Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-09-20
Base Ball Notes.

The present Washington-L series
should be entertaining.
Mcfarland and weighing will probably
do the twirling for the Senators today
with Cunningham and the famous RUDE
Waddell on the rubber for the Colonies
With Schebeck back at short and Pad.
den at second today the Senators will prob
ably put up a strong game. If these two
men are not played the games will doubt
less be of the ''peach-pie' order for the
visitors.
The time for making fun of the new
league has passed. and from this time on
the old organization will have plenty to dc
mending fences and getting ready for the
competition that cOnfronts it. The fun
will begin when the National League asks
the players to sign contracts for next year.
AL Maui, the ex-senator and veteran
twirler. has caught on once more. Iris
season was a bad one for Maui. and the
Brookiyns left him out after several trials.
AL claims he is all right, and probably
signed provisional contract with the
Quakers for next season. There is no qucs-
ton about Maul's effectiveness if his arm
holds out, and the Phillies are willing to
Last season the Western League wanted
to place a club in Chicago to play games
while the National League club was out of
town. The proposition was turned down
with indignation. With the new league
looming up the National League now steps
forward and wants the Western League 20
carry out last seasons proposition, the new
club to be used as club to whip the uew
organization club in the windy city. The
western end of the National League evil
IDENTIFY believes the new organization has
passed the funny" stage of proceedings.
The games scheduled for Philadelphia
and Baltimore yesterday were postponed
on account of rain and will not be played
at all. The Phillies We're very glad to get
rid of the Colonies, as they have been their
''hoo-doo' this season. The score was j
m n q VOL Of hn Il ant L. 10 hon 10
game was stopped yesterday.
Catcher McManus is Il neighbor of Johnny
OBren the ex-senator and now with
Fittsburg, during the winter months and
are personal acquaintances. McManus says
that OBrien can lick any player in the
National League, and that he can also
whip his brother. who is reputed to be
quite prize fighter.
The Baltimore newspaper crowd is TAX
ing too much for granted in accepting
statements from McCiraw and Robinson re-
garding their action with the new organi-
cation. McGraW and robinson belong to
the National League until the season closes,
and it was wrong for the promoters of the
new organization to use their names at all.
When the time comes it will be found that
this great pair of base ball generals will be
on the side that will benefit them the most.
Outside of the salary it really costs moth
ing to try new players at this time of the
year. After the Eastern and Western
leagues close their seasons the players can
go to any club wanting them for the re-
mainder of the major league season, but
should a player be wanted for next year
the usual draft price must be paid Wrig-
ley was out of a job and is filling in with
New York. The Giants cannot claim MIN
for next season, and it is more than PROB
able that they do not intend to. When a
season closes for any of the organizations
player can go where he pleases
Claiming that Wrigley, third baseman,
playing illegally with New York
Brooklyn bought his release from SYRIA
cuse which had put his name on the re-
serve list for next season Wrigley. how
ever, will continue to play with New York,
with which club he has signed a contract,
until the national board decides whether
Syracuse has the right to reserve him. He
says that he signed no contract with Rich
mond, and when that team was sold to
Syracuse he went along, but did not sign
a contract with that club.-NeW York
Herald