The evening times., 1896-10-10
BASEBALL NOTES.


Milwaukee papers say Connie Mack will
winter In that city.
Not one or the League farms has proved
q success the past season.
Philadelphia has allowed Shortstop Gal
lasier To glide, uncondltSonally.
Ducky Holmes OF Louisville has the poor
est record of any outfieldcr in the business.
His average in 81 games is .119.
The best sho wing made b y any league team
on home grounds last season was by Cin-
cinnali which won 40 games and lost but
IA. Il percentage of TIT. Away from home
The team won only 2S games aud lost 81,
percentage OF .43I.
While the general public will probably
never know Just how nuche each league club
made during the past season, yet IL is uni
versally admitted that the season was the
most profitable of any since 1889, which was
the most prosperous OF any in the history Of
the league.
This is the roster of the Philadelphia
team to date: Taylor, Carsey, orth, Gum
bert, Fifield, kecncr, Thomas, Wheeler,
johnson, Callahan, Brandt, Harley, Gillen,
Nicol, Carey, La joie, Gcicr, Hallman, Hulen,
SdENIil, tTosSr 4Nsisii, tftiHSuiS, ptdhS ooyi',
pelahanty, Mertes, Cooley and Thompson.
While the Providence club is undoubtedly
strong in its present company, and could
probably beat out at least two Of the present
National League clubs in a championship
season. II was shown by the recent series
for the New England championship that ii
is not in the same class withthc Boston club.
There was a palpablc unfairness in allow
Ing John T Brush, the alleged owner OF the
indianapolis club. and 4 member of the na
tional board, TO sit in Judgment on a case
in which the Indianapolis club was vitality
interested. AS usual. the two busy BIS of
the league -Byrne and Brush-were ieagued
against Presidents Young and Soden
Col. Rogers, of Philadelphia, says that
it cost Sa3 200 To run his club this year.
There are ten men on the team reccis -ig
the salary limit, Sc, 400. Manager Nash
has spent $4,000 experimenting With
players. The colonel's face was Very sad
as lie went over these figures at the Fifth
Avenue Hotel. New York Evening World.
The names of Amos Rusie and Huyler
Westervelt, New Yerk's Tebellious pitchers,
appear in the reserve list of that club.
While it is undoubtedly true that some BAH
players are used Unjustly by the terms Of
the reserve rule, it Is also true that the rule
is the InainStay Of the game. and ban play
ers with alleged grievances may as well
nurse them and make the best " 1t.
In IL consecutive games this year Keeler
made the wonderful record OF 2s hits, with
n total OF 81. lie batted safely in %
straight games, during which he made 81
r-.,nx ,,t 80
In one run of making as many as. Rnrkett,
the Cleveland player scoring I57 times TO
156 for Kecler. Hamilton was the only
other player who made more than 100
runs.
The announcement that Empire Lynch
has returned to his home at New Britain
and assumed control of his theatrical busi-
ness is coupled with the further one that
ne will umpire next year. There was no
need of the second announcement. As
long as Tom Lynch wants to umpire In
the National League he will be accommodate
ed Mr.. Young regards him as one Of the
most efficient umpires on his staff, and the
fact that he has been on the roll for nine
or ton years attests his ability louder than
words.
The drafting of Nicol by the Philadelphia
club seems rather peculiar at this time.
No one ever gave 1T thought before, and
1t was supposed that the little fielder
would remain IN Milwaukee another year.
Betwe cen the lines there is a different YER
sion of the transaction. 1t looks s though
Col. vanderbeck, of the Detroit club, had
worked a smooth game to geta star man
for the Tigers next year. Nicol was dissat-
isried here, and wanted to getaway. This
as due to his trouble with GlenalviD. Van
derbeck knew of il, and he also stated once