thusiastic fans of giving cinematographic
Others, however, regard ii as an accident,
and wisely shake their heads and whisper.
1T will never occur again.
Times-Star.
McGraw is wondering what has become
of McMahou. The old pitcher practiced al
Union Park earlier In the season, and
showed such good form that probably he
would have found employment. He has dis
appeared since then, and McGraw does not
know where to find him.
Jennings says that he Is going to play
first base for Brooklyn, but it was stated
Yesterday that Philadelphia wants him to
captain, manage and play first for them.
and that they have reasonable hopes Of get
ting him from Observation-Disclosures
Press.
Jack Doyle is back in the game, and the
Giants are putting up a much better game
+ as consequence. Doyle attributes the
New Yorks' low standing to two things
one that his pitchers, such as there are of
them, have not been in form: the other.
that he and George Davis have been on the
bench so much. owing to injuries.
Setback has been playing remarkable
fielding game since Captain Ewing switched
him to the left garden. His playing has
been sensational at all times. and Cincln-
natl players de clare that not since he Joined
the Reds has he shown such form and con-
1lQeDce as IN the last l0Itt games olil-l H.
too. is playing well in center.-Cincinnau
Enquirer.
Having failed to secure the New York
clubs consent to trade Of Dick Cooley for
Rusie, Colonel Rogers now is willing to
sell him to New York for cash considera-
ton. However, as Mr.. Freedman does not
care to strengthen his team Cooley VIII
not play there. Word comes from Balu-
more that Cooley has offered his services to
Manager McGraw. This leads TO the belief
that Cooley will be released outright If no
club be found that will pay for him.
Writes the Chicago correspondent of the
Sporting Life: When LajOie was seen COM
ing to the plate T. Donahue said to Wolyer-
ton: 'Wolverton, if that man Lajoie makes
out that's he going 10 bunt, don't you
crawl in on him Don't you do 1t. Crawl
back behind the base, and If there should
happen to be a hole there, crawl into it.
and Wolverton took the hint
special from Louisville says that three
ball players of that city have prepared
suits to be filed in Syracuse, n. Y, against
the Syracuse Base Ball Club and the East
ern League. The plaintiffs are Rudolph
Hulswitt intielder: Henry Walters, out
fielder, and Charles McGil, pitcher. They
claim they were signed early last spring
by Syracuse; that they gave up positions
TO prepare themselves for the season, but
that the club has failed to pay them any
salaries or negotiate with them. The suit
is for $4,000 each $1,000 from Syracuse and
5000 from the Eastern League.
IT Donahue will not down TIE says
that Gus weighing is no other than Wey
Hing, a Chinese mandarin who lived about
300 years after the death of COnfucius, and
that he is working a celestial empire trick
on the rough riders in his pitching. Il saw
Sun Sang Lung, one of Wey Kings coun-
trymen, up in a 18th street laundry today,
writes the Chicago catcher, and he told
me that when Ii Hung Chang lost his yell
low jacket Pitcher Wey Hing came to his
laundry and got some incense wood to burn
at his boarding house. Furthermore, Sun
Sang Lung says Wey Hing is highlander
i think he is an out curve-and that he
trains on rice eaten with the aid of chop
sticks. The next thing we know the Wash
ington team will have Dom Paurs brother
and the cars chief of the secret bufeal
on its staff. Wey Hing -is the only Chi
nese who ever wrote the Chicago border
eau.-Chicago Post.
The avowed desire Of Manager Selee of
the Boston club TO have a team made up of
sober and bralny players causes one TO re-
fleet and try TO get line on the brainy
players in the business. And there are so
few. One of the most amusing things to
me in game is to see a catcher, with no
base ball brains, sign a pitcher equally
nave the pitcher refuse to follow the
catchers instructions and offer UP some
thing else, while in truth neither really
knows why he is signing for any particular
pail brainy catcher is great help to a
pitcher. Years ago, before DeVln was
blackHsted by the league, he had Charley
Snyder, who subsequently Joined the Gin
cinnau team, for his catcher in Louisville
Deviin could pitch, but could not think
while Snyder had brains enough for both
So Devlin placed himself entirely in the
hands OF Snyder, did Just what the latter
told MIN to 90 and was a success as a
pitcher. Look over the list of catchers of
today and where are the Snyders, the Ew-
ings, the kellys, the Dalys and the Ben
metts! They do not exist--Cincinnati
Times-Star.