The evening times., 1896-02-10

curve balls caused me to suffer agony
. Then, in week or So, it was Just the rt
| verse.
The fast balls hurt and the curve,
ones didn't. This thing went on 10
some time, until no matter what kind OF
ball l threw IT gave me great pain, and tbel
| ! knew my arm was dead
lf some philantnropist would build
nome or asylum for 'giassarm'' pIa )
ers, and III all those "basbeens' wouIs
Ave under the roof, what a colony Their
would be, and what countless stories oil IN,
diamond would be told about the TIresIucs
Bobby Carruthers would have Il saeI
full; so would lilly George and Lady
Baldwin, John Garrison, Gus Krock
George Van Haitren, .'fretzer' Getzein
Tim Keefe, Mickey" Welch, Jim
ME Calvin, and scores OF others.
As rast as Old Death would strike on,
out another would go lame on the dia aiiiond
aud soon Iind his way 10 the home oI TIT
"giass-arms."
HazlctoD, Pa, Will have u ball club even
though there is no league in that Stare.
Jacob Forred, the star pitcher CT last
years Shamokin team, has accepted an Of
Ter 10 pitch for the st. Louis Browns
In anticipation of the early games sched-
u!ed Tor the coming season, the baseball
candidates OF GeorsctCwn University are
hard ut work each day in the gymnasium,
dong two hours exercise ard an hour :
practice with The ban and bat. The dates
arranged are: University OF Vermont, March
-, At Washington: Lafayette. March 30,
at Washington. Lehish, March 81. AT Wash
inGion; Richmond ard Lee. April q. AT Rich
moDd, Princeton, April :. at Washington:
Yale, April 3. at Old Point Comfort. There
are, besides, two games each with Cornell
| and virginia and tnrr, with PeDns ylvanIa.
one here and two in Philadelphia, and pcs
sibly two more, the dates OF which have not
yet been agreed upoa. Twent y-Dine app.i-
cants are hari at work. a eo,diy proper
ton OF them being pitchers, 80 the weakest
| point in the team OF last year seems likely
| 10 become strongest the coming season.
| Manaagcr Barrett has u large number OF
games pledged, one-half OF which will be
| played in Washington.
The Cumberland Valley League will now
bc composed of four clubs, viz. Carlisle, Ha-
| gerstown, Chambcrsburg, and Hanover.
| The league will adopt Il schedule next week
| al Hagcrstown. TIE season will open June
| 10, aud viii run three months. Each of tie
| four CLUBS is controlled by an association
Of stockholders. ard all Will De chartered.
| The players under contract 10 Gate are as
| follows:
Carlislc-Eyerson, Trook, Hoffman. and
| Cain.
Lipp, Flanagan, Graffins.
| Carson, Rousie, Tale, Osborne, Sullivan,
| Eusiacc, and Carpenter.
| Chambersburg Schoeuhut, Dick son. Gre
mer, Barclay, AVN. criswell, Lucas, Lcisen-
/ ring, and Gocckel.
Hanovcr-sheeiy. Shut, Mccain, sheck-
| ard, GottlciD, Butter. and Ritchie.
When Cleveland places the new Flagstaff
| in position next fall, from which the pet
| nant Will float, "A handful OF earth will be
brought from Cincinnati aud another hand
handful from Pit,sburg and placed at the
Jimmie Ryan OF the Chicago club SAYS
that Danny Friend, the pitcher Chicago got
from New Bedford last fall, is u better man
than Breitcnstein OF st. Louis
Red Jim" Armstrong OF last seasons
Atlanta, Ga. team has signed with the
Norfolk team OF the Virginia League.
Burkett OF the Cieveiands is great hunter
and fisher.
Connie Mack doesn't believe in bag-punch-
ing for pitchers.
! Hugh Duffy is quite 81 ss~<,saD. HI 70 TAX
ing lessons in French and German.
The new grounds at Detroit will be named
after cx-Catcler Charley Bennett.
a : The time for the National League meet
ing approaches il becomes more apparent
that there will hr but little change III the
playing rules of the game. 1t is accepted
as certainty that the double umpire sys-
TEN will not be adopted. and il is probable
that the opponents OF the removal system
for furnishing players will make a strong
fight against it. The Ward case will lie
decided against the New York club. but on
account OF its peculiar features. il will not
be ii precedent There is little probability
that the minor leagues will receive further
redress or recognition, however Just their
claims. Won der Abe may escape the call |
down he so richly merits. but something
Will surely be done to prevent further pros
titntion OF Sportsman's Park, al least dur |
ing the playing season. There will Ie the |
usual wrangling over tn e plums Of the scheti-
ue. and it may be that Chris will spring |
his chestnutty bluff OF starting little
league of his own.
Some new reporter saw Anson the other !
day. and uncle had fun with him. He said |
that there was not enough batting. and that |
he was working for the passage of rule |
requiring he pitcher 10 keep both feet on |
ine Efouliu Nuel ueiiNtGilg tue Diu 1Htn.
said the old villain. without cracking a |
smile. then we shall have some batting. |
and that's what the people demand More |
batting! Great Moses! Uncle. don't you |
want Burkett. Thompson, Lange. and Della |
hanty ever to be put out? Just fancy a |
pitcher at the present distance keeping |
both feet on the ground and trying TO pitch |
ball. Why. .775 batting averages would |
be the regular thing. and nobody who |
couldn't come up to .625 would get |
Job, and the games would only last to |
midnight. 1t might be good thing at |
that rate to introduce cricket and be |
done with 1t. But then, Uncle was always |
Il joyful jollier.
Lange is wintering in San Francisco. and |
in letters to friends here says he is pre- |
pared to go South at any time provided his |
salary for the season of 1896 is satisfac-
tory. The fact that a number of outfield- |
ers in the League are drawing larger sala-
ries than Lange has caused the big fellow |
TO be dissatisfied for some time, particu-
larry since the close of last season. when he
led his clubnates in batting by good |
margin and was up in the front rank |
among the heavy hitters Of the League. If |
the Brooklyn club can pay Center Fielder
Mike Griffin a salary of $4,000, it GER
tainly does seem that Lange should re-
an excellent field captain. he certainly is
inferior to Lange as an alI-round PLAYER
Next to Can't AnsOn. Big Bin'' is the most |
player on the team.
Manager Hanlon OF TIE Baltimore Base
ball Club has concluded his arrangement of
SnrinC nracficp PaDeS in VIRGINIA These