The evening times., 1896-07-03

| sion been accused or favoring Perhaps,
| though, Baltimore wants TO cinch few
more victories before starting West.-Ptts
burg Leader.
If the Louisville club needs twiriers the
farm is now plentifuliy supplied. Among
those whom the MANI cement has at its call
| are MoDermott. Smith, Mcfarland and
Leeson. The latter is now pitching III the
Texas League for Houston and tops the list
| OF twirlers.
| Johnnie Ward was the victim OF a razor
edged quip from John /. Rodgers caustic
| tongue during the Rusie- Freedman case,
/ in Pittsburg on Monday. Mr.. Ward"
observed Rodgers, you may he a lawyer
among ballplaye yers, but you're u 6allplayer
among lawyers"
| What a martyr to self-sacrifice Ewing
| is, He has a bad leg. and was fully deter
mined TO lay off for twoor three days. but
his felow-players. ON their knees, figura-
lively speaking. begged or him not to go
| out OF the game. and he yielded to their
ientreat:es.-BostonH Herald.
The Newark Club, of the Atlantic League
| protested against the Baltimores playing
| III Orange yesterday. Orange being within
| the territorial limit OF Newark. For a
| similar reason Mr.. Byrne, OF the Brooklyns,
| has protested against Wilmington playing
at Recreation Park, Brooklyn, on Sunday.
In discussing the Tebeau business the
| Cleveland papers, or some of them at least,
admit that the members of the Cleveland
club use the vilest Kind of langua ge on the
home ground. thus forcing the better ele-
| ment to remain away from the games. The
| reprimand and fine came not minute too
! soon.
Umpire Lynch, In recent letter says:
The rough playing of the players on the
| hall field is not the fault of President
| Young, the umpire, or even the players
| themselves. The magnates, instead OF
Gems uring and punishing their players,
uphold and encourage them to the rowdy
ism that is running rife in the major
| leagu this season."
Second Basenan Quinn received offers
yesterday from three clubs, indianapolis,
| Louisville and Baltimore, for his services.
| II is very likely that he will go To Ralti-
more, and has wired Ha MON for his terms.
In event OF his signing with the Orioles
he will not play for at least ten days, as
IL viii take at least that time for his band
| TO get in shape.
The Pittsburg club yesterday decided TO
| sign Monte Cross. the st. Louis stortStop,
who was given his ten days NJ tice OF re-
lease after Thursdays game. Won der Abe
has been displeased with Cross for some
time, and since he secuted Sullivan and
1
let the little shortstop go. Cross will be
signed by Pittsburg for utility man.
Il is hardly pro!ia BILE that Halluan viii be
traded or released if lie continues TO play
as well. "A sine is playing at present. If
| Haliman wants TO and keeps himself in con-
dition he can play second base as well as
any man in the league, and since IL has
leaked out that there would be a shake
up In the Philadelphia Club he has been
pla ying better BAH than ever before in his
entire career.
Turner will, no doubt do fine work for
st. Louis, where lie will lie pla ycd regu-
larly, and Sullivan. knowing now that, to
continue playing in the league, he will have
to settle down to business and do his best,
WI ialso likewise do well, so that the trade
wi Ii Philadelphia, by which the latter gets
Cooley. seems to be advantageous and bene-
| ficial TO both clubs as well as the three
pla yers involved in the deal.
Let no one be frightened and take to
the woods on account of the report sent
out from New York about the !atest war
| IN baseball circles. These reports break
out at intervals on the slightest proyoca-
| ton; they please some, amuse others and
are harmless. The attempt to ring the
minor leagues into it shows that the pro-
moters OF the scheme do not know the men
| -
Herald.
Cooley played a good game last year. and
was terror to pitchers. He ranked up well
in batting averages and base running. THIS
sprin lie refused TO sign unless he was given
$1,000, an increase of $3.50 over last year.
THIS was done. but Cooley has been dis
appointment this year. and has played poor
ball. He has been sick. but it is generally
supposed lie was dissatisfied and was not
playing his best.
While Rusie belongs to that limited ella ss
OF players who are no creditto baseball, the
question arises, Is he more OF a drawback to
the game than is Freedman? The latter, of
course, is irotin the same class with Rusie so
far as respectability, social status, etc., is
concerned, for Freedman is a different kind
of man, but he is so unpopular and, by rea-
son Of tempera ment, SO utterly incompetent
for the position he fills that his connection
with baseball, In the opinion of many, hurts
the game, more particularly In New York
than Rusie's bad behavior has ever done.
In fact, RIsie has done the game great
deal OF good by his mastery pitching while
Freedman has never done anthing 10 en-
hsnce the popularity Of baseball Phila.
de:phia Ledger.
Patsy Tebeau i S one of the greatest kid
ders in the business. He has an mex.
naustlDle fund or humOr which, appar-
entity never leaves him. After the Louis.
vile episode, and while en- route from
Louisville TO Chicago, he wired to the
Cleveland papers: such an exhibition of
wrangling and kicking at an umpire by the
Louisville players has never been wit
!: messed on a ball field" Pat then goes on
to explain how the entire arrest was a
great conspiracy to keep the Spiders from
going to Chicago. His story as an expla.
nation or the affair Is funny. 1t reminds
one OF schoolboy days, when a boy would
receive a licking for some offense, and
on going home would complain to his in
dulgent parents that" he didn't do nothin'. -
The Cleveland press is playing the part OF
sympathetic parents in this instance.
Ansou made home run Monday That
was the feature of features, and the crowd
still roars at the thought oft. The chestn ut
colt made the run In the first. A man was on
the bags and two out, and your uncle took
philosophical view OF the matter as he
tapped his big bat on the rubber aud faced
Ar. Young. Tue first ball up was bender,
i and the big bat whipped around and met the
sphere straight. 1t went like a line of light
out between Burkett and McAleer, and the
head OF the paddock got under way. Going
down the first quarter he attained the We.
locity OF a messenger boy on hurry call,
and on the second lap lie was running under
full steam. In the third turn of the mud road
| and up the back stretch, his feet ran a
dead heat with each other, and he pulled
tdOwn the stretch at a ten-inipute
J gait and finished a nose ahead Of his face
Just before Burkett era wIed under the fence
out by the clubhouse and found the ball