The evening times., 1896-06-08

Games Today.
Chicago at Washington.
Cleveland at Philadelphia.
Louisville at Baltimore.
Pittsburg at brooklyn
ST. Louis at Boston.
Cincinnati at New YORK.
BASEBALL NOTES.
The Cbicasoes are rapidly going to the
bottom.
The Yale Freshmen team disbanded on
Saturday.
shortstop Fuller was on Saturday given
notice OF his release by the New York Club.
Ticuan is batting in his old-time form
George Davis is also improving in bis stick
work.
McGill, Hulen and Clements are each
more or less incapactated with split fin
gers.
Hawley was knocked out OF the box again
on Saturday. He seems 10 have lost his
nerve entirely.
Wilson has caught in twelve consecutive
games forthe New Yorks andis only charged
with one error during that time.
Pitcher Sullivan, formerly Of the Wash
.ngtons, ClevelaDds and Cipcinnatis, may
be given a trial by Boston this week.
Is. B. C.-Washington did not play Pitts
burg on last Fourth of July. They won and
ost one at Philadeiphiaon on thatday.
Manager rBoswOrth has Just ignedPitcher
Clark and Nichols, OF the Chicago Uni
versity team, for his Cape May Club,
w. T. K-l. Malarky and Gilroy are
under contract To the Washington. 2.
With tie Feorias, of the Western Associa-
tion. 81 55a- ~ hl E-5t.s-
tste,- .a~f
The st. Louis club won It's first victory
since coming EastatNew York on Saturday
Hart pitched for st. Louis and Meekiu for
New York. it
The season of the Cumberland Valley
League will open on Wednesday, the sched-
ulc for the first day being Hanover at Cham
bersburg and Hagerstown at Carlisle.
There is rumcr EGirg the rounds that
the 200 league players Intend to chip in
and pay Amos Rusie his salary for holding
out against Freedman. p Philadelphia Rec
ord.
Manager Burns, of the spriDgfields. has
been trying to get Mcbride and Reilly, Of
the Chicagos. as well as Mains, of the Bos-
IONS. The Boston people wanted $500 for
Mains.
1t must be new and decidedly pleasant
| experience for Capt. Joyce of the Wash
ingtons to find his team in the first division
| He deserves to enjoy it, for to him more
than anybody else is the credit due Balti-
more Sun.
BUCK Ewing is certainly making the
Cincinnati team play ball. Notwithstanding
their crippled conditionthe Reds continue 20
| win. They shut out tie Brooklyn team Oh
| Saturday, making the secoud shut-out in t he
! same series.
SeN VIC 4oIbuto Ciuo
| baseman, will join the Pittsburg team to-
day In New York. He was summoned to
! take the place of Lyons, who is on the in
jured list. The Pittsburg team has the
| right of taking any player from Toronto,
being largely interested in the latter club.
Dowse will play third for Toronto until
Lyons gets in the game again
| Pitcher Michael j. Mclaughlin. who was
with the Wilkesbarre club, of the Eastern
League last season, signed with the Bangor
club, OF the New England League, last week.
and. 1T is alleged, after taking $50 ad-
vance money. and borrowing from as many
OF the players as would lend him, jumped
the team. He has been suspended for the
remainder OF the season.
No players created more new tricks or
| played faster ball than Kelly, William
son, Burns, Pfeffer, Flint, Corcoran.
Goidy' and the other boys of the famous
White Stocking team. Kelly and Anson
used to be 500 on the game, always bet
ting on their own team, of course. with
outsiders. "Kel' would go to Corcoran
and say: Larry, looks a little doubtful
today; guess we're beaten "How that?''
Larry would ask. "oh, I'll just bet you
a new hat I'm right" "Kel'' would re-
ply, carelessly. Corcoran would go in and
pitch like horse and win his new hat,
while "Ker' got his hundred
| Among the small army of players whom
the Louisville club has farmed out to minor
league organizationsis young man named
Jacobs, who was farmed out to the Houston
club of the Texas League. He is a third
oaseman. Since he Joined the Houston tea m
he has electrified the Texas League by his
brilliant work. Ansonhearn of Jacobs fine
showing, and he Immediately began to lay
plans for his capturea President Stucky
heard of Anson's g actions and he wrote Presi
dent Hart warm letter iniwhich he stated
that there would be trouble If the old man
did not keep his handsoffIJacobs.
Iii s-jl
Will White, the famous eyeglassed pitcher,
who was never known to hit ball, was at
bat one day, and mdn in the press box re.
marked that White would some day make &
home run. There was fifuch merr.~lent, and
one man offered to bet ihis $500 gold watch
against cent that white would make nc
homer on this particular occasion. "Good
bet, eventfI lose, said theother, and watch