The evening times., 1896-09-02

the Texas league are Pitcher Isaacs and
Outfit elder Nance-both considered fast
enough for the League.
Ex-Manager Harry Diddlebock is still
in st. Louis following the races. lie
had intended to rent the old Pastime club
house in that city, but has given up the
idea.
Buck E wing says he will have nothing
but veterans on his team next year. II
Buck keeps on performing on the chute he
may switch his opinion in favor or the
young blood.
Yesterday at Philadelphia Eddie Burke,
thinking the Phillies had the last inning,
walked after Lajoie's hit Three men
scored and Cincinnati lost the game. 1t
cost Burke SIS.
Ed Cartwright stole second and third In
succession on Griffith yesterday. Last
year Piano Legs was tied with Stencil, o!
Plttsburg, for seventh place in base steal
ing, having fifty-three TO his credit.
Umpire Lynch was yesterday struck
by foul ball, the wire OF the mask cut
ting an ugly cash in his head After having
ii dressed however, he continued the game
though be rcnde red his decisions from along
side the pitcher and not back of the plate.
The young lady who won applause the
either day by her Smithsonian" throw OF
glory yesterday afternoon. The applause,
however. was not as great because the
Senators were ON the watermelon rind.
1t is stated ON excellent authority that
if the Baitiniores play the CtDcinnatis for
the Temple Cup and win, Vonderhorst and
Hanlon will take the champions to Europe,
IL the Clevelapds get into the series In
stead OF the Reds, the trip will be aban-
doncd.
Umpire Lynch, thought by many to he
the king of masters of the field VIII
make his first appearance OF the season
at National Park this afternoon. He was
not popular with local audien last year.
Bot he / s great indicator handler for a
that.
Why not try Wrigley at second base as
O'Brien is neither hitting nor fielding up
to his standard. Surely WriGley would
prove as good as O'Brien, or he is not
worth a great deal to the club. Trot The
youngster out and give the fans chance
to judge his playing qualities.
Jack Carney was escorted from the field
by policemen at Minneapolis, He had a row
withO'Dayand wasordered ofrthe grounds
He refused to go, the same as he did at
Detroit, but when the coppers made their
appearance on the field Jacks warlike ac-
tions quickly subsidized. detroit News.
Getzein, who was partof the one time
famous .'pretzel' battery when Detroit
won the League championship, pitched for
the FraDklins, an amateur team in Chi
cago on Sunday. His side lost, but it
was only because he had great regard
for his life. Jackson hit bah which went.
straight at ''Pretzel's" head and the lat
ter got out of its way and two runs Were
scored.
Graduates OF the Equine College of Dope
can drop their money about as fast as Uncle
Sam can coinit, butt is a fortunate thing
for speculativ mankind that diamond dope
is not remarkably popular, or it would take
a per capita the size of bank roll to
keep everybody going. Form in baseball
is as delusive and as hard to understand
as the man who preached about the glories
offree silver and thenwrites the line rentals
payable In gold"in all his contracts. Clevc-
land came to Quakerdom from Baltimore,
where the series frCni TIE champions had
been clinched. Twice did Baltimore's IS birds
rlutter to the turf full of Tebeau's buck
shot Then thes snipehunters from Ohio C anne
over here and faced Philadelphia. The
meek Pennies have laid nine games in Ned
Hanlon's lap this year, but they went at p.
Bolivar and wiped mp the earth with him
twice in succession, Think of that, ye form
students, for the Phillies have Just dropped
the series to the travellers from the Land
of the Mint Julep, the Colonels, who have
been wearing the feathers symbolical of
THE Guardians OF the Tall all the bloom
ing season.! Cincinnati Post.