The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-09-01

Baltimore is now eighteen points ahead
of Cleveland, the second club. There have
not been many material changes in the
standing since last week. with the ex-
ception of Pittsburg's drop. That club
seems to have started on a regular tobog-
gan slide. and from third place, where 1t
was last Sunday, it has dropped to sixth
place.
Cleveland is playing hard to retain sec
ond place until the end of their trip, when
they viii return home and make Balti-
more squirt to win cut. Boston has gone
Up several points in the last week. but the
Beaneaters are out of the race. They
might get second place by a huke, but
even that is doubtful.
Patrons of the game in New York are
crying for John NJ. Ward to be put in
charge of the demoralized Giants. The
Giants are badly in need Of a head. They
are the most mismanaged team in the
league.
Philadelphia has i've men among the
first ten in the league batting averages
They are Clements, Turner, Delahanty,
Thompson and Hamilton.
here last spring and have many friends
in this city. They are both over six feet
and their combined weight cannot be over
2i0 pounds. Some wag has started the
story that Mack and Foutz are to star
next fall in a thrilling drama entitled
Skin Tight or the Revenge of the Rival
Skeleton"
Notwithstanding the fact that he has
been playing a thoroughly steady game,
Monte Cross has been put on the bench,
and Stuart, a minor league player, has
been put in his place. The new man is
playing a bang up game and the chances
are that Monte will retain his seat
Hank O'Day, who pitched for the famous
Savannah team of 1886. is on Harry
Wrights staff of umpires, in the big
league, this season.
Joe Corbett, brother of Jim. has been
signed by Washington. He is not as good
ball player as his brother is prize
fighter
Frank Butler is playing with the
Scranton, Pa, team. He is stin on the
pay roll of the New York club.
Baltimores pitchers still keep up their
good work. Mcmahon and Hoffer are
pitching like demons.
Jesse Burkett of Cleveland has a bat
ting average over 400. Three years ago
the highest batting average in the league
was 800
Jim Manning's Kansas City team is
making a grand fight for the pennant. 1t
is a close second to indianapolis and
Manning says he is going to win.
got out on Pop" Arson. When in New
York in the early part of the season, De
Wolf Hopper went to Commodore Gerry,
president of the Society for the Proven
ton of Cruelty to Children, and told him
that there was a 13-year-old child named
Arson playing on the Chicago team, and
that he had better go and see about it,
Gerry doesn't know anything about base
ball and took the matter all in good faith
Hopper told him that Arson looked old
for his age, and the dignifed Gerry hied
himself to the polo grounds the next af-
ternoon. Il want to see that child Anson,'
said he to President Freedman. Freed
man was on" and led him to the Chi
cago players dressing room. Gerry
caught Arson right in the act of comb
ing his bald head with a towel and ad-
justing his chin motors. Great good
nessr exclaimed the white-haired COM
modore This man is older than l am"
Then the joke dawned on him, and he
retreated in haste.
Baltimore to win and Louisville to end
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