Evening star., 1902-03-15
Mike D&lin Exnelled.


Mike DShlin Expelled.
The Baltimore club. by order Of Manager
McGraw. has expelled Outhelder Donlin
from the club and sent telegram to that
effect to President Ban Johnson. This
means the loss to the club not only of Don
Inns services but of $50 advance money
paid to him. Donin struck Miss Fields OF
this city. member OF the Ben Hur Com
pany, on the street In Baltimore Wednes-
day night, and the feeling of indignation
against him in Baltimore Is very great.
Base Ball Notes.
The effort by Cincinnati capitalists to get
possession of the Cincinnati base ball club
will be renewed just as soon as a compro-
mise is effected between the warning fac
tions Of the National League.
President Hickey of the American Asso-
citation has announced the appointment OF
the following umpires: II. B. cBuck'O
Ebright Milwaukee; Charles Tindelet, Chi
Haskell Kansas city. Haskell umpired for
the American League last year.
Jim Mcclure, the old Washington player,
who has been with Brooklyn the past two
years. is reported to have consented to
catch for the Detrots this year He went
to Detroit from Albion yesterday and held
conference with the Detroit magnates
and although no contract has yet been
the terms offered by the Detroit club.
1t is said that there will be no clash be-
tween the New York and Brooklyn clubs
over Billy Lauder. Manager Fogel Of the
New Yorks having come to an agreement
with Hanlon before signing the third base
man to play with the Giants. Brooklyn will
have need Of the man, now that Gochnaur
has jumped the team.
Christy Matthewson. the noted profess
sional base ball pitcher, will enter Cornell
next fall He has been in Ithaca for sew
eral days past visiting Coach Jennings. He
announced before leaving Ithaca he would
return there next fall to enter with the
junior class. This will keep him at Cornell
two years. He will probably be engaged to
look after Cornelis pitching staff to relieve
Coach Jennings of this part OF the work.
Frank Shugart. the shortStop of last
years Chicago American League team, Is
now the manager-captain of the San Fran
cisco team In the California League. Shu-
gart will start for the Pacific slope at once.
The deal was made by Joe Cantillon, who
Is the eastern agent of the California
league.
President Mautner of the Fort Wayne club
declares that before giving Pitcher Mullen
a second installment of advance money
on his Fort Wayne contract he compelled
the pitcher to make d sworn affidavit in
which he stated that he had signed with
neither Brooklyn nor Detroit, and agreed
not to do So but to play the season of 1902
with whatever club President Mautner
should designate. Mautner says he will
prosecute Mullen il the player tries to get
! out of his contract with the Fort Wayne
club and believes he can make Mullen spend
| part of the summer behind the bars.
When auestioned-in regard to the articles
| which appeared In the papers to the effect
| that Frank Leary would not be allowed to
represent the red and blue on the diamond
| this season. DR.. E. f. Smith chairman of
| Penns faculty committee, stated that no
action had been taken sLeary was accused
| of playing professional base ball last sum-
| mer. When seen yesterday Leary said: 1T
| is ridiculous. l only had ball in my hand
| half a dozen times last summer Several
| Yale and Harvard players were in the same
| town. and We organized scrub nine and
| played the town team That is all the ball
playing / did last summer '-Phladelph
| Times. &
..Dr Newton" said Frank Bancroft at
| Cincinnati tanning bee, reminded me of
| the COW that would give eighteen quarts Of
| milk and then wind up by kicking over the
/ pail. He would pitch like a king until you
| thought the game cinched. and then biff-
| bang-farewell Irene and the blow off! Ned
| Hanlon told me the Doc. liked to expert
ment too much. One afternoon at Brooklyn
| somebody had salivated him for home
| run. and the very next time he faced that
| batsman he sent up the same sort Of a ball.
What are you trying to do there?' was
the word Hanlon sent out, See how far
| that fellow can hit it?'
Billy Hart, who pitched in the American
| League last season. was talking about
American League pitchers yesterday with
Mike Kahoe. The conversation drifted to
| the Baltimore staff, and Hart remarked:
| We'll old Frank Foreman will do as good
| work as any one of McGraw's tw1rlers this
! year. He was in great form last year and
easily led that club. HIS Is certainly Won
| der for a pitcher who has been In harness
| as long as he has. / did not think so very
| easily led that club. He Is certainly Won
| able to do anything unless he had lot
| Of diamonds handed him at home and that
| was almost every day. Even when he was
| knocked out of the box they would hand
| him jewelry in punches. He was very pop
ular. but l could not see him. .-Clncinnal
| Enquirer.
| From Chicago comes a gentle hint that
| A. G. Spalding will be forced down and
out by his own followers. The reasons set
| forth for this action are Spaidings lack OF
method In his campaign and his absence IN
| California. which has so displeased his ad-
| herents that they will no longer support
| him. This Is. indeed. rich In the face or
| the great legal tilt in the New York courts
| which took place on Tuesday. and which
was for no other reason than a test OF
| Spalding's right to act as president or the
| National League. If Spaiding was TO be
asked to resign there would be no occa-
sion for the legal squabble. and the fact
| that the case Is being pushed to an issue
| clearly shows that the Spalding faction IN
| tends to stick to the end.
Several seasons ago the new ] ork ana
| Brooklyn clubs were at swords points
| fighting over rival claims to the services
| Of "Zeke'' Wrigley. and few months later
tnc sailor cOulun nave pulieu al of'i III
| league company to shiver his timbers. In
| the early autumn of 1901 Frank Shugart.
| who had been barred from the American
| League for conduct unbecoming an expo
nent of the national sport. was forgiven by
| Ban Johnson and restored to the Comiskey
roster. Captain Commy' has just In
| formed Shugart that the bell has rung for
| him.
1t is learned on the best OF authority that
| the second man the Western League people
had in mind for manager Of the Milwaukee
club was Joe Cantillon. the umpire. Cam
| tillon's name was proposed to w. T. Van
Brunt. who Is backing the venture there.
but the st. Joe man baked on Joe. owing
to the fact that cantili1n had given a de-
cision In favor Of indianapolis two years
ago at st. Joe. which had a great deal to do
with beating Kansas City out Of the pen
nant. sill bs
"Kiondike Bill" Douglass will. after ALL
not play with the ST. Louis American
League team the coming season. but return
to the Phillies. With which club he viii
sign. having accepted Manager Shettsline's
terms. Douglass never attached his sigma
ture to st. Louis club contract. but
merely signed an 'iopt!bn last fall to go
there. The option he does not consider
binding. as its conhitinns were not fulfilled.
Manager Shettsline has offered Douglass a