Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-05-09
Amateur Base Ball.

The Eastern Stars defeated the Eastern
Colts Tuesday by the score Of to g. The
Stars would like to meet all teams aver
aging sixteen years. Address G. Sterne,
$40 Massachusetts avenue northeast.
Base Ball Notes.
Lee will. pitch today for Washington and
Gear goes into left field replacing OBrien,
who has not been hitting up to the mark.
The Senators will try once more today.
McGinnity and Mercer make a fast tam
dem team.
The Baltimore papers say that Coughin
played another great game at third for the
Senators.
The Orioles We're lightning fast yester-
day, and the game was zip-zip from start
to finish
Notwithstanding Billy Clngmans two
errors, he played a fine game, his catch of
Seymours fly being ringer
The Baltimore Herald says that in the
fourth inning Joe Quinn made one of his
old-time plays on Donlins hit. and classes
it as highway robbery.
The Boston clubs home coming yester
day was something on the order of an ova-
ton, and Buck Freeman proceeded to
make himself solid with the big crowd at
once by slamming out home run and
triple.
Capt. Bin Everitt stole a base on Catcher
Robinson yesterday, which shows conclu-
sively that the veterans rheumatism is
much better. Everitt also got a bingie.
Amos Rusie, the once great pitcher, has
probably gone into the has been" class.
He pitched for Cincinnati yesterday, and
the St. Louis lads batted him all over the
lot, Heidrick placing five bingles to his
credit.
The Observation-Disclosures game scheduled
for the latter city yesterday was postponed
on account of rain.
One thing is certain. The attendance at
Philadelphia the last few days must have
raaIa hat he
do go to see the players and not the grand
stand.-New York Telegram.
When Charlie Comiskey wired Connie
Mack for Lockhead he received short but
straight note, as follows: Cant let him
go. You get most anything you
want"
The standing of the clubs shows the
eastern teams to be more closely matched
than those in the west where Detroit and
Chicago have made a runaway race of it
thus far Boston and Philadelphia also
look weak compared with Washington and
Baltimore.-Detroit News.
McGraw has been firing kilograms to
John Dobbs since the youngster received
his ten days notice from Cincinnati If
Dobbs goes to Baltimore it will be for more
salary than he is getting here. The club
that secures Dobbs will not miss it. Up
to date he has received about ten offers
Local fans will hate to see him go.-Cin-
cinnati Enquirer.
Not since 1896 has Washington been rep
resented by base ball team which started
the season auspiciouSly as Mannfng's
aggregation of American leaguers. Both
before and since 1886 the Washington base
ball club has acted after the fashion of a
sounding lead in that it did not appear to
be satisfied until the bottom. or there
abouts, had been reached, and that posi-
ton was held onto like grim death until
the end of the league Season.-Philadelphia
Press.
Jones of the Chicago team leads the
league in stolen bases, the two pifered
Monday making nine in all for him He
claims the title of champion thief of the
league to date. La Joie leads the league
in batting being around the 500 mark.
Conroy and Gilbert are near the top of the
Milwaukee club in batting.
Charlie Comiskey has found it necessary
to build new additions to the bleachers at
his Chicago base bali park, In order to ac-
commodate the tremendous Sunday crowds
He had large crowds at the park last year,
but never experienced such an Overlooking
that occurred last Sunday, when hundreds
of people had to be turned away because
they could not get even standing room.
Manager Duffy of the Brewers is a splen-
did ball player, great general on the ball
field and q gentleman, but there are some
things that even mild-tempered man like
Duffy cannot stand for. Duffy took the
club here on mere hearsay, not knowing
any of the men-With one or two excep-
tions-and relied greatly on the recon-
mendation of others. He has seen the men
under him play now during three weeks
and feels confident that the material is
there for good ball club, but the way
things have been going of late has been
anything but encouraging to Duffy-Mil-
waukee, Wisconsin.
The fact that nearly all of the games in
tn American League are slower than they
were last year has been brought to the
notice of President Johnson and he stated
yesterday that any player who purposely
delayed any game would be punished. I'm
less the players keep up the reputation the
league made last year they will have to be
trimmed up a bit. that is ALL" said the
president And these men who hear are
getting to be rather boist erous and little
bit rowdy will have to stop 1t right away
else they will have their wings clipped
short off. The games must be faster and
they must be gentlemanly."-Ch Rec
ord-Herald.
Charley Dryden of the Philadelphia
North American staff thus describes the
Oriole uniforms: I'VE don't know whether
a cake walker to twist hts intellect on the
as if they had waded In raw omelet which
adhered in streaks. The yellow legs fade
away into two black bags, supported by a
yellow belt. Then comes a black shirt
with immense yellow o on the left
breast. Over this harmonious whole is
worn a double-breasted coat, with wide
yellow collar and cuffs Of the same. and
two rows Of white pearl buttons as large
as oyster shells down the front breadths
All that Is needed to complete the ensemble
of the hottest bunch in Dixie is a pink plug
hat. If Muggsy wishes to add the hat he
is welcome to this tip"
Recommends Rejection of Proposals.