Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-06-22
ORIOLES MAY SUFFER.

| will be the Leander, New College, Thames.
| London and Client rowing clubs.
ORIOLES MAY SUFFER.
Belief at Headquarters That Baltimore
May BE Ousted From League.
| A special from Chicago says that the re-
fusal of John McGraw to let Hughey Jen-
nings play at Philadelphia may be the en-
| tering wedge which will put Baltimore out
| of the American League circuit next year,
according to rumors here President john
son of the American League refuses to dis
cuss future plans, but the way which
| things have turned out is not pleasing to
| the American League executive, to say the
| least.
Il had feared that Jennings would 60 to
| the National League right along" said
| President Johnson last night Il cannot
see what McGraw can be thinking about,
| trying to antagonize the interest of the
| league. No single club is bigger than the
league. and harmony has been a most VAL
| liable asset.
There has at no time been any DISPOSE
| ton one the part of myself or anybody
| else in the American League to take an
| unfair advantage Of McGraw or the Balu-
| more club, but the laws Of the league must
! be obeyed, regardless Of whom 1t hits. Nc
| Graw should have given in and not tried
to strengthen the opposition, which he did
| In letting Jennings go over to the National
League.
THE way it has turned out certainly
| does not strengthen McGraw's team and
| his actions may make it possible for the
opposition to say that harmony does not
prevail In our ranks. However, you can
| rest assured the same policy that has OBJ
| tanned In the past will hold in the future"
Those on the inside positively assert that
| McGraw must mend his ways or there will
be trouble for him. 1t is already noised
| about that plans are being made for the
| league to go into two other cities. St.
| Louis and Cincinnati have been mentioned
IN the west and Brooklyn and New York
| In the east. 1t Is claimed that Freedman
| Is willing to sell out in New York now,
since he has gained his end and trampIed
| upon the laws of the National League to
his satisfaction. 1t is stated on good au-
| thority that capitalists have already been
| selected for the New York end of the deal
Hot Times Mt Base Ball.
From the Chicago News.
| Commissioner of Internal Revenue Yerkes
admits that they had hot times down In
Kentucky during the time GoebeI was
alive and Immediately after his murder.
| but he says the excitement never became
feverish enough to explode fountain pens
| as 1t did recently at Washington base
| ball game The Washington team was
| playing the Chicago nine. Four thousand as
ardent fans as ever worked in the govern
ment departments were In the grand stand
| and on the bleachers At the beginning of
the eighth inning the Chicagoans had ten
runs to their credit, while the Washington
| team had been able only to register two In
| the eighth inning, however, the Washing
| ton players opened up and two and three
| baggers came in such rapid succession that
the score was soon tied and the fans were
| wrought up to fever heat. Mr.. Yerkes
| was just as ardent the rest of the crowd
| He was chronicling each move made by
! the players on his score sheet with a foun-
tain pen. As the eighth Washington man
1nfn Mr.
| ploded. The commissioner was covered
| with ink, the greater portion of it finding a
resting place on his new Panama hat.
Iaik about hot times" remarked Mr..
| Yerkes, looking ruefully at his hat. why
| we don't know the meaning of the word in
| Kentucky. When fountain pens get to ex-
ploding We ought to be thankful that all
| those fans did not have six shooters about
| their persons
Base BAH Notes.
Yesterdays game was another one to for
get
Case Patten and Pink Hawley will
| probably do the twirling today.
| Little Jack Farrell got back into the
game yesterday with his stick, and If he
| could only take care Of grounders he would
| be all right.
Mike Grady was quite badly hurt in the
| second inning and would have retired but
that Clarke was on first. His right hand
| was so badly swollen that he could hardly
| grip the ball.
When the Milwaukees arrived at the
park yesterday afternoon they were GER
! tainly in the dumps on account OF their
poor showing on the road, but the victory
over the Senators made them feel better
| in the evening.
Pitcher ''Cy'' Young has been on the rub
Der fourteen times and has won eleven
games. The Bostons have won thirteen
out OF the last fourteen played. They will
be here next Thursday.
| The stanch admirers of the Washington
club will not lose faith over the loss of a
| Few games. The team Is now in fourth
place and can break even with the best of
clubs The twirling staff has taken a
known quantity and bound to round to
| winning form.
Tommy Leahy was shipped over to Phila-
| delphia from Baltimore by Manager Duffy
Thursday night, SO that but one ex-Sena-
| tor was In the game yesterday. This was
the big Swede. Anderson and he was given
hearty welcome when he came to the
| bat for the first time.
Selbach is acting captain Of the New
York team while George Davis is forced
out of the game through injuries.
Manager Hanlon may now get hold of
Third Baseman Lauder since he has per-
mitted Jennings to go to Philadelphia. The
! former Is under contract, but refuses to
play with the Quakers. and Hanlon has
been trying to get him all season.
The umptres OF the American League
have been instructed to bench any player
| who sticks to an argument after a decision
| has been made. and 1t win be well for the
! Washington men to make their kicks in a
very diplomatic manner hereafter.
A prominent sporting goods dealer said
the other day that the demand for base
ball goods this spring was something phe-
nomenal, and had the weather been pro-
pitious 1t would have been impossible to
fill orders.
Pitcher Dunn makes a very good short
stop. In the five games in which he Of
ficiated in that position for Baltimore he
has had thirty-three chances, and ac-
| cepted all of them but two-a fielding aver
age Of $780,
There was a decided change In Fred Pos
tails countenance last evening. He wrote
| a long letter to Manager Manning yester-
day. asking him II his presence was needed