Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-05-05
pears to be In considerable demand. AL
lentown and Buffalo are said to be after

pears to be In considerable demand. AL
lentown and Buffalo are said to be after
him.
Last Tuesday evening when the Balti.
mores, with Brooklyn's Observation-Disclosures
ers and Keelsr-were leading the league
and Brooklyn. with Shindle and Treadway
was at the tail end. Messrs. Byrne and
Foutx must have felt like couple OF
jays who had been ''gold-bricked.
At this stage Of the game Anson's procla-
nation Of First place or bust looks
weather beaten and moth eaten.
When men like Clements and Thompson
steal bases it may be taken for granted
that great deal Of such work 10 to be
done this season.
In Breitenste,n the St. Louis club has
undoubtedly the best left-handed pitcher
known since the triumphant days Of Tom
Ramsey" says the New York Herald
The Sporting Life says Ramsey is pitch
Ing in his old form for the Savannah club
Bad throws are very costly on the new
Cincinnati grounds. If bail gets by the
inside of 100 feet
Manager Hanlon says he believes In the
umpire. In close game an adverse deci-
cases, however" he declares, players
should be excused for gathering around the
umpire. In a close game an adverse dec-
sion Is liable to make certain players lose
their heads and say things that they don t
mean"
In the few. league CHAMPIONSHIP games
that have been played so far saws the
New York Sun. the fact becomes apparent
that the umpires are not enforcing the rules
relating to kicking, in spite Of the reforms
passed last February"
King Kelly, whose Allentown team
made the champion Bostons play ten in
nlngs to win by to 8, has one Of the
largest and finest ball fields in the country
What great ball player the New Yorks
let escape them when they released Buck
Ewing. He did more than any one else in
the Cleveland team to take two out Of three
here the past week.-Cincinnati Enquirer
In the sixth inning of a recent Baltimore
brooklyn game Foutz took advantage OF
Pitcher Browns politeness. Brown was on
hrst base when a ball that had been fouled
out of the ground was thrown back. On
Foutzs request he threw 1t to the umpire.
ROUTE signaled Stein, who held the other
bail In play to throw 1t to first. and Brown
was caught several feet from the bag.
Why not utilize electricity on the base
ball diamond with view to preventing dis
putes with umpires? Upon a big black
board In center field. by means Of electric
wires. the umpire, stationed above the grand
stand. where the players could not crowd
around him, could mark his decisions. He
could lock himself up, too, and thus proven,
excited spectators rending him limb from
limb.
Umpire swartwood said the other day in
Louisville that the chronic directors made
| very little by their actions.
A return to the much-vaunted white stock.
ings hasn't brought victory to the Chicagos
"An signs fail In dry weather." and Just
now the white-haired chief IL having his
| troubles.
With the Withdrawal Of Arson from firs,
base goes the last Of the famous white
stocking team that created such a furore in
1878. 1879 and 1880. Arson, Kelly and Burns
are managing teams, Corcoran. Williamson
| and Flint are dead. and Goldsmith, Quest
Gore and Dalrymple have retired from the
business.
Says Baltimore paper: Stage Is the best
umpire who has appeared at Union Park
this season. His Judgment of balls and
strikes was as accurate as Gaffney's in his
best days, and the new mans base deci-
sions were also indsputable.
Stage says that he Is quite sure Of being
upheld in his decision at Washington Tues
day, when he awarded the game to Brook
lyn because Washington refused to play.
''Ten-Thousand-Dollar' Clarkson received
| letter from Charlie Bennett the other day
The first line in the letter was, II can walk
now" In other words Charlie has q pail
Of artificial legs. and can get around with.
out clutches.