Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-06-09

was held Tuesday evening at o'clock, at
52S 18th street northwest. The resignation of
Capt. Ed. S. Byrnes was accepted. Lieut..
w. F. Maher was requested to assume
command of the club. The report of the
treasurer was submitted and approved
HalIwoods and ManteIls to Meet.
An exciting game of base ball Is sched
uled to be played at the National Base Ball
Park on Thursday, June IA, at o'clock.
The two teams which will cross bats on
that occasion are the Hallwoods and the
Mantells. Music will be furnished by the
Washington Light Infantry Band. Admis-
sion will be by card only. The lineup of
the teams is follows:
Hallwoods-H. Leach, s. Shreve, E. H.
Neumeyer, jr. (manager), +. Ogle, H. Ham,
mond (captain). 9. Lee, H. Cleines, F. Loft
tus p. Kendall. 8. 2. House, II. Burgess,
F. Berens.
acknowledgements Cochran (manager), Pat
Wells, VIM. McMillen. Jas. b. Green, NJ.
McGrillis, VIM. Donnelly, F. Harry At
Gibson (captain), F. Harvey, G. Lackey
V. Woodbridge, A. Dufond and S. Stokes.
Base Ball Notes.
Yesterdays games at Philadelphia, New
York and Brooklyn. We're postponed on ac-
count of rain.
Billy Dinneen won another game for Bos-
ton yesterday by pitching strong ball HIS
support, of course. was first class.
Boston Is fast climbing up into ranks of
the aristocratic leaders in the league race.
Yesterdays victory makes eleven wins out
OF the last twelve games played
Rockville failed to put in an appearance
yesterday at National Park. probably On
account of the bad weather outlook, and
the game was given to the Government
Printing Office team by the forfeited score
of TO 0.
Manager Fred Clarke of the Pittsburgs
has gone to Hot Springs. Ark, to recover
from "A bad of malaria. DICK Cooley
I has charge of the Pirates. and has won two
games since he assumed the leadership.
Although McGraw has been with the ST.
| Louis team less than month. he leads in
stolen bases His value to the Cardinals is
nestimable.
The Cincinnati club will not allow the
players to pay for the new uniforms and at
no time thought of doing. President
| Brush has spoken.
Smith of the Brooklyn club was
| farmed out to Hartford. AS Smith would
strengthen several teams in the big league
\ he is justly indignant and refused to go.
Jack OConnOr Is a great fellow to jolly
| the pitcher. When there were three men on
| bases Thursday Rube Waddell showed
signs of taking a little aerial trip Jack
stopped the play long enough to pat Rube
| on the back once or twice, and then RUDE
famed the next man out.
! Manager Charlie Contskey has secured
| the services of a new catcher. McManus of
the Allentown (Pa) team, of the Atlantic
| League. McManus is touted as a good
| man. and his work last season with Wash
ington showed that. among other accom-
pllshments. he can bat. Comiskey paid $500
| to Manager Sharsg for the release Dick
| Padden, who Is with Chicago, probably
| recommended the ex-senator to Comiskty.
| The Cincinnati team has done well on
| the present eastern trip as has Tebeau's all
star pennant-winning aggregation. Allen >
| men have suffered five defeats and carried
! off three victories. and the st. Louis all-star
| aggregation has done no better. Pittsburg
| has done better than any of the western
| bax- Lost
| curious spectacle was afforded the
| early arrivals at the Polo grounds Thurs
| day afternoon. At time less than
| three ex-pitchers were trying out their arms
| in front of the grand stand. They were
| Van Haltren. Mercer and Hickman, all of
| the New York team. Elmer Smith might
| have added himself to make up quartet.
| With Wallace. that premier shortfielder.
! and Emmett He!drick out of the game ST.
Louis is badly weakened and going along
at a bigger disadvantage than any other
club in the league Wallace will hardly get
back in the fray until the team gets home.
| Sam Crawford for the Cincinnatls on
| Tuesday larruped the ball safely four times,
| and every swipe was hummer. The next
| to last time he Up he hit long foul
that close the Reds declared il was
| fair, but, upon their claim being disallowed,
| Crawford got his dander up and cracked
| the leather over Selbach's head for three
bases.
During the trip to New York early in
| May Lajoie tried to pass a friend into the
fOlO 1TOuHQS, Out was SCOOQ up at the gaze
| and made to pay an admission of 30 cents.
| "Tl play even for this" the crack batsman
| said. and he did. The first time at bat he
| calmly stood and fouled seven bright new
| balls. worth $1.23 per. over left field among
| the elevated tracks. where they were lost
! to Freedman forever. While Larry was
thus squaring accounts a regular process
| sion of balls rolled from the Giants bench
| to the umpire. only to pass from mortal
| view. After pounding ss.75 from the re-
ceipts of the day Larry readjusted his
! sights and made base hit for himself
New York lost $S.25 on this deal.
Potomac Wheelmen Install Officers.
The regular monthly meeting of the Poto-
mac Wheelmen was held Wednesday even
ing at the club rooms 31O6 p street, the
special business being the installation OF
officers for the ensuing year, the list OF
| which has already been published In The
Star. Mr.. Bilkins was received into men,
bershfp. and the applications of Charles F.
Wood and Ernest Dove were unanimously
approved.
The schedule of runs for the ensuing two
months distributed, and comprises
runs to about GOO miles, taking in Ashton
Baltimore. Rockville, Brandywine Grea1
/ Falls. Manassas. Frederick, Anglers Clut
House. Marlboro and several shorter runs
| The sweaters and caps. recently ordered
have been received. and the members of the
| club are very much pleased with them
They will be worn for the first time to-
morrow on a trip to Ashton. Captain John
| son expecting good attendance of mem
| bers.
Sharkey In q Round.
Thomas ]. Sharkey easily defeated
| "Yank' Kenny in the first round Of what
was to have been a twenty-fve-round bout
before the Broadway Athletic Club, New
York. last night. Sharkey took the aggres-
sive from the start and drove his antagon-