Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-05-23

ing splendidly. Then Fred was rbrovp
INTO the game for one day, and did peorlv
and all the papers said he was going back
ward. II is a safe bet that Pfeffcr would
be on second for Brooklyn the day after
his release.
The friends of Jack Crooks wer.. given a
scare during the week when the report
reached the city that he would he farmol
out 10 minor league club. Such action IS
not thought of by Mr. Wagner lack NAV
get back into the game at any time but IL
is not wise to charge a team when il Is
doing we'll
When the club opers at home Tuesday
many changes will be noted at National
Park, and the Improvements Will be well
coined by the 5o-cent patrons. 1t is to be
Eored the entrance to the park from 9Th
body will be happy
Pitcher Ehret of the Cincinnati club has
Dten away from the club for three days at
tending the funeral of his sister. Win the
Cincinnati management dock him as Car
ney Flynn was docked by the New York
magnate? Not in thousand years Pres
ident Brush may be tricky and cute hut
ne knows how to treat the players on his
pay roll
Are you keeping your eye on Dusty
Miller. the little right fielder Of the Cincin-
rats? He is about leading the league in
eating and his fielding must be around
the $40 mark He recently hit safely five
times out of that many times at the lat,
ana In another game made four sacrifices
I.
Win Mercer has been the only pitcher to
throw him down so far this season
Recently the New York papers have been
making fun of DAD Clarke's pitching,
ard then on Tuesday the Erie boy went in
ard shut out the slugRers from Chicago
1t would be hard to locate the New Works
IN fhe pennant race if Dad" wasn't with
the club this season.
If the Boston club doesn't miss Billy"
Nash, it is very clear that the Philii-s do.
N*sh was just whipping the Quaker city
tcys into shape, when he received that
fearful blow on the side of the head at
Louisville. Don't worry about the guak-
ers. There's not gutter in the ranks,
and they are bound to come again.
Captain Joyce is not leading the league
second basemen, hut he is playing that po-
sition almost as good as Johnny Ward did
When he was with the New Yorks when
they finished second I'm the pennant race.
Joyce has to be In the game, and second
base seems to fit him better than third
III the Orioles are not thrown down Of
tener. the yellow and black birds will he
making a runaway race of II before the
end Of July. All their good playing and
wins have been made away from home
and what they will do at home will be suC-
fcient.
There is undoubtedly too much good fell
lowship in the Brooklyn team The club
has group of first-cless players and
should win more regularly. When in this
city recently several members of the club
were indulging too freely in high-priced
liquor for good ball playing to follow
TAX about bicycles hurting amusements
INDOORS. You should have seen the two
crowds at MetzerottS and Kcrnau's last
Sunday. 1t was excessively warm Vet the
crowd stuck 1T out for two hours and an
parenty enjoyed the game as much as if
they had been out at National Park. BIZ
cycles may hurt theatriCals, but they will
never hurt the national game.
And now they have Stafford playing at
short for New York. It's a wonder "Artier
don't play the position himself ANY old
thing n Shn CT . l.
so easy-nit. Stafford was too slow for
second. and how he is going to fill the bill
at short is a mystery.
Rusies case is looming up. few more
defeats and Freedman's team Will be at
home. Then the clamor for Amos Will
start again.
Perhaps the Philadelphia papers are not
reading Mr.. Reach a lecture for trading
Tom Smith for Bert Inks And. at that
Smith may not be able to win another
game from the Phillies in two seasons.
III IS a question as to which team is play
ing the better ball in the league-the CIeve-
lands or the Baltimores. The Ohioans made
remarkable jump last week
the West Nirginian who killed an um-
pre- on Saturday and then went back and
finished the game did not have many
strlkes called on him afterward.
Ten hlts per game is the hardest any
team has hit kilfcn this season, and that
happened only twice. Twice he was hit for
nine hits, once for eight once for seven.
twice for six, twice for five and twice for
three.
There IS one thing which Manager Mack
OF the Pfttsburgs is much opposed to- and
that is when persons among the spectators
take 1t upon themselves to guy the rlay-
ers, especially those of the home team and
heap abuse upon them when they make err
rors.
New York is cheap. That is the whole
size of 1t. With Dad Clarke on the rubber
the team does well enough until some men
get on the bases. Then up I'm the air goes
the entire infield and part of the outfield,
and the game is lost.-Ex.
keete won great applause at Chicago by
calling Jennings out when he interfered
with hittridge's throw to second in the
seventh inning. Yet Ryan was as freely
cheered the day before when he took adj
vantage of keefe's turning his back and
prevented Clarke from throwing
NOTICE to Photographers: The many sto.
rles going the rounds about Pittsburg root.
ers being desperate enough to sandbag WIS.,
ltlrg clubs should be withdrawn. SATURDAY.
the crowd plugged harder for the visiting
team than the Pirates. grand-stand
gang also made effort to rattle KillepA
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