Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-02-28
New Name Contest for Wash
ington Club Closes Today.
MANY TITLES RECEIVED
GOOD HEADWAY MADE IN SIGN
ING PLAYERS FOR NEXT SEASON
Local Bowlers Return Home - NelEon
and Corbett Fight Tonight
New Orleans Races.

At II o'clock tonight the contest over
the selection of a new nickname for the
Washington Base Ball Club will be brought
to close Letters received by President
Noyes tomorrow morning postmarked be-
fore midnight will be eligible, but all posted
after that time will be thrown out. The
contest has been most satisfactory one
as regards the interest displayed by the
local fans" and it goes without saying
that no matter what title is decided upon
the team will go upon the field this season
with more friends behind it than it has had
for the past fifteen years.
The committee having the matter in
charge VII go over the lists as soon as
they are Strengthened out by President
Noyes, work that will require several days,
and the chances are that the decision ar
rived at will be made public next week.
Every mail continues to bring in sugges-
tons to President Moves, and the folio W
ing are a few of those received yesterday:
Let the team adopt a stinctive article
of uniform. by which they would always
be known. The following are some sugges-
tons | would like to offer:
Il. The Redcoats. =. The Bluejackets.'
3. The White Caps
with our team the first suggestion could
he derived from having 1t wear red REFER
coat. such as ball pla yerS usually wear IL
there is no other American team going to
wear red uniform complete, why not fit
them out in a decent shade of maroon and
cub them The Redbirds? Anything to
help EN- out of last place"
Other names suggested are as follows:
Counselors. Mosquitoes, Spiders, Cherry
Tree Choppers, Colts, Ringers. Rickeys,
Disfranchisers, Reformers, Finds. Ostriches,
SCribes Hatchets, Greyhounds. R1Sers
Acmes Winners Corners. Highfyers
Whites, Homers, Gingertes. Trimmers, Col
legians, Unions, Garlands. Calumets, Spell
NJ f-l
Geopees CO. o. PSI, Uncle Sans, Washing
tons Tip Tops, Nil Desperandum. The
Twinklers, Rockets, Dixies, Olynpians.
Radicals, Octoroons, Noyes(y) Stars, Red
Birds Renders, Highballs, Butterflies,
Dixie Lads, Youngbloods, Smoke Regu-
lators.
Good Roadway is being made in the way
of getting the names of the Washington
players to contracts for the coming season.
President Ban Johnson assured the local
owners of the club that he would quickly
have the men in line. but ne has thrown up
his hands in despair, as a majority of the
boys refused TO do business with the presi-
dent of the American League. Since then
President NoyeS has been in correspond
ence with all the players, and the result to
date is that more than enough to put a
full team on the field have already been Sc
cured. Mr.. Johnson has little patience with
players who demand kings ransom Tor
six months work under the most adverse
circumstances, but President Noyes pos
SeSSeS more tact and by common sense
reasoning has persuaded majority of the
team to come in out of the cold. All sorts
of demands and requests We're fired at the
new president of the club, and when it is
considered that the business is somewhat
strange the way he has been able to pIacate
everybody speaks well for his future as a
base ball magnate Base ball Is like no
other business under the sun is we'll
known phrase and it stands out today just
as strong as it did thirty years ago.