Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-11-03
Base Ball Notes.

Base Ball Notes.
Bill Schriver of the Pittsburg team was
induced to take Bridget Donohue's place on
the Cuban team, and Tim had to pay
porter 81 for throwing his trunk of the
boat just before it started.
Billy Earle, the little globe trotter, has
gone to Cuba. He will play with Cuban
team against the New York and Brooklyn
players.
John NJ Ward is authority for the state
ment that Mike Griffin wants to play ball
next year. The former star center fielder
has contract from the St. Louis club call
ing for 81 400, but expects more. Mike is
greatly over weight, but thinks he can train
down.
Lotus is with the American League on
the farming question. He says good BUSH
ness principles dictate that all SuperfuouS
players should be sold or released, and ex-
penses kept down to the lowest consistent
notch.
Pitcher Piatt Of the Philadelphia club
who has been laid up with typhoid fever
has fully recovered. When he went to the
clubs Office to collect his back salary,
which amounts to $500, he was notified that
he was not entitled to 1t. Piatt will take
the case to the courts unless settlement is
effected.
Mike Griff1ns case against the Brooklyn
club was aired at special term of the
Rome, N. Y, court. The plaintiff was
sworn in his own behalf and told his story
of the contract as made with the club. At
sci for the club made motion for nom
suit on the ground that the plaintiff had not
established any cause OF action The mo-
ton was entertained and decision was
served.
Hamilton led the Bostons in batting the
past season with 800. Last year Fred Ten
ney was in the van with a percentage of
$50, closely followed by Stahl with .34S.
Hamilton's percentage was .306. Tenney,
whose record is .2S4, has not been himself
this year, which will in large measure &C
count for his poor showing. Stahl has also
done good work with the stick, but was
handicapped by illness during the latter
part of the season.
Erwin Harvey, the Los Angeles boy who
did such good work for Minneapolis of the
American League and Chicago National
League base ball teams this year, has re-
turned from the east. He is ready to jump
into the harness at any moment, and looks
larger and stronger than when he left here.
He says OutfielderS Mccarthy and Mertes,
Catcher Chance and Pitcher Menefee, all of
Chicago, will be here in time for the open
ing of the winter league season.-Los An
geles (Cal) Express.
Jimmy Manning, as John Saulspaugh of
Minneapolis appears to have been lost in the
shuttle, is the one American League mag
nate kicking over the organization plans
at expansion. Manning appears very well
satisfied with his lot at Kansas City, and,
though practically promised the Washing
ton franchise, isn't bit pleased at the pro-
posed change of residence, and is making
quite stalwart fight, unaided and unabet-
ted, to have Il. d. johnson permit him to
remain at Kansas City. He has made good
money in that city, and has other interests
there besides base ball However he will
go where he is sent and the best that Kan
sas City can hope for in base BAH way
Will be franchise in the Western ga ono
st. Louis Republic
James A. Hart, president of the Chicago
Base Ball Club, arrived in San Francisco
from the east last Thursday. President
Hart went into town quietly and for rea-
sens that are not entirely obvious took every
plecaution to keep his presence secret, even
Voiding the usual Formally OF registering
at the hotel. 1t is said that the purpose of
President Harris trip to the coast is to Sc
cure the services of Bill LANCE who sew
cred his connection with the team at the
close of the season of 1899.
The Philadelphia Ball Club announced
last Thursday that it had signed John
Townsend, the crack pitcher of the Chester,
Pa, team, for next season. Townsend made
a splendid record while with the Chester
team. and is considered the best twrler
who figured In amateur and semi profess
sional games the past season. He pitched
in forty games this year. of which number
he won thirty-five and lost five, besides
Townsend's victories We're over the Phillies
and the Norfolk club, which won this
years championship in the Virginia League.
The latter team was held down to two hits
and he also struck out sixteen batsmen
The new Philadelphia club will accord
ing to the Chicago Record, be known as
the Athletics and be made up of fourteen
of the finest players who can be gathered
from last seasons Kansas City and Mime
apois clubs, with six or eight present Ma
tional Leaguers. The same writer states
that McGraw and Robinson are to have
Baltimore with fourteen players-twelve
besides themselves-and one of Macs"
pitchers, the tip went out at Tuesdays
meeting, will be Jay Hughes of San Fran
CISCO the star member of Ned Hanlon's
staff in 80 Manning will have for Wash
f--y Ilaf1
Everitt, Phyle. DUNCAN, Hemphill Schaef-
err Clingman, O'Brien, Farrell and several
first-class players that will be donated by
the National League. Hemphill remains
the property Of the Messrs. Robson and
Becker, but he will likely remain with
Manning throughout next year, as the Car
dinals appear well fortified as TO acceptable
outfielders.
ball circles occurred last week, when the
people OF the American League and the
new National Association did some fitting
over the country and gave out some inter-
views, telling what they expected to do the
next season. Ban Johnson, president of the
American League, stopped in Pittsburg
thursday on his way home from Washing
ton, Baltimore and Philadelphia. He de-
clared his league this year will invade the
east. and will be made up of eight cities
picked from Washington, Baltimore, Phil
adelphia Cleveland, Buffalo, Detroit Chi
cago, Indianapolis and Milwaukee.
1t looks very much as II the National
League and the American League are work
ing together with the object of shutting off
early the proposed National Association.
Ban Johnson said the National League had
not in any way tried to hinder him in his
efforts to secure a foothold in the east
This looks as If there is an understanding.
Then. too Johnson declared that the Ma
tional League would no longer be allowed
t. draft American League players. He
stated this would put the American on
par with the National League, and alleged
that there would be no fight between the
two. unless the National League made 1t.
20 a combina ton to circumvent the new
National Association PHI NauS