The Washington times., 1894-09-17
CRISP SPORTING COMMENT
But Two Weeks Remain Of the Base
ball Championship Season.
ORIOLES LOOK LIKE WINNERS
Unless Baltimore Takes an Unexpected Slump
the Pennant Will Go to the Monumental
City-senators Are Sure to Wind Up in
Eleventh Place-News and Gossip.

But two weeks remain OF the baseball cham
pionship season. and the Orioles are in the
lead coming down the home stretch, with
| New York and Boston close together, and
either ready to jump ahead of Baltimore in
case of slip by the latter. This years race
is the most exciting in the history of the
League, and If the Monumental CITY lads
come out at the top of the heap it will be an
Endorsement OF the young blood idea mixed
| with seasoned timber. Already the Balti-
| more public is enthused over the fine showing
of the Orioles, and the result of every game
played by the latter in the West is awaited
with intense interest. victory means
stronger hold on tie lead while a defeat
serves to spread CONSERVATION lest either
New York or Boston will close the gap. I'm
! less the Orioles take a terrible tumble they
| will sur ely land pennant winners, and II they
! do so every individual member OF the team
will be a popular idol in Baltimore with
Manager Hanlon and Capt. Robinson the
bright particular stars.
If ever man deserved the reward of his
enterprise and liberality it is Harry Yon der
! Horst, the principal owner OF the Baltimore
| Club For several years Mr.. Won der Horst
has gone down deep into his pocket and met
the losses incurred in supporting a club in
the Monumental City. Up 70 last season his
cash balance was shy thousands of dollars
! what it was before investing in the baseball
| business. Last year was the first break in
! his favor and he quit the season in healthy
! financial shape. The present years profit
! will more than repay him for all past losses,
and in addition he has the satisfaction of see
| ing his club right at the top notch. Through
! out the dark days of adversely he never weak
! ened and always was prepared to put out
| more money TO procure desirable talent. His
| course in baseball has been far different from
| other club owners and he deserves all his sue
| cess.
After the Senators have cotton through
their present series Ia Louisville they go to
! Cleveland from there 10 Chicago, and wind
! up the season al ST. Louis They are assured
1 of eleventh place, not so much through any
| particularly brilliant playing Of their own,
I but chiefly owing 10 Louisyilles disOganized
/ team and It's consequent poor work. As usual
/ whenever the local aggregation fails to win
/ games with startling frequency rumors are
| set afioat that a change in managers will take
/ place. One close follower of the fortunes Of
! the Washington Club is confident Manager
/ Schmelz will not succeed himself. While the
| genial Gus has not always come up TO eXpec-
! tations he has been fortunate in getting the
! team out of last place and for this, If for
nothing else, he is deserving of praise. But
/ there will be no grand outpou-ing of enthu5i-
/ astic citizens TO welcome the team back TO this
! city, as will be the case forty miles from here,
! and the chances are the Senators will disband
| in the West. wait until next year, will soon
| be heard emanatlng from the Wagnerian
| stronghold.
| Chief Operator j. ". Collins OF the West
| era Union, who was instrumental in the dis
coyery of the overlapping scheme, as told
| exclusively in The TIMES, is of the opinion
] the tappers are still in this vicinity, only
awaiting another opportunity TO get in their
! fine work The last attempt was success up
| to the crucial moment when 1t failed. and the
| tappers not only had their labor for their pains
| but were also out considerable money for wire
! cable and other paraphernalia. 1t is under
| stood the Western Union has resorted to a
! more thorough system TO prevent any advan-
! tage being gained by overlapping. Hereto
! fore the sender of n race result simply tele-
! graphed the winner and other details by the
regular code. Now cipher has been added,
the receiver of a message replying with either
the first or last two or three letters o. the ci-
pher and the remainder being furnished by
/ the sender. By means OF this cipher wire
| tappers would be unable to supply the missing
| letters and any delay in answering would be
sufficient grounds for suspecting something
wrong. This cipher will be the hard nut for
| the tappers to crack.
On October II the new race track at st.
Asaph, Va, will be opened to the public, and
from all reports fine meeting is assured.
| Such well-knOwn stables as Keene. Dwyer,
| Morris, Gideon. and Day and many others
will be represented, and such class of flyers
will be a reminder of the old days when the
| Ivy City track was in its full bloom of pros
perity. The officials at the st. Asaph track
will be the same as have had charge at the
big courses, and the meeting will he under
the rules and license os the jockey club.
! The attendance at the Alexander Island
track has been considerably augmented by
| the additional attractions of Ihe agricultural
| fair, which will continue throughout this
week. The racing is the standard feature,
and of course the chief drawing card. and
presiding Judge Oyster is kept busilv en-
gagged in looking out for changes of form in
horses and jockeys. Little Donnslly came
under the ban last week, and on Saturday
watched the game from the ground.
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