The evening times., 1896-06-10

Harbridge, an Old Athletic Catcher,
Seriously Injured-Hts Left Foot
Amputated-Clevela COntinus to
Play Winning Ball-Inks Was Easy
for the Giants.
Clevelands batting was the cause of the
Phillies' defeat yesterday.
The despised of all clubs, the st. Louis
Browns. yesterday whitewashed the Bean
eaters.
weighing pitched for Rochester yesterday
and was knocked out OF the box.
Fuller's services have been claimed by the
st. Louis club.
Pitcher Seeds keeps up his fine work for
the Hartford team. Barnie seems to have
discovered a wonder.
The Philadelphia men walk to the bat
like a lot of wooden men.
Inks pitched his first game for Cincinnati
yesterday and lost.
Brooklyn has been shut out three times
In the last four games.
Red" Ehret seems to he pitching much
better ball with the Reds than he did with
Won der Ahe's aggregation.
Kittredge OF the Chicagos has had but
one passed ball this season.
Adonis Terry is the senior major League
pitcher at the age of thirty-e eight.
The Cleveland Press says: "Al selbacb's
parents live in Columbus. His father is
wealthy, and the young man plays for
the love OF the game
o'Connor did not have chance yesterday
in the game between Cleveland and Pbiia-
delphia. He was behind the bat.
Mexican made five hits yesterday out OF
five times at the bat.
The Louisville router in the grandstand
at Baltimore yesterday greatly annoyed
the home club people.
All the Western clubs on the next trip
East will have to play d number OF extra
games on account Of the rain encountered
on this trip.
The ne wspapers of Boston and Phila-
delpbia say that not more than four men
on their respective teams are playing cham
pionship ball.
In the last two years the Pirates have
won only two games in Brooklyn. Since
! $50 they played 81 gaEt,s there, and Won
only 2 OF them. They lost IL and tied l.
William (Roxey) Harbridge, at one time
catcher of the Philadelphia Athletics, in
the days of the American Associa ton, had
his left foot amputated yesterday in that
city. The member was struck by a plank
which fell from the fifth story OF the city
hall.
Cleveland is out for the Icnnant this
year, nd if its pitchers hold out will about
win it, says the Philadelphia Ledger. This
same paper about six weeks ago was bold
enough to say tina. the Phillies were good
enough to win the pcnnant.
Ex-Umpire George Buruham witnessed
The Pittsburg games at Union Park. 1t
still holds very strict views on kicking" F"
and when the Pirates were making life
miserable for poor little WeidInan, the ex-
diamond boss smote his chest in Tit viii
low style, and remarked: ~ never stooc
anything like that Boston Telegram.
When umpire Sheridan made his first
announcement in yesterdays g.me the
cranks were so surprised by the tone of his
voice that lor several seconds they could
do nothing. Then there was wild break
10 see where the bear-like notes came
from. One rooter rema rked that Sheridan
must get the inside of his throat renewed
every week to keep that sort of work up
all during the season-B Baltimore Herald.
1t is always question between the
critic and the management how far the
former may go without offending the lat
ter Just where the public comes in-pot
meaning to refer TO the entrance gates-is
a dehatable point But the public should
have voice. Believing this, and believing
that a public which shouts itself hoarse
over home run and goes wild over a
game batted out, is anxious for a peDnant-
winning team, we would venture to rec
ommend that Sullivan be released, and
that Hallman share the same fate, and
that Delahanty be put on probation, and
that Hulen he put on the bench for sea-
soning. He is a clever pla yer, but not a
strong one. With Moran or Mcvey tenn
porarily in center field and Madison on
second base and Cross at short, the team
would be in shape to learn to play the
game. If Nash has full control, and we
have reason to believe that he has, then
he is proving himself incompetent by per-
mitting men to play who will not either
obey his orders on the field or off of it
Philadelphia Evening Telegram.
"Givc me the hard loser every time.''
says T. Earl Wagner. "Take a player for
instance, who doesn't worry over defeat
and have it out with himself because his
side loses. He is the fellow W ho always has
his mind fixed on a salary day. instead OF
the. game. The hard loser is Invariably a
nervy player" All of Patsey Tebeau's
sSiappip6 ihethouo ehucoi pihi W eue ibdu-
agement of his club, as they ought to, for
heis always making an earnest fight to win.
AL of the talk about Rusie refusing to
play ball for the summer does nobody half
as much harm as it does Rusie. The best
thing he can do is to accept defeat grace
fully and play hall. The "baby act'' does
not benefit anybody and least of all ball
player who eyhausts the patience of his
admirers and refuses to play unless he can
have things to suit himself. The recognized
mt hnrifies arc ga inst the hi O. nitnher and