The evening times., 1896-07-18


farm supply. Success counts"
The baseball writer on one OF the Phila-
ldelphia prints carries an illustrated head
line at the top OF his column. in which
man with Il hammer is the central
figure. Like Others who are accused of
being "knockers,' his only crime is in
giving TO the world an occasional truth
concerning the management of the club.
Tic Hon. Oliver Tcbeau's latest utter
ance: Il think Cleveland will win the tro-
piy this year, and that the fight lies be-
tween Baltimore and us, with chances in
our favor. CinCinnati's burst of speed is
only temporary, think, AMI the Reds will
soon drop back to their proper plane. Pitts
burg? Mack will be lucky il lie finishes as
gcod as seventh"
After all, the league has developed few
young pitchers who promise well. Wash
ington has Jimmy McJames, Cleveland has
| two in Wilson and Wallace; Baltimore has
| one in Pond; New York has one in Doheny;
Pittsburg has one in Hughey; Chicago has
TWO in Friend and Parker; Louisville has
two in Hill and McCreary, and Bust on has
another in Sullivan.
Says the Cleveland World: A proni-
nent local attorney said "Wednesday that
the League cannot, under any Circum-
stances, throw out any games won by
Cleveland. "Ir Tebeau does happen IL.
lose his suit, he will he Obliged TO pay his
line, and that will legalize the Cleveland
games in the eyes OF the National Leag
so that the games cannot be thrown out.
| II, on the other hand Mr.. Tebeau wins in
| court. it is certain the League must count
| all Cleveland games.'
President Robson has taken out patent
| on lis injunction server 1t is gotten up
| in the form Of a whskercd populist, with
| foldingarms, which havea stretching capaci-
| II E,
| deputy sheriff mp near the home pla ycrs'
bench, and works it with Il keyboard.
| One key is used for in functions, another for
mandamuses, a third for writS of habeas
corpus, fourth serves writs OF assum-
sit and so on. The machine has TO be taken
| 10 court once a month TO be loaded up.
Martin Duke, n pitcher, who has been
| pla ying in minor leagues for many years,
| but has never shown good quality to last in
| the National, once lost game and changed
| Ills name Immediately after. Martins name
| when christered was Duck One day
| during Il very close game a crank in the
| game commenced to shout, 'Quack.
| Qua cE!'' ut Duck, and kept il up Til Martin
| was crazy. Finally Duck threw the ball ut
his tormentor. He didn't hit him, but three
runs cafne in and Martin changed his name
| to Duke the next morning.
81 desire TO say right here" said John
T. Brush, that IN case tie difficulty lie
tween rebeau and the League is not settled
before The Cleveland play here. the Gin
cinnati club will not protest a game in
which Tebeau takes part. The Cincinnati
| club wants TO win as many games as posi-
bic, but 1t wants to win on its IncrIts, and
willnot bolster up its standing by protests.
If we lose games To Cleveland We want
| Clevelaud To get the credit for it. and If
| W. W frnp y,.I mi nj I bc
for it,
And John I. Brush has declared himself.
He is with Robson. He could scarcely
| afford to give his old comrade the cold
shoulder i'll this his hour OF adversity-
| especially us his old cUmrade had all the
| best OF the argument. Brush may be actu-
| ated by Il simon pure love Of justice, but
| between it all there is Willingness 10 help
hold the bottle when the bittcrest dose That
| can bc stirred up Is poured down the throatS
| of the Hart-SUden Reach faction. Last
spring James Hart, of Chicago, said that he
would he the fifth member Of the board OF
arbitration, or know the reason why. As he
was instrumental in pretipitatng this Te-
beau imbroglio, he Will probably know the
reason why when il comes to a counting Of
| the ballots this fall. Cincinnati ummercial
Tribune.
81 have read about umpires having
sorry to hear that Mr.. Lynch is worried over
that little affair with Pat Tebcau," says
Tim Hurst "lf Lynch Will take my advice
lie will quit worrying and laugh it off.
Lynch is conscientious fellow, and an able
umpire, but lie takes himself and the play
ers too seriously. / have always held that
| a ball player who casts a Slur Oh an UNI
pire during a game doesn't mean TO apply
his remarks to the umpire as man. That
is, the player isn't really personal. The
moments lie quits the bail field he forgcts
| what he has said. Pat Tebcau is good
fellow off the field, and / never had any
trouble with him on the diamond, because
j know he didn't apply any personal insult
to me. An umpire shouldn't take play
| er'S remarks to heart. i never do, and |
have got along swimmingly, as rule."
In speaking OF the action of Mercer in
that Cincinnati game, the Times Star says:
Mercer is not stuck on his job with Wash
ington and would hail with delight trans
fer that would take him off the Senatorial
pay roll. Toa ayer Mercer Con
riGed after the game on Saturday in which
he made a show of himself that he had
good reason for feeling sore against other
Washington players. 1T would not be SO
bad if the blunder made by the man who
should have covered second base was the
first occurrence OF the kind" said Mercer,
but the same thing has happened to me
fifteen times to my knowledge this season,
and l am getting heartily sick of it.
There is nothing that diScourages a pitch
er so much as dumb pla ying and i have
been getting more than my share OF that
kind of support" Cincinnati pla yers whG
were Oh the bench during Saturdays game
say that Mercer did not throw the ball to
center field Intentionally, but threw 1T
firm in the belief that either o'Brien or
DeMontrevilie was Covering the bag.
YES, it is a stronger team than a great
many people imagine, and will finish well up
in the race said Capt. Billy Joyce, popu-
larly known as "Scrappy," as he sat in
the grand stand at the West Side grounds
yesterday afternoon, and enjoyed the spec
tacle of the Colts eating up the common
enemy, the Philadelphias. 1t was an Off
day in the schedule for the Washngtons,
and II ma ajority of them spent the afternoon
at the game. Joyce is an entertaining
talker on baseball, and aired his views
freely. ''AnsoD is certainly Il remarkable
man." lie continued, ais the veteran drove
the ball out for two buses, land is playing
as well as ever saw him. He did well TO
get Pfeffer back ON the team, for he and
Fred are great pair, and the team is won
derfully strengthened thereby. Do the
Chicago people really know what great
fielder they have in Jimmy Ryan? The
baseball public here ought 10 appreciate
him, for he is one of the best pa yers in the
business. The WashiDgtons have had more
than their share of tough luck, but guess
we will do well from this on. We expect
to win two out of three from the Colts.
| Yes, that is Il hard task Just now | know
very little about the Tebcau case, but from
what hear $500 was awfully cheap.
Still, Tebeau should have been given a
chance 10 present his side of the case"-
Chicago Times Herald.