The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-04-23
CONFIDENCE IN THEMSELVES
Their Manager Says They Expect to
Land Near the Top in Championship
Race-Comment on Laioie Case-The
Parade to the Grounds.

pire Sheridan viii order the opposing
teams to play ball. and the second sea
son of the expanded American League
Will be on at the National Capital
Earlier in the afternoon The teams pa
raded the streets and were accorded an
ovation as the loG6 lire Of carriages pass
ed through the principal thoroughfares-
In addition to the p.eyers the local di
rectors OF the Washington Club, Presi-
dent Fred Postal, of Detroit, the high no
gul of the Senatorial organization, and
the local and visiting newspaper men
occupied seats in the leading vehicles
Early yesterday morning the Boston
American League team arrived IN tow.
and Immediately proceeded to Barton s,
the headquarters of The local club Jim
my Collins and his 2abes have all kinds
of strange notions concerning the out
come of today's contest, beI;eving that be-
cause they disposed OF Manager McGraw
and his flock of Orioles the Beaneat-
ers viii change their diet long enough
to consume about nine Senators.
In any event, it viii be q great con-
test. and from the YEA, her indications
this forenoon and during the early part
Of the Afternoon tn senators viii be &C
corded a large aud luscious bunch Of ele-
ments for their IoI g-expected opening
There is no doubt about 1t, but that the
Boston team is a clever aggregation, and
if the local champions can succeed in
downing them there wiz indeed be cause
for a jolliaeation this evening.
For a time yesterday it looked as
~
take the feId this afternoon Immedi-
ately following upon the heels OF the an
nouncement by the supreme court Of
Pennsylvania that the fr.fing Of the
lower court in the Lajoie case Lad been
reversed all sorts Ind CONDITIONS OF Fu-
Inors became current. It vas said that
there would be 10 Ortiz to throw the
sphere across the plate with all kinds Of
puzzling twists NJ Delehanty TO slap
the leather into the far unknown at op-
perfume times; no Wolverton to eat up
gayly the swift ones in the neighboF-
hood of the third sack
Manager Lotus, however, has not been
worried to any great extent. He has the
sympathies of the players themselves on
his side, and that is over half the battle
There viii be no injunction today, and
that is enough for everybody for the
present. What win be done in the future
is still matter of conjecture and sur
mise
The directing end of the band Of ball
tossers from the Hub is equally strong in
his position regarding the effect of the
decision in the Lajoie case. Manager Col
Inns said this morning that he was not
worried about losing any of his players.
with the possible exception OF Dineen-
In my opinion the supreme court did
not inteEd its decision to be a blanket
one, covering the case of every National
League player now numbered in the ranks
of the enemy It was simply rendered in
regard to the matter in hand. and, 10
my way of thinking the conditions are
not the saTle in any other case.
Col John I. Rogers attempted to prove
in the first hearing of the case that Ma
poleon Lajoie was a player Of exceptional
ability and that his position could not
be filed by anyone else. That is a broad
statement and one which would not fit
perhaps any other ball tosser in either
of the leagues
up in Boston we are not worried very
much over the prospective disruption Of
our team. 1t is reported that two mem
bers of the tTiumviate are strongly
against compelling the return of any de-
sorting ball tosser, who objected to play
ing under their management This is the
wisest course. for while the National peo-
pie may possibly succeed in securing an
injunction they cannot compel man TO
play good ball.
Yes, we are pretty well satisfied with
our aggregation up Boston way. We are
not talking pennant very loud but still
there are others with much worse chances
who are extremely confident OF landing
the coveted banner. l am not exactly
sure who I will work today but y0u can
depend upon It that il will be the one who
looks best to me.
There is no disposition upon my part
to treat Lotus bunch. except with e1-
IRENE difidence. You have an aggrega-
tion here that is by no means a dead
factor in the peDnaDt race this year.
While I hope that my lambs viii do things
to the Senators this afternoon it is by no
means q foregone conclusion, and I will
breathe much freer after the last Senator
has been sent to the bench. providing the
score is in our favor"
Shortly after / o'clock the members Of
the local team began to drop into Bar
tons. Every man was attiTed in a brand
new white uniform and the scene was one
OF ANIMATION LOE llE AdlA AON4 VI 50 DC-
fore the formation OF the parade. A few
minutes before / 80 the Boston aggrega-
tion made its appearance and the sombre
gray Of their uniforms lent the needed
contrast to the SNOWY habiliments Of the
Senators.
At o'clock sharp the first carriage
containing President Fred Postal. Director
General Hector CIemes, Vice President
Charles Jacobsen, and Director Eugene
Cochran pulled away from Barton's- Fol
lowing came other vehicles containing the
directors of the club and the newspaper
men. Then came the managers Of the Two
teams, and then the balltossers them
selves
Preceded by Haley's Band, stirring
march making the horses prance end
rear, the procession headed up Fifteenth
Street toward / Street. Upon reaching
the latter thoroughfare a turn to the left
was made and the route was toward the
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