The evening times., 1896-08-19

to be looking for minor league franchise
as he thinks there is more money in it for
him than playing bail.
kid" Gleason says n ton OF weight
was removed from his miEd when .loycc
succeeded him as captain OF the Giants.
s;chmeiz is being roasted all, around for
the losses of the Senators since Scrappy
Joyce left the team. -Pittsburs Leader.
Joyce is making good headway with the
Giants. His work seems TO have instillcd
few elixirs into thcm.-Pittsburg Leader
Big Mike Sullivan is pitching better bail
this year than ever a nian like Joyce
is sure 10 get good work out OF the big
player
rittsburg has the hCror OF taking the
first series from Cleveland This is lie
first series that the Cleveland Club has
lost in two seasons.
liurkett was SO mad Saturday hat he
even refused tn answer the salutations Of
friends. jess is Il harder loser than Man
ager Captain Tebeau.
Otis Stocksdalc has left the Richmond
team Of the Virginia League. He WAS re-
fused u larger salary and declined to 80
with the club 10 Roanoke.
In Washington there is Il settled conyic-
ton that Schmelz is not much OF n mane-
ger. Howls for his head are almost Con-
unuous s-cleveland Recorder.
tits not often said Of Il player that lie is
faster than his club. but such a remark
can he truthrully made OF Dowd, OF the st.
Louis BrowDs-B Boston ii erald.
Mechanics with the Clevclands. Cincin.
natis or Batinores behind him, would be
a winner every time he pitched in his pres
ent form--Clcveland Plain Dealer
Jimmie Slagie, the center fielder of the
Houston team, has been voted the most
popular player on the team. aIi istlc wi;i-
ner Of u fine gold watch valued n: $50.
There Is intense rivalry between Wash
ingtou and New York nowadays, and all
because Joyce would rather win from his
old team rather than from any other la
the Lcague-PEiladeiphi Press.
Evidently the Cleveland team must be
dopey From what the Forest City papers
say their team stoai win every game from
now out. This thing OF wanting 10 Win
every game is monotoEoIs. Why not give
the other teams Il show?
There is one man withthe Cincinnati team
who seems 10 have lost his calling when he
was not made manager of the team. He Is a
substitute catcher named Gray, and has
more fau!tto find with the pro ceedings than
all the other players put together.
The word Giant" was applied 20 tile
New York team when all The players wett
large men excepting Weleh. The present
team comes nearer 10 Tedeemirslhe name
physically. than any which nas repre-
| sented New York since the name was in
| vented.
Cingnan Is using Il new inficlder's mitt
| instead OF the fingered glove he usci {,
| wear II was on this he caught lto,
| liner from Dalilens bat Friday. Ansot
thought it was overweight. and put il
| a kick II was decided TO he within the
| limit, however.
The Reds cannot do any too well OF
their Eastern trip TO suit me- said Bill,
Hart before the st. Louis boys started fo
Baltimore. ~ hope they win the pennant
You can depend upon it that If ii is in III
We'll throw the champions down in on'
| game at least"
| Pitsburg yesterday recalled Wright. ths
| center fielder Of the Toronto club, To take
| the place OF Stencil on the Eastern trip
| Surden's work has not been satisfactor,
| in center, and it was found that StenZer,
| injury would probably prevent his playing
during the remainder of the season.
The newspaper writer's who are oblice
+, TO write headlines over the accounts of tn
| games in which the Cleveland team play
would be greatly obliged to Tebeau if h
would win game. The supply of headline
chronicling defeats has been obliged to stan,
| a severe run of late and is practically ex
iIa,stel.
II now appears almost certain that tn
st. Louis Browns viii have TO be conter
with eleventh place this season. Unde
Manager DOwd I he team has pla yed winning
| bah, and if the season were not so far nc
! vanccd they would have an exoellentchau
of beating out several clubs that are no,
leading them.
A Cleveland paper says: Here III Cleve
land the greater number of the fans ar
pessimis,s and cutters. If the team keeI
on winning game after game, IT. is a
right, but let it lose n few and the sit
tion changes at once. From the heroes {
yesterday they drop to the stiffs, chumI
and has-beens OF today; ail OF which
wrong, decidedly wrong.
Cleveland was put out OF the champion
ship race by the League board OF director
That 5000 fine imposed on Tebeau was tn
straw tn at broke the camel's back. 1t mad
the team q mark for the wrath OF number
less prejudced writers, and Tebeau an
his club have felt the sting. TO say that III
fine has not affected the Slaying Of tn
Cleveland club would be to say something
that is not borne 0 ut by the facts. Ceyelan,