Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-08-25

has gotten this year.
Cartwright is the only member Of the
washington team who has played in every
game this season, and always in the same
POSITION.
Cy Young had three wild pitches on Mon
Jay oHy, ana mad only made that number for
the whole season prior to that.
Breitenstein weighs but 40 pounds.
though his arm is as full of speed as the
heavyweights. Rusie and Stivetts.
Radford Of the Senators doesn't play on
Sunday. Certain players on the same team
don't play on week days.-Baltimore SUM-
The Providence club. leader In the East
ern League race. Is said to be $4,000 ahead
This has been the most unsatisfactory
season for base ball in Pittsburg since
brotherhood year.
FORM His damaged hand has entirely re-
covered.
After the game at Boston Tuesday Pitcher
Tom" Parrott Familiarity known as
'Tacks," was suspended by the Cincinnati
management for Indifferent playing and
sent home Those eleven runs In the first
inning OF the second game caused Parrott's
punishment.
"A Crank" is informed that he Is correct
In his statement that Joyce's record of
three home runs In one game was euualed
once this season by Shugart and excelled by
Lowe who made four in one game But
loves were fly balls over a short field
fence, all of which would probably have
9 9 cuts with fair chance for the fielder.
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clear home-run hitting Of the year In the
league.-N. Y. Herald.
The game at Philadelphia Thursday was
the game postponed by the burning of the
grand stands on those grounds.
The Cincinnatis will play off their post
poned game Of the first trip ut the Polo
grounds Monday. which is an open date.
State Leage defeated the Louisville Thurs
day, IL to 2 Nicol pitched for Barnie's
men.
in town Thursday. He denied that he
wanted to sell the release of Pitcher Mercer
to the New York club. and said that his
visit was merely to attend to the suit OF
Mike Griffin against the Wagners for $500
salary due for services with the Philadel-
phia Players League Club in 1s9O.-New
York Sun.
The attendance at the Polo grounds
Thursday was the smallest for the past
three months. generous estimate put the
crowd at 1900 spectators.
The Senators are certainly playing win
ring ball, and should they continue at the
present gait they will finish worse than
tenth place Out of the last seven games
played they have lost but one.-Baltmore
American.
Boston continues to win steadily day
after day, and II seems next to impossible
to beat them on their own grounds. No
matter how far ahead an opposing team
may get In the earlier part of the game,
the Beaneaters generally manage to beat
them cut SON chow.
Manager Buckenberger claims that Belts
Is home umpire On the other hand,
Business Manager Bancroft says Belts Is
all right. and the Cincinnatis lost three
games In succession in Baltimore. where
Belts is umpiring.
A wager of $500 that Boston does not win
the pennant has been made by Director
Talcott and Playwright Charles H. HOyt.
The latter pins his faith to Boston
The Bostons broke all league records Of
the season on Tuesday by making twenty
five runs in six innings. Had the full game
been played out. there Is no telling where
the n-getting would have stopped.
The Pittsburg club has released Dumont
COR Demonterville), recently secured from
the Eastern League, and will try Weaver
at short.
Mike Kelly. Joe Mulvey and Shortstop
Sweeney are the only Allentown players
who have been claimed by the Pennsyl-
vania State League clubs. Contracts were
forwarded to them yesterday.
The City Post Office nine defeated the
Pest Office Department nine OF the Depart
ment League at the arsenal grounds yester-
day by IL to IL.
says that an offer by the Clevelands of
5000 for Pitcher Mercer was refused.
Owing to the many complimentary things
printed about his pitching. Mercer came to
the conclusion that his salary should be in
creased. The management promises him an
increase next year.
Buffalo wouldn't do any better in the
league with tail-end club than Louisville
A base ball crank suggests putting Has
amaear on first base. Cartwright being too
heavy and his batting average being too low.
With a pitcher and a new shortstop, he
thinks Washington would be fixed for next
year.
From the "sporting Life.
Al. Maurs work this season puts him