The evening times., 1896-07-27

a bat and approaching Mahoney was going
TO avenge the insult, Mahoncy drew i re-
voivcr and, Threatened. 10 Kill Connolly il
lie did not drop the bat. The players and
spectators gathered ID highc
the colnba tiInts, all armed with, some wcar
pon, and IL small riot seemed imminent.
Cooler heads, however. managed TO avert
serious trouble. An effort was. nude 10
arrest Mahoney, but without success.
Clifton won the ga me byrscore Of 22 to ! 8. :
O,Brien, played a good. game of hall.
He made Il hit, and sacrificed nicely when
called on. All OF his seven chances at
second were accepted. Comparison be-
tween his playing and that of Crooks for
the one game would be disastrous to the
latter O'BricD had comparatively easy
chances, however, and il he had made an
error eit~wOuld have been very glaring.'
There is absolutely no doubt that Louisville
gold bri cked Joyce when O'Brien was
traded for Crooks, Rogers and 81 ,000.-
Louisville Times.
The feat OF Young in shutting out the
Phllies with but one hit on Thursday Is
not securing the credit it deserves. II
was n grand piece OF work, and by the
way. lest you should have fogo.ten it,
Pitcher Ha wilkins. then with the BaI.imores,
shut the Senators out in a game at Wash
ington in 1898 with but one solitary hit
In 1894 the Senators were again shut oU t
with but one hit by the Orioles. Mullane
pitched six innings Of the game, and al
lowed the hit, while Homer finished the
game and escaped without being hit once.
The Louisville Post pays its distinguished
consideration TO Capt. Joyce as follows:
Joyce should conceal his face while orat.
ing; his argument would be more effective.
--Scrappy Joyce must spend his nights
talking to himself and his spare time when
in Washington in the gallery OF the House.
Scrappy's arguments a re calculated tobring
words of envy from the best orators of the
financial question.-r--Joyce never goes on
the field unless armed with a dictionary,
hook of synonyms, Bsuer's Elementary
Grammar and the rules of the national
game. sus
The crowds at Cincinnati arc Just as bad
now as any in the circuit. 1t was their
conduct and threatening attitude toward
Umpire Mcfarland ttat caused him to
leave the grounds on Saturday. Yesterday
Childs and Burke became involved in a
braw1 on the diamond, and it was with the
greatest difficulty that the 90 policemen
specially assigned to protect the crowd
from CleveiaDd's fowdyish work, could
head Off the mob from assaultinS the
Spiders. BY the way, Lally. who has sue
ceeded Mcfarland, as the umpire at Cin-
cinnati, is retired pugilist, and the dis
patches 81 y his decisions 90 uDquestioned
"Kid'' Gleason was in Philadelphia yes
terday, having left the New York club a,
Pitisburg to visit his brother, who wa,
badly injured on the railroad in Camden
a few days ago. In discussing the baseball
situation with number OF admirers. Glea
son said he thought Cincinnati was play
ing "A ,ait that was entirely too fast to
last long. He thought the players Of the
Baltimore and Cleveland teams would
again share the receipts of the Temple cup
games, and that the former had :, good
chance Of getting the pennant. He said he
was tired acting as captain OF the New
York team, and would tender his -csigDa
tion to President Freedman today. He re-
fused to give his reasons or discuss the
poor showing of the Giants.