Evening star., 1900-10-06

Base Ball Notes.
Pittsburg begins playing again today.
The Phillies cannot finish lower than
third.
Manager Selee says the Brookiyns are the
greatest bunters in the business.
If Mike Donlin of the st. Louis team
could only field as well as he can hit he
would be a great one. .
Manager Davis and Jack Doyle OF the
New Yorks are at daggers' ends, and the
latter may be dropped from the Giants.
Jack will have a hard time catching on
with another club.
Rain caused postponement of the Phila-
delphia-Brooklyn game In the former city
yesterday. A doubie-header Will De played
Monday.
Ned Hanlon is quoted as saying that but
for that affair between LaJote ana FLICK
the Philies would have finished first.
Jones of Brooklyn made great record
Wednesday, In nine times at bat he raped
out four doubles and single.
1t looks as If there will be regular Don
nybrook fair kind Of a row among the
magnates when they meet in December
Holmes the ex-Baltimore player. who
played with the Detroit American League
team this season, has batting average OF
3O6.
Chicago is said to be contemplating the
release of Childs, Cunningham and Ryan IN
The ST. Louis team Is very anxious to
beat the Pirates out of second place They
have five games with Clarke's team before
the season ends. and they intend to work
hard to win a majority Of them.
Pitcher Easons signing with the Chicago
team makes four Jefferson county, Pa,
boys who are now in the big league-Eason
Hedrick Slagle and Mcbride.
There are six players on the Brooklyn
team who have stolen over twenty bases
each The PhiIlies have four, with Cross
close up with nineteen.
Mertes of Chicago has forty stolen bases
to his credit. thus leading the league, while
Donovan of ST. Louis Is second. with thirty-
nine Slagle is third. with thirty-six.
Thomas leads the center fielders In field
ing having percentage of 1863. In batting
Thomas is twentieth, with an average OF
.312.
. Cincinnati has proved the Jonah Of more
tnan the Pirates at that New York seems
to have suffered from the octopus about as
much as any other club in the league. Vic
tories that have counted against Pittsburg
have counted also against the Giants who
now may be said to have comfortable
grip on last place.-New York Press.
Ned Hanlon boasts of not losing an ex-
hibition game in eleven years, while Bob
Allen beats all league records in having lost
five this season. HanlOn realizes the i'm
portance of uphodlng the dignity OF the
National League, while the Paulding bank
er either does not care or else does not pos
sess executive ability enough to get his
team to render their best services at all
times. ~
Wolverton, the Philies' third baseman, is
quently making wonderful stops Of hard
hit grounders. and also made a catch Of
Jack Doyle's liner in Saturdays game
which was marvellous. Wolverton also
made several splendid stops in Mondays
game, and also batted we'll The New York
club could have secured Woverton before
the Quakers did, but refused TO pay the
money asked for him.
Midget Sheehan. who was released by
Andy Freedman a couple of weeks ago. was
signed by Sacramento to play center field as
SOON as he reached: home. 1t will be re-
membered THAT he was claimed by ST Louis
in the spring, but released to Springfield,
Mass. soon as McGraw came to terms.
Sheehan states that Doyle and Van Hal
tren were the only ones on the New Yorks
who gave him any assistance worth men
tioning. George Davis used his best efforts
to keep him on the bench. Freedman treat
ed him well, but as the former left the
management of the team entirely in the
hands of Davis. players who were not in
with the clique had hard row to hoe.
Barney Dreyfus has already over thirty
players on his claim and reserve i.st for
the Pittsburg club If the magnates carry
out their promises to pass a rule at their
next annual meeting limiting the roster Of
each team to fifteen men. with no farming
or strings on any other players Barney
will have to choose the limit and turn the
rest on the market which Is both just to
his brother magnates and also to the play
ers, as the most unjust thing that can hap
pen to young player Is to tie him up so
he has no chance to better himself which
ofttimes he could do If not handcufred
Says the Philadelphia Bulletin: John T.
Brush Of Cincinnati, whose players behave
themselves in gentlemanly manner, and
who are never known to play rowdy ball is
the latest owner to throw spasm because
of the Philadelphia clubs buzzer DEPART
ment and in an interview said he had de-
cided to prefer charges against the Phiia-
delphia club for sharp practice in employ
ing Morgan Murphy to tip off opponents
signs Jim Hart of Chicago, who is treat
ing Anson in such sportsmanlike manner in
connection with the latter's stock in the
chicago club. has also been seized with, a
mt OF virtuous Indignation. and saws the
Philadelphia players should not have their
averages included in the leagues official
ngures It's any odds that the magnates
Will be quite busy enough this winter TO
stall on the Players Association and the
new league without bothering about the
buzzer. Even If they decide to take up the
case they are powerless to act as suggest
ed, as Col Rogers will probably prove to
them