The evening times., 1896-09-05
BETwEEN THE BASES.

Cincinnati is only three points ahead of
Cleveland.
Stencil made two triplets in succession
yesterday.
Washington won nine out of the twelve
games played with Louisville.
Yesterday was the thirteenth game that
Hawley has lost in the lastinuinS.
1t is understood that Cleveland has offered
Louisville McAllistcr and Blake for Dexter:
Cleveland is playing good ball at present
and will land ir the Temple Cup series sure
pop.
Billy Nash thinks Stivetts, properly hand
led, is one of the greatest pitchers in the
profession.
Decker will never be the same man
again. The injury Ia his arm Is much more
serious than was atfirst supposed
Geier makes a very clever infielder and.
with a little more practice. would make a
good second baseman or shnrtstop.
Manager McGu nn,gle is after a new
catcher. McGunnigie says he is not a n old
Leaguer but is fit to wear diamonds.
MilIigaD secured the Reading base.o.
grounds for next season. Jack says lie will
place league club iD the town and on a
paying basis, too.
A wall comes from Philadelphia. via the
Record, as follows: Amy old thing is good
enough for Philadelphia, and all the poor
umpires on Nick YounG's staff are sent 10
this city for good, long stays"
Some bleacher threw beer class at
Emslie in the fifth by way of a bouquet,
after Jennings had been called out at first
by a bad decision. The glass spattered,
ald time had to be called while the play
ers removed the debris. Baltimore News.
One never Knows how many left-handed
people there are in the world until one
sees baseball game. In these days more
than half the men composing each club
throw left-handed, bat left handed or do
some other old thing different from right.
Nobody seems to have made any remarks
about Chicago being an easy team for a lert-
handler Yet Hill let the colts ont with two
hits, KlobedaDZ made monkeys OF them,
Killen often beats them, and other left
handlers give them all the trouble in the
world.
Joe Sullivan tickled the Philadelphia
croakers by his rilt-edgcd playing while
the Browns were in Quakerdom. They had
a chance to say''I told YOU SO" and they
aiditabout77 times to the minut Itisthe
Brows' ill-lGck to have either Turner or
Sullivan out Of the game ali the time.
An amusing incident occurred in the
second game, third inning, "a Baltimore
yesterday, when Robbie, in attempting to
throw to third base, hit Dahlen, vino was at
bat, op the back Of the head and the bah
c1romed Off toward the bleachers. Everett
had run to third, and was accordingly ac-
created with Il stolen base.
ArIe Latham is the whole life Of the Co
lumbus team. 1t is too bad that he cannot
be with team that is up n the race and
give him little encouragement to coach.
Although he has loft the National League, he
has lost none of his bright talk. and there
is no one in the business who can initiate
him. There is only one Arlie Latham
Evening Wisconsin
johnson has not been sold TO the Louisville
management yet, and is still under contract
to the Augusta team, He was given one
days leave of absence to play with Louis
vile at Boston, but as yet no deal has been
made for his transfer. Augusta deserves TO
get good, round sum for this sterling
young player, and we hope that she will
Bangor COMMERCIAL.
The red-haired Mr.. DoDahue seems to
have invaded the realms OF thein-and-outess
and learned much. He beat Baltirnoreand
Philadelphia and su.,cumbed to Boston ami
New York and got stung for 20 hits from
New York and got stung for 20 hits
by the missionaries from Bean Town. This
record would cause q baseball handicappar
to tear his hail in dclbt and uncertainty
st. Louis Republic.
The Bangors will play here Friday. Go
up and see Biddy Sharrott and Kittie . 'Brien
do their graceful skirt dance. The
only difference in the playing quality of the
New England League and the National is
team work. There are dozens of youngsters
in the New England League that can outbat,
outfield and outrun some of the biz, fellows.
All that is lacking is little experience
New Bedford journal.
Dick Cooley had hard lines TO HOB with the
Quaker press and public when he first
joined the Philadelphia club. betause the
entire town was upset by the trdde which
snatched Turner and Sullivan a way from
the Phillies. Dick has since overtom mnst
of the prejudice against him by good base
running and timely hitting. In Tuesdays
game two-bagger and a homer were his
portion. Cooley has jumped from the fifty
seventh place among League hitters to
thirty-ninth since Won der Afe traded him
Boston Globe Arson is as Car above the
common run OF baIlpiayers as Bunker Hill
monument is above South Boston Flats.
Catching is no easy work Tor men who have
made the position study, aud the big Chi
cagoan had no time tp write poetry between
drinks. He was a picture OF determination,
with teeth tightly ciosed "A MI n l,,oL fr, hfs