The evening times., 1896-07-25

Wilmington has released First Baseman
BerrybiIl.
The Newark Club has released Pitcher
Whitehili.
Dan Brouthers is playing first base for
Springfield.
Bannon, late of the Metropolitans, has
signed with the Syracuse.
Jack o'Connor, of the Cleyelands, is nurs-
ing several badly split fingers.
OF the five games lose by Baltimore on
the present trip four were shut-outs.
Boston is said to be desirous Of selling
or exchanging Happy Jack" stivetts.
Billy Barnie is sa id to have cleared Sc, 900
so far this season with his Hartford Club.
Pitcher McGiil, who was released to st.
Paul by the Philies, Is laid up with broken
hand.
Holmes will probably return to his old po-
sition, the pitchers box, and may II Z1 his
regular turn.
A brother of Walter Brodie of the Orioles
is doing some fine pitching for the Youngs-
town, Ohio, Club.
O'Brien is getting to be quite disor-
derly character. Yesterday he threw his
bat at the umpire,-Philadelphi Times.
The Louisville Club has recalled Out
fielder Mcfarland from Quincy, and he
will be played regularly in center. ''Ducky"
Eddie Burke is playing wonderful ball
for Cincinnati. Experts say he is eclipsing
his splendid work with the New Yorks IN
1894.
Jack Crooks is playing fine second for
Louisville. The Colonels got none the worst
of that trade with Washington.-Chicago
News.
When Pitcher Rhines recovers the use Of
his injured hand Cincinnati cranks expect
to see Ewing s men come pretty close TO the
peunant.
gentleman who was with Rusie recently
| in better shape than ever. He weighs 201
pounds and is as hard as nails.
Louisville's new shortstop, Nicklin, seems
player of the DeMontreville style-plenty
| of errors. He has shown himself, SO far,
| very poor batter.-Chicago News.
Billy Haiman is going on the road
with Mark Murphy in "o'Doud's Neigh
bors.'' He will double up" and the
team will be Hallman and Needham.
Manager Hanlon of the Baltimores an
nounees that it is his intention to con.
tinue playing Reitz at second base. Quinn
| will be retained for emergency duty.
Charley Frank and John Healy have been
released by Minneapolis. Joe Strauss, OF
the same team, has been sold to Columbus.
MeHale, a St. Louis fielder, has been signed
The New York club has received its
share of the receipts at Cincinnati, which
were attached by Corny Flynn. The lat
ter's suit against the club will be decided
| today.
When Cllngman and Griffin were put
! out of the game at Louisville on Wednes-
day it was the first time this season that
the captains of both teams have been SO
disciplined.
George Davis may be out of the game
some time. He was suffering consider
able pain when The New Workers started
for Pittsburg. There We're two sore spots
on his right wrist and hip
There is said TO be phenomenal pitcher
| at Washington, Ind, the name e of Kniffer.
In game last Tuesday he struck out
| eighteen Evansville players, and held his
| opponents down to seven hits.
Jimmy Ryan was quite lame, aud was
running Iaboriously to first base. What's
| the matter with him?" asked n fair cyclist
| of her escort, also wlieelnian. Don't
know" he replied, but it looks as # lie
| had flat tire" ."-Cincinnati Post.
An old gray horse wandered on the field
in the seventh inning at Chicago the other
day. and a crank on the bleachers shouted,
Papa put that Colt on firstl" Whereat
there was much ribald laughter and Anson
| flushed deeper red than usual.
A New York critic asks: why doesn't
somebody suggest to Mr Freedman that
lie pick out the best player in each league
club and offer 81 900 900 apiece for them,
mortgage his home to strengthen the team
or something equally reasonable?"
Catcher Earle is travelling around the
League circuit. He was turned adrift by
Baltimore eThursdayan yesterday he signed
| with Boston. This is the seventh club
of the twelve in whose service he has at
Some time or other worn uniform.
"There are said to be half dozen syndi-
Gates in the field prepared to buy out the
present holder of the New York franchise
and givea winning team to the metropolis -
The syDdicates would find it much easier
to buy the franchise than to get winning
team.
Pittsburg special says: The members
of the New York team were discussing a
story about the management of the Phiia-
delphia team. A clerk at the Mononga-
hela House told them that before Nash left
this city he said that he had played his last
game for the Philadelphia club.
The Cincinnati Enquirer, in commenting
upon the recent slump OF Wagner's men,
says that there has been threatened
shake up in the Senatorial ranks, but that
it would be great mistake TO depose Joyce,
as credit is still due him for the showing
already made by Washington this season.
Capt. Joyce and his Senators will be here
tomorrow to begin series of three games.
o'Brien, the ex-Coionel, will be with the
visitors. and the home people will have q
good chance to compare his work with
Crooks. The impression prevails now that
Louisville got 200 per cent the best of it
in the deal with Washington Louisville
| Times.
There seems to be no disposition on the
part or the owners of the Boston Club to
| strengthen the team. From being one of
the greatest ball teams ever organized, Bos-
ton is now looked on as easy. The Boston
team is growing weaker yearly in the es-
! sential properties OF a pennant- winner;
that is, batting, fielding, base running,