Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-09-08
Base Ball Notes.

The Phillies play their farewell game of
| the season at National Park today.
Mcfarland and Piatt will probably fight
| out their Labor day battles today. and
good game is promised
Ed. Delehantys remarkable catch of
O'Briens fly saved at least three runs. and
probably four, the ball being captured on
the dead run at "Del's'' shoe tops.
Willie was like the nice little girl with
the curl yesterday. being very very good.
and he made the Quakers look like a bunch
of school boys playing truant.
Mercer may not be a star third baseman,
but he instills something of the McGraw
spirit into the garns, and through his good
batting, base running and inside work con-
| tributes a great deal toward winning
games. The way he kept Dineen working
| yesterday worthy the noodle of a
| diplomat.
Considering the fact that the Washing
ton club is anchored in the eleventh posi-
| ton, the attendance was quite large yes
terday, fully Loo spectators being on hand
| This represents the "dyed-in-t WOOL base
ball crank and the crowd can be de-
pended upon to take in all the games, win
or lose, at National Park.
kittridge and Stafford were given the
glad hand when they came to the bat
| for the first time yesterday, and both did
themselves proud on the days work. Stat
ford captured everything that came his
| way and his nice single brought in Free
mans run. Kit hammered out a double,
winch "Oulu nave Dcen a triple nau lie
been able to rum and behind the bat he
was simply the perSonification of ginger
Shortstop Sherlock, the ex-senator of five
years ago, and who has been playing the
| best short field of the Eastern League for
| the past two years, has been captured by
Manager Irwin and will report in Washing
| ton al the close of the minor league season.
| Sheibeck when playing in Washington, was
an artist in fielding sense, but very weak
at the bat. Since that time he has inn
proved with the stick and In OF her Diet ailS
| of his work, which should make him val
liable man for the senators.
Twirler MCGEE, late of the Louisvilles and
more recently Of the Phillies, has offered
| his terms to Mr.. Wagner and they have
| been accepted. MCGEE has been given an
unconditional release by President Dreyfus,
and thereby hangs a tale, telling of the
loss of cool 50, 800. Chicago offered this
| much for MCGEE but Dreyfus placed him
with the Phillies on trial. If he proved
| good he was to receive So. 700. He failed
| in the Quaker city and Dreyfus, in playing
| both ends against the middle, fell into the
river.
The latest story is to the effect that So
den is anxious to even up for the deal by
which he got Meekn from Freedman and
now intends to induce Frank Selee to take
the management Of the New Yorks next
season. In such an event it is said that
| Soden will make Duffy bench manager of
| the Bostons, Hickman becoming the regu-
| lar left fielder of that team 1t is safe
to say that Selee, whose contract with the
Boston club expires on October 15, will
have something to say about such move
himself.-New York Sun.
Tebeau certainly has hard luck with his
cast-offs. He loaned Schreck to Cleveland,
and OSee made him sick right away by
winning a game in st. Louis for the Exiles
with his stick. Schreck batted in all the
Harley-tluinn runs. Tebeau brought Osee
back to St Louis. He has not yet won
game for St. Louis with the club Pat
| turned old h0ranSa his wi
was bogus, and Chief did not do a thing
| to him yesterday. Singularly, Cuppy was
the victim both times. His old catcher
treated George rough yesterday. Cup is
| a nice fellow and did hot deserve it.
Breitenstein, the best pitcher that ever
played with bltm club, may twirl one of
| the Cincinnati gamesH When we think Of
| the good teams that Breitenstein beat with
| an infield composed of Sammy Samuels and
| Doggy Miller and with Tim Sheehan on
| first base, we must always call Brett the
greatest of them, all. How often did Brett
| take that Miller-Sanuels-She outfit
| and beat Cy Young and Cuppy with the
great Cleveland team back of them? Why,
when the PhillieS ha4 Delehanty, Thomp-
| son, Clements, Bpouthers and Cross. great
| er batters than lhey have now. they were
| always pie for Brett with his tissue paper
| infield and half-cIass outer garden. They
| say Breit's best twirling days are over.
| Even If they are, he is good for many years
| in the outfield, for he is hitting 800, and he
can play petter nelu IMAM NAH tne So
| called stars. The little bricktop always
had a head on his shoulders. and there
| never was a time when he did not play the
game between the lines. Cy Young is
| great Powell and cuppy are mighty, Rusie
| was a marvel, Nichols terror, but, taking
into consideration the team he had back
of him and the teams he beat with it, Brett
enstein was the greatest of them all. Take
him in his prime 95 and '95, with good
team, he would lose about one game in ten.
The writer well remembers when the team
that got six hits off Breitenstein was doing
well, and his support was bogus at the
time, too.-St. Louis Star.