The evening times., 1896-09-21
BETWEEN THE BASES.

Sam Wise has been voted cup for
beng the most popular player OF the
| Buffalo club.
Gilman, the little second bascman. play
| ing with Grand Rapids, it S said. has been
| drafted by Baltimore.
1t has been positively decidcG that the
Louisville VIII not go South to train
next season. All preliminary work Will
| be done on tine hone grounds.
President Hart of the Chica 60 CLUB is rap
| idly becoming the most unpopular ma cnatc
| N the Notirna | League. His standin regard
70 the Temple Cup is universally condemned
The Louisville Club. after paving all
expenses, will lave a surplus of about
$4,000. II is understood that this VIII
be- applied tow ard improving the team for
next season.
Jake Bcckley was given a SO ill for
knocking ont home run I'm n recent
| game. In Louisville home runs are quoted
at $50. New York las been cheap for the
last TWO seasons.-Pittsburg Leader.
Long is playing the best ball at short
stop these days of any shortstOp IN the
country, barring none. Not only is lie
batting hard, but in the last dozen games
he has made, i'll addition 10 seventeen hits.
| seventeen put-outs, twenty c ght assists
and no errors, and some of his play Us have been
phcDorncnal-Boston Herald
AL Maui, who has done less work than
any man on the Senatorial roll has just
| been declared by vote the most popular
member of the Washington team. The
prize was a bicycle. VIII Locke remarks:
The lesson TO pitchers is: Don't pitch
Cincinnati Post a. has not yet won the
wheel. The balance uf the item is all right
Fred Clarke says that Louisville has as
good a bail team as any in the League,
and if tue people viii let them alone
next year the Cnlonels Will fight for the
pennant with Baltimore. Clarke means
all of this He says he would not trade
the present team off for BALTIMORE
Louisville Ex.-Fred probably wants n
raise in his salary.
Apparently the PhillieS are not the only
team hat gets the worst of the umpiring on
the Polo Grounds in New York Manager
Selee of the Bostons is strong in his denun-
citation OF the work Of the umpires in the
recent series in New York. Mr.. Seiee says
that Campbell and Henderson not orl y kept
the pitchers. but the other members of the
erratic work.
Joyce goes too far says IIanlon. He
is utterly unreasonable. He kicks at every
ball and every strike, and at every close
decision against him. This should be stop
ped, and 1 think the League will take SUM
mary action in the case of those men who
attempt to make the life of the umpire
weary" Coming from a manager who is
1t thehead of the worst team in the League
in this respect, this is the funniest item of
the year.
Run over the roster of League twirl-
ers and see how few of the ld-timers
have been dropped during the campaign
now drawing to a close. When New
York sent Lester German adrft he was
Immediately picked up by Washington,
and the Senators were ahead of New York
at that time. A fortnight ago Ger
man drew ten-day's notice, hut lie was
resi- gncd, and will remain a Senator.
Philadelphia took Ad Gumbert off Brook
.yn's hands. Baltimore could find no
claimant for Arthur Clarkson, and he was
released outright-the only veteran twirl-
er of note TO suffer such fate and find no
other call awaiting him. Even Brownie"
Foreman, turned down by Pittsburg. was
given trial by Cincinnati.
The Philadelphia Times is endcavoring to
point out way by which the owners of the
Quakers can have a good team next year.
1t says: "If they will first of all tuIn over
the entire charge of the team to some COM
petcnt manager it viii be a big step toward
future success. They may be good men in
their line of business or profession, but it's
and the running OF a baseball team is their
ong suit. In Mr.. Nash we firmly believe
that they have the right man, and with
him in full control We think new day will
dawn. Other magnates have found out