The evening times., 1896-09-18
BETWEEN THE BASES.

Thompson is now captaining the Phillies.
Jerry Nops Will pitch in two of the Tem-
pie Cup gaines.
Catcher Wilson, of the New York team,
had finger badly split by foul ball yes
terday.
George Teheau and Catcher Criger we're
recalled to Cleveland from Fort Wayne
Tuesday.
Pitcher Powell of the Fort Wayne Farm
Cleveland in 1897.
Manager Selee has his eye on promising
utility infielder. He may be signed OIL Bos. .
toms present trip.
This will probably be Pitcher STEMS last
season with Brooklyn. His work this year
has been very poor.
Tommy O'Brien, Toronto's second base.
man, broke his leg 81 iding to second base in
a recent game against Buffalo.
Anson says that Pfeffer will lie found
at second base with Chicago next season.
How could he be improved upon?
The New York players are unanimously
of The opinion that the PhiIlies made a ten.
strike when they secured Lajoie.
The Detroit team leads the Western
League in the amount of fines that have
been plastered on the men this year.
Manager Hanlon has signed Pitcher
Brandt of the Portsmouth club. Hei a right
handler, and is said to be big and strong.
Taylor was hit in the groin by one OF Do
ieny's nshoots III New York yesterday, and
he dropped as though he had been shot.
Nops was pro cured by Pittsburg when ] i'm
Hughey was secured, but Manager Mack
thought Hughey the better of the two and
kept him.
willie Bill Hutchinson. who is doing
some remarkable pitching for Minneapolis,
has record of twenty-five strike-outs in his
last two games.
Pitcher Friend is very anxious TO get away
from Anson aud the Chicago cluS He says
ne hasn't friend OIL the team, as they are
all knocking" him.
1t is a common thing for two Joneses
to face each other in the box in the
Western League, but there isn't Smith
nor Brown in the League.
In case Cleveland comes in on the Temple
Cup games, every player under contract,
including McDermott. who has not pitched
a game, comes in for a share of the spoils.
Glasscock, of St. Paul, leads the Apostles
in batting with percentage of .429, George
being second with 3s2. In fielding Glass
cock is also in the lead, Hollinsworti,
second. and Burns third.
This will make the ninth consecutive year
In which the National League championship
has been won by an Eastern Club but The
West shows up well, just the same, having
four teams in the first division.
ciation. He swore to the identity of the
three defendants, Frey, Green and Hoer
mig, and tn at he saw them playing ball or
Sunday, September 8, as charged. But the
acquit.al OF the players followed in short
order, nevertheless.
Early in the year some of the Washington
critics viewed Billy Lush as slob out OF
his orbit. Now they hail him as rising
star.-Cincinnati Post. Billy has greatly in>
proved, and audiences at National Park
are always quick in observing good pl ay.
ing.
When Columbus played in st. Paul Arlie
Latham sprang several bonmots that have
not crept into print Latham has been
joshed great deal about his glass arm,
and it helped him to a. little joke in
one of the games in st. Paul. He walked
over to Giasscock and said: Jack, let's
shake hands, and II our arms drop off
! we eau 60 to the soldiers home" And