Evening star., 1895-09-14

defeated the proposition to establish the
double umpire system. The leaders are in
favor of two umpires in each game, and
they are willing to stand an assessment
that would be necessary to defray the ex-
penses thus incurred. The tall enders con-
tend that 1t Is hard enough for them to
pay the present assessments, much less
sustain an additional tax for extra UNI
pires.
Some Of the tail enders claim that it Is
only the winning teams who get the "best
end of the umpires' decision. for they
assert that the hard-hearted umpire has no
sympathy for the under dog in the strug-
gle for the championship. Unless a club
is in the first division, the decisions Of the
umpires, it Is alleged, are usually against
the tail enders.
Using Up Balls.
1t IS said that Philadelphia and Baltimore
use more new balls during the season than
any four cities in the league circuit The
writer has not had an opportunity to Judge
the correctness OF that statement, so far
as Philadelphia is concerned. but after
witnessing the Baltimore-Cleveland game
last Saturday he is prepared to believe it,
SO far as it relates to the monumental
city. The Baltimore players have been
taught to believe that there is much yir-
tue or great luck in a new ball, conse-
Quently when they are at bat on their
home grounds they manage to have a new
ball introduced every time they take their
turn at bat. It must be understood that
Baltimore is base ball crazy" in con-
sequence of its great winning team. There
the rooters" are not confined to the
tleachers, but they extend into the grand
stand, and the most enthusiastic admirers
of the Baltimore team are to be found
among the lady patrons of the game
1t Is amusing to watch a Baltimore base
ball crowd get away with an old ball when
the home club takes its turn at bat. The
hundreds of policemen. who attend the
games there. to Keep order, can never find
the lost balls when the Orioles are at bat,
but let nall be knocked into the crowd
while the visiting team is doing the hit
ting. there Is a grand scramble the
part Of the policemen and the assistant
ground keeper to locate the missing ball
and produce it instantly.
Base Ball Mad ut Baltimore.
Why, the police authorities in Baltimore
are so deerly interested in the success of
the Baltimore club that patrolman was
fined s25 few days ago for delaying the
game at a critical stage in the contest with
Cleveland. While the game was in progress
the policeman started to walk across the
outfield from left to right He was stopped
by Acting Captain Kelly and ordered to go
back. 1t is claimed that the offender did
not seem tc hurry, but walked deliberately
in the direction of the post of duty to which
he had been ordered. and therefore he was
lectured by the president Of the police board
and fined $25.
Personal Notes of the Players.
But few base ball enthusiasts who sit and
watch favorite player on the diamond are
aware that some of the most active mem
bers of a team may be "battle-scarred vet
erans'' of the great national game. There
is Clements, the greatest left-hand catcher
who ever stood behind the bat. He is a
mass of scars and bruises, obtained in the
battles for the Philadelphia CLUB He is a
natural born ball player and he is dissatis-
During the recent series in this city he met
with painful injury to the thumb of his
left hand. He had to lay off for a day or
two. Those who saw him Scampering
around the day before would not have sup
posed that his body and legs are terribly.
bruised and dscolored by foul tips striking
out of the range OF the mask and the pro-
tector. There are many men in the hos
pital today more sound of limb than Glenn
ents. yet he loves the game so well that he
is willing to endure almost any degree of
ache or pain to try for sip out of the
Temple cup.
1t is whispered around in league company
that Billy Hamilton and Henry Boyle of
Philadelphia are booked for transfer at the
close of the present season. Tom Tucker
and Mccarthy are said to be slated for
Quakerdom.
Politics is said to have cut an important
figure in the dissensions that have occurred
in the Boston team this season.
Joe Sullivan Is becoming quite gay since
he struck that batting streak If he had
played as well for Philadelphia earlier in
the season as he is doing now the Phillies
might be nearer the top of the pole.