The evening times., 1896-07-28

third, 3s points behind Cleveland, the
| leader, and 22 points behiud Pittsburg.
| They will be but "A few, IL any points to
the bad when they start back East OH
July 26. Still the game abounds in sur
| prises and at least five clubs have a chance
10 get the coveted flag In 1885, says
the Sporting News.
1t is said that the morning after Won der
Abe released Joseph Quinn, Quinn and
| Chris had IL race TO the baseball office to
get the coveted paper. Quinn wanted to
| leave the st. Louis Club Tor reasons which
now appear, and Chris wanted TO hold
| Quinn. A friend posted Quinn upon the
fact that the release had been made out the
| evening before -
! When Umpire Mcfarland ran away from
the game he was umpiring in Cincinnati
| Capt Ewing proposed to put in Bud Laliy
Capt. Duffy OF Boston said: II suppose
hes some robber that you want TO run in on
| US and give us the worst of it," THAT
settles IT," said Buck. Now Lally will uIr-
| pire. l have the right TO put in substitute
umpire IL want to and III just use that
rig ht.'
| A tallyipg register was used recently to
| ascertain how many balls are pitched in a
| game. johnson OF the Scrantons pitched
121 balls in nine innings, including called
balls, batted ones, and fouls. Rudderhatn,
although he did not give u single base on
balls, pitched 1853. The total number OF
balls pitched By both pitchers was 2S4.
There were 81 base plays. This makes a
total OF 345 times the umpire was called
upon to make Il decisiOD.- Providence Jour-
nal.
The hobnobbing OF Presidents Robson Of
the Clevelands and Wagner or the Wssh,
ingtoDs is not without import. 1t was
not necessary that these gentlemen should
dine and wine 10 show that the Cleveland
magnate has the best of the argument at
present. The test will come when Cleye-
land goes abroad. Cincinnati will not
protest against Tebeau playing. The fight
will be when the Spiders strike Chicago.
A Hart had the fine imposed, 1t will be his
duty to make the first move for its col.
lection .-Pittsburg News.
Here is Cy YouDg's estimate of himself.
when 1 went into the game Thursday /
knew / would pitch good ball. A pitcher
can usually tell, for he knows whether he
has the speed and curves that are necessary.
All through the game i was confident that
would not be hit hard, and after four or
iveinnings had been played my confidence
grew. Then asked and found out that not
hit had been made off NE. From the
sixth inning to the end played TO shut the
Phillies out without hit. Before that
time didn't care SO much whether they
got hits or net, IS long as they got no runs
Another thing that kept me working hard
was the Tdct that KeeDer was pitching
have resulted disastroIsly. l don't think
any team could have hit me, the way
was working Thursday"
Charley Lamar, the Atlanta correspon-
dent Of the Sporting News, 50 Us OF Pitcher
Norton's connection with the Sena tors:
.'Shep. Norton, the crack pitcher of the
disbanded Atlanta Club will Join the
Washington Club at Louisville. A number
of ex-Southern League players are with
Washington, and Norton will find some
good people TO run with. AL. Selbach,
the crack fielder of the National League,
played with Chattanooga in '93. So did
Charley Abbey, and Cartwright, the big
first baseman, was with Montgomery the
same year. These men are with Gus
Schmelz's Washington Club now. Norton's
friends have been congratulating him siuce
the news OF his good luck was announced"
League ballplayers always get separate
rooms at hotels, If such a thing is within
the ability Of the room clerk. Sometimes
at the request Of players the men go two,
in room, with separate beds. The rei-
son for this is that sometimes two players
agree TO share the same trunk. II means
less baggage to take care Of, and often
one trunk is ample for the purpose Of two
men. There We're days then ballplayers
were not so fastidous. To carry trunk
from city to city was then considered
badge Of ''dudeism." But as in many other
things the standard of luxury, Intelligence
and comfort of the ballplayer is ever adj
vancing. Uniform boxes are carried sep
arate from trunks, SO that the sometimes
soiled and perspiration- soaked suits will
not cause damage to articles in the trunks.
Often this scheme has been a benefit in
other ways, as, for instance. when trains
are late and connections poor. The play
ers can seize their uniforms and permit
the remainder Of the baggage to come ON
later.
Rhines had pitched eight innings for the
Reds, being his first appearance for two
months and his work was mastery, At
the end of the eighth he retired almost ex-
hausted and Fisher went in. Miller was
the first man up in the ninth; he flew to Nc
Carr, and many of the Z 200 spectators be.
gan to leave the grounds, as sure defeat
stared at the Reds. McPhee got base on
balls. Then Vaughn doubled to center, Nc
Phee scoring. Smith singled. Vaughn scor-
ing. Irwin sc Mt the bail over the left field
fence, Smith scoring.
The scene was beyond description, and
the crowd cheered for fully five minutes.
Irwin was stopped at third and borne from
the field on the shoulders of the crowd.
Thousands surrounded him and cheered
themselves hoarse. 1t was the most sensa-
uonal finish OF a hard-fought game ever
witnessed at Cincinnati, and, as that city
has gone baseball mad, Irwin was the hero
of the hour.
That Cincinnati occupies first place in
the peDnant race is not to be wondered at
wheDthe game Ewing g'smenplayisan analyzed.
1t is winning up to-date baseball, and it
has not only won in the past, but win win
all the time. CiDcinnati's style of game
won the championship OF The American As
sociation for the st. Louis Browns three
seasons in succession, was successfully
practiced by Boston and later by Baltimore,
and a specimen of it is given here as O
gentle reminder to the Philadelphia players
that brute strength alone will not win In
the eighth inning OF the first Cincinnati
Boston game at Cincinnati last Saturday
with one man on first and 70 one out Irwin
dropped the ball in front of the plate and
beat it to iirst. Peitz, who followed. also
hunted, but was not fast enough on his
feet to beat it out. Nevertheless, lie moved
both runners up a base. Ehret followed
suit, bunting toward first base, and Tucker.
who fielded the ball, had SO little time
to throw that when he did the throw was
wild, two men scoring and Ehret making
third base. Burke bunted toward third,
and, as Collins threw wildly. another run,
came in and Burke never stopped until he 7
scored. Thus, in this one inning, fpur
buDts were made; two resulted in base
hits, two brought out wild throws and
the four together resulted in four runs
Contrast this with the game the Phillies
play and there will be found one reason for
the teams Donsuccess.
A Cincinnati writer has the following
to say about Catcher Billy Earle:
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