Morning journal and courier., 1890-05-12
No,e. of tho Old Le.xuers.

shannon is doing fine work for the Phillies. Joyce continues to play great ball for Brooklyn. Russie continues to do good work for Mutrie's men.
 Ward talks of third place as though it was cer tainty to him.
 slattery is playing left in his old time style while as hitter he Is doing wonders.
 Denny said recently that he was in base ball for the money and did not care who won or lost. Spaulding is emphatic in the belief that ono league or the other must go to the wall. whichf Jim Mutre says that Long Is the greatest short stop living. Funny some of these great ones weren't found before Ward and his comrades were lost.
 The. Brooklyn league team have played steady game right along and are gradually forging to the front.
 Long John Reilly is doing better work in the National league this season than he did in tho As sociaton last year.
 T.. 1T. Murname has been called to Nausatuck eran will have plenty of sympathizers in his be- reavenent.
 Duffy of the Chicago Players league Is slugger recent game he made four hits, with total of twelve bases.
 That the League has determined to help out Both citcswere In distress and said they would give in unless money was forthcoming. They got It.
 The Brooklyn Players league team has been the start out like Q rocket, but after settling down they worked together harmoniously and have won
  them by October.
 .I "I am playing q game at third" Latham says, that will surprise you. Pick ups, one hand stops mission alone. Then I'm throwing to beat the world. but in base running I'm out of sight. Wait till you all see me-"
 There is good deal of foundation to the story thatBilly Sharsig, manager of the Athletics, is in faver of an agreement between tho Players league been trampied on long enough, and they must now defend themselves. Among other things, he pro- poses playing the Philadelphia Players' league next One of the directors of the Chicago league team said his club was ready to play the local PayeT,s Ansons team series in October for $!o 1000 against or against $sSo The Hny condition sa not to share in the profits if any, Of the series of games.
 All Chicago Is astonished. Anson has agreed with Nine men in black and white went against nine sport for nine innings, when Umpire Zacharias,
 ns the 100 shyering spectators objected in loud tone But they were recompensed. For in full view of the people occurred a thing which they will never present ali about It. In after years they will take their little upon their knees and recount the or .. meteoric phenomenon or total eclipse of the sun it was one of those things not likely to happen more than once In the brief span of a human ex- istence
 The affair was so thrilling that had there been women present they would have tainted. When Umpire Zacharias pulled off his visor at the end of the ninth and announced "the game Is called on &C., count of darkness" " every eye as fixed on Captain Adrian 0. Anson. Mir. Anson walked slowly to the home plate, his great brain throbbing with noise like pouring water out of a jug Then he faced the grand stand and said, with something like sadness In his voice:
 "I agree with the umpire."
 For moment there was throughout the amphi- theater silence like death itself Then low sound ran around as of awe-stricsen people whis. pering one to the other. Umpire zacharias sank down the players bench with large tears cours- ing down his cheeks. Strong men fled abstractedly into Harrison street saloons: In the press box men who had known Captain Anson for years sat in wretchsd stupefcation, gazing with dul stony eyes at the spot where he had stood, n,urmuring in a bewidered way to themselves:
 "He-agreed-Captain Anson-sgreed-with- the umpire"
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