Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-10-30

| each in the National and American leagues,
and one Eastern League club offers three
men for him.
when the meeting of the players union
men and the league is held said Chief
thinner. 1.-The newspapers will be made
aware of 1t, and they will know what was
done. We think the public should know
what is going on, and we will take them
1--WE not asking for fancy salaries or
for the entire abrogation of reserve clause
in our contracts"
Dick Harley does not intend to forsake
the diamond as long as he is in demand in
fast company, as his store in Philadelphia
will go right along in his absence and the
money he can earn playing ball will well
repay him for the time he absents himself
from the Little Corner Grocery as the
other ball players have dubbed the Harley
business establishment.
Chairman Phil Peterson of the, National
Association says the promoters of the new
organization are still working quietly He
believes that in order to gain the confidence
of the players and public every club should
give bond that its salaries and other ex-
penses will be paid for the entire coming
season. and that the association should
guarantee the payment. The plan has been
favorably received by such of the prospect
I've magnates to whom he has preached it,
and will likely be adopted. Mr. Peterson
has not yet called the meeting for perma-
nent organization.
If John T. Brush has any notion of bar
Ilii5 tiie - ~ ~ DTancn or the Western
Union Telegraph Company from the Ma
tional League parks his friends have reason
to be uneasy about his mental condition.
The theory that tickers hurt attendance
ma. may pe correct, put Brush ought to know
that a mere act of legislation by the mag
mates will not prevent the Western Union
getting all the information 1t wants about
base ball.
The silly conduct of Hanlon in Baltimore
Wagner in this city and Soden in Roston Of
barring the telegraph company from their
parks put the employees of the big corpora-
tlon to some inconvenience, but didn't sue
business. and everything done on the field
was flashed over the country as promptly
as when the wires were inside the fences.
angel race as Tim Hurst was wont to
call Jennings, hasn't the weakest arm
among the members Of the Brooklyn club,
as most persons have been led to believe.
While Hughey's wing may not be as
strong now as it was in the days when he
still good enough to serve him as a first or
second sacker for some time to come
Though few of the uninitiated know it,
Keller, the teams crack right fielder, is
possessed of an arm that is all glass when
compared with that of Kelley Sheckard or
Jones. Were he compelled to make more
than two or three long throws In the course
OF game he would be all out. sure. As it
Is unless the occasion demands it. Wee
William" merely lobs the ball in and thus
saves the member as much as possible. His
throwing arm IS not a whit better than
Jennings that Is if the off-season tales of
the ball tossers are to be believed
During talk base ball affairs last
evening gentleman well posted on the ma
tlonal game vouchsafed the remark that
Frank Robison's recent notice to his play-
ers. letting them know that those who
didn't make good the past campaien
would be expected to sign at a certain re-
duced salary for 1901, was the first move
on the magnates part toward a slicing of
salaries, says the st. Louis Republic
He had been in consultation week or
more with John T. Brush before he issued
his manifesto declared the gentleman in
question, land I firmly believe that the no
tce was the joint work of the two club
owners. All signs point toward a reduction
in salaries for next season. and think time
will bear me out in my assertion that the
notice the st. Louis players received was
the opening gun. Base ball isn't as profit
able as 1t used to be, and as expenses have
to be cut DOWN the salaries of the PLAYERS
the largest item, comes first. Many a PLAYER
who drew 5000 and s., 400 this season will
be lucky to reach the s.. 900 mark in 1901 {"
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Julia Hicks today forfeited SO in the Po-
lice Court for alleged violation of the Ed
munds law. Edward Belt who was jointly
charged with her in the offense was con-
victed and Judge Kimball sent him down
for sixty daHA