Evening star., 1902-08-28
Base Ball Notes.

The Senators start the ball rolling today
in Cleveland.
From present indications the Nationa
League seems to be up tree as far a:
signing players is concerned
Manager Lotus will have a hard time
getting better shortstop than Fred. Ely.
or course, there are better, but just see
now few you can name.
The Pirates with O'Connor, Tannehill,
Chesb-o, Wagner and Leach out will look
woefully weak.
Think of Harry Davis being offered 81 ,OOC
a cast-off from Pittsburg and New York,
and now he is considered one of the best
in the business.
Out In st. Louis the National League has
been doing so well that boys are admitted
to the games without charge to fill up the
stands. A coupon cut from newspaper
secures admission.
Making public the fact that the Detroit
team of 1887 had salary list of $500
somewhat jostled the magnates who fear
to put out $4,000. There is not a team in
either the American or National League
this season with a pay roll amounting to
$4,000, and yet they talk about losing
money.
George Browne. the Giants outfielder who
was here with Philadelphia earlier in the
season, has been hitting the ball hard of
late. 1t Is certain that he will be with the
Giants again next year.-Pittsburg Press
Pittsburg is after Kerwin, the clever
pitcher-outfielder of the Louisville team.
President Dreyfuss made him a fat offer
for next season.
Fourteen more victories and the Pirates
will have the pennant won. no matter how
many games they lose. Nobody has any
doubt about their ability to land fourteen
games in the next six weeks.
Boston Nationals new twirler is Harry
Stauffer of Allegheny, who for two years
has pitched good ball for the Davenport
Iowa, team. 1t is also understood that sew
eral other Davenport players will be found
in the larger leagues
All kinds of plans and preparations are
being made among the professional ball
players of the country for transforming
expeditions after the close of the league
season for the purpose of making a few
extra dollars for their individual pockets.
Emmett Heidrick, especially, will be glad
to hear that Lefty Piatt has deserted
back to the National League. In one game
this summer the Wax Taper of base ball
nowned left-hander. Now If "Cy' Young.
AL Orth and "Rube" Waddell would only
go back to the parent body, the Brown
Legs chances of winning out in 1903 would
be greatly improved.
Manager McAleer of st. Louis was in
high glee because he had signed Shortstop
Wallace. Il have worked on this player
long time" said McAleer, ''as the league
clubs were offering him all kinds of big
money Boston, Pittsburg. New York and
st. Louis were hot after him. Frank Robi-
son offered him $4,000 for next season, and
l can tell you that l have signed him for
much smaller figure. He was anxious to
stay with me. I put him in the bust
ness. st. Louis Republic.
If the Clevelands are unable to win the
pennant this season, they will have some
thing to say where the flag will fly. The
blues have knocked the pennant aspirations
out of the Bostons and Chicagos when they
looked to be good, and yesterday afternoon
the Athletics, fresh from their great feat
of sixteen victories out of seventeen games
played had to submit to defeat in the last
half of the ninth inning, when it seemed as
though they had victory In their grasp.