The morning times., 1896-07-16

reach on this trip they will be iD splendid
shape for the finish. With McGraw back
In tine game aud other men in good condition
and the steady, encouraging heip OF Han
Ion on the bench, they are sure 10 make
a grand erfort.-Johu n. Ward in tie New
York Journal.
Washington needs pitchers. So does
Philadelphia and eight other clubs IN the
League. Cleveland ana Baltimore are the
only clubs fully fortified in this a II lmpor-
tant department.
Johnny Handiboe played his first game.
for Petersburg Tuesday afternoon against
the Lynchbutgs. ne covered third base,
made Il neat single and had three put outs-
and no errOrs. petersburg won the game.
Truby's stay with Pittsburg was short.
He has been succeeded by DICK fauden,
an Eastern Lacquer, whom Mercer highly
recommended to Mr. Wagner as second
baseman when the Washington magnate
was casting around for successor for
Crooks. Iruby has been fariEed out 10
Albany of the Atlantic League.
BY way Of according honor to whom
honor is Gue the Hostcn Herald says: ne
Cincinnati club richly deserves the honor
it has attained In reaching the top round
OF the League ladder. Beginning the season
as a candidate for the second division, IN
the eyes of large part or the tasebali
world, it has made game fight under the
lead OF one OF the greatest generals on the
ball field, and for time, at least, mas
reached the height of his ambition. III tos-
ton cannot win the pennant andof thls there
Il
"a great many people down this way would
like to see the hardy crew from Cincinnati
carry off the prize
'.Bieacher Eill," a mythical rooter, who
is often exploited by the ST. Louis Star in
It's base5ail columns, reports an interview
with President Nick Young, or this city,
on the much discussed TeteJu case III
the following Interesting and picturesque
language. According to .Bleacher Bilfs''
version of the interview Mr.. Young taiked
this way: ''As fer Frank DeHashen Robi-
son, If lie wants 10 git ludlcrous, dat's his
funeral He can exposed de decoInPoseu
interior department OIL Ge Nayshunal League
il he's Il mind to, but leme give youse dis
tip: Dere will be d pair Of paJames hangIn'
on de line wit Roblsons monogram on de
waistbdnd afore de expUsay plays weeks
stand, an don't yUuse furglt II. Tebeau
coughs up two hundred simo!eons inside de
ten-day limit, or he goes over de fence, an
Robis on's hat conversation ain I deuce
high wit dem as have de Interests oil de
Nayshunal League at heart. Wien dc day
comes dat Tebcau runs de Whoie push,
why we chews a tCttie lauddnuIn an quits
de damon in a hearse, see? Say, Bill, l
don'twant tuput de hooks into Our rrien snip,
but you'u have to excuse me now, says
Nick, drawin' In long breat an hahih
u play fer to give me de gentle shoulder
pat, fer to tell yUuse de trootr IN purity
busy loUkin' up a new artnor plate device
fer de preservation of empires Seem DAT
de Presidents frontisplece wears itoS
of worry tree foot tick, ! pinches his
list fer a minute an chases myself"
John T. Brush is defending Tebeau and
the Cievelands.. To Cincinnati reporter
Mr.. Brush said: u do not know whether
Tebeau deserved to be fined or not. That
is not the question. What 1 object to
Is the manner i'll which the Ilne was as
sessed. There is no doubt but what the
president or the League has perIct right
10 assess a fine OF 500 for ungentlernaniy
conduct after he has heard both sides OF
the case. The constitution makes such
a proyision The constitution also pro-
win. fhnf Sides
II you will look at the rules you will lind
that Capt. Tebeau should have had seven
days notice that his case was TO come up
for hearing before this meeting. As 1
understand 1T neither he nor any or the
Cleveland club people were notified that
he was to be tried before the board of di-
ex parte evidence. Tebeau should have
had chance to tell his story. 1t is un-
Just and contrary to law and the rules to
condemn anybody without hearing. The
Cleveland people claim thatthe v had story
to tell that would put an entirely different
light on the matter. l know nothing
ABOUT the merits or the case, but do know
that he should have been given chance
10 appear before that meeting and defend
himself. What If l Were to receive
notice from the board of directors that
Ewing had been fined 5000. Do you
think I would feel like letting him pay it
without first finding out what the line
was for? In this country you can't con-
denim q man without a trlal. This, l
think the board OF eo drectors s aid mt IN the 3 Ie,
the court to see if it is Just fine. He
didn' get IA trial before the board Ofdirectors
and presume he is going to have 1t tried
In court"
OF Ed DeIehanty's great batting feat
in Chicago last Monday. the Chronicle
says: His name is Delehanty and he
lives in Philadelphia. At the beginning
Of game between tne 3nasers
and hustling member OF the former team.
At the close of the contest he had been
crowned king OF the bat,' and his name
will be on the tongue of every baseball
crank throughout the length and breadth
of the land. During the course of nine
innings this sturdy young man accom-
plished a feat the like of which was never
seen on the Chicago League grounds and
is, perhaps. unequaled in the history of
the game. Siuggers have come and gone.
The resoundinS plunk of home runs. triples,
doubles and singles has resounded above
the roar OF excited spectators, but never
before has one representative of the ma
tional game knocked out four home runs
and a single in one game and five times at
bat. This is the record established by
Delehanty yesterday afternoon. and it IS
unprecedented in League annals. Incl
dentaliy Chicago won the game in spite
of Delehanty's tremendous hitting. but the
victory paled into insignificance as COM
pared with the magnificent stick work OF
Phladelphia's first baseman. This is by
far the hardest hitting ever known on the
League grounds. Ten years ago Hardie
Richardson, one of the "big FOUR of
the Detroit club, made three home runs and
q triple in o game with the local club.
and this stood as the League record until
yesterday. Delebanty has long been rccog.
nized as one of the hardest and most
reliable hitters in the country. Last year
be was second only To Burkett, and this
year is among the first half a dozen
batters of the League. He is tall, we'll
built young fellow, and has been playing
baseball professionally for the last eight
years, his early training having bccn-with
amateur teams in Cleveland, his native
city. He then went into one 0fJhe minor
noo "a nv a 1rlnr q