The evening times., 1896-08-14
BETWEEN THE BASES.


Radford is playing an excellent game at
short for Bangor.
Eddie Conahan OF Chester, Pa, has been
appointed an umpire by President Young.
Corcoran Yesterday accepted nineteen
chances iu the two games, without an error.
Scrappy Joyce can now have anything he
wants in the metropolis. Pittsburs Leader
II may be bas-been, but that's better
than being a never -wasser. says Arlie La
than.
The Baltimore Herald Is very sympathetic.
Hear IL: Washington played in hard luck
yesterday.
Arthur Ciarkson's release must have been
bitter one, for 1t robbed him out OF a lot
OF fall velvet.
The Senators are not playing ball as the
game is played. Ten men left Oh bases
is very bad.
joyce is playing better bali as Giant
than he did as II Senator. The change
has done him much good.
Billy Barnie, Baliimore's old manager,
Is making money this year for the nrst
time since entering baseball.
Mcfarland was disgusted with the kick
ing indulced in by the Colts and the Reds
on wednesday, and failed to put in an ap-
pearance at Chicago yesterday.
Tebeau is reported as being considerably
worried over that $500 fine To an inti-
mate friend he said recently that he
feared be would be blacklistcd by the
League.
For the first time since he became a
moguI, Col. Freedman finds his capture OF
Scrappy Bill Joyce unanimously iDdOrsed
by the pavilion managers or scrbbilng pro-
pensities. Cincinnati Post.
c.l,,o,y, alx tnnecs tho c1odg nf dirt
off his shoes when he goes TO the plate
and then bitches up his pants. Euvious
players say he does this to get time to
think whether he should make three
Dagger or only a asingle.-Baitimore Herald
King Crooks has been playing the bang
| tails at the st. Louis races while nursing
| his sore leg, and Is expected In the city
| today or tomorrow, and will soon be
| back on second base. With Rogers, Crooks,
CIingman and Duan in the infield, the
| club is stronger than IL has beenthis season.
1t comes from st. Louis that the King has
been putting all sorts of crimps IN the
| bookies, and will come to town with a nice
| sized roll OF the necessary. Post.
In Joyce the New Yorks have brilliant
| leader, and well is he named Scrappy.
| He fights hard for his team all the time,
and ir things do not go his way he wants
| to know the reason why. He put great life
| into the game yesterday. Joyce is with
| out doubt great baseball general. He
| has any quantity OF pluck ard courage, and
he never gives up until the last man ls
out He pulled his team through all right
| In the first game, and came very near do
| ing the same thing in the second. New
| York people will soon appreciate the
strci3gth this pIa yer has added to the team.
: Boston Herald.
One Bangor man at least has the right
idea about ball games. He says: 1.-THE man
who expects that the whole seasons games
| will be played without a poor game is q
TOOL. The man who attempts to pick out
in advance the game that will be good,
and goes then, and then only, is also a
! fool, for he is more than likely to see all
the poor games. The man vino goesto every
game played is the wise man, for, while
he sees all the poor ones, he surely sees
that man has the right idea oft. tits only
the ruan who goes to every game who sees
| all the good ones. Bangor News. IN
| Players unfamiliar with bunting will
never become proficient in this valuable
| and scientific point or play If they persist
| In reaching after balls that do not come
| over the plate. In order to bunt success
| fully the batsman must walt for desirable
balls. instead OF striking at random atevery
| pail delivered. A euro applle0 10 the pa
uence and Judgment of the batsmen will
| develop any player into scientific bunter
| and sacrifice hitter. The Baltimore play
| ers developed their skill at bunting by pa
tient work and good Judgment They
realize that they are paid salaries to Learn
all possible points in the game, and therein
| fies there great achievements on the dia-
| mond.
Says Sam Crane in the New York Com
mercial-Advertiser: .'Honors galore are
surely accumulating for Manager Captain
| Joyce. Not only has he succeeded in win
/ ming the Greater New York Championship,
| buthe has also led his team to three straight
victories. This is something that the New
| Yorks have not been able TO do before this
| year. They have won two games in sue.
cession several times, butthe third was al
waystbe causeof q tumble, and they would
go back even faster than they went for
ward. An these enjoyable circumstances
| are duly appreciated by local enthusiasts,
| and the y'are not sloWtn acccriingd due need
Of praise to whom they consider the author;
Of all this unexpected pleasure, PessL.
! mists may remark that the GT0oms ere ID.