The evening times., 1896-05-01
BASEBALL NOTES.

The Pennsylvania State League opens
today. .
Captain Nash will give Eyler, his young
Iowa phenomenon. trial as soon as the big
Fellow steadies down. Eyer is doing
great pitching in the morning practice, and
is pretty near fit to go in now.
Flynn pitched fairl ysood game against
the Pbillies. -
Fuller is coming around all right at
short. He pla yed very well yesterday
An attempt was made to hold up Harry
Pullman, business manager OF the LOUIS
vile. club, in the Lindell Hotel. ST. Louis.
Monday night. Two dollars was all the
highway yman secured.
An effort is being made to have the Gin
cinnati Reds play in st. Louis during the
Republican Convention. June 10, 16 and
Il, and the Browns at Cincinnati on June
2o, 26 and %.
st. Louis has sold Outfielder Hogan TO
India napolis. His engagement with St
Louis TINS year was his third unsuccessful
effort to break into fast company.
sharsig says New York has bad luck
because they are wearing the same colored
uniforms worn by the old Indianapolis
team.
First Baseman Cassidy. OF the Louisviiles,
who II was feared would be out of the game
for the rest of the season. has had his
wrist examined and the injury found TO he
comparatively trifling. He will be in the
game again next week.
1t is very safe betting that the Senators
will be several pegs above the team that
ends last in the race.
Bert Meyers, District lad, made a three
base hit yesterday off young Friend.
Portsmouth and Roanoke played a thir-
teen-inning game yesterday, the former
winning by score of 10 to s.
Pittsburg has won the same number Of
games as has Philadelphia, and lost one
less, and yet there is a difference of 73
points between the two clubs in percentage.
The Western clubs count on winning rs
or the los games to he played by the East
ern clubs on the coming trip West.
John T. Brush lives in indianapolis. So
does Amos Rusie. John T and Amos do
not effervesce with the milk of human kind
ness when the name of Andrew Freedman
is mentioned. John says he has a griey-
ance against the New York ma gnate Per-
haps some one is playing the Iago in this
triangular drama, and that may account
for Amos persistency and independence.
Anson is making the usual large number
OF bets. He thinks the Baltimores the
Des1 tedH' anu yet ol1erS to bet odds that
the pennant will not lie theirs He has bet
that Chiacgo will beat Boston and Cleve-
aud, and that the pennaDt will go West.
High praises for Umpire Weidman come
from the West now
Kid Nichols is showing up stronger than
any OF the Boston pitchers, though Jack
suVctts is rounding to form, and will be
IN 1t good and plenty when the thermome-
ter taxes an upshoot during the spell Of
general humidity.
Manager selee remains constantly on the
bench during the Bostons' pla ying, and has
engaged special man as treasurer To
count up the house and look out for the
finances. Perhaps If Selee had paid more
attention to his players and less to the dol
lars last season, that breach between Nc
Carfhy and Stivetts, dfsorganlzfhg the team
ana losing many game, might have been
averted.
There are now three Delehantys on the
G1Iamond.one with Philadelphia, one with
Cleveland and one with the Quincy CIub. Of
the Western Association.
The New York teams bad start means
nothing. There is plenty of time to
strengthen weak points.-New York Sun.
Rusie's case will not be settled by the
fall. SO that Amos. il he waits until that
time, will lose a whole seasor,'s salary.
There is one player whose unpopularity
with the major league fans put him out
OF fast company. He is Jiggs Parrott,
whom Anson released because the fans
insisted on making a mark out of him.
HOgrieyer was rplonsa1 froD, Cinoinn,t;