The morning times., 1896-06-08

On The Whole, the outlook for this week
for the Senators IS promising, and if the
boys but keep up the lick" Boston is
!iahle 10 side below them before auot her
Monday has rolled around.
True, the ClicagoS have ALWAYS been
more or less of an aGerayation to the
local club In days gone by, but the Senators
OF The present are not the Senators OF the
past, and the coming series VIII probably
witness change from the old order OF
things.
Joyce's men. with their pitchers in bad
form, except Mercer, We're able to give
the Colts stiff argument on their own
SToGEuS during the recent Western trip.
dnu IN addition 10 capturing one of the
ihfGe games, gave them hard tussle aud
close run for the other two
Though the effectiveness OF Griffith.
Terry. ana Friend should he pToperIy esii-
mated, II II not ut all reckless 10 claim
TWO out OF the three games to lie played
AZ National Park, commencing this after
noon.
SLOW BALL" PITCHERS.
The pitchers named above are Of the
SLOW haIi variety, which is IandiCau
70 the Senators ordinarily, but they have
OF an old pitcher of late. and it need
not surprise the fans should they take a
liking 10 the Gelis'eries Of their erst while
bette nOirs.
II is probable that Can't Joyce will Uorl,
his pitchers in the following order against
the white-hosed visitors from the West:
King this afternoon, Mercer tomorrow and
Maui Wednesday. This program. however.
IS not authorized and may he changed as
70 the DAYS, though it is sure that King
Maui and Mercer viii be used in the three
games. Each OF them is in good shape
ana every contest VIII surely be ball
game That is, if the Ansonites play up
to expectation. which they never tail to
do on the local grounds.
Following the Colts. and the last of the
Western sit IN .f,,,
next ran, Will he the Browns OF St IoniS
under the management or 'DearOld Roger
Conner.
Comparing the work of the Browns on the
Eastern trip with that OF the Senators
since their return home, the lucklesS ur,
happy aggregation from the Cyclone City
should be puddn with Louisville sauce.
for the Statesmen.
The series Will certainly Weld two vic
tories and il would not he extrava giant
to claim all three games for Washington.
But KEEP YOUR MONEY.
Such is the surmise for the week. But
take no ups on baseball and keep your
money IN your pocket. 1t is an uncertain
game and one I'D which the unexpected
frequently happens. The layout for the
next SIX days looks promising and il is
qule reasonable to presume that the Sena-
tors VIII Increase Their percentage, if indeed
the: DO not pail Boston out of fifth place
The BeanCdterS have easy Guarry tits
true. IN 81; ouis for the next three days.
iutit shpula lac borne IN mind that they are
In pretty bad shape Il present and liable to
lose To any kind at opposition
Anyway the situation is sized UP the
Senators cannot suffer by the weeks
play. OF course this idea is arrived at
from their good work OF the past fortnight
and - is not reaSOna hle to suppose that they
VIII relax effort ,r lot up in energy now
thai they have suCh an excellent chance to
gain further l0nuTs and distinction
Next week they will have a la rd row TO
hoe. starting off with the hard hitting.
and pcnnant chasing PhillieS Therefore
~ behorves Capt. Joyce to make hay while
the sun shines
Capt. Arson and his Colts arrived from
Boston yesterday afternoon and took
composed OF Arson. PETER, Dahlen. LANCE,
Decker. RYAN. Everett Donohuc. McFar-
land. Kittridge. Griffith, Terry. and
Friend
The Chicago battery this afternoon will
he Griffith or Friend and Kittridge or
DouChue.