The morning times., 1896-05-27

umbrellas and silkcn-tied boxes concealed
on the persons of the nine thousand fans n
National Park yesterday afternoon ready
to spring on the Senators ut unexpected
times, no telling how many runs the red
legged aggregation from FoTkopols woGlL
have registered.
As it was, one gold watch, one umbrella
and d box of mystery tied with yellow
ribbon Jonahed Joyce's men and set them
to shooting the chute at the most amaz-
ing rate.
They took advantage of every opportunity
to let Bucks Braves circle the circuit, anC
on counting up it was seen that eighteen OF
the Indians had passed Cartwright, Joyce
DeMontreville, Rogers and Jim Mcclure and
found a tally and soft seat ON the Gin
cinnati bench.
AN ALL-NIGHT RIDE.
But perhaps, it was the new grand stand
or being at home, or the two nights ride
from Chicago Or perhaps "our pridcs'
were too anxious and suffered from over
tension and eagencss to literally anG
figuratively wipe the Reds off the earth
or perhaps Cincinnati hit Mr.. Mercer too
hard. The lattcris probably the philosophy
of the situation as it was afforded on Mr.
Wagner's rented ground yesterday after
noon.
1t seems like experiencing that funny feel
ing to allow the thought of Win Mercer
being soaked, hit and battered by a gang
of thrd-class bah players who have about
asmuch license to stand l-2 16 in pennant
race as they have to pass a civil service
examination on the past, present and future
of the Y ray.
Yet they didn't do q thing to Winnie
but biff, bang and hip his curIekews all
over the inClpsure and chase one another
around the four-poiuted area, called a
diamond, like young canine hunting his
CaduaI appendage.
AN UNTIMELY TIME.
What they did to Winnie was whole
lot was, indeed, a pleuty-as the alien
baSe-hit column eIoquently attests with
nineteen digits.
Just why the red-hosed visitors selected
the home coming of the Senators for a
time to make hogs of themselves is a
little Opaque. Buck and his Busters
should have had more regard for the
eternal fitness things"
If there ever was an occas when a
home club shouET have had luck and every
thing else on their side it was at National
Park yesterday afternoon. 1t was far and
away the prettiest crowd of the season,
both in quality and quantity. Nine thou
sand people passed through the gates
The weather man frowned and fretted a
little the earlier part OF the afternoon
and looked like he was going to be ugly,
but he apparently reCousidered the natter
and in Difference to the ladies and the Gin
cinnatis he cleared up and afforded ideal
baseball climate for the game
BAND WAS THERE, TOO.
The band was also in good tune and rem
dered a program most heterogeneous an,
catchy. Prof. Pistori and his fellow wind
tanners sand wiched Wagner i'll with Ma,
IrwiuS Bully song with perfect sang
froid, aud followed Straus waltZes witt
''sift sands devilish enough to tingle the
foot Of a rheumatic. An incident Of the
afternoon was the rendering Of ''She may
have seen better days as the Washington
Club came out of their dressing room. fol
preliminary practice. AS the game turned
out, it appeared as if the horn-blowcrs
Senators the icy overture.
But il was good-na tured, forgiving
crowd, and, aside from the few man
agers'' and captains" in the fifty-ccnt
seats, who insisted on telling Capt. Joyce
how TO run his business, not jar occurred.
The Senators have license to lose," said
one big-hearted fan who had rooted his
lungs loose from his chest; haven't they
Won more games alre ady than our former
teams gathered in in a whole season."
LADIES IN LARGE ARRAY.
While the fan was a little off in his
calculation for a whole season, be was
all right in spirit, and bespoke the feeling
almost. if not entirely, of the immense
audience.
1t was q Win Mercer aggregation az
the nod and wave of pretty beadgear in
the grand stand evidenced every time the
dreamy looking Romeo hove in the vista
of their optics. The amount and variety
of the female adjectives of the invectfye
kind hurled and bissed at Bucks "Brutes.'
as they called the Reds, for swatting ''deaI
Mr Mercer's'' kinks and straight ones all
over the field would have filled a die
tionary.
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