The evening times., 1896-05-09


balls. and that is why the Senators took
another slump.
German has not Ecen away from the New
York Club long enough 10 recover from
"tha: tired feeling
DeMontrcvillc's running catch of high
foul fly i'll the third inning was tie star
| fielding feature OF the game.
The Pirates are acting somewhat the
| role of a hor in rc, Giving the distinEuis he'd
junketing party from the Capital.
| Red Ehrct the st. Louis cast-ofG, or
trade off-samc thing in this casc-de-
fcatc,l the champion baltimores yesterday
! in pretty game.
Hughey, who threw the Senators down
Yesterday. is Il Western League mushroom
| who will get hatted out of the box before
! the season is over.
| For the past two seasons the Senators
have beaten the Pirates two out OF three
| on their grounds at National Park. The
| Pirates are evidently trying TO even up
| the score.
Win todays game Capt Joyce, and all
| will be wen. 1t was conceded that the
| Pirates would take you into camp twice.
but don't let them make 1t three straight
/
| at 'em today for keeps.
| The framcwork for the new left field
| seats at National Park is up and the car
pentcrs are steadily engaged in completing
I the improvement. whlCn - sure 10 be ap-
preciatcd by patrons. Mr.. Earl Wagner Is
personally experimenting the construction.
Billy McGunngc may bring order out
| of the Louisville chaos. but the prospect *
| not bright considering Blly's ''od timey''
| ideas and the fact that he Will have Ia
deal with the most crude lot of yanigans
ever assembled as League ball club.
| joyce waited patiently twice yester-
| da and was rewarded with his base ON
| balls in both instances. other Senators
| could follow their captains lead in this
matter to the clubs profit and to the
advantage of their own batting averages.
"A base on balls is as good as a hit is
an old but very true baseball adage.
"OId Reliable Jim Mcclure broke the
! record Tor continuous blCkStop work last
| season. and is hitting the bail on the
| Western trip like he had designs on the
! batting championship this wear. Old Re
| Liable Is til" proper synonym for Mcclure
he plays good bail all the time. wheth her
! il be SUNSHINE or whether it be shadows
| that fan across The senators pathway.
| The seven runs scored by the Pittsburgs
! in their half of tie first were enough to
! take the heart OF tie Senators. II is very
| rare that such a lead is overcome in games
| between league clubs. Yet Joyce and his
men went at their hard task with deter
| mination to make a showing at least. and
| were successful in plling up five runs,
which were quite sufficient to rob the de-
| feat of ignominy.
Three errorless games were play yed yester
day, Pittsburg. Boston and Cincinnati fur
| Sl0NrN In n fIa.
makers. Baltimore led with five, Washington
aud Brooklyn followed with four each and
| Philadelphia had three. Louisville. strange
| to say. esca ped with only two errors in the
shut-out administered by Boston and st.
| Louis and Phila dclphia also registered
| twiccin the last column. Cleveland and New
| York mae mispay apiece. The total
errors for The . games was twenty-four-
an averaP" two for each club, which is
not h"
Roaring Bill" Hassamacr is like the Irish
mans flea One dav il is stated that Louis
vile has .'farmed'' him out or released
him and the following mornings score
| shows Bill at first ba sein Colonel's uniform.
| Bill is a useful piece of bric-a-brac on IA
losing team. He can play just as well with
| a loser as with winner. 1t makes no diff
| ference to him whether school keeps or
not SO long as he has one suit of clothes.
| three meals n day, chewing tobacco and
| as much as a dollar to blow EN- Off" with
at the close of the game. Bill is the ideal
baseball BOnenlau.
be given the active management of the
st. Louis Browns and will also captain
the club from the coach lines. Good news
| if it be true. The League has but one
Latham and 'twould be pity to relegate
! him to minor company. AS manager-cap-
tain he need not play himself but could
stand on the coaching lines in uniform and
afford the League audiences in the differ
ent cities the pleasure OF his bright rum
ming wit and original sayings. All hail
Manager Captain Latham.
The Senators have lost the three last
games-one at Cleveland and two at Pitts
burg by one-sided and heavy scores. The
fault has been with the pitchers. although
BOYD should come in for no criticism for
the defeat at Pittsburg yesterday. He
went in after the game had been virtually
lost by German in the first inning. In
ball hard. except in the first contest at
Pittsburg with Killen in the box. and they
have fielded above the average. As The
of the club is dependent upon the pitch
ing staff. That department does not ap-
pear very strong or promising at present.
A press dispatch from st. Louis states
that Harry Diddlebock, the Philadelphia
ne wspaper man, who took charge of the
St Louis Club at the commencement of
the season and who, with great sounding
Oh DeW-pdS anu uedulHR ~ tOiH
announced that he would accomplish wonders
with "Der Browns has been suspended
by President Won Der Abe. Diddlebock
failed to make friends with the sporting
writer's of St. Louis upon going to that
city and pursued a course of .'baughty
distan.' This manner, coupled with
the unpopularity of Won Der Ahe and the
weakness of the club, gave the newspaper
boys n shillalah with which to crack the
alien managers swelled head. They told
him they would put him out of the game in
st. Louis, and it looks as If they had sue
ceeded.
MIR. ]. Earl Wagner. who is always look
ing after the pleasure and entertainment
of theladies of Washington. has determined
to build for their exclusive use a bicycle
track around the outside lines of the hall
grounds. where they may come daily be-
tween the hours of 9 a. m. and 2 p. m.
AMI take practice and exercise upon their
wheels. The track will be put in the very
best possible condition at as early q date
an nossible. Ladiaa who desire to avail