The morning times., 1896-09-14

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| this morning at 11:3O O'Clock. .
| Sh"rtstop Doian continues to play Il great
| fielding game for the COlOnels
| Hulen, Delehanty, Grady and Cross each
made three hits in Saturdays game.
Mercer and Farrell will probably form
the Senatorial battery this afternoon.
I Baltimore fans are offering 3 to . that
| Jennings wins the batting championship.
| About one half the pitchers violate tn,
rules by taking their iCot Off the rubber
too soon.
Lajoie's name is pronounced as if il was
! spelled Lah-Sb,C-.e, with tie accent ON
| the first syllable.
Ed Hanlon made a wager some time ago
| that the Balt!murcs would win with Il
| percentage of $50 or better.
| sam Thompson has muffed but four flies
| this season. and two Of them he dropped
| in the last Cleveland series
Pittsburg wants Catcher Clements, but
the Phllics wisely refuse to consider any
proposition looking to his release.
Washington appears to have made a find
in Horace Smith, the Atlantic City third
taseman. Philadelphia Record.
MCGann, the Bostons' second tasem1n,
made three errors yesterday, which Were
practically responsible for Eosion's defeat.
This will make the ninth consecutive
year in which the National League cham
pionship has been won hy an Eastern club
Tim Hurst will umpire the series between
the Senators and Fout.ites. Tim VIII
have to look to his laurels since Tom l. yncf,
has been ID town.
None of the Washington pitchers faced
Taylor Saturday. Every time the pitchers
turn at bat came some other player was
sent up in his place.
Mash says. Every player in tie league
should respect Tom Lynch. He is the fair
est umpire in the business, aEd is master
of the field AT all times
Johnny Ward says. considered purely
frcm the standpoint Of relative innate
strength, ! think the Cleveland team to-
day Is the strongest in the league
Manager Selee OF Boston has arranged
series OF five games with tie Providence
Club the Eastern League pennant winners,
for the championship of New England.
In case Cleveland comes in on the Temple
cup series. every player under contract, in
Guiding McDermott, who has not pitched
Il game, comes in for sha re Of the spells.
dumping Mcmahon is almost sure 10
Dail Lee FiaQ's old rank OF distinction
the last man on the league list of hitters.
His average footed up .OS5 at the recent
accounting.
1t will be a royal battle bet ween the
Trolley Dodgers and Senators for ninth
place The series commencing this after
noon viii more than likely settle the
question bet ween them.
At the close of the National League sea
son. Manager SeIee, of Boston and Marston
OF Fall River will get two teams and tour
New England. Lajoie and Geier will be
I'D the party.
Baltimore has ciuched the pennant. The
only incentive for the BRIDES to win from
now until the close Of the season is to
increase their percentage as a club and as
individual pla yers. ----
In answer to an inquiry, it is stated here
that a player who is sent TO bat in an
other mans place need not play his posi-
tion in the field Another player may be
subs tituted. In fact, there is TO limit to
the number Of changes as long as he sub
stitutes are In uniform. Rule p covers
the question.
Manager Coniskey hastried a new pitcher.
His Damc is Isabel and he halls from Nir-
eiDia. 1t is dollars 10 dimes that the young
fellow won't last Think OF tie bleachers
toying with the name "Islbell,' Bell"
Bella Isabella" Daisy Queen of
spain," and so on ad finitum. On. no, that
youDgster can't stand the storm
When the Toronto baseba players went
to their dressing rooms after a game the
other day at Toronto they found some thief
had gone through their clothes. Harry
TRULY, the second baseman, lost ring
valued at ST 90 and some cash. The others
lost everything they had i'll their pockets
at the time, the loss aggrcgating about
$3.50.
Arthur Irwin thinks that no League club
should be permitted to carry over fifteen
ment in the wools s--New York sun. 1t
was essentially necessary for Washing
ton TO have sixteen men in the game Satur-
day-fifteen in the field and A Maui and
his salary arm on the coaching lines.
Nay nay, Artie, fifteen is not a sufficient
quantity.
$50 far as looking after the smallers
details of his position is concerned" says
Uncle Nick Young, ''Emsle is the best
man on the staff He comes here before
the season opens, gives me a list of twelve
hotels at which he will stop during the
season, receives his Instructions and is
off, and from that time until the close of
the season it is not necessary for NE TO
see him again"
Prices are going up in Harlem; al least,
home runs month ago didn't fetch 70
cents bunch at the Polo Ground: but yes
terday Jake" Beckley got $40 for one.
which tied the score in the ninth inning,
\ gold bug or free silver ce rtificatite in
the grand stand leaned over the guard rail
and handed an TX" to ''Yakey" as the
latter came to the bench after saving the
game. %. P. Caylori In New York Herald.
Anerror of the types in Saturdays Morn
ing Times caused the statement that
pitcher Wheeler Of the Bangor, Me-, club
has been signed by Washington" The
word mot was omitted between has"
and "been." Mr.. Wagner says with his
present staff of twirlers, seven in num-
ber. In good form and free from injury, he
could not expect to improve on 1t, nor
would he need additional strength in that
position.
Harvey Smith spends his evenings at
study preparatory to re-entering college
on the 26th inst. "Doc."says he will play
ball for a couple of years and then retire
and practice his profession at his home
in Harrisburg, Pa. AS Harvey is only
twenty-fOur years of age and bids fair to
shine as star OF the first magnitude on
the diamond. lie will probably find base
bali too fascin atiDg aud lucra tive to
abandon the game to follow Esculapius
and practice materia mediea for several
seasons to come.
A peculiar play developed in the fourth
inning of yesterdays game. The ColunI
bus team as at the bat a. nd with twomen
out Butler was caught off between third
and home in an attempt to score from
second on Cantilkon's single to left
Campau fielded the ball In to Barnett, and
he shut off Butler atthe plate, getting him
between the bases. He was finally run
down and tagged out, but In the meantime
Cantillion had made the circuit and crossed
the plate, but Of course the score did not
count, as he could not legally pass the
base runner In front OF him-Kansas City