The evening times., 1896-06-16
ALONG THE BASE LINES.


Jones leads the Brooklyn team in batting.
Burkett again lea Is the League batsmen.
York, Pa, wants another team in the
State league.
Grady and Taylor are somewhat of Z.
boyiSh battery.
Hamilton has stolen thirt.six bases so
far this season.
Ex-senator Boswell is pitching winning
ball for Columbus Ohio.
Bill Clark has ma lie but one error since
reJoining the New York team.
Sixteen shut-aut games have been play
ed in the National League this season.
Would it surprise you much five did not
win game this Philadelphia In
Quirer.
DahleD accepted thirteen chances and
Pfeffcr eleven out of twelve for Chicago
yesterday.
Lucid McGill and Turner. of the Phillics.
were left behind. Lucid will Join the team
at Baltimore.
The Quakers are too talkative with the
audience. They will do themselves credit
by remaining quiet.
The New York Boston and Louisville
Cleveland games were yesterday postponed
on account OF wet grounds.
Connor recently stated that he considers
Donahue. the New York cast-off. the equal
of any pitcher in the league.
Too. many of the Philadelphia players
work is entirely dsregarded.
II the Senators win this afternoon and
Boston loses they will be tie for fifth place,
and lyfive points bebindthe Philadelphiis.
The Philadelphia Record says that Capt
Nash is too mild with his men. His men.
however, are not mild when kicking against
the Umpire.
Grady has batting average of .410.
He leafs the team in batting, aud should be
playe every day. Why not make room for
flrCf lsIEh ID r1,fln lal.N
If the Phillies cannot beat the Washing
| tons what will they do when they get to
Philadelphia Ledger. They
| are more liable to beat the Orioles than the
Senators.
Eyler. whom the Philadelphia club is
| having schooled by Billy Sharsig, is said
| to have Il curve drop, both in and out, and
| that all he needs to get proper control OF it
| is plenty oi exercise.
Pitcher Lampe is doing great work in the
for either the Phillies or the New Yorks,
| but he is pitching Portsmouth into the
championship this season.
There is said to be a Combination in
the Philadelphia team; There are men
| who do not care whether the club wins
| or loses so long as they ''cash in" every
| pay day.-Philaoclphia Record.
Tony MullaDe is pitching great bail out
| in ST. Paul. II is quietly whispered that
| Tony is looking anxioGsly in the direction
| concealed impateDce the wink OF II mana
| ger who is looking for something new and
promising.
"A pitcher who keeps himself in shape
and doesn't dissipate should he able to pitch
| three games n week. Tile more work he
| gets the better is his command of the ball.
| and it's control that makes the pitcher" :"
says Anson.
Charles T. Reilly, manager of the Syra-
| cuse club, rendered his resignation last
| night, which was accepted. George N.
Kuntzch, the owner of the club, will con-
| duct the affairs of the team himself. Reilly
| will continue to cover third base, and cap
| tain the team.
Thousands of cranks met the Cincinnati
| Reds at the railroad station in that city.
Cheer after cheer greeted the players.
while the parade moved up the streets
! between solid walls of people from curb
| 10 curb. 1t was the most unique demuD-
| stration in Cincinnati baseball history.
Rumors anept the dismissal of several
/ umpires are rife. One comes all tie way
from Chicago to the effect that Tim
| Keefes resignation has been written by
| President Young, and that other umpires
| have been requested 10 go to the seashore
for their health. The ruinurs have not
| been verified at presidential iieadqua rters.
There are at least two ''ice wagons and
| three or four players who will persist in
| violating the clubs rules, anent drinking
| and keeping late hours. on the Philadelphia
| team who should be gotten I'D of as socn as
| possible, and their places filled by more am
| bilious youngsters. 1t is not q very harl
| matter to guess who the players referred to
| Philadelphia Ledger.
On Saturday louisville lIandily defeated
| the Phillies. The visitors played their first
| creditable fielding game, and the crowd
| cheered them TO greater effort. II has
been a long time since home crowd ex-
| pressed such open condemnation of the
| teams play. but feeling of contempt
| seems 10 have been aroused. and it is be-
| coming deep-rooted. There is danger of
| carrying II 10 the extreme, as the draw
| hacks are such that they can be corrected.
The mana cement has been aroused to ef-
| fort and that has all along been the most
| difficult thing to accomplish. But there is
| now an almost certain indication that there
| will be important changes before long
| Philadelphia Telegraph.