Evening star., 1902-01-28
Senators ManageE4 4,D Discusses Base
Ball Situation and7is Done Trading.
RYAN PLEASED With WASHINGTON
interesting Contests on the Local
Bowling Alleys.
PORTS IN NERAL

Manager Tom LOTUS Of the Washington
club, who has been in Chicago for several
days. does not talk ais If the American
League was in any hurry to hook up with
either of the factions Of the divided league
house. He says: at looks to me as though
the National people were in pretty bad shape,
and that their only way to get out right is
to try to get together. No, don't see
how the American can help either the
Spalding or the Freedman factions, because
neither Al Spalding nor Freedman has any
thing to offer in exchange. Why should
we treat with them? AS for myself, be-
lieve that the public wants two big major
circuits working on harmony basis and
under a new national. agreement, which
means the mutual respect for all claims on
the services of ball players and for all con-
tracts. AS regards the minor leagues, I
am in favor of abolishing the drafting of
minor league players or granting of So
called protection to the minors Let the
clubs in the big league Jump out and hustle
for these young bloods. The club with the
long purse will land the player, and none
of the people interested will have any cause
to complain
Holds on to Good Ones.
Says Joe Jackson in the Detroit Free
Press: 1T doesn't take Tom LOTUS long to
feel the public pulse apparently. Some time
ago he thought he was long on third base
men, having both Wolverton and Coughlip,
and there was some talk of a trade being
made, involving Coughlin. Then Lotus
found that he could use one of these men
at second, keeping keister. whom he took
from Baltimore for use in the outfield, in
this latter place Comiskey is extremely
anxious to get Coughlin, and at least two
other magnates could place him. To all of
their entreaties Lotus is now turning a
deaf ear, saying that he has found Cough
lin a great favorite with the Washington
fans! Thomas is becoming extremely care
full of his dear public. From the reports
that came while he and Postal were at the
capital it was supposed that they were too
busy shining as social favorites to have
much time to listen to the pleas of the
bleacherites. Anybody that gets good ones
away from Thomas now that he has
chance to handle a money-winner will have
to use drugs.
Ryan Likes Washington.
II am pleased with the chance of playing
ball in Washington next season." said Jim
my Ryan to Chicago News reporter while
calling on President "a ,s9ffsfg "a of the Chicago
IN. L.) club.
.If 1 play as good ball as I played last
year at St. Paul. 1 shal3i be satisfied, be-
cause think that lteveri played any bet
ter in my life. 1 donI, kBbw what position
am to play yet, bit will make little
difference to me. as they are all the same
after few days l rather expect to play
in center field, however. as Delahanty has
been covering right nall s1ast season and
Keister will likely take the left garden. My
batting eye is all right, and hit considera-
bly, over 300 in the Western League last
year; if I bat as we'll this year I'll go
through all right. il slf1s
Yes, it is rather coincidence that Dona-
hue and should land with the same team
again, but we went, out to the Western
League together and both of us managed
teams and both quit atI'the same time.
bers of the: Old Chicago team with the Sen
ators next season, fori Wolverton will be
there. The team looks pretty good to me.
Clark and Donohue are veterans behind the
bat, and they are hard men to beat. Cary
on first is a good man, and this man Cough
lin ought to- be able to play second all
right, leaving Harry Wolverton on the third
corner. 1 guess we will be in the running
all the time"