Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-03-15

the lowest score tas. which won for him
| the gold medal.
The silver medal was won by H. NJ. For
rest Of Philadelphia, who made 146. and
| the bronze media, Tor score of I4S by ",
| H. Davis of LakesPod.
sheckard Wants1so Play in baltimore.
Jimmy Sheckard. sthe Brooklyn outfelder,
| who is reported te have Jumped his con-
| tract with the American League, telegraphs
| from Hot Springs. Ark. as follows: IF
| the court does not sustain the option clause
| in my 1900 Brooklyn contract 1 will play
| in Baltimore, as ] signed with McGraw
| first. 1 was inveNgled into signing with
| Brooklyn under persuasion of Hanlon, Eb
belts and lawyer / want to be honest in
| this matter, and If McGraw is sustained /:
will be pleased to play in Baltimore"
Base Ball Notes.
John Foster says that Criger is the best
| jumper In the country, as he jumped from
st. Louis to Boston.
Frank Donohue. one of the Philadelphia
National League Clubs pitchers, has
signed contract to play with the same
| club this year.
There is one good sign in the program of
| the American League. They put the player
| and not the magnate in the center of the
stage.
Daniel Green, outfelder of the Chicago
National League Base Ball Club, yesterday
| announced that he had signed a contract
to play with the same club this year.
Wallace and Heidrick of the St. Louis
National League Club are at Cleveland
comforting with American League officers.
| They have not signed contracts. but will
probably go to Chicago American League.
Ed Scott, the pitcher. denies that he has
signed with the Cincinnati team. Ban
Johnson has had conference with Scott,
and 1t is probable that the latter will be
with one of the American League clubs
this season He says he has not as yet
signed q contract.
President Johnson of the American
League says: Il see a number of the Ma
| tional League players are using us
a means Of getting an increase in their
ported by the National League press
agency in Boston that Herman Long has
refused several offers by wire and mail
from the American League 1 know that
club in our league"
With Van Haltren the veteran; Setback
and Hickman in the outfeld New York
will be very strong back of the bases this
year. Hickman's signed contract was re-
ceived in New York yesterday morning.
1t Is not improbable that Hickman will
give Wagner a good race this summer for
the batting championship of the league.
Hugh Jennings will doubtless play pro-
fessional ball the coming summer, after
July 1, possibly with the Philadelphia Ma
tional League team. Jennings Is willing to
| join the Quakers If suitable ARRANGEMENTS
| Hanlon has been negotiating with the
Philadelphia management. At present
Jennings Is busy with his law studies in
| the Cornell College of Law and coaching
| the Cornell base ball team.
In an interview yesterday at Boston
| Pitcher Lewis comes out fat-footed against
| the option clause that prevailed in the Ma
| tiOnal League contracts and said that any
| player who signed it was justified In re-
pudiating it, as it was contrary to equity.
He denounced the trust in base ball as
practiced by the National League. and
stated that his SympathieS were with the
| new organization. He said he could not see
why the American League did not have
| perfect right to compete for patronage in
the cities controlled by the National
| League. s~A1Ghs
"A dispatch from West Union, Ohio, says
| that Pitcher Wiley Piatt has not yet
| signed with his old club. Piatt's home is
highest terms of the National League. He
| is being flooded with kilograms and let
| tiers from the nhanagers of both American
| and National League clubs who desire his
signature to contract. Piatt says he will
| play ball this season, and denied the re-
| port recently published from Philadelphia
| that he would quit the diamond to study
| law. Manager Mack of the Philadelphia
American League Club is DESTROYS of sign
| ing the Ohioan. but as yet they have been
/ unable to agree upon terms.
L guess nobody is trying to steal Picker
ing from the American ..sr League" says
| player. In a mechanical sense. He is
great, batter. fine fielder and fast runner.
but the Lord was not good to him In the
| matter of base ball skull. In fact, Picks
| skull is a wonder. Suppose you have
reached second and Pickering Is on first
suddenly and without warming you'll see
cloud of dust and here comes Pickering
full split for second entirely forgetting
that you already hold the base. Yell
Go back!' at him and he will slowly
founder back into certain put-out, growl-
ing meanwhile. I didn't know that Teller
was ahead of me-
In 1888 Glasscock Dunlap, Briody, Nc
Cormick, Sweeney, Fred Lewis, Gleason,
Doyle and several others deserted to go
with the Union Association team at St.
Louis The Union Association lasted about
| two months, and all the players were
thrown out of work. Some were fined and
taken back, some waited six years and
We're finally reinstated, while others never
did get into the league again.-Pittsburg
Dispatch.
All wrong, young man. The Union AS
| ISOLATION played out full season, and
st. Louis was taken into the league the
next season.
| The jumping jack of base ball is undoubt-
| eddy Hugh Duffy. During Hughey's career
| there were only three chances to jump,
| and the heavenly twin accepted all three.
| In 1890 he jumped from the Chicago Ma
| tional League Club to the Boston Players
League Club. After the was was over he
had to go back to Chicago. Then the
hHici iSch fASSocldtlOH anu t1uSHeN
| was wild 'em. He made a somersault and
| landed In the Boston Association club.
once more he had to go back to the old
| fold, and remained faithful, because he
! got no chance to do his gymnastic act until
| this year. He was one of the first to jump,
| going from Boston to Milwaukee.
The veteran, Ted Sullivan, declares that,
| In his opinion, the American League has
| outgeneraled it's rival. Il am for the Ma
| tional League myself said Ted, land have
sided with the big show. But 1 must ad-
| init that the American League has made
| the National look like 30 cents. While
| the National was sitting on a high horse
! the American went out and swiped the
| players. The National should have made
| an even break with the players, according
| to their just demands at the November
| meeting instead of when it was too late.
| Then they could have saved their men,
| and not found themselves outgeneraled and
| outfought at the final gong. OF course, the
American has assumed a lot of expenses.
Probably 80 per cent more than last sea-
| son. But don't you think that their new
! teams will draw fully 80 per cent more
| money than before?"
sample of National League liberality
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