The evening times., 1895-10-03
GLEYELANDERS ARE CRAZY
Intense Interest Felt by ALI Glasses
in the Struggle for the Cup.
Another Magnificent Day at Hand and
an Immense TirOng and Exciting
COnfeS: Looked For.
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pert followers OF the game declare il to
have been the very best they have ever seen.
The great excitement that attended every
movement Of the players on the field ycstcr-
| day, and the delIriunI which the Cleveland
| mems friends fell into over the result, has
| not worn off. Last night until Il late hour
| crowds of men and boys throngcd every cor
1er and public place, discussing the splendid
victory of the home team. and as early as 10
! o'clock this morning they were again out
! specializing on the chances of their fayorites
The fine form of the home team and the
| plucky way i'll which they went about pulling
| 4 victoryout of defeat in the very last inning
! yesterday proves the Cleveland men to be
stayers, and that they can he depended upon
| to fight until the fail of the flag even under
the most exciting and trying circumstances,
has won Them many new admirers, and
| everybody. new and old friends alike,
= now feel that the home team has more than
/, an even chance to carry off the cup honors.
To-day another pitchers battle is ex-
pected. Yesterday, ii is prct,y Y GENERALLY con-
:eded, Youn. had considerab the best ofthe
argument with Mcmahon. The pitchers this
afternoon Will he Cuppy for Cleveland and
Hoffer for Baltimore.
There is great deal of ofbettins bein. done.
some pretty stiff wagers having been put
up to-day. The Baltimore team and its
friends profess 10 he absolutely sure or
winning the cup, but they demand even
money on their chances.
thinner nuffed only one foul fly during
the entire baseball season.
Kecier has the nanie of being the only
player III the big league who made five
! runs in each of two games.
The indianapolis club won the series
from every other club in the Western
League
Piusburg lost five games on the Cleveland
grounds, and won one.
Old man Arson beat New York cut in
the long run, but The Giants have the salts
| faction of kuo wing that they beat the old
man and his Colts eight out OF twelve
games during the season. The Quakers
won eight straight from the New Workers.
The Cincinnati team is out on its country
| trip. They are booked 10 play i'll a num-
Der of towns in Ohio Kentucky and Indiana.
The howl that j. being sent up by West
| crn League clubs about the president of the
! Cincinnati team drafting men from minor
league teanIs. ostcnsibly to strengthen the
Reds md then turning them over to Indian
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| threatens to bring about a split i'll the
Western Organization.
McClosky. who already has twenty-five
players to pick team of 'Colonels from
next wear is looking for more. He says
! the Kenluckiaps Will cut something OF a
| figure iii the HeXt pcinant race.
Jack Stivetts. the bccfy pitcher OF the
Boston team, has gone TO his lone in Ash
land, Pa, to run meat market until the
sea son opens next year.
COMFY Mack's Elen won only one series
from an Eastern club during the season
that with New York.
Jack Boyle was i'll every game played by
, his club during the season. He Is the
! only first basenian in the league who has
this record.
Frank Dopabue. of Waterbury, Conn,
| on NJ onday signed i contract TO pitch for
| the ST. Louis Browns next season.
PHILADELPHIA wound up the season with
| Clements. Delehaniy, Hamilton and Thomp-
! son standing 2. 3, and on the league
batting list Burkett was the only man
| who was ahead of them.
| Tot MuFDnN. WHO U1s Ittii W I'M tit -<'"
| York team. has made arrangements To 60
| into a medical school, and says he Will re-
| tire for good from baseball playing
UawIey of the Pittsburg team. hit more
! men than any other pitcher in the League
| during the season. Thirty-three of them
| felt the weight of the ball. Griffin, OF
| Chicago, hit twenty-five opposing bats
| men, and stands next to Hawley.
! Rusje has the record of the season Tor
| striking men out. He made POI OF them
| fan the air. Nichols comes next to Amos
| with 100 strike-outs. Breitenstein gave
| more bases on balls than any other League
pitcher. His record is 1to. Rusie gave
| bases to 16U men.
Or,h, of the Philadelphia team. leads the
| pitchers, with eleven games played and
, percentage of 1888. Hoffer is next, Win
| forty-one games played and percentage
| of .S11.
| In the list of pitchers for the season the
| Washington team shows as loiioWs. MAUI
| stands with Il games pitched and per-
age of .625; Mercer stands AZ, with 10
! games played and Il percentage OF 400,
| Anderson stands Al. with 81 games played
! and a percentage of .31o' Malarkey stanus
| go, with 81 games played and percent
| age of 100.
| The benefit to be given Jim McGuire
| will no doubt be attended by big crowd.
| IT certainly should be. If there ever was
| n hall PLAYER connected with the local
| team who deserves well at the hands OF
| the washington patrons of the national
game. that man is the Old Reliable. Nc
| Guire has not only been of incalculable
| service to the Washington club. and made
| n record uneuualed by any other catcher,
| but he Is n gentleman at all times ana
| places and is q credit to the team and to
| the city.
| At Cleveland are to be found about the
| only people who do not think that Phlia-
| delphia might have made better showing
| against Baltimore than she did If she had
| tried. 4 paper of that city says that the
| Pbillies are not fast enough for the Balti'
| mores. 1t is absurd to assert that Phila'
delpha did not play its best against Baltl-
more, for the reason that had Philadelphia
| been able to win steadily from the Balti
| mores there was a chance for the Quakers
| To have taken part in the Temple cup
| series.
| The Pension Office team will play tbt
Washington Outing Clubs baseball cluf
| at the Columbia Athletic Club grounds THIS
afternoon. The game will be called at 4:3o'
Crum Wants to Meet Wefers.
Iowa City, Iowa, Oct. 3.-Jobn V. Crum
the champion sprinter of the West, arrived
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