The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-08-20

ten years He learned the game, Ike
Hines, On the sand lots Of Washington
Freedman is not ready 10 give up the
management Of the New York Club, SO
/ that John 7. Brush is simply at the
mercy Of the league
There is no batter have ever faced, "
says Frank Kitson- = would not rather
see come up in a pirch than Jake
/ Beckley. He is a free hitter, and when
| it is necessary. viii swing at any kind OF
a ball and drive il somewhere.
The Eastern League Is as explosive 4
place as a dynamite factory this year.
President Pat T. Powers recently said:
I'm thinking of tuying an island in
! the bay and removing there behind
Notifications.
Leftner. better known as Dummy
/ Leitner. who pitched yesterday, has been
engaged by the Cleveland team condi-
tionally. He will be given I've days
trial, and if he measures mp he will be
regularly signed
The American League is hot after the
z
ford viii 90 10 Detroit. and Hahn and
Stclnfeldt are being negotiated with
/ Becklev came near jumping the Reds
/ last week. but was persuaded to play
out the season
Players Wfr1h. Griffin. Ferris. Touhill.
Francis, McCue, Madenspacher, CuIkin,
and Fox have been se'zeted for the
! Scranton semi-pTofessional team The
schedule includes games at PijtstCT Al
gust %; Kingston Or Archibald. august
90; Pittston OF Ninooka, September L;
HonesdaIe, September s.
Barney Dreyfuss. Of Ffttsburg. thinks
his team could defeat the champions OF
the American League without much
trouble in series OF post-season
games. Anyway. he is wiling to put up
$1,000 for his team 20 play for against
The Chicago Americans. allowing that
! the Chicagos win the American League
1 pennant.
Jesse Burkett is HkeIy to be seen n
the New York outfeld next season. The
Graf does rot Ike the American
League, and says it is all Ban john
! son and the Wabash Railroad McGraw-
has made Burkett big offer, and IL
Hedges Of St Louis. does not meet it,
/ ne will sign with New York.-Fhiladel-
/ phia North American.
Arthur Irwin. who is now umpiring in
the National League, is looking back
ward Maybe I an old and fogyish. =
says Arthur. but I don't think players
/ OF today are the equals OF ire 3ld-timers-
! Latoie and Wagner are marvels now IN
ithOse old times every National League
! cub had one or two quite as good as the
/ brightest stare in both the National
and American Leagues.
In challenging the Robisons and the
games. Mr.. Hedges. OF the Browns, says:
ION behalf of the Browns hereby
/ challenge the Cardinals fer a post-sea-
! son series Of five or more games, TO be
/ played in ST Louis. for 50. 500 cup. Or.
! II Mr.. Robson wishes 10 wager anything
/ Cd the result, WI back ray team o
] Robson answer They steal all our
/ best players and then want US 10 play
them. It is ridiculous.
Every franchise in the National
I League has been strengthened fully 10
per cent by the change in the ownership
+ Of the Cincinnati Club says Harry
PuIIiam- 4 think the report that the
/ National is going TO gobble four Ameri-
/ can League cities AMI have q twelve
/ club league next year is a mistake !
consider il Impossible 10 get the cities
70 begin with. and. in the second place,
am not sure that we want twelve clubs. "
"Muggsyr McCraw.. while in Wash
! ington last Friday, made proposal to
Third Baseman Coughlin, but Bill only
/ laughed at the former Oriole. Dele
hanty, too, gave him the merry ha-ha.
+ ''Muggsy' viii have to look elsewhere
J than Washington 70 corral players for
/ his New York team, as all the locals are
sore On him for trying 70 break up the
( American League, which, as everybody
/ knows, Is the sole cause Of the big saIa-
/ ries paid the bail players Of the country
1 at this time.
For q time Monday there was a great
/ deal OF excitement IN the grandstand al
the American League park in Baltimore
over the discovery of ere under the
stand In some unknown manner some
/ rubbish under the floor caught fire, and
! the rooters were astonished suddenly &c
/ ind Themselves surrounded by smoke
! The word vas soon passed around and
volunteers eInptied the fire buckets on
/ the embryo c5nf1agration. One OF the
players dumped the contents Of the ice
! cooler over the floor where the smoke
was coming out This had the desired
effect, and the trouble was over in few
/ minutes.
McGTaw claims to have had q salts
factory. conference with Burkett and
Wallace Of the Browns. He is anxious
to secure these two men, and McGran
says that while they gave him 20 IN
/ derstand that they viii not jump then
contracts for this season, the bait held
/ out 10 them TO sign with the National
League for next year has been too
F.! tempting TO be lightly thrown away.
end both men are considering This
seems to be 8IcGTaw's lay now. as play,
ers, having in mind Lajoie's experiences
are shy of court injunctions and Legal
/ proceedings.