Evening star., 1900-05-02
Base Ball Notes,

Ewing has already started his shifting
tactics. Yesterday he had Grady on third
in place OF Mercer. and the formers errors
were costly. Grady cannot field as well as
Win" and is not in the latter's class in
other qualities.
Philadelphia continues to win and is solid
ly anchored in first place. Only two defeats
have come the Quakers' way, but they have
been playing for the most part on their own
grounds.
There was rumor in Philadelphia yester-
day that Magnate Reach had gone over to
Brooklyn with the intention Of securing
McGraw and Robinson for his club. With
these two men on the Phillies the cham
pionship would be easy, but rhe question is,
Do Messrs. Reach and Rogers desire the
trophy?
The game on the GEORGETOWN campus
next Saturday between the wearers of the
blue and gray and the Y. NJ. c. A. promises
to be treat to the lovers of the great
sport. The association boys are undoubted-
ly strong aggregation and are confident
they can take the colIegians into camp.
Donovans Pittsburg friends will present
him with watch and chain valued at 500
when he plays there today with St. Louis
Five ex-pitchers are playing other posi-
tons on the New York team-Van Haltren
Gleason. Mercer. Hickman and Foster
Manager Selee has discovered that the
Bostons need their old leader in the game
and Captain Duffy will be in harness once
more In day or two, when his shoulder is
better Head work tells in base ball.
playing third base" said Captain Kel-
ley Of Brooklyn. rs like politics. One lay
they come easy and you are on top. and the
next day there Is an avalanche and you
are underneath"
Next fall the trouble will begin once moro
In earnest The association move will not
down. with Washington and Baltimore dead
ripe for the new move. and the entire press
of Philadelphia aching to whoop her up for
anything to in1ure Reach and Rogers.-Bos-
Just after Philippi had presented Barrett
and Crawford with bases on balls Sunday
Clarke gave a little Ariie Latham exhibi-
ton OF shoe-string tying in order to give the
Pfttsburg twfrler time to collect his bear
iDgs. Foxy Fred not only united the shoe
string. but unlaced it as well.
Anson concludes his book by saying that
the proposed new American Base Ball AS
scciation is not dead. but sleeping. and he
intimates that future years may yet see
him In the management Of the thriving
Chicago ball club.
As Willis Is also suffering from a lame
wing and Dineen Is a warm-weather pitch
er. the Boston club VIII make an extra ef-
fort to get Ted Lewis back into the fold
Lewis Is coaching Harvard, but has prom
ised to help out II Manager Selee should
want him. Boston's pitchers are not up TO
the standard required in the game these
days when facing the hard-hiting clubs Of
the east
Charley Nichols, Boston's famous nitcher
Will be out Of the game for the next month
at least. In the first inning Of the game at
Brooklyn Saturday he snapped small Iisa-
ment in his elbow and had to quit, He
must now have complete rest until the
member Is completely healed and this viii
take from four to five weeks.
Captain George Davis Of the New York
team Is a hero. He neatly save some lives
at fire in the metropolis. Speaking Of
his heroic work New York paper said:
Tn ferce fre which destroyed three nve-
story double-deck apartment houses on
West 164th street this afternoon membera