Evening star., 1902-04-11
Base Ball Notes

Blewitt will probably be the rubber
for the Georgetowns against Washington
tomorrow.
Catcher Bill Clarke is picking up cool
$50 L week for coaching Annapolis, and
Manager Lotus showed his goodness Of
heart in letting his catcher gather in this
neat sum.
be angling for offers. Manager Manning
said Drill would play with the Kansas team
if he could get away from the university
without any kick. and the news was tele-
graphed yesterday from the west that he
had signed contract. Drill now denies
that he has signed anywhere.
With anything like good weather tomor-
row there should be a big crowd out to see
the Washington-Georg game. The col
legians play a splendid game and should
make the Senators hustle all the time.
The Boston Herald says: THE combined
weight of Black, Bay and Swormstedt of
the Cincinnatis. will not tally much over
that of Heinie Peitz.''
Catcher Morris Steeman, who jumped the
Brooklyn club last summer for the Phila-
dephia American League team, has re-
fused an offer to return to a National
League club.
Charles d. White. former president of the
Eastern League, says he will accept tenn
porarily the presidency of the Western
League, to succeed James A. Whitfield, who
committed suicide in Kansas City, Mo, last
Monday.
Leach OF the fltSDurg PIRATES, started
the season by hitting out home run,
while Hans Wagner started off by striking
out. Hans got more hits in the game
thereafter. however, than did Leach.
Dale Gear of the American Association
has applied for IAN injunction against Wei
ner, who jumped his contract and went to
the Western League. This is test case.
If it sticks suit VIII be brought against all
contract jumpers.St%
Manager Collins of the Boston Americans
has nineteen men training with him now.
and his limit is fifteen, therefore, he will
be compelled to let four men go by the
beginning of the season. All the men are
showing up we'll, and he says he will have
hard time to choose the four that are to
depart.
Center Fielder Newman, the best all
around player on Pennsylvania nine has
quit the team owing to trouble with Coach
Irwin. Newman objected to remarks Irwin
made about his playing in Wednesdays
game, and declared he would not play
again unless the coach apologized. This
Irwin refused to do.
1t is very evident that if Manager Shetts-
line of the Philadelphia National League
Club does not offer a more liberal contract
to Hugh Jennings, the auburn haired play
er will not be seen playing the initial bag
for the Quakers the coming season. Jen-
rings was in Baltimore yesterday with the
Cornell College team, of which he is the
coach. Upon being asked what his plans
were the coming season, Hughy said Il
cannot really say. l have not signed con-
tract Win any cluD as yet ana Will accept
the best terms offered" When asked if
he was not under contract with the Phila-
delphiaS, he said: No. / only signed last
year for three months and half and I will
not sign with them unless they offer me
the same terms as they did last year They
want to cut my salary this season. but /
will not accept it. l guess 1 am worth as
much to them this year as 1 was last. 1
cannot report to any club until June as |
am under contract with Cornell College nm
til that time"
The Business High School defeated the
Riggs Bank base ball team Wednesday af-
ternoon at the National League Park by a
score or to 2. keiser the high school
pitcher. was In fine fettle, and allowed only
four hits during the game. He had four
strike-outs to his credit. Dawson Of the
RIGGS team received poor support in the
really good game he pitched. The batting
of kengla of the winning team was fea-
ture of the game.
Jimmy Ryan has good story about Dele
hanty's attempting to bunt RYAN was
playing right field for Chicago, and the
Phlllles were two runs to the bad, but no
one was out and there were two men on
bases one on first, and the other on second
when Del came to, bat" said Ryan, who
stlll ruefully feels of his chin whenever he
thinks Of the story, Il knew he would at
tempt to bunt. as the situation called for
this Kind of play. / accordingly played In a
little further Del waited for the second
ball. and then bunted. The leather came
out between first and second, about ten
feet high, and with the speed of modern
projectile. 1t passed over my head with
out any decrease in force and turned and
legged 1t as fast as l could. The ball hit
the fence. bounced back, caught me on the
chin, and the next thing l knew 1 didn't
compelled to stand good deal of chatting
ABOUT his 'Dunt EXCHANGE