The evening times., 1896-07-14
BETWEEN THE BASES.

Chicago has always been Pitcher Nichols
hoodoo.
Billy Hamilton is doing little sacrifice
hitting this season.
Toronto has again proven Il failure as
fIrst-class minor league city.
The Boston critics are once more howlips
for the doub!campire system.
Umpire Weidman is compelled 10y in
Juries from foul tails 10 take Il rest.
''Calliopc'' Miller WAS badly hurt ycstcr-
dar 10y being hit in the eye by pitched
ball.
Manager Mack has made arrangements Ia
send Second Baseman TRULY la Albany. y.
Y, and have Padden join Pittsburg
The addition OF Turner and Sullivan las
strengthened the Browns. ST. Louis is
playing better game at present than at
any time this season.
Horton, the young Western pitcher who
has been signed by Pittsburg, started for
that city six days ago, but cannot he found,
and Mack Is worried.
Joe Sullivan is pa wing Il 70 od second base
for st. Louis. Yesterday lie hit safely TIE
four times he was at the bat and accepted
every chance offered him in the lield.
Manager Selee, Of the Buston club, reports
complication arising out of the actions OF
Sifortstup Cross, of 81. Louis. A I least six
clut's want Cross. Manager ScIec, at the
request of Manager McGunnigle. secured
Monte's terms for the Louisville club.
| Cross agreed togo. hut V on der lie remitted
| his fine, Increased his salary and Cross Ie-
| signed with st. Louis Louisville could
| hold him On his agreement. but will hardly
| do il, a the Cuonels clieye they have IL
wonder in Nicklin.
fgIl
would be sublime ir il were not ridiculous:
In Cleveland they do things differently
! than they do in any other city in the
country. When IL WIS too dark 10 play
| President Robson walked out on the field
and insisted that the game lie played out
| without delay. Be fair, boys said he la
| the Cleveland pla ycrs, even il they do rob
| you In other cities. Imagine any .lub
| or umpire robbing Patsy of Il game al home
or abroad. Not on your life. But no enc
! has IL kick on Robson making a grandsland
| play-they all do it.
Roaring Bill'' Hassamaer departed yes
terday afternoon for st. Louis. As he
left the hall park he received cheer after
| cheer from the crowd Good bye, Bill
Good luck to you. Sorry to see you go,
old man. These and other shouts came
from the bleachers In justice to Hasa
maer, il might be said that he ALWAYS
|
weak at the bat. During his enga cement
with the Louisville Club he was strictly
| temperate. HaSSamaer has a number of
offers from minor league clubs, and h.. is
going home 10 think them over. 1t will
not be long before he is back in the ma jor
League again.-Louisville Times
If, as charged, Pitcher Hawley sulked
! yesterday when Manager Mack called on
him TO replace Hugley in the box, he well
.tnl sod 4
TOO considerate and patient manager gave
| hln- Most men, with the knowledge
Hawley has OF his poor work this season,
would have been glad to respond to such
u call The trouble with the Beaver Dam
boy is that lie has been petted too much.
both by those owning the club and the
patrons of the game. A man with Haw.
ley's ability to play ball should endeavor
to get out of his baby period, and occa-
sionally realize that lie is full grown and
man. The vanity born of previous sue
cess and handsome face have worked
more to Hawley's injury than anything
else.-Pittsburg Daily News
Speaking of roasts, how is the following
for sizzler, with Tim Hurst dangling ovel
the Goals. The Cleveland Plain Dealer
says: Hon Timothy Hurst, he OF the
blonde topnot and pale blue voice, the
backer of foot races, promoter of priz,
nghtS, reteree, ana baseball umpire, com
mitted the most brazen, harcfaced. ant
open baseball robbery that has been seer
in many dag at League Park yestcrda,
afternoon. Hurst is generally considered
firstratc umpire and the star of Mel
Young's staff, despite the other interests
that he sometimes mixes up in, but hi
work yesterday will put black mari
against him in the estimation of thos;
who saw the game that will not soon b,
forgotten"
"Smiling Az Mani talks in a hopeful
way of the recovery of his arm but says
that pitcher who has suffered such ;
mishap cannot help feeling doubtful unit
the injured member is again stout .,nt
strong This business said AL, speak
ing OF baseball, .'is a gamble on the part Of
player; he is in the game one day bu
liable to go the next. Ny arm had com
pletely recovered from the strain of las
season and i thought ii as good as evel
when Ii snapped the second time on thu
rainy afternoon l started to pitch agains,
Baltimore. The give-way was in an en-
tirely different place than in the first ac
cident which happened at Louisville las
season. 1t was higher up on the arm ncal
the shoulder and felt as>if a tendon hat
stretched and wouldn't draw back.
knew it was all over for me for the time