Evening star., 1900-06-30
ex-senator: -xho is Playing second base fol
the Bfsons kfocKed out two home run.

ex-senator. who is playing second base fer
the Bisons. knocked out two home runs
with his big bat.
Colli1ower who played with the Eastern
Athletic team yesterday, has signed with
the Youngstown. Ohio. club of the Inter
state Association, and will leave for that
place today.
Mike Donlin of St. Louis could not have
been cut up so very badly in his recent
escapade. He was back in the game yes
terday and fielded in good form.
'Cy' Seymour, at one time touted as the
best left-hander in the business and who
was recently farmed out to Chicago of the
American League. has been released by
the latter club on account of wildness. The
big southpaw will now have to look for
a job.
Jimmy Slagle is still keeping up his good
batting for the Phillies. Yesterday he made
two of the seven hits credited to the
Quakers.
In Boston they acknowledge that the
Brookyns play better base ball than the
Beaneaters. Hanlon's aggregation has
brains and knows how to use them.
Jesse Burkett Is receiving more salary
this season than he ever received in base
ball. 1t might also be mentioned that he
Is giving poorer return for 1t.
Dick Padden's PLAYING is the talk of the
would strengthen the National League
team of that city.
The Washington youngster. .Demontreville.
who has been playing a star part as gen.
both on the team, is dissatisfied with the
batting record that he has made this year.
and is practicing left-hand hitting. AS he
is very fast on his feet he might be able
to do something that way once he acquired
sufficient skill to hit accurately. The ad-
vantage that left-hand batters have in
beating the ball to first is so well known
that all youngsters are trying to learn to
bat left handed misunderstanding Life.
Some person brought up the spirited play
of Dahlen under HanlonS management.
They asked the ways and means used by
the veteran manager to get this player
to show energy in a game daily. something
he was seldom guilty of when he was on
the Chicago pay roll. Il cannot see that
he has been improved so much" was the
reply of the little colonel. Anyway, it is
a fact that Hanlon has tried twice this
year. if l remember rightly. to get rid of
the man. He has offered him to us at least
once that l know of That doesn't look as
If the champs manager was in love with
the veteran. People tell me that there is
no love lost between the men and has not
been for some time past, but then Hanlon
has not been able to get a purchaser for
the man. You always hear of the efforts
Hanlon makes to buy a player. He will
give that to the papers, but l take notice
that you do not hear of him giving out
any stories of the Dahlen kind He Is too
slick for hat.'-Sporting Life
Here is bouquet from the New York
Herald for Kip selbach. the ex-Red
During the game there was just one
feature tiidl diIoTued Httle renet TO the
big crowd that had gathered to see the
contest. and that was magnificent catch
by Selbach in left field. BY all odds it was
the best play made on the Polo grounds
this year. and next to the wonderful catch
that O'Brier once made in right field, prob
ably the best outfield effort that ever oc-
CURED on the Harlem diamond. Jennings
hit what would have been a single ninety
nine times out of one hundred. 1t was a
low fly to short left field. Selbach was
playing well out, but he came in at the
top of his speed. and, seeing that he vas
not going to be able to reach the ball, dived
forward, with both arms extended in front
of him their full length and managed to
grab the ball not more than foot from
the ground. He deserved all the applause
that he received -