Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-10-04
Base Ball Briefs.

Playing sixteen innings without an err
ror is pretty good for the Senators.
Tom Brown and bunch of Farrelrs
friends around the K street market were
responsible for Charley's surprise yester-
day.
Don't let any one tell you that the ex-
Senators have landed the Brooklyns In
first place. That old Baltimore crowd.
Jennings. Keller and Kelly, assisted by
Tom Daily and Billy Dahlen, have pretty
nearly turned the trick themselves.
Billy Keeler's catch of MERGERS long fly
in the first game was ringer and saved
run The little right fielder damned into
bleachers. tearing his clothes and bruising
himself, but he held the ball.
1t Is seldom that two umpires can Jam
so many bad decisions into game as
Emslie and Dwyer did in the first one yes
terday. At least four decisions were given
against the Senators that were not even
close. and among a lot of young bloods such
declarations by the umpires acted as a sort
of cold Showerbath.
Jennings was out of the first game; An
dersOn playing first in his place. In the
second Anderson relieved Jones in center
in the fourth inning. Jennings was on
first throughout the second md gave an ex-
hfbition for which he has become noted in
recent games.
Washington and Brooklyn will play the
third game Of the series this afternoon.
Kennedy for the visitors. Billy is in great.
shape just at present, and the Perfectos
will have to play good ball to win, as the
Senators have taken, a great liking to Ken
nedy's pitching at different times In the
past.
Ted Sullivan. the originator Of new
leagues and the clever base ball manager,
has been in the city for the past week and
was at the park yesterday hobnob5ing with
j. Earl Wagner. Ted would like to boom the
new association, but an absence of loEg
green keeps him out of the game, while
II Is reported that the new magaates are
shy of Sullivan on account Of his close con-
nection with John T. Brush and James
Hart.
Well-defined rumors were floating around
Washington last night to the effect that
should a club be placed in this city
Mr.. Hugh Jennings would play first and
act as captain. With Jennings to start with
the picking of the other players would be
easy, as Hughey will prove another Nc
Graw if placed in charge OF Il team.
For club that has been rated as no
good and played out, the Boston aggrega-
ton is doing pretty well. Today they are
in second place and likely to remain there,
and II they had the present Brooklyn crowd
10 play they would win the peunant in a
walk. The Bostons may he played out, but
If transferred to Washington as a whole
the local patrons of base ball woul1 give
The aggregation a great patronage and APP
Dlause.
That $500 is fast fading in the distance,
as far as the Phllies are concerned at
| least. Their game in Baltimore yesterday
was sorry exhibition of how 10 finish sec
ond in the annual championship race and
the Orioles put 1t all over them in five
innings which was the extent of the game.
Young. the Nation, ILL.,, twrler. who has
been pitching for the Sporting News since
the lllinois-lndiana league closed it's sea-
son, was tried out by Tebeau. Pat said
the youngster had plenty Of speed and
curves. but was very shy ut locating the
rubber. His name will not adorn st.
Louis club contract next season.
Lave Cross was knocked out in the pre-
limnary practice. Madison OF the Pitts
burgs was batting and tore a liner down
to third. The ball struck Cross in the
temple and he went down and out. 1t was
fully five minutes before he regaincd con-
seriousness. Lave pluckily played and was
given a hearty cheer by the fans when
he went to the bat for the first time-St
Louis Republic.
Jimmy Burke. who has been playing Sec
ond base in the absence of Childs and
Flood, belongs to the ST. Louis CLUB. Pat
drafted him last fall and farmei him out
TO Milwaukee, who in turn loaned HIM to
Rochester. He will play with Cleveland
next season. if that ill-starred aggrega ton
remains in the league.
Arthur Irwin says Jack Taylor is not
beyond redemption: that Jack over
grown boy. and can be trained TO behave
himself if handled properly i,oes this
mean that Taylor Is one of The men who
are to be taken in the proposed CIncin! att
deal for Winnie Mercer, the star of the
Senatorial aggregation? -Cineinnaj En-
Gulrer.