Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-08-13
Hawley held the Reds down to three hits,

Hawley held the Reds down to three hits,
and his support was perfect.
Jimmy Slagle has regained his batting eye
once more. At the present time ne is aver
aging two hits to game. which, II con-
tinued. will land him among the leaders
Jack Warner, the Giants catcher. who
fractured his arm recently and will be- out
of the game for the remainder of TIE sea-
son. has been given to understand by Mag
nate Freeman that he will be carried on
the pay roll of the club until he RECEIVERS.
This means all of next season, II the neces-
sty arises.
has come to end. The mound city pa
pers are continually roasting the game
little fellow. and, as a result. the LATER
has stopped trying. The Cardinals are
doubtless standing by Tebeau, to the dGtri-
ment of McGraw.
Ashley Lloyd. the well-known and GENIAL
secretary-t treasurer of the Cincinnati Ciua.
has decided to quit base ball on account Of
the harsh criticism of the press of that
city. Mr. Lloyd has been with the Reds for
many years. and had friends by the score
all over the circuit. The campaign for
cheaper base ball in Cincinnati brought
about the bad feeling.
Billy Ciinsman, recently released by Chi
cago. played his first game with Kansas
City Saturday. His error in the tenth in
ming gave the game to the Milwaukees.
1t looks as if John r Brush is going to
be forced out of Cincinnati. The fans there
may get worse magnate than John T.
There is no gold lining to the present
financial base ball cloud. Pittsburg alone
is holding up Its end in the matter of at
tendance. The other cities are suffering
from rowdyism. high prices and poor base
ball. 1t - to weep.
In Chicago they refer to John Camel. the
Cowboys first baseman, the rubber
man" He is said to have the greatest reach
of any first baseman in the business. gift
that makes him of great value to the other
infielders Of the team.
A dispatch from Cincinnati says: Bob
Wood, the Cincinnati catcher. was released
today to he Chicago American League
team. Wood refused to go, and will retire
at the end of this season.
Frank Dwyer denies the interview alleged
to have been given by him In Detroit to the
effect that an umpire should give all close
decisions to the home team. No one who
knows Dwyer believed that he made such
a statement. 1t is known here that he
would not even give his home team the ad-
vantage of a close decision when he knew
that the decision belonged to the opponents
The Chicago club has signed southpaw
pitcher named Heimeri who is alleged to
have struck out twenty-three batsmen
pitching for the Jefferson, Wis., club
against semi-professional team. The Mil
waukee club some time ago was in nego-
tiatlon with this youngster.
Manager Hanlon is a passive advocate of
the double umpire system. Hk team has
suffered as much any in the league be-
cause of the inefficiency of the present sys-
TEN. yet there Is no manager in the bust
H.
Ions opinion Emslie is the best umpire now
before the public.
The attendance at the three games sched-
uled IN as many cities yesterday was very
big. which shows that Sunday base ball is
wanted in certain sections of the country
Nearly ten thousand people took in the
game at St Louis and saw the Broklyn
champions win over the Perfectos after Te-
beaus men seemed to have the game well
in hand. At Chicago 5000 people We're
present at the game. The attendance at
the games of the American League We're
the largest Of the season.
President John T. Brush of the Cincinnati
club has come out f1at-footed in favor of a
return next year to a twelve-club national
league. He said: Il shall advocate re-
turn 10 the tweve-club league for next sea-
son. l do not consider that the present
eight-club combination has proved the sue
cess anticipated, and think the game will
be more prosperous for all concerned IL we
get back to twelve clubs
The fight for second place between the
Philadelphia and Pittsburg clubs, which
has been an interesting feature of the
league race for the past week. came to an
end yesterday. when the Pirates dlslodged
Shettsline's men by defeating Chicago. The
Philies did not play. and by virtue Of the
fact that all days look alike to the Pitts
burg base ballists. and Sunday is as good
for game as any other old day the men
from the city of smoke and piratical base
ball aggregat!onS lead the smuggling Phil
lies by four points.