The morning times., 1896-09-07

] games Tor one ADMISSION tE1S AFTERNOON
There will be no morning game, and thu
first heat OF the afternoon double-heade
Will be started at O'Clock.
Bug Holiday and Dummy Hoy are rivals
for the center fieldship of Bucks Reds
Bug can outEat the dummy, but the still
man can give the Bug an ace or two and
beat him out in base running and sacrilic-
ing.
Section 6 OF rule 20 provides that ian
| assist should be given to player who
makes play in time TO put runner out,
| even IL the player who could complete ths
| play fails, through no fault of the player
assisting
| Lear old Roger Conner is steady theatcr
| goer. Put me i'll front OF II lively speciality
| performance for couple of hours in the
| evening" says Roger, land want nothli :.
| better To send me to restful sleep when
| lay my ear on hotel goose hair
Mercer was scorchng along the Conduit
road yesterday afternoon on a bike, when
| "A youngster spied him. Hi there. Winnie. :
| yelled the kid, ARE you training to &c
| against Breitepstein or getting in shape
to ride the prize wheel at the end of the
season.
Adopis Terry was not traded to Ralti-
more for Van Haltren, as some suppose.
In 1892 he was released by Brooklyn and
signed by Baltimore. In the same year he
was traded to Pittsburg for Cub Stricken.
who was secured from st. Louis in ex-
change for Calvin.
The big four Of the Baltimore club, which
includes Jennings, Kelley, McGraw and
Keeler, are thinking Of making a trip to
Europe this fall after the close OF the base
ball season This is what started the story
that the Baltimore club would go TO f urope
to play exhibition games.
40 10,
ord. He played all last year without miss
ing a single game and has not been out OF
a game this season. The man must be eN-
ceptionally lucky in escaping accident or
illness If he should be laid up now the
Colts woulbindecd be in pickle.
The Official averages of the Southern
League have been publ.siie Norton, now
OF the Senators, who W as with the Atlanta
club, is given batting average of .265
and stands seventeenth in the list OF
pitchers with seventeen games won out of
twenty-seven in which he filled the box.
or course we of Washington knew all
the time that Baltimore would win the
pennant again, and were only kiddin' our
neighbors when we made eXtravagInt re-
marks in the early part OF the season.
Hooray for the roles! and mas Pat Te-
beau pluck every feather out OF them in the
Temple Cup series.
Louisville and Baltimore will play three
games today, one in the morning and two
in the afternoon. Three championship
games in one day have not heen undertaken
in the league since the season of 1880. The
effect on the pitchers will be very strain
ing and bad results in that department are
almost sure to follow.
The Phillies will also play two games for
one admission this afternoon with Ansun
and his Colts. There is reason for it,
of course, but it is strange that the man
agement in such paying haiwick as
the Quaker city has proved itself in Fast
seasons has TO offer tie attraction OF two
games for Il single admission in order to
draw crowd. How the mighty havefalleni
Roger Connor says lie has made no offer
for the Grand Rapids franchise in the
Western League, and denies the reports
which have made him say that he would
retire from baseball at the end of the season.
Both rumors are without foundation
SAID Roger last night. Il never calculate
one season what l shall do the next. 1
always wait to reach the bridge before
/ cross it,
= So confident Were the Cincinnatians of
getting a bit OF the Temple Cup money
that before their departure on the present
Eastern trip they held meeting, at which
they declared that neither Fisher, who
pitched such excellent bah in the early
part of the season, nor Billy Gray, the
Cons hohoCkcn lad. who has done good
utility work, should count in the divide.
This was counting chickens before they are
hatched with Il vengeance.
Our esteemed friend, Cayior, of the James
Gordon Bennett property, evidently doesn't
like scrappy baseball. o. P. says: The
new style favorite is one who will jump
three feet in the air and alight on the
plate with all tours as preliminary to his
protest OF a called strike which he does
not approve. He must be ready to run in
from the bases whenever he be declared out
and yell that lie never touched me by five
the distance with his
two hands extended-even if the punch OF
the ball by the baseman dislocated rib
Lester German will not seek a new en- |
gagement for the few remaining days OF |
the season, but with Mrs. German will |
return TO his country home in Maryland. |
Lester has been saver" since his entree |
INTO professional baseball and has a snug |
bank account and residence property all 1
paid for as a result of his good habits |
and steady economy. He will have no /
trouble in signing a contract next year, |
and it is to be hoped that the hoodoo that
so persisteDtly pursued him this summer
will be killed by the frosts of winter. In
eaviDg Washington this most worthy and
player is assured of the lest
wishes of the local fans for his prosperity
n the future.
Ed Noel tells the following Renaissance
II the st. Louis clubs last visit to WASH
ngton for the season of l S95: 1.-The game
wa close when Tommy Dowd came to bat
n the seventh. Tommy picked out
,ood ball and smashed it to right center
or three bases. AS he was speeding to
second Crooks settled himself to block or
tumble him, but Tommy sd W the play, and,
lot forgetting his Georgetown football days,
AN into Jack and giving him the flying
wedge bunch and back heel sent the King
spinning to the grass in center field. When
Tack walked to his seat after the inning was
'ver he rubbed his neck and remarked TO |
he party OF us sitting over the home
)la yers' bench that for the moment after
he hit the ground he dreamed that he was
n Brooklyn and had run amuck OF
,roley car.
Catcher Donohue Of the Chicagos, is
Uncle Ans special pet, but the fatherly
feeling does not except Bridget" from
.ap from the old man should he esteem |
t necessary. During the last game be-
tween the Senators and Chicagos at Ma
ional Park Colt was on first base and L
10 one out when Donohue came to bat.
Arson was coaching on the third base lire
nd gave Bridget the tip to bunt aud
dvanCe the runner. But the young HI
Dernian disregarded the order and swinging
1t the ball, missed it. He repeated the
and then Ans growled down
o him, do that again and see what you'll