Evening star., 1899-03-23
HAD PRACTICE GAME
Senators Play Walters From the
Hygeia Hotel,
MANAGER IRWIN ON THE TEAM
Coming National League Meet
ing in New York
CURRENT SPORTING NOTES

game The walters from the Hygeia Hotel,
| strengthened by Arlie Latham, who played
| first base for them, were the Senators op
| ponents and proved to be very easy to de-
| feat. Dinneen and Dunkle did the twirling
| for the Senators. and, of course. 1t was only
| when they relaxed their efforts that any
| sembiance OF hitting was forthcoming. The
| game furnished a good trying-out, and that
was the object sought HuIen played six
! innings at short and ficlded splendidy, also
biting hard. he and Freeman leading the
| team at the bat, the latter making q triple
| and double. Gettman, Slagle. Davis Pad
| den Mercer and Mcclure all played good,
| reliable bal. in the tieid, while on the bases
| their WORK of the run-gcttfng order
i.athau's :cach.ug the life of the con-
| test, and but for his urging the colored
| boys would have made very poor showing.
Ihc hnal score WAS IA to 2, the Senators
having 10 base hits against for the op-
| ponontS. while the errors were confined to
Hygeias, who had 10 placed to their credit.
! To-day the Senators will be divided into
| TWO teams of Regulars and "Yanigans"
and this will be the program until next
| thursday, when the Newport News team
| will be their opponents.
| The following letter. dated Phoebus Va.
| was received by Mr.. George w. Wagner in
! Philadelphia from Manager Arthur Irwin,
| and Is in the nature of a report Of the sit
| uation in the Senators base ball camp:
| We have arrived safe and have had three
good days work I will go through the
| team and try and tell you exactly what the
men look like. Mcguire is in good shape.
| Farrell is fat. but working hard, and will
| be In grand shape in two weeks He Is the
only man that Is at all fat everybody else
being in perfect condition as far as weight
IS concerned. Hulen Is all right, and he
will make good man. HIS left hand Is
a benefit on all double plays from second,
and he Is SO fast on his feet that he seems
| to get In front of everything Hulen has
| been wrestling with stomach trouble but
after l had taken him TO the hospital he
! quickly regained his healthy form. He Is a
| good hitter, bunter and base runner.
| ''Padden is a corker. He has Reitz beat
| en- In every department Of the game.
| Mercer is in great shape. He is ten
pounds heavier and is hitting and running
J In great shape. I think he viii play third
! In hrst-class styla
| Davis reported yesterday CAST Satur-
| dayl He looks light, but I suppose he has
worked hard all winter HIS injured leg
| seems all right from the way he ran the
bases.
Latham is the life Of the whole team
| He Is in fine condition; just the same old
| Arle; hants. hits and runs the bases In
| tine shape and has been ayiug the first
| bag out of sight. Slagle is a corker. He
\ is q grand fielder good hitter and runner
| Gettman is showing up much better than
last season. | am working hts hitting
and he Will he hard to keep Oft the team.
! Freeman * simply killing the ball; he made
| two home runs yesterday. O'Bren hurt his
| Knee Friday and won't be able to do much
for few days All the PLAYERS are stuck
| ON him and | believe he is all right Casey
! IL in fine shape. Baker. DunkIe and Dim
neen are all doing fine. killen has not let
| himself out any. but seems all right
We are we'll taken care of. both where
| We sleep and at the restaurant. All the
| boys seem perfectly satisfied and say We
will fool them all this season. never saw
such lot Of fast men together"
notwithstanding the dcniaIs Of several
league masnates that meeting Of the
league officials would be held this week in
New York. President Young issued call
| FOR such meeting last night and they will
gather together tomorrow at 2 o'clock in
| the afternoon. The Star has insisted that a
| meeting would be called this week as the
| indications all pointed to the necessity for
such II course. The ST. Louis muddle win
be hnally settled, Mr.. Becker being able
| t" explain his connection with the club and
| other league magnates. while the Cleveland
| people will know exactly where they are
| The schedule, as published some time since
| IN The Star. Will be adopted. and the New
| York situation will no doubt receive a good.
| healthy airing. Many base ball people
| think 1t would be good thing for the
| league If the magnates would decide TO
| handle the New York president without
| gloves. This meeting has no doubt pre-
| vented j. Earl Wagner from Joining the
| Senators at Hampton, as the Washington
! Inagnate Is a good mixer and delights in
] the politics of the game. President Young
! and his son Robert will leave for New York
this evening.
| The Boston club gathered strength as If
| sped away from the city Of culture. SeIee
| and Duffy being the original two that left
that city, but by the lime the Beaneaters
arrived In Washington Yesterday fhair
| numbers had increased to a round dozen
frlSDee, the western boy who is s'touted''
] to fight Chick" StahI for his place in righr
| h+id Joined the Boston manager here. the
| other players chipping in at New YoIJ, and
| Philadelphia. Collins Stahl Yeag.r Staf
| ford, klobedanz, Strait, Willis Hickman
| and kUhnS are the other PLAYERS that rap
| isiered at the Normandie for their short
| stop III this city The ROStoniaus left aborlt
| b:3p IaSt evening for gheir training uuar
| tiers at Durham, n c. The REMAINING
| members OF the team will iotn their COM
p''nions within the next two weeks.
| The Western League of base ball mag
mates met at the Republican House. in Nil
| Waukee, Yesterday. The meeting was call
! "a Va lor th- sPectlc purpose of arranging the
| piaNlhs schedule for the season However
| the makeup Of the circuit will have 10 he
settled before anything else can be done.
| report is that both the National and
western Leagues combination understand
| tach other and that the question of the
| western League circuit has been settled
| ana That the schedule Will be agreed unon
| tonight.
-, President Comiskey of the St. Paul team
| mas secured Catcher Chance of California
| from chicago, to play first base. and a deaf
| IS on between Vanderbeck OF Detroit ana
| Manning of Kansas City for the transfer of
Left Fielder DUNCAN from Detroit to Kan
| Sas CITY, III exchange for one of Mannine's
| players.
1t is also reported that the season will
| open with Columbus in the circuit but in
| case the National League abandons the
| cleveland territory that Columbus will be
| transferred to the forest city.
| The decision of Manager Irwin to give
| Mercer a full trying out at third base gives
rise TO the suspi, ion that Catcher Mcclure
| may yet be traded sold. Pittsburx will
not be the lucky club, as Mcclure does not
| care to play In that city, snd MIR Wagner
| VIII not send James where he does not
| want tc go. Cincinnati has too many pitch
! ers, ali of them good, and may have a
| good lnf1elder to offer in trade while Brook
| lyn may turn over a good pitcher and
| John Anderson, whom the WASHINGTON
| fans were delighted with last season.
| Mercer will certainly have the good wishes
| OF his Washington friends in trying to play
! thiTd base. and it is 10 be hoped he may be
! aoie t. MI the bill acceptabiy.
There Is a new arrival at the home in
| baltimore of Catcher William j. Clarke of
the Boston base ball team. IL is a fine boy
| MS nrSt, and arrived 1ba