The evening times., 1896-07-30
BETwEEN THE BASES.

Cincinnati
The Culonels have lost twenty-five games
by one run this season.
Jack o'Connor, OF the Spiders, still is
nursing two split fiugers.
The Spiders are discouraged over the
absence of McAleer and 0'Connor.
| Grady lis one of the most aggressive
catchers in the League. He kicks for every
point. f1H
For the first time this season Corcoran,
| Of the Brooklyns, was out OF the game yes
terday.
Ki,len is the southpaw of the year. lie
| has lost but few games for the Pirates this
season. No.
Smith and Hoy, of Cincinnati, and Long,
OF Boston, are the latest players to cross
the century" mark in base hits.
outfieider Holmes, of the Colonels, is
still crippled with a weak knee, and he
will not be in shape to play bis regular
game this season
The chances are good that the New York
! club will very shortly add heavy hitting
/ left fielder to its team. Negotiations are
| quietly in progress.
I Cleveland had better let Tebeau go apS
| retained Ewing, for the latter is certainly
| showing himself TO be the better manager
captain of the two.
Norton, the Senator's new twirler is
newspaper man and made quite reputa-
| ton as bright reporter in the South last
winter. he aspires to Journalism.
| President Freedman, of the New York
| Club, emphatcally denies the rumor that
| lie has had enough of baseball. and that he
| proposes TO retire at the end of the season.
DelahaDty is still far from being good
| first basemap, but with a little more ex-
best guardians of the initial bag in the
| business.
The Phillies certainly have q jewel in
Mertes, He looks and handles himself just
| like Tom Mccarthy, and will be as good
a player as the latter with little more
experience.
The Phillies now have three coed base
runners In Mertes, Cooley and Hulen.
Mertcs worries the opposing battery and
iDfieiders after he gets on base almost as
much as Hamilton used to do.
Cleveland papers are beginning to whine.
Here is a wall from one of them: with
luck aud umpires always on the side Of
the Baltimores it will be mighty hard
for Cleveland to win the pennant"
Pete Browning, the tow-headed gladiator
recently released by Tom Lotus, is back to
his old stamping ground in Louisville
Pete sports diamonds. He has COM
Portable bank account, and his family is
quite wealthy.
Nike Griffin ana Dave Foutz are still at
swords points, and this disturbing ele-
meDt may account for the poor showing
of the Brooklyn team The sooner that
Mike and Dave patch up a truce the better
will it be for the Bridegrooms.
Now If Manager Irwin can pick up 60 sl
shos,stop lie. will have a splendid nfield.
tx-itl IA n r .inlc
Davis atthird In the exchange OF Beckley
for Harry Davis. New York certainly gothic
best of the deal with Pittsburg.
The changes thus far made in the Phlla-
delpha team have been in the rlehtdirection
and vastly strengthened ii. Cooley is GER
taiDly a more valuable man to the team
than Brouthers, while Mertes is worth two
SullivaDs, especially since the latter was
notinclined to play here.
The Cincinnatis have won nineteen of
their last twenty-five games. OF the seven
clubs. Boston, Philadelphia. New York,
Washington, Brooklyn, Balti i'm ore, and
Cleveland. Baltimore and Cleveland were
the only ones to win game from them
Their lead is getting dangerously near TO
winning one.
1t was announced yesterday that the
Newark Baseball Club will not play -he
Hartford team at Hartford today unless
the suspension placed ou Pitcher Joseph
Frye is removed. Manager Burns says
that Frye's removal is trick OF Man.
ager Barnie, OF Hartford, to hamper New.
ark in it's lead in the Atlantic League
race.
Delahanty felt so confident early in the
spring that the PMlies would come in
first or second this year that he began
building operations on q new residease
In Cleveland, expecting, OF course, to pull
in goodly sum as his share OF .he
Temple Cup series. Any wonder Della
hanty is not only disappointed but dis
gusted? OF course, work on the 1ew
residence will go on, but Delahanty's plans
have been somewhat spoiled, and The
money he was counting on in the Templs
Cup series will now go to some other
and perhaps less deserving player.
Al Maui goes through couple of hours
practice work, twice a day at the park
and will attempt to pitch upon the return
of the club. 81 can't tell about my arm
until try it in a game,' said ''Smiling
Ar' to The Times man yesterday after
noon. II hope for the best, however, and
you can't get my consent to believe that
my wing is dead. 1t seems strong and
can feel il improve every day. Time will
telL''
number of Improvements have been
made at National Park in the absence
Of the club. The grand stand chairs have
been repainted a pretty red color and the
raiiings, boxes and posts have been given
a coat of drab. The effect is bright and
pleasing to the eye. An Improvement that
will be appreciated especially by the ladies
is new aisle running down through the
stand from the main entrance. The en-
trance has also been widened. The stand
is now one of the prettiest a nd most con-
venienuy arranged in the League.
Charley tSilver) King is In the city, hay.
ing stopped off when the club passed
through to Brooklyn Monday afternoon.
Siiver's arm is rapidly recovering from
Che hard crack it got from a batted ball
in Cleveland, and he expects to take his
regular turn in the box in few days.
He practices daily at the park with Maui
and Abbey. Talking of the Western trip,
Silver said the falidown OF the club was
as puzzling TO the players as it was to
the public. 1T seemed as IL everything
was against us-especiaily luck, injuries
to the men and the umpires. No matter
how bright our chances would be to win
something would turn up against us and
beat us out. Wesworked harder than we
ever did In our lives and every man was
eager and anxious to win. The weather
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