The evening times., 1896-04-08
AROUND THE BASES.

AROUND THE BASES.
Miss Sullivan. the cashier of the Gin
cinnati club. Is going to make the mascot
monkey Il present of Il baseball uniform.
Next week the monkey VIII be done up in
white and red.
The Southern Association OF Baseball
Clubs has resolved Itself into n six-club
league, composed of New Orleans, Mobile
Montgomery. Columbus, Ga. Atlanta, and
Birmn CHAM.
1t is said that Pitcher Gastright is in
high favor with Manager Ewing, and viii
probably he put in the box for the Gin
cinnatis in the first championship game.
Louisville is said to be showing up
strongly in the pitchers box and to have
developed a star utrieldcr. Hill. the
pitcher, who IT was first thought would
have TO be farmed out, has turned Criti
Cism into cheers ana is "A sure man. Young
Dexter in center field is reported wonder.
Hamilton. Lowe. Long, anu Duffy head
BoS,on's batting list, and there seems to
DE- an Idea hovcring about the Hub that
these Athenians are going TO do some
thing terrible to al pitchers.
If the New York club does not want
Catcher Stanhope for its Jersey City branch,
Deacon Ellis OF the Newark club would
probably snatch at the chance 10 secure
a first-class backstcp able Ia catch the
season through. Stanhope hits the ball
very hard also.
At a special meeting OF the Atlantic Base
ball League it was decided TO allow the
W IL of
New York's surpins players, to play its
home games on the polo grounds. All con-
flicting dates will he rcCtified. The name
OF the club was changed 10 Metropolitan.
Arson will soon start in to weed ont his
team, and the youngsters who are too slow
for fast company Will be pat in minor league
teams.
Callahan who was with the Phillics in
1891, pitched four innings against Pitts
bnr.. the other da!,, and held the Pirates
down to one run and two hits.
Pitcher King. who was once with til"
Phili.s. will pitch for Kansas City this
season.
The Chicago Clubs Southern trip was an
unsuccessful one. Everett came back with
..rjlcuuiaticS,' Langc has Charley horse
DahleI The spring fever. Truby a lame arm.
while Don0huc was able 10 lose but four
ounces OF his ayOirtlupoiS. Anson dId not
get the Charley horse, - but he las had the
might mare
Jessc Purkctt must he getting his money
very easy He has bet u suit of clothes.
even M. that he will leaf the Lea que in bat
,iu,. tlis season. There are about twenty
battcrS in tic League, who are not many
po,nt, behind jesse as Il batter. A bad eye
for Jessc in one or two games. and his bet
will go slimmerine. He shouit! have had
about to for such bet.
J-mpire Tim Hurst thinks that the Balti-
mores and Clcvclands have the best chance
of finishing one ana two, on the principle
that a champion always has the best OF
subsequent battles. Hurst may he right,
and then again that someone always tnrhs
up To defeat every champion.
Players are disgrunticd at the notice
sent out by President Young. which Is ad-
dressed to all mana gers OF League ciups'
and runs as follows 81 beg TO inform you
tho, n; the meeting of the National League
and American Association, February "a.
1896 the following minute was adopted:
I'm. nresidcnt is authorized and instructed
IN poiify all mana gers of League clubs That
M masses given by visiting managers or
MA yers will be recognized
Can't. Glcason's mother is reported
very i'll. due to the shock caused by her
husbands death The genial ball PLAYER
has the sympathy of all In this added
a rr,iction which has suddenly come upon
him on his return home. II is hoped he Will
he able TO return to New York in time for
the game with Princeton Saturday.
Collins. the third haseman hassiSned with
the Boston team
Harvey Watkins. ex-mauager or the new
Work Ba sebaIl Club, who resi- gned TO Ia ke up
hi. n,t berth with the Barnum Il Bailey
shaw. is n very busy man these days. He
looks after the newspaper folk with the
yrocefu, courtesy which marked MS regime
ot the Polo grounds, on the road ana 4
the CortIandt street quarters.
sentimental Chicngoan, who is tfaVei-
ing with the Chicagos, writes the lolioW-
ing pathetic story: The hrst spiit Una.
the chicago team has had occurred over a
ramc of billiards. TRULY and Donahue
had been playing several games, and
werc iokiur one another along good
naturally when at last they became en-
tangled seriously. Words followed, anu
at last Truby said something winch an
-crcd Donahuc. The latter threw down
his cue. and reaching over hit TRULY ter
rible biow, splitting the lattcr's lip.
lI,,ic sparring WIS done. in which Dona-
hue took the skin off his hand. The men
were separated hy other members or the
team. Then The good feeling existing be-
tween the Colts was shown. No sooner
had tic men cooled down than they both
advanced toward one another, and, ex-
lending their hands, 10th expressed sor-
row al the incident, apOiogized to the
other and are good friends again, al
though they bear the marks OF their
conflicts.'