Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-05-14
Caught at the Plate.


hitting and is practicing his men at it daily.
Sunday games have been Endorsed by the
major portion of Cineinnati's base bali popula-
ton.
physician has told Mike Kelly that he is
still affected by the grip, and that that accounts
for his poor batting.
Pitcher Stivetts has it in for Won der Abe,
who says he will pay the Browns S25 for every
game they win from Boston when he Is pitch
ing.
He has been playing ont of his position, right
field. but has done rafting good work. At the
bat he has been success, cracking out good
lire hits in almost every game.-Ctecetdnd
World.
Even the Bostons are not hitting. Manager
Searle SAYS: The boys are not hitting the ball
as they Will later on. In fact, the men whom
we know good batters have been doing
scarcely anything at all in that line"
The Cleveland team is getting an unenviable
reputation. An exchange SAYS: The Cleve-
land team is the successor Of Columbus in noisy
and disgTaceful ball playing. OConnor does
not seem TO have improved one particle since
he was suspended by the American Association.
In one of the games at Louisville Ward of
Brooklyn played an old trick, and it worked to
perfection. Harry Taylor was on second, hav-
ing made two-base hit. Taylor was off the
bag and Kinslow threw down to catch him.
Harry dived for the bag. and the ball went high
over Wards head. John cracked his palms to-
gether and touched TAYLOR quickly on the back.
Before Harry learned that there had been
wild throw il was too late to run.
The Cleveland team is somewhat demoraliZed.
Mexican has bullet wound in his hand. Catcher
thinner has a bad hand and cannot catch and
Doyle is doing all the catching. The loss of
Wan and Shearou in the box has also had its
effect upon the team.
''Dicky" Johnston viii be given a trial by the
tSrDRs, .ltt lob,
of late and is in good condition.
"Now, don't think for moment that you're
lot of good players just because we've beaten
these stiffs." Arson said to his men while they
were dressing after the first game with the New
Yorks. BE around for practice in the morn
ing just The same as if we had been slaughtered
by the Baltimores.
King kel has new coaching cry. 1t is
peaches"
"silver" King doesn't like to pitch to Childs.
He says it is aiming at a six-inch space on a tar
get at forty PAGES.
The Senators are no ''soft snap this year.
Pdhsburg Commercial Gazette. What a depth
of feeling in that remark.
Harry Stevens of Pittsburg paid flying trip
to the city this week.
Manager Wright says Corkhin is the greatest
fielder living.
Shinnick is captain of the Minneapolis team.
Providence has kept one of the infield origi-
nally assigned to it.
Keenan,, who pitched the 24-inning game for
the Tacoma, Wash, team against Seattle last
summer. is pitching for the Crescent league
team of Plainfield. NJ.
John GARRISON has a way of showing his con-
tempt for batsmen who stand before him by
pitching a slow, lazy ball over the plate 1t is q
favorite amusement with John, and frequently
proves dangerous.
Jonathan I. Brush has taken some pains to
denounce everybody who opposes Sunday ball
playing as puritanical cranks. Mr.. Brush
claims to be a patriotic American. but he is
not. Far from it.-Ne,r York Herald
Anson says his men are lazy. Each one of
them has formed an idea that all he has to do is
to play game occasionally. sit around hotel
the. balance of the time and draw $4,000 or
$4,000 salary. But they will find out differ
emily. They have got TO work and work regu-
larry every morning, too."-EIchdnge.
Comiskey says his team will not be changed.
He says: The team is rafting good one.
Wait until We work together little longer and
there viii be an Improvement in team play.
did think OF changing once and / asked 'Dickie'
Johnson for his terms, but we will go on as we
are for some time at least. If the men play az
well as have right to expect We will stand
pat the remainder of the season.
Second Baseman Ward of the NIilwaukees ia
putting up great game. He makes two hits
every game and regularly steals three bases
He will be heard of in the big league.
Baltimore has braced up since ED Hanlou
took hold, and yet the team is composed of
precisely the same players who succeeded in
losing sixteen out of seventeen games.
The New Works their first western trip
last year lost seven straight games and then
struck a winning gait on their return to the
Polo grounds. Will history repeat ITSELF
Ne,r York Herald
Director Talcott said in speaking of his now
famous bet with John Ward: Ward may win
my twenty shares of stock all right, but if the
INV fc III. u
may be assessed little something later on
1t is now almost certain that the local team
will receive severe shaking up when it returns
on Saturday. The directors are in ANYTHING
but a pleasant mood. and will not stand any
nonsense. They say they will find out very
quickly what the matter is and apply speedy
and effective remedy.-Ne,c York Herald
Pfeffer is called hard loser because he fights
till the last man is out and never lets a chance
slip by.
They must have tough crowds at the Pitts
burg games. A Pittsburg paper of recent date
says of the abuse heaped ON the umpire who
doesn't give everything TO the home nine:
Hurst got thorough dose of this abuse on
Saturday and at one time ii looked as if Knell
was in danger of being iynched Yet kneil's
delivery of the ball was perfectly legal and the
umpire was only doing his duty in protecting
him"
DARBY" O'Brien, the Brooklyn outfielder, is
very dark skinned and but for his name he
would be taken for an oriental. strange error
was made by an eastern paper last winter. which
printed Darby OBriens pictsire when Pitcher
OBrien died.
One of the oddest-looking PLAYERS in the pro-
fession is foutZ, the ex-frst baseman, who this
year has returned to the box. and his fellows
say he is pitching fine ball. But in no other re-
spect can Foutx be called peculiar: he is a
shrewd. capable player. While he is the slen-
derest man for his length who ever went ON to
ball field he is in no respect awkward. He
a member of the famous ST. Louis Browns
OF 1885. Sc and 81, and point of great value
20 him Is his coolncss. No matter what the
condition of the game-how critical the situa-
ionic change could be observed in the ex-
preston or action Of the tell pitcher He goes
ahead as cOoly as if his club were ALWAYS ten
rUs7 in the lead. This is observable in what
ever Foutz attcmps 10 do-even in a little game
q oasino-for ball players occasionally while
away the time in social turn at cards-the
i.cher immobihty serves him well.
Manager Irwin took occasion to say }urinp n
conversation in Pittsburg recently that the re-
port about his having signed to manage the
senators for less money than Barnie received
| was false. On the other hand he declared he
was getting more than was paid to Barnie. He
said Mr.. Wagner eould not get along with
Barnie. and so offered the position to him. He
thinks the Washington public will use him all
right. as he has strong team and one that will
stand well up in the race.
Here are nine ball players, proudly declares
the Giobe-Democrdt, all natives Of st. Louis.