The evening times., 1896-06-03

The team that dslodges the Balumores
from their positicu will play very rapid
hall. Hanlon's men have struck their
Catural gait, and show a tendency TO win
three straigbts from strong teams. They
ale also winning games by wide margins.
which shows the superior character Of
their work. If the Baltimores get II com
Portable lead before the: again start from
hnme nothing but a serious accident w:il
displace them.
Cleveland is playing magnificent ball.
but this Eastern series will prove very
troublesome totbe Spiders.
The return of Pfeffer to his old place
al second base on the Chicago team came
as a surprise to the baseball public. By
engaging Pfeffer Anson shows an inclina-
tion to doubt the stories of Pfeffcr's poor
condition.
1t is Questionable If the st. Louis Browns
could win many games If n new manager
was chosen every week during the season,
and Roger Connor is at present experience
ing the misery of plotting a losing team
through tn eperils ofan Easterntour. Nine
teen hits off the ph enomenal Breite nste Elm
yesterday at Brooklyn indicates that the
great southpaw is being overworked.
The Cincinnatis hang on to their place
near the top of the first division with
praiseworthy tcnacity, and the decisive
manner in which they toppled over the
heavy batting Quakers yesterday shows
that Ewing has got his boys going at
a good gait. The game that Burke is
piaying for the team is notable.
mo one believes that the Cleveland club
is going TO be transferred to New York,
ays the Cleveland Leader, but it would
if it ever We're made. The Clevelands are a
winning and a hard-working club, and are
unapprecated in their own city,"
There used to be one little movement
that Johnny Ward would make in a game
that Capt. Joyce would do we'll to copy,
especially as he appears to follow that
little Napoleon so closely in everything lie
he does-that is, take a pitcher out of
the box in the middle of an inning, l,e-
fore the game is lost beyond recall.-New
York Telegram.
In reply to the assertion that Rusie is
being forgotten, the Boston Herald says
''Fiildlesticks! Rusie isn't forgotten, by
jugful, and won't he. Fancy Boston pa
irons forgetting Charley Nichols if he
stances that attend the absence of Rusie
Everybody knows that Rusie's absence is
costing the New York management chunks
of money"
No players created more new tricks, OF
played faster ball than Kelly, Williamson
Burns, Pfeffer, Flint, Corcoran, "Goldy'
Stocking team. Kelly and Anson used to
bet 500 on the game, always betting on
their own team, of course, with outsiders.
"Kel." would go to Corcoran and say:
Larry, looks little doubtful today;
guess we're beaten.'' "How's that?''
Larry would ask. "Oh. I'll just bet you n
new hat I'm right" "Kel." would reply,
carelessly. Corcoran would go in and pitch
like horse and win his new hat, while
"Kel' got his hundred.
The Senators batted in the hardest kint
of luck yesterday.
The grandstand at National Park pre-.
sented beautiful sight yesterday, the
headgear of the ladies reminding one OF a
monster bouquet.
Abbey seemed to be longing to get a
crack at Wilson yesterday and being a
left-handed batter might have been able
to do something.
1t seemed to be in the cards yesterday
that the Senators should lose. AS it was
1t took whole lot of hard luck to beat
them out of 500 per cent.
There is one thing very necessary in order
to make double play-you must get hold
of the ball to start with. In the unlucky
fourth inning yesterday with one man out
and runner on first, the ball was hit tt