The evening times., 1896-08-03

l7l1gutning. Inc 'dfn OF lr1ucscent flashes
ofllghtning" is good.
When Joyce was informed that he had
been transferred to another club he anx-
iously inquired: what club?" ITO New
York. WAS the reply. New York, ehi'
cried '.scrappy.,' Make out my check,
and YOU can't be too quick aboutit."-New
Il York Herald.
1 or what use Is it for players to Kick on
umpires decisions? Was ever anything
gained by abusing the umpire? or course,
;nere are few weak umpires who can be
intlmidated by men OF the Tcbeau stripe
but with the general ron OF umpires kick
ing is more harmful than beneficial.
Catcher Dexter thought he had thrown
Cross out at second yesterday, and when
Belts declared him safe he knelt down at the
plate and prayed In holy horror His sup
plant attitude cost him $40. Belts must
be heather, as well as bad umpire
st. Louis Post Dispatch.
The Cleveland aggregation may be hollow
| headed hoodlums and all that sort OF thing,
according to the percentage of humidity
IN the air when one happens To think of
thems but their recent record OF winning
four shut-outs in one week stands all by its
lonesome, nevertheless.
| When Lange made his great home run at
Chicago the other day a '.iegit' in section
e arose, folded his arms and said: Even
! SO did once the tickle throng applaud me
rendering of Othello! Thus did the public
pleasure manifest itself when first gave
me version of Ricnard.' And they threw
| peanut busks on him.
Griffith, of the Chicago team, thinks 1t is
| cowardiy and unsportsmanlike in pitcher
to give heavy batter his base on balls so as
to bring a weaker man to bat. .The pitcher
who is afraid of any batter ought to quit the
business, he says; .if he doesn't, it will not
be long before he is proved coward, and
! will have TO quit. He should be game enough
toilet any batter hit the ball if he can: he
should depend on his own ability" Posi-
| bly, he would be more effective II he enter
tained different views
Manager Tebeau says he has really little
fear of the long Eastern trip that is gen.
orally regarded with SO much terror. Last
year, he says, I'VE went into the East and
| fought our battles alone The rest of the
west fell down, hut we managed to do
pretty well at that. This time we will
have Some help TheWcstern C hsps have
| shown their ability to hold their own, and
| they will keep pulling away at the strong
Eastern teams. II Cincinnati can only
| stand the strain Ohio will see the Temple
| cup games.'
There are two cases OF the unexpected
happeDingin the major League this season."
says j. Earl Wagner. '0ne is the fine con.
iinuous performance OF Buck Ewing's
Reds, and the other is even a greater sur
PRISE. i mean the miserable showing OF
the BrooklyDs. That Brooklyn aggregation
fooled me. / predicted that they would
rDish well up in the first division -
Cleveland Plain Dealer. grateful pub.
| lis wonders what Mr.. Wagncr's idea is as
TO where the Senators will stand under
Manager Schmelz's management
| The managers seem TO differ ON the kick.
| ing question. Here are the opinions of
some of the League managers: There is
more kicking this year than last "-Anson.
Il don't think there is as much kicking
on the field as in years gone by.r-Ned
Hanlon. Il don't believe there has been
near as much kicking this year as last
| Frank Selee. Il notice that there is a
greatly diminished amount OF vulearity in
evidence in League games this yearr-Tom
4
ingthls year than before. Con Mack. I'VE
think there is decidedly too much kicking
| going on among the clubs of the League.',-
Dave Foutz.
Inc Washington Times is initiating lis
naInesake OF Philadelphia in roasting the
local club. In the days OF adversely and
frequent defeat theg cod work OF the early
season is all forgotten. Twas ALWAYS
thus. s.-Pittsburg Dispatch. The Wash
ipgton Times never fails 10 criticize the
work of the team, but it does not roast.
fhiiadelpha wants Mc(inire of the Wash.
inston Club. President Rogers wants TO
give Carsey In exchange, and an agent
Is now in Washington trying 10 fix up the
Zeal Philadelphia Exchange. Mr.. War.
ner says that he may trade any of his
players to the team's advantage. but there
is no one on the Phillies who will welsh
Mac down.
buiiding up pennant team in the Ma.
uoDal League is easy of Accomplishment on
paper. Critics and experts indulge in it
III anu out or season, but it is worthy To
notethat not one OF them, when managinga a
ciub, has ever been able to hold his job.
There are no better posted baseball Jour
balists than o. p. Caylor, Horace Fopel
and Harry Diddlebock, but none OF these gen.
tieInen scored success as manager They
write entertainingly about the game, point
out the merits and dement's OF the play
ers, discuss the points of play and are in.
valuable 10 the newspapers which are for
tunatein securing their services. The base.
ball managers are the men who are or have
been experienced players, such as Hanlon.
ADSOn Ewing and Teheau 40 Sarc tho
Sporting News.
"The recent poor showing of the Cleye-
land club is due in no sma II measure to the
Tebeau case and the sensational articles
in the newspapers that followed in the wake
OF Tebeau's arrest In Louisville" saws
Manager Arthur Irwin. .'Tebeau makes
the bluff that he doesn't care what the
newspapers say about him, but he is no
different from other ball players, and they
are all sensitive to newspaper crticism.
Burkett, McAlcer and O'Connor were at.
tackled by the newspapers as yehemently as
Tebeau. The baseball rooters took up
these attacks, and guyed the Spiders from
bleachers and grand stand. Tebeau is a
thirty third degree Josher him self, but
he can't stand the roasts that the public
give him during the game. The fact is
apparent that the Spiders have not played
their game since the trouble with the Iouis.
vile club"
Did you ever hear of a captain filming
his manager? That's what 1 did ;, saws
scrappy Bill Joyce. "It happened in Gal.
weston, Tex, in 1888. 1 was capta;n of |
the Houston team that year, and we went
10 1aiveston to play an important series