The Washington times., 1902-03-16
President Postal Confident
of Doing Things.
GENERAL BASEBALL OUTLOOK
Secretary of Local Club Appointed
Players Will Report Here March 81
VIII Play Georgetown April 12-Amer-
ican League Season Opens April aS.

Clemes, one of the local directors.
With the manager will come johnny
Potter, man well known il the VOL
VERNE City as hearty exponent Of all
that is best in the world of sport, and
who has been selected to fill the positions
of secretary and treasurer of the local
club; but not President Postal, as pre-
dicted
The latter will leave tomorrow or next
day for Mexico, where he will tarry for
the next ten days. If his business inter-
ests will then permit, Mr.. Postal will HE
himself hither for the purpose Of looking
over the baseball situation. locally.
II is the honest opinion of the Senator'S
genial boss that he has a wonderful
collection OF the genus ball tosser in the
bunch signed this year. He wrote Mr..
Clemes that he begrudged every share OF
stock he sold to local investors and that
he would not have parted with a dollars
worth if he had not been convinced that
it was for the best interest of the game to
have 4 certain amount of Washington
money invested.
In commenting upon the advanced
prices of the American League, Mr. Pos
ldl S1lu- ne duNduCe prices all uOWU
the line will doubtless be a great success
for the American Baseball League When
you stop TO think that in cities like Chi
cago and St. Louis the change means the
splitting between the visiting and home
teams of 90 cents instead of 25 cents for
every grandstand admission the benefits
accruing to the Washington, Cleveland
and similar aggregations will be very
material
May Practice Here.
There has been no decision as to where |
the team will practice before the open |
ing of the season. and that will not be |
decided upon until Mr.. Lotus sees the |
state of weather after few days So |
joun here. 1t may be that by the time |
the players report here, on March 81, the |
weather viii have settled sufficiently 20 |
make it possible TO decide at once to re-
main here and do all the preliminary |
work, and become acclimated and accus-
toned to their new surroundings.
The Southern trips have their advan-
tages, but these are offset by many dis
advantages which it sometimes takes
half a season to overcome. AS often as |
not rainy spells in the South not only in
terfere with the actual work on the field,
but they affect the health of the players;
they take cold contract malaria, and are
generally softened up. When they return
North for the April games they generally
find Il chilly and raw, and the result is
a stiffness and an aching which takes lots
of work to get off.
Early Exhibition Games.
For these reasons Mr.. Lotus may de-
eide to stay right here and take on all
the exhibition games he can get.
One of the most important he has on
hand is with Georgetown University on
April i2. This game will be played with
the university when it has gotten. over
the series of Easter vacation games with
Princeton, Yale, Pennsylvania. and Cor
nell, and the collegians will be in fine
fighting trim.
This should be one of the most attract
i've games of the preliminary season, and
1t will give the local fans a good chance
to get line on their new idols to be- of
the Washington team.
The outfield of the park is being filed
in where ii sunk from the effects of the
ram ana snow, ana Wnen the WnOle uelu
is gone over with a roller the playing |
field will be better than last year. NJ
mcrous changes have been made in the
grand stand and bleachers, all for the |
greater comfort of the patrons of the
game.
Price of Admission Unchanged.
The price of admission to the league
games will be just the same as last year.
The prices will be 25 cents for admission
and 50 and 70 cents for grand stand seats.
The schedule as adopted at Detroit early
In this month only affects the manage
ment of teams, which will now have to
give up to visiting managers percentage
of grand stand receipts in addition to a
division of admission, which latter sys
tenn prevailed formerly.
SO we will all see better class of ball
and VIII not be taxed a cent more than
before to see the game.
Will Be Strong Team.
From all indications and after looking
up the statistics in the matter, Washing
ton is on the eve of entertaining in its
midst a good. fast, strong nine, some
thing IL has hoped for these many, many
days II will start out as first division
team. and Manager Lotus will do the best
TO boost it up as high as possible.
The following, made up from the sta
tistics Of last seasons work. shows how
the players secured for this city stand in
batting and fielding:
Donahue, Co. .2J0 .s3s Carey. b.. .sl4 .0s2
Clarke c.. .2s4 .g5l Couchin. ~. .27i .glJ
oFth, p....-.. PSI -963 Delehanty, If. .357 .9js
yo~nseo8, 8. .54s .ao3 Wo}yertot, 3S -906 .J23
faTrics p.... .35S .a39 B3y ST.. -22a .92&
Lee p....-... -263 80 Ryan. d..... .27o 81
Patten p..... .IS7 80 KeistcF, IT.. .32s .9ij
Comiskey is quoted as having said the
Washington has the best five pitchers
In the league. it seems to me. Then, look
at the hitting ability of the bunch and l
think that it will put il in the first di-
vision. and perhaps near the top of that.
Delehanty WolYerton and Ely ought TO
bring d good many hits during the sea-
SON."
Visitors Headquarters at Barton's.
Until Manager LOTUS reaches here and
looks around, IT Will be impossible 10 ;
learn where the Washington players will
live when playing the home schedule. but
IL will be a good home, the location of
which will be pleasant and at the same
Time convenient to the park.
Headquarters for all visiting teams will
be at Barton's on Fifteenth Street. and
hey will find pleasant quarters there.
The management will make every effort
10 provide comfort for It's patrons. not S
,nly at the park but coming TO and going /
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