Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-04-16
Base Ball Notes.

Senators and Newarks play today.
The Chicago players are willing to wager
81, 500 that they will beat out any club
named in the American League.
The Cincinnati club has yet to win its
first games this season. The Reds have
lost every one of its practice games with
minor league clubs, Billy Clingmans Brew
ers taking three straight.
Manager McGraw celebrated his twenty
ninth birthday the other day.
SoXalexis, the red man ball player, once
the right fielder of the Cleveland club, has
turned to a new vocation. He is running
a ferryboat on the Penobscot river.
Elmer Smiths batting eye is showing up
exceedingly bright out in Kansas City these
days. The fans are enthusiastic on his
work.
Jimmy Slagle played his first game for
Chicago last week He made four hits, in
Guiding two two-baggers.
Here is the wall that comes from New
York: What can all jackson? He has not
got a line on the ball yet. He had better
do SO, for Thursday is near Well. well.
So Gotham is not so charmed with the
man that such a boast was made about.
AL those who have seen Bob Ewing of
Cincinnati pitch are most favorably inn
pressed with his work. 'Peitz told me
about him last fall after the transforming
trip" said Treasurer Lloyd.-Cincinnati
Enquirer.
The desertion of Sheckard is the hardest
blow that Hanlon has experienced in his
managerial career He never stops talking
about it.
Manager Billy Clngman got into the
game for the first time Monday at Gin
cinnati. He was there with the goods. In
fact, he had too strong an arm. He threw
the first ball clear over Dungan's head.
Speaking Of fast outfielderS recalls the fact
that Mike Griffin, the old Brooklyn cap
tain and center fielder, has not as yet made
his annual promises of reappearing. Grit
fin was another man like LANCE who ouit
when he was good.
Arthur Madison, who has swung around
the circle from Pittsburg to Indianapolis to
Toronto to Syracuse, will wear a Worcester
uniform this season. Madison has a coach
ing average Of 1914, and is lively speci-
men.
Umpire ]. E. tombstone of the Southern
League has accepted a position on the stan
Of umpires Of the American League. Presi-
dent Nicklin Of the Southern League re-
leased tombstone from his contract.
In opposition to Comiskey's trying-out of
old stars for his championship team Is Sc
lees effort to slowly and surely build up a
fast-winning combination out of the young
sters. Selee's team looks good, but the
average fan must not mistake them for
world-beaters. They are far too green to
turn championship tricks.-Chicago News.
There are two players on the Phillies'
list whose work will be watched carefully.
They are Hulswith and Iberg. The former
is the new shortstop. and if what Ned Han
say is true Hulswith will more than fill
Monte Cross shoes. and is sure to become
prime Observation-Disclosures Times.
This is another wall that Washington
mad yesterday. The madness sank deeper
into him than the cold air which predomi-
mated. 1t was because he struck out three
times in succession. Even the immortal
Casey never showed his humiliation so
keenly." Doyle has often been mad for
the same reason, and frequently in a game
with three on bases and the score close.
Fred Clarke says that the Little Rock
team has a jewel of a player in Middler
Gilbert. He reminds one very much of
Mugsy McGraw in style and action. He
can field, hit. run the bases. In fact, he is
every inch a ball player and should be in
the big league.
Barring Donovan, Otto Kruger is the only
member Of the st. Louis tribe who has been
there over one full season. Arthur Nichols
Jack Ryan and Eddie Murphy swung in
line at the beginning of the 1901 campaign,
while Southpaw Joyce. O'Neil and .'Lanky
Yank" Yerkes were added late In the sea-
Under the rules of the American League
a player who Is released can go where he
pleases. but the Boston and ST. Louis own
ers will make proposition to the players
to be released which they think will hold
them in check. They will offer to loan
them to the Milwaukee club at the same
salary they signed for the original clubs
The Milwaukee club will be expected to
pay a fairly good salary and the Boston
and ST. Louis clubs will make up the differ
ence in the salaries of the men. This will
keep them under contract to the American
League clubs.
The report that Fogel of New York will
get Clarkson is strongly doubted in Chi
cago. If anybody could have signed him
Selee could. There are many who would
like to see the boy work If he patterns at
all after his more famous brother, who
went with Kelly to Boston in the notorious
1z,1 - tnhI he.
live down ever since he took hold of the
reins for John R. Walsh and ran the Chi
cago club.
Baltimore will have a parade and music
on opening day, but Judge Goldman said it
had been decided not to issue any invita-
tions this year. because many regular at
PENDANTS were omitted unintentionally and
became offended while many invitations
got into the hands of those who had no
right to them. Thus, for the 1900 passes
issued generally there were twice the num-
Der offended because they got none.
Rev. ]. D. Boland, pastor of st. Vincent's
Catholic Church, and director and stock
holder in the Baltimore Base Bail Club is
pushing a movement for a petition to Gov.
Smith for the release from jail of Michael
J. Donlin, the ball player. now serving six
months sentence for striking Mrs. Minnie
Fields, an actress. It Is to be pointed out
to the governor that similar assaults occur
in the city for which punishment is not as
severe as that melted out to Donlin who
was somewhat the victim of circumstances
as well as of his own bad temper.
George Stallings, manager of the Buffalo
team of the Eastern League, is putting in
most of his time these days roasting Presi-
dent Ban Johnson of the American League
Since 1t was Mr.. Johnson, who as he
claims, for good reasons caused Mr. STALL
ings to vacate the position OF manager and
part owner Of the Detroit club, Stallings'
talk is hardly having the desired effect
when / look these teams from the Amer
lean Association over 1t leads me to believe
that there, is not such great difference
between the minor and the major leagues"
remarked Manager McPhee. I'VE have
played Indianapolis and Columbus. and
both have given a hard tussie. besides
infiicting two defeats. OF course. we may
have some men who are stronger than any
they have but when you come to average
up the teams Of the two leagues I tell you