The Washington times., 1902-08-01

who can do 5000 worth of business in
one day and average $3.50 for two months
is doing first rate"
Never said anything about money.
l referred TO base hits and batting aver
ages. Made three hits in five times
at bat yesterday"
Thought you said you handled
horse hide and wagon tongues"
so l do. I'm ballplayer. Good
day."
AS the travelling man disappeared into
the hotel Willie turned to the GUT
fawing bunch OF Superbas and quietly re-
marked:
Guess that guy thinks I was stringing
him.
Whereupon the bunch laughed all the
Enthusiastically Eagle.
| In response to query as to whether
Pittsburg would jump to the American
League, Ban johnson says:
AS a ball city Pittsburg is unex-
celled. The members OF the American
League have the highest regard for Mr..
Dreyfus as n sportsman and a promoter
of clean ball. There will always be
| room in the American League for first
class cities and clean sportsmen. Mr..
Dreyfus. however. has made no over
lures to our organization. Save pub
lished reports, | have no knowledge of
His dissatisfaction"
Harry Pulliam, secretary of the Pitts
burg club, supplements the above with
the following statement:
I'VE are not going TO jump. Neither
is the club on the market. There is not
money enough to buy Mr.. Drcyfus out
He has reached his ambition of getting
winning ball club in great baseball
city, and as baseball is his favorits
sport, he will hold on to the end. If he
wanted to jump he could have done so
last spring, for the American League
was after Pittsburg, and held out every
inducement. Mr.. Drcyfus would not
desert Brooklyn, Philadelphia. and Chi
cago, and he will not do so now"
Cincinnati has released eleven men
this season, Currie, vino pitched for 81.
Louis yesterday and won. being the
eleventh.
why am playing at short instead of
at third?" repeated Johnny McGraw in
reply to the query. well, you see
Lauder is third baseman and 1t would I
be as hard for him to be broken to the |
position as me. BY my taking it take |
the responsibility for the plays
Arlie Latham Is probably too old and |
all in. He is batting and fielding very |
weakly for the Denver team.
Shugart, whose name heads the nelig- |
ible list OF the American League for his |
assault upon Umpire Haskell in Wash
ington last season, is having his batting !
troubles In the California league. His |
sticking nets him an average of .2+0. |
outfielder Jackson. late OF New York. Is /
also in the dumps with an average of
PIP.
The little State of Rhode Island Is be-
ing searched over for baseball players.
The recent recruits are Lepine. the De-
troit first baseman; Mellcr, the first
bagman Of the Baltimores, and now Toll
edo is after Rock, a shortstop hailing
from the same section.
Just as the National people laughed
two years ago when the American talked
of placing clubs in Philadelphia, Boston
and Washington, they are now throwing
broad grins when they hear that Ban
Johnson Is talking of putting team in
New York next season. 1t will be quite
another story. however, when the spring
of 1903 rolls around and the merry trip
of the hammer is heard placing stands
in shape for the metropolitan fans.
The lineup OF the newest Giants
with McGraw, McGann, McGlnnity, Gro
min and o;hers-sounds like the roll cali
at New York police station.
That the National League agents are /
leaving no stone unturned to get back
the star players that went over TO the
American League ranks last season is
shown by the fact that Manager Selee
CT the Chicago Club. paid a visit to his
old friends. Jimmy Collins and Chick"
Stahl at their hotel in Boston the other
day, and sounded them with regard TO
an engagement with the Chicago Ma
tional League Club for next season.
Mr. Selee, pursuant to his instructions
from Mr. Hart, said that he had carte
that money was no object.
Collins was not very much sur
prised to receive the visit, but told Mr..
selee that he thought the National
League did not have enough money to i
secure his services.
The Boston National League people
have also been very busy. They have
lost no time since the McGraw coup took :
place TO secure as many men as pos
sible. and special efforts have been
made to secure Elberfeld and Sieyer. of |
he Detroi's. Siever would not admit 8
hat there had been anything consum- '
mated, but 1t is believed that he has
received very fine offer, much In adj
'ance of what he is now receiving, anC 4
hat matters have arrived at that point S
where there is practically no doubt at S
III that he will be on the National =
-eague staff OF pitchers next season.
Joe Kelley has worked like trooper Z
o do business with "Hoke" Ferris, but 4
hus far without success. No effort is
icing spared to dismember the Boston
americans. as we'll as other clubs, but
Manager Collins is not q bit disturbed
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