Evening star., 1900-07-23

about as hard to get up enthusiasm in that
town as it would be to fry an egg on a
cake of ice.-Pittsbsrs Press.
Since joining the Indianapolis team Phil
Geier has won seven games by timely hit
ting. He now is considered the best all
round man with the Hoosiers.
Amos Rusfe has again passed into obliv-
ion 1t would not be surprising if the big
fellow did not pitch an2ther game in the
big league. His base ball spirit appears to
be completely crushed.
So far the Bostons, Philadelphias and St
Louis have been Qhe disappointments of
the season. However,. as the crier in the
circus says: Remember. ladies and gen.
tlemen the performance IS only half over"
SO says veteran.
Pitcher Still BilR Hill. the left-hander.
formerly with Louisville, afterward with
Cincinnati, st. Louis, Cleveland Baltimore
and Brooklyn, was released by Detroit yes
terday.
A timely hitter one who can stem I'm to
the plate and knock the ball outside the
diamond when men are on bases, can get a
good salary for working afternoons with
Chicago's ball team.
The Boston team is said to harbor a
clique. la that New York bunch, who are
set on getting Frank Selee out of the busi-
ness and have Hugh Duffy manage the
Beaneaters. The charge is a serious one
and If proven true as in the case of the
New York players, ought to bring out a
few cases of backlisting.
BROOKLYN will be breaking out of the
league If they don't patronize base ball bet
ter over here after awhile said Bancroft
yesterday. The record is getting worse
than it used to be at Baltimore when the
attendance got down to policemen and
newsboys.''
Wallace has not been as steady at short
this season as he was last year Several
rallies by opposing teams against the Car
dinalS recently had their beginnings with
errors by Wallace. who has not recovered
from the accident that kept him out Of the
game so long.
After of his pitchers is knocked out
Manager Clarke of the Pittsburgs does not
believe in stopping the opposing team, so
sends an outfielder in to pitch. He did
this twice last week. 1t looks a great deal
like lack of confidence in the ability of his
team to come from behind.-Cincinnati
Times-Star.
When Long, Lowe. Collins and Tenny
are all feeling right and working smoothly
1t takes hard work to push one through
them. They gObble up bunts they pull
down liners and every one of them is death
on towering flies or tipping grounders
1t has been claimed that the St. Louis
club has the largest salary list of any
club. This claim Is not founded on facts
for the distinction of getting rid of the
greatest amount of money-for this season.
at least-belongs to the Brooklyn club. The
club has not medium-priced player among
the seventeen that compose the regular
team. it being safe to assert that not one
of these men draws less than $1,000.
Freeman is not up to his long hitting rec
OTd Oh last season, ana no wonder. Less is
at stake in tailend club like Washington
than in leader player is not so anx-
ious. and is therefore in better condition to
do himself justice. Freeman's stick work
has been fully as satisfactory as could be
expected.
News comes from Philadelphia that Ma
poleon Lajoie, the hard-htting second base
man of the Quakers. is on the market
Evidently the Philadelphia club is tired Of
Lajoie's escapades which have placed the
team in bad hole on many occasions so
far as can be learned, neither Cincinnati
nor Brooklyn wants the man. Perhaps
New York will buy him.
Yesterdays American League game at
Chicago was a sensational one. Sixteen
innings were played. ending in a tie The
Chicagos opened on Hoffer, the ex-Oriole,
who pitched for Cleveland. in the first in
ming and took what seemed winning lead.
The visitors were unable to do much with
katoll until the ninth. when a single and
tW) doubles netted two runs. The Chica-
gos tied the score in their half after
which both sides struggled for seven in
nings without result darkness ending the
contest. The attendance was $500.