The morning times., 1896-06-14
agree that every one Of them is playing
remnant BALL

agree tDat every one OF them is playing
pennant ball.
The Senators have five postponed game-
to play off counting the tie with Cleve-
land. Rain prevented the last game at
Louisville on the Western trip and pre-
vented one each with Cincinnati. Chicago.
and St Louis at National Park. These
games cannot be played until next fall
and not then unless the open dates OF the
ever, the difficulty can be obviated by
playing two games in one afternoon.
tits League baseball law that two games
in one afternoon for a single admission
poned games during the first series they
meet on their respective grounds. But
they can give a double header" on the
second series of the schedule.
Capt. Joyce is leading the other Senators
In the popular player voting contest for
Mr.. SlraSberger's bicycle, by such big
majority that his erstwhile competitors
have about abandoned the race. selhach
says he wili be perfectly content to lose
the prize II he will only be allowed an
opportunity to see "Scrappy'' mount the
silent steed for the first time. Talk
plays says AL, why. they won't he a
marker to the trouble Bill will have, with
the two wheeler. l can see the thing buck
vote, including the coupons deposited after
Fridays game, returned the folio wing
standing; Joyce; ,312: Mercer, S71: Nc
Guire. $50; selhach. ?25: Abbey. 643;
vile, 4 IA; Brown, 1876; Gro oks, 393;
McCaully. 32I Rogers, ESQ; Lush, 259:
BOYD, 24a; Ring, 24l; McJames, gel, and
''Basena.l fans are extremely tickle" says
]. Earl Wagner. THE player who is a
raging fayorite in their eyes one day may
become dub the next And, tocome closer,
man may make disastrous errors at the
start or game and get terribly roasted
therefor and then win applause toward the
close when he wins the contest by a hit
nF "a n nt fINf. .nI fi<.Iflf
case in mind. Several years ago when I
had a club in Philadelphia we were play
the st. Louis Browns one day and George
drop at his feet As a consequence, two
runs scored. It was u close struggle and
the crowd were frenzied at Wood. They
hurled rocks and everything else they could
get their hands on at him and piled him
with all the bud words known to profanity
and bilingsgatc. Yet, in the ninth
inning, with two men on bases and two
runs needed to tie, when Woody knocked
the cover off the ball for a home run the
crowd swarmed over the diamond and car
ried him to the dressing room on their
shoulders A counterpart of such incon-
sistcncy yhappensaImoste everyd v and shows
how prone patrons are to he Influenced by
the, the ups and downs of the players on the
Of"Silver' King second time on earth"
o. p. Cayior wrote as follows in his last
syndicate letter lone OF the baseball sur
priscs of the season is the pparcntl y success
ful rcappearaDce Of .'silver" King upon the
National League diamond. without any
warning the Washin gton Club sent him in
against the Pttsburg team. and be n OF only
won his game. but held the latter Down to
six hits. OF course all this caused great
deal OF gossip wherever baseball is a subject
OF interest. Some years ago King was a
star among pitchers, especially when he was
member OF the st. Louis Browns. Hismost
successful delivery was what is known rs
the cross fire. first used effectively, be-
lieve, by RadbourDe. and at present the
prominent stock In trade OF Carsey of the
the extreme end of the pitchers plate,
stepping away still farther from the direct
line toward the batsinan and sending the
ball across the home base at an angle
which, although small, Is very bothersOme
to the man with the bat. King had great
success with "the cross fire." and about
the time of the Brotherhood revolt he was
one of the most noted pitchers in the land
1t was his desertion OF the St. Louis club
which induced Won der Abe In 1891 to
have Mark Baldwin arrested on n charge
of conspiracy, out of which act afterward
grew the latter S noted action for civil dam
ages. When the pitchers box was set back
five feet, King was one of the men who
were put out OF the business thereby.
The added distance to the plate appeared
to be an insurnountab ble handicap to him,
and he soon fell out of first-claSs com
paDy. Instead of retreatingt minor lea que
company. however, King merely went
into retirement. believe he did not FITCH
game since since 1898 until he made what
the profession call "his second appearance
on earth" the day before May 30.