Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-08-11

by dismissing them summarily the national
game would probably be improved.
News of the Players.
Messrs. Byrne and Hanlon are angry be-
cause 1T was intimated that Brooklyn lost
twice to Baltimore Wednesday in order to
irjure New York's pennant chances. The
charge was absurd.
When New York lost on Wednesday. be-
cause Germans delivery was pounded by
spoke of the Giants Hstless playing. When
they won the next day they were said TO
have braced up. Funny.
In Thursdays game some one called out,
The same old Farrell!' when the duke
popped up a foul. Some time later when
Farrell raped out a double and then fol-
lowed it with a single, one of Charley
friends sareastically sang out THE same
At the Polo Ground, New York, on the
TOUR days when games were payed there
last week $4,000 spectators were present.
Some of the Philadelphians are ''souring''
on Arthur TWINS management He has
not done as well as Harry Wright
How old Sam Wise and Joe Mulvey would
mt in at second and short on the local team :
The presence of Senators Hill, Smith and
Murphy at the New York games was the
occasion for many columns of ridiculous
description of their actions. 1t can be said
That they made no such spectacles of them
selves as they We're described
Senator Hills sole recreation is attending
a bail game. He is quiet. but much in
terested spectator, and his observations are
terse and infrequent
Senator Hill used to play ball years ago.
ana MS former partner, John Stanchfeld,
was pitcher on the Amherst nine while in
college. and later of the best amateur team
Elmira ever had. r7-
On Monday next the Detroit league team
and the ID. A. c. champions will cross bats
on the grounds of the latter club in Detroit
Inc proceeds of the game will go to Charley
Bennett.
Bierbauer's batting lately has been great
he mas not missed a hit or more in the last
fourteen games In these fourteen games
he made twenty-nine hits including six
doubles, four triples and one home run, a
total OF forty-siX bases His batting aver
age Tor the fourteen games is 400
President Won Ger Abe Of the Browns re-
turned to st. Louis from Louisville. The
boss president said. that Second Baseman
Quinn, who was spiked in one of the La ST
home games. will join the team at Cincin-
natl. Frank Ely, the Browns great short
stop. VINO went to Girard, Pa, to see his
SICK WIFE, Will also report for duty in Gin
cinnau. -
The Observation-Disclosures series resulted in
tie. each club winning six games
Pitchers Quarles and Campbell have been
signed Campfield. ~ W.
Capt. Robinson of the Baltimores said
that his team would win two out of the
Yorks
Arthur Ciarkson has been reinstated by
the ST. Louis Browns
klelnfelder. the old-time Athletic player
died last week in Philadelphia. "-s.-
Those twelve runs in one inning which
the Bostons made off Maui Monday is the
single inning record of the year
A peculiar accident occurred during the
progress of the game with Providence at
Syracuse recently. McCauley. in being put
out at second base was struck on the head
and knocked senseless He revived in
few minutes, but asked foolish questions
appearing to be somewhat dazed. He would
not be ordered out of the game
Hugh Duffy is quite lame with a touch of
charley horse.
Pitcher Lucid, who will JOIN the Brook
lyns and be experimental with against the
Bostons is not the Lucid who was for a
short time on the Pittsburgs' pay roll. He
Is an ex-amateur of Boston. who has lately
done good work for the Haverhiils of the
Eastern League.