Evening star., 1902-08-19

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any one in the business
Coughlin says he was safe at second and
LaJoie says he was not. SO there you are.
umpire Johnstone had the last say.
A remarkable feature of Cleveland's play
this season is that the boys in blue have
not lost an extra inning game
Harry Bay got one hit or more in the last
twenty-six games. and yesterday was the
cipher went up opposite his name In the
base hit column. And Cincinnati let him GO
Charles Ebbitts of the Brooklyn club was
IN washington over Sunday, and was
doubtless looking over the Cleveland play
ers. He can hardly be after any of the
Senators, except Billy Keister.
1t Is a peculiar fact that both Paul Hines
and harry OHagan, who have now figured
IN making triple plays single-handed,
should both hail from Washington Ola
gan made his start as a ball player behind
the bat with the old Y. Y. C. A. team.
The champion Chicago aggregation are
due here tomorrow and play three games
The White Sox have been treated roughly
at Boston and Philadelphia and will
doubtless try to even UP on the Senator's
The local team plays its best against the
champions and the series should sizzle
with interest
Manager McAleer should have given his
players spanking and put them all in
bed early last night after that exhibition
in Baltimore. The Orioles have no right
to win from any team in their present
shape and much less from club with pen
nant aspirations
Gene DeMontreville hung up triple and
three singles at Cincinnati yesterday and
has apparently struck his true batting
gait.
The Athletics are certainly going at
great pace just now and look very good on
account Of their ''cinch' games with the
Clevelands and Washingtons. But. wait
until these two teams get the Quakers
away from home.
ST. Louis defeat by Baltimore was alto
cd tn he
Athletics hold on first place.
book has been made i'm Boston offering
to 3 that the Athletics will win the
American League pennant. A number of
the White Stockings put money on the
proposition.
Michael Grady. who formerly caught for
the Washingtons, has been fined $500 by
President Hickey of the Western League
for taking the Kansas City team off the
field in recent game in Louisville. Grady
is playing first base and acting as captain
of the Kansas City team.
Otis Stocksdale, the old Washington.
Baltimore and Richmond pitcher, was
pitching with the Orioles in morning prac-
tice yesterday, and may be given chance.
Jimmy McAleer says the team he fears
most in his hustle for the pennant is the
Boston outfit. I'm this series, if We get
by 'Cy' Young, We'll make the other Bes-
ton pitchers take to the tall trees. BY
winning a couple Of games in that city
well just about take all the heart out OF
the team Baltimore Herald.
The terrible industry which National
League managers are displaying to lure
away American League players shows
what they really think Of the younger
league. While McGraw, Brush and Drey-
fuss publicly rdicule the strength of their
rivals they stealthily do their best to Sc
cure everything they can lay their hands
on.
Utility Player FrieI of the st. Louis
Browns has had his salary boosted almost
one-third by that management. The player
entered no request for an increase, ana mas
shown his appreciation for the deed by an
open avowal of 1t. The other players are
Just as we'll satisfied Friel Is, and there
isn't much chance in the world that any
of the Browns will jump next year
President Dreyfuss last night confirmed
the report that Comiskey is trying to get
Wagner and Leach to desert him. The
owner of the champions of the American
League is up in the air over the demoraliZa-
ton of his present team. and when the Pi-
Wagner Leach and others. Whether he
got them or not President Dreyfuss does
not say.-Pittsburg Press.
Winnie Mercer of the Detroit American
League team was in Cincinnati yesterday
to continue the missionary work among the
Reds started by Frank Dwyer in New
York last week. Jim Mcclure and Man
ager Frank Dwyer of the Detroit team
joined Mercer in the afternoon. 1t was
stated on seemingly the best authority on
the matter that Mercer had offered Willis
ST, 600 for next year and Plttinger $4,000
and that both players promised to give their
final answers today.
1t was learned yesterday from an excel
lent source that Christy Mathewson, the
star pitcher of the New York club. and
Catcher Bowerman of the same club have
signed contracts with the American League
for next season. Both have received ad-
vance money, and were willing to jump at
once, but the American League people
would not allow them to break their con-
tracts@ during the playing season. The
American is also hot and heavy after Pit
finger and Willis of the Bostons, and unless
the Boston club comes up with the dora
me- and that quickly, too, they will go over
to the rival league next season.-Cincinnat
CONGRATULATIONS.