Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-07-18

game in either city will belong to the
lucky class Next Saturday another western
trip will be inaugurated, and the real
bruising finish begins. st. Louis and Chi
cago will take a substantial brace on their
own grounds
Manager Irwin yesterday signed Catcher
Duncan of the Torontos, and he viii prob
ably replace Aleck Smith, who refuses to
come to Washington in the McGuire-Mc-
Gann-Smith deal With Kittridge in good
shape and in every game. Duncan will be
used only in case of an emergency
Honest John" Kelly is touted as the
latest agent of the new base ball organi-
cation. He was very close to Lange, Cal
lahan and Donohue Of the Chicagos Mon
day night in New York. and base ball was
the chief topic of conversation. The Or
ganization of the new league means bigger
wages for the players, but the men at the
head are too shrewd to fall into another
brotherhood trap.
Tommy Corcoran Joined the Cincinnatis
yesterday, and as a result the Reds made
the Phiiiies play eleven innings to win.
1t is wonderful how q gritty, never-say die
player , will brace up team coreoran is
the best player the Reds have, and with
out him the club resembles flock of sheep
without a shepherd.
Bill Clements. at one time top-lir er as
a catcher. is at home in Philadelphia, fat
as Falstaff and completely out of condi-
ton to play ball, yet when he was re-
Gently ask for his terms demanded the
limit. $500. Base ball players are like
shrewd manager. Here is Clements on
his ''uppers' and unable to play good ball.
yet he believes he is as good as ever. and
will continue to be in need as result of
this belief
A first-class catcher is everything to a
ball team. but more especially to the pitch
er. In a recent game Mcfarland was sub
stttuted in the eighth inning and the pa
pers generally blamed him for poor work
when in reality poor coaching from the
catcher should be blamed. The first two
batsmCn he faced had two strikes called
and no balls, and then his catcher sig
nailed for straight ball, which they ham
mered fer triples. His speedy curve had
been missed a foot, but it was simply too
good, and q straight one had to be sent
over to bring about a mix-up in delivery
according to the wisdom of that catcher
kittridge will be a powerful help to Nc
Fartand, Dineen and Miner.
Manager Tebeau says that Parent needs
more experience in the minor league and
has returned the young second baseman to
the New Haven club.
The Philadelphia Base Ball Club has
EARNED Pitcher Ortiz to the Syracuse
club and Pitcher F'ifeld to the Minneapolis
cub
Hanlon is anxious to sell or trade Roar
ing Bill Kennedy. The Brooklyn manager
has by this time obtained a good line on
all the men on his team. When he finds
they are aot made of the right stuff he does
not hesitate to get rid of them.
After Nops exhibition in the box yester-
day he was notified by Manager McGraw
that he could consider himself under sus-
pension until such time as he was in shape
to pitch ball. For some time NoDs has
been out of form, but McGraw has kept
putting him in, hoping he would round to-
being DESTROYS of giving him every
chance to reclaim himself. Yesterday,
however, was the last straw, and the man
aSement took the only course left to them
1t Is seldom that a National League base
pail manager gets the short end of deal
with ball players, but President Dreyfus
of the Louisville club is one who has been
compelled to knuckle down to the wishes
OF player. The player in question is
Wits, the new college player. who has been
playing first base for the Coioneis. col
lege man who knows Wills we'll and also
is aware of the inside facts of the case
gave the following statement: 1T is really
funny to think that a man like Dreyfus
should be taken in by a college youth and
taken in he was in more ways than one
Just think of signing an untried man to
a contract where the said young man
could neither be released sold traded or
laid off, but must have his salary for the
entire season. Wills has that hold on the
Louisville president. Great head, Ell?
Wills will never be a National League play
er. as he cannot hit we'll enough and is no
good on high thrown balls He loses his
head in pinch, but may overcome that
weakness. For all that. he draws $500
month, and his contract is a dandy.
give him credit for making such a con-
tract His vocation, however, is law, and
not base ball"