Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-04-28
Base Ball Notes.

hc otlldlOEs anu AlillSliCS SldTl b series
of four games today.
The local aggregation looks unusually
| good at present and the fans" will warm
up IL the good work is continued.
Wyatt Lee can consider himself In the
Rip Van Wrinkle class lucky man. He
| will never again be hit like he was Satur-
day and be credited with victory.
It's bad thing to break winning COM
bfnatioH, but such good waiter at the
bat as Drill should be up next to Ryan.
With Ryan and Drill leading off and Keis-
ter. Wolverton and the only Del follow
ing, the fun would be continuous.
Manager Lotus Is going to sprinkle grass
seed lavishly over the outfield and inside
the foul lines at the two stands. In a
months time a pretty field would be pre-
scented.
All the old favorites are with the Ath-
letics-Elmer Flick, the home-run hitter:
Harry Davis, who isn't far away in the
hitting line; Monte Cross. the clever short
stop: Lave Cross, who, smothers them at
third. and big Socks Seybold, another
slugger. HartselI, the little outfelder, is
the only stranger to this city.
When the Phillies were getting drubbed
by the New Yorks and Brooklyn. Harry
Wolverton telegraphed to Col Rogers as
follows: Accept my congratulations.
From appearances you have a cinch on the
pennant. Kindly send me the five hundred
dollars by the Marconi system" The mes
sage was sent collect, but the colonel re-
fused to pay and Harry's little joke cost
him 40 cents.
Detroit and Chicago had a hard luck story
Saturday, the rain preventing the game in
the latter city and disappointing a big
crowd.
Billy Clingman's Milwaukee team has the
other teams in the American Association
scared to death. The Brewers won only one
game in Indianapolis last week, but the
quality of ball on tap by the ClingmaniteS
set the Hoosier city scribes to talking.
ahpr /, of hn ND ms 90 N
League team has been released. 1t is
probable that he will sign with the st.
Louis National League team.
Manager McPhee says he has no hopes OF
getting any players from the Pittsburg club.
All the surplus Pirates will probably be
turned over to the "Spalding -Four" teams
that. need strengthening.
Jesse Burkett has kept his promise to be
real nice on the ball park St. Louis papers
say that Jesse would not be recognized by
his closest friends. Jesse has come to the
conclusion that there is nothing in the
''rowdy game"
the looks of the St. Louis Americans. This
paper states that if the pennant was to be
won on the good looks Of the team the st.
Louis bunch would have walk-over
Neglect of National League clubs to give
the required notice to players has lost them
the option on many of theAplayers who are
now in the American League. This Will be
found true i'm a majority of cases.
Inc 81 LOUIS snare OIL the gate TecPlDlS
at League Park, Cincinnati, Saturday after
noon was attached in the common pleas
court by an attorney on behalf of w. r.
Armour and Henry H. Youngman, owners
of the Dayton Base Ball Club. The attach
ment is directed against the St. Louis team
because of the alleged failure of that or
ganization to pay $3.50 to Dayton for the
release of Earl Wicker. the pitcher. The
attachment was served on Ashley Lloyd,
treasurer of the Cincinnati base ball
ganiZation.
Steve Brodie Joined the New York team
last week in response to a telegram from
the club and took his place in center field
while Van Haltren covered left. The duke"
quickly made himself solid with the crowd
by a wonder full catch of Morans long, low
line drive in the fourth inning after a hard
run, taking the ball about two inches from
the ground. Brodie further enhanced his
reputation by a solid single which helped
the New York to victory. That night he
was signed by the New York club and is
now ful-fiedged Giant
The Second Matthewson" is no Joke, but
a stern reality. Though strongly 'touted"
as a box artist extraordinary. ii was
thought the bunch of Brown hitters
could fish out enough bingles to keep, the
contest from getting lop-sided. but they
couldn't Small wonder that this tall, dark
haired young man was the object of so
much solicitation on the part of President
Ebbetts of the Brooklyn Club. Manager
Armour knew that Wright had the goods,
and he certainly delivered them in good
style yesterday. Two hits-both singles
were all that the locals CLEANED off the de-
livery of Mr.. Wright.-St. Louis Republic
The former Philadelphia players are not
complying with Manager Shettsline's in
structions to report, but relying upon as
surances Of protection, announce their in
tention to remain with their new employers
The American League magnates and man.
ayers have the confidence of their men,
This is not the case In the National League
and it is a rare thing for player to refuse
a chance to get a berth in the American
League. The proffer of positions to the
National League stars came from managers
with whom they had played and whom they
held in high regard. personally and pro-
News.
This chap Barclay. who is filling Jesse |
Burketts shoes in left field for the St |
Louis National League team. is properly |
named "Deerfoot" The youngster is un- |
questianably one of the fastest men in the |
business going around the bases, and.
though he has not yet reached the age of |
fifty, he seems able to think for himself |
when he gets on the bags Burkett could 1
not have played better ball than Barclay |
did yesterday. He made four hits out OF |
five times at the bat. stole home and went |
from first to third bunt. AS slider |
Barclay has not an equal. He injured him
self yesterday in sliding into the plate in |
In the ninth inning. His head struck the
home plate and he was stunned. He went |
put In the field, but after mufIing Stein
feldt's fly. result of his dizziness, he /
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