Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-04-11
ITEMS Shoes
and OXfqDrdS.

from the Chicago club of the same organi-
cation. 1t doesn't look as though the Ma
ticnal League clubs are as strong as last
| year.
Georgetowns next game is with Cornell,
| and Will be played Wednesday, April IT,
| on the local campus Hugh Jennings has
whipped the New Workers into splendid
| shape and an interesting game is promised.
Buck Freeman is playing first base for
| the Boston American League team.
The Boston American League team has
signed Dr. Harley Parker, the Chicago
billiard expert and ball player.
The Detroit American League team had
! little trouble In downing an all-profesSional
nine to the tune of IL to 4. while on the
same day the Chicago Nationals We're
soundly walloped by a bunch of amateurs.
Lajoie is doing his preliminary stunts in
one of the old Phillies' uniforms. Having
paid his little thirty for it. Larry evil
IDENTIFY intends to make the most of the new
one he will get from the Athletics for moth
ing.
Ban Johnson says that hereafter the
American League will get out it's own base
ball guide. A book is being made up now
as starter, and next year the regular
guide will make it's appearance. Ban would
not say who would get 1t out.
A Chicago dispatch says that Tom Lotus
| is not altogether satisfied with Delahanty
and Raymer, and that he is still after
Bradley for third base. AS Bradley is not
IL,
and the other contract jumpers the chances
are that Tom will be after Bradley a long
while.
Eddie Mcfarland the Cleveland catcher
with the Philadelphia National League
club, is at his home, q sick man. He ar
rived In Cleveland on Sunday, and there
were all kinds of rumors as to why he left
the club. Word was received from his
home last evening that soon as he is
well he will return to Philadelphia This
may be the latter part of the week.
Now We will see what the National
League will do with Freedman for permit
ting his New York team to play the Yale
collegfans. Mr.. Freedman is to be con-
graduated, although he only did his plain
duty in the matter He agreed to play Yale
and was in honor bound to stand by his
agreement 1t is to be regretted that the
Boston club did not show the same appre-
citation Of its Observation-Disclosures In
quirer.
The Philadelphia Record takes this view
OF IT: This contract jumping is bound to
make trouble in the base ball world So
Tar the younger organization has not retail
lated In kind, and will not if wise council
Is regarded, for nothing can be more harm
Iui 10 the game than to prove to base ball
players that there is no contract that can
bind them to their employers for even one
seasons work"
Ex-senator Bresnehan pitched five full
innings for Baltimore yesterday against
Lawson at first and one inning against
Richardson. His work was as good as
LaWsons for he could not take chances on
letting himself out. Not q student scored
and but two hits came their way. In the
third inning he extricated himself cleverly
from what appeared a deep. dark hole
Three men were on bases before a hand
was out. But not run crossed the plate
though with little better base running
the students might have scored one Bres-
hehan made very good tmpression.-Balti-
more News.
1t was reported yesterday that Callahan
ana Griffith. the two ay-Natjppal
pitchers, are now part owners of the Chi
cago American League ball club along with
charlie Comiskey. II was claimed that
they owned a share each and were mag
mates pure and simple This however ia
IN excess OF what was offered and accepted
1t was learned today that the players were
o one either q percentage or the en-
tire amount Of the fence advertising
and program money. 1t is esti-
mated that this amounts to several thou
sands year, probably three or four and
tnls' with the $1,000 each receives for play
ing the game in a Comiskey uniform
makes up the amount which attracted these
stars.-Chicago Record-Herald.
John T. Brush blames the newspaper fell
bles. THE gentlemen of the press, saws
John r.. "have gotten into the habit Of
spreading on every little incident that may
C come up. Well let US see, wasn't John
L.. roast OF John l., In which he init
mated that the latter was to be put on the
Siding board next fall. when the National
League Is reorganized. sent out from In
uiahapols after he had carefully revised
II! ana was there any doubt >about the
authorship OF the reply Of John l., who con-
Guided by saying: 'If he (meanine Brush,
ever had an honest thought never heard
OF 1t. The pencil pushers are not angels
land there are very few of them who arr
IN hurry to become angels-but not one
OF them ever wrote anything quite 40
vitriolic as did the two Johns of each other.
FRANK Hough In Philadelphia INQUIRER
Already rumors are coming to the Amerf
can League headquarters Of how the Ma
tional League intends to fight the Ameri-
can League on conflicting dates in Phila-
delphia, Chicago and Boston. It is the old
time trick but a good one On the days
that the American League clubs conflict
with the National League the latter, it Is
saao' HIl issue many complimentary tick
cts to keep the crowd away from Ban
Johnson's organisation. In Boston one man
received letter last week 1t is declared
70 send In list of 300 names of friends
so that tickets could be sent them to at
tend the National League game on the
opening date Of the Boston American
League club In Boston. Ban Johnson was
the first to tell this piece Of news to the
local owners. as well as to Vice Presjdent
Somers Johnson said 1--WE shall never
enter Into this kind of business if we don't
nave single person at the games We in
tend to show the National League that we
can outdraw them, and on legitimate bust
ness. l have known this was going to be
done for the last ten days"
Vardon Defeated by White.
Harry Vardon made his first appearance
yesterday on the links since his return to
England from the United States He met
Jack" White in thirty-six-hole match on
the links at Seaford for prize of ELS. The
weather was miserable White finished the
first round with two holes up White beat
Vardon by up and to play.
Vacancy Created by Promotion.
Secretary Long has rendered another de-
cision constituting the recent act relative
to the placing on the naval lists of off,
GERS promoted for gallant conduct Where