Evening star., 1902-03-25
Base Ball Notes.


The New York players were ordered to re-
port at the Polo grounds yesterday. There
are twenty three of them. The first eXhibi
tion game will be on April with the Man
hattans.
Aid Spalding and Barney Dreyfuss each
sent 800 to Jimmy Galvin's widow, and
Harry Stevens, the score card man, con-
tributed SO.
Hugh Duffy Charley Nichols. Joe Quinn
and Bill Everett are rival managers in the
western league.
Sheridan Cantillon and other good UNI
pires are said to be holding up the Amert-
can League for fancy salaries. but Ban
Johnson announces eh will not stand for
anything of that sort.
Charley Comiskey of the Chicago Ameri-
can League team has announced that he
has released Pitcher Skopec to the Little
Rock club Of the Southern League, and has
signed Wiley Piatt.
Three famous old-timers have been
rounded up by the late Tom Burns for Jer-
sey City. They are Billy Shindle, George
Shock and Clarence L. Chflds t'Cupid"o.
who after his release by Chicago Joined the
Swamp Angels at Toledo.
Manager LOTUS has released Outfielder
Gettman, and the player has signed with
Tebeau's Louisville team In the American
Association. Catcher Tim Donahue. who
has signed with his old manager. Lotus.
will leave Chicago tomorrow for the capital
in company with his manager to commence
conditioning himself.-Chicago Tribune.
Five members Of the Cleveland push are
entitled to rate as first lieutenants. If not
captains. of industry. for they kept them
selves busy enough to sign eleven con-
tracts, all told, says the Cincinnati En-
auirer@ frank Frank Bonner; o VINO i enlisted with witt,
double-contract signer among the tourists.
Just to avoid possible Kidnapping Manager
Armour sent Clarence Eugene Wright and
Cleveland and Brooklyn; Luther Taylor.
who gave his autograph to New York and
Cleveland, and Adrian Joes who signed
with Toledo. Brooklyn and Cleveland. on to
New Orleans ahead Of the big show, and
they will crawl under the large canvas
there.
If the ST Louis American League Club
succeeds in building it's steel and cement
stand in time for the opening of the sea-
son, it will be another indication of the
enterprise which exists In that organiza-
ticn. Whenever you get those American
Leaguers In a corner and think you have
them trapped they have q most happy
feculty Of getting out Of the trap and car
rying everything before them 1t does not
take Ban Johnson long to arrive at de-
cisfon when the time is precious The Gin
cinnati club has been building new grand
stand for more than year. and will have
to hustle to get it finished IN time for this
years opening. Too much time Is wasted
in the National League in looking wise and
displaying business methods which really
do not exist.-Cincinnati ENQUIRER.
Geo. Carey and the group OF local players
take daily practice at American League
Park.
Fred Parent left Boston last night to Join
the Boston American club at Augusta. Ga.
Barring slight cold. which he hopes to
work of In quick order when he arrives
south. he Is In excellent condition. He
said: II will say once and for all that !
have no idea of playing with Cincinnati to-
day. tomorrow or at all. and the same Is
true OF George Winters"
st. Louis has two base ball teams. says
mound city SCRIBE One has q dead swell