The evening times., 1895-08-28
The standing of the League Clubs to-day is as

Brooklyn 5. Is 559 ST Louis >. 81 20 2S
Phila. ...... o6 10 .55i Louisville. "a i6 "a
The ollowing League games are scheduled
for today:
st. Louis at Washington.
Cleveland at Boston
Louisville at Brooklyn.
Cincinnati ut Now York.
Chicago at Philadelphia.
Pittsburg at Baltimore.
Anson is yetas good as themost ofthcm.
Lange Is ringer in appea rance for Anson
There's certainly nothing the matter with
Mercer these days.
For cripple, selbach is a lively sprinter
If Bill Joyce could field as wen as he can
bat he'd be all right.
Maui is about as sure hitter as any OF
the League pitchers.
Mcclure is doing gold work with the bat
as well as behind it.
Abbey keeps right along with his sure
hitting streak.
Ryan sets everybody to guessing when
he faces the pitcher.
1t takes a good one TO steal a base on
Colt Donahuc.
Cr,nGs. cr,,otad fipvers j,rhi
ing out.
Now for the struggle with the leventh
placers.
Mayer, the new shortstop for the Browns,
may be seen o-day.
John Montgomery Ward got on the wrong
horse in the Futurity.
We will get a glimpse of the Browns
$4,000 beauty to day.
Mack has not lost faith in the Pirates.
He is still after the flag.
1t is nip and tuck with Baltimore and
Cleveland.
The Brooklyns went into fifth place yes
terday.
Boyd plays almost a good game at
second as Crooks, and is a good ba tier.
Walter Wilmot, who few years ago
was too slow to suit the Washington man
agement, is now doing the best kind of
work for the Colts, both in the field and
with the stick.
great many of the fans would have
been pleased to see Ansons latest acquisi
tion, Algie Mcbride, of this city, given q
chance to show himself during the Colts
series here, but the old man didn't crafty
them.
Had Mercer held Lange's long fly in the
eleventh, the tale W ould have been different
1t struck in his hand but unfortunately
dropped inside the bleachers' fence, win
ming the game for the Colts.
Hutchinson was unable to locate the
plate in the first few innings, but steadied
himself as the game progressed and pitched
winning ball at the end.
Bill Hassamer was at the game yester
day. He seems to be in no hurry to go to
his new field of labor.
League managers looking for new talent
should keep an eye on Williams, the centel
fielder of the Army and Navy team, of the
Departmental League. He has a clean
fielding average and is hard hitter.
scrappy Bill had his eyes on the ball yes
terday. Two singles, base on balls and
once hit by the pitcher was what he got.
The Colts played a nervy uphill game
in the second yesterday.
Joe C0rbett promises to make q good
pitcher. He has plenty of speed, good con
troll of the ball and keeps cool head.
Dahlen played loosely in the first game,
but came around all right in the second.
The Senators played championship bal
yestedray, and surprised the fans by theil
gilt-edged work in both games. The first
game was exceptionally well played, and
IL required eleven hard-fought innings to
settle the question of supremacy. The game
was finally won by the home-run hit OF
Kittpedge, which hit Mercer's hands and
bounded into the right field bleachers, al
lowing the runner to make a circuit OF the
bases.
Tom Burns, the old Chicago third base
man, has been signed to manage the Giants.
The magnates of the New York team have
been on the lookout for a man to take the
club In hand for next season, and when
1t was found that Burns could be secured
they signed him without delay.
Since leaving the National League Burns