The evening times., 1896-07-27
BETWEEN THE BASES.

And Boston, too, in on the slide. Next!
Brouthers is hitting the ball hard for the
Springfield Club.
Mertes HAS stolen fourteen bases in
twenty two games.
Washington lost its first game OF the
season TO Louisville on Saturday.
McAieer of the Clevelands has made but
two errors at center field this season.
Philadelphia has been shut out but twice
this season, Cincinnati and Cleveland doing
the trick.
New York will release Pitcher Campbell,
as Manager Irwin thinks he is TOO light for
League company.
There are rumors that Bill Joyce will lie
deposed, rs captain and manager OF the
Senators p hiladelphia Press.
Even with big handicap against them
the Athletic and Lancaster Clubs are max
ing things lively in the Atlantic League.
Cincinnati continues to draw farther and
farther away. Not one of the teams ap-
pears able to head off the Porkopolitans.
Hanlon declares there is less rowds play
this year than ever. The umpires, he thinks,
are better. Tie remedy is in their hands.
Pitcher vickery was presented with n
handsome gold watch by some Philadelphia
admirers wien he came to bat on Saturday.
Crooks is playing better ball for Louisville
than O'Brien is for Washington. Itlooks az
| though Louisville got by far the best of that
Philadelphia Ledger.
In the present losing streak of the Phillies
some one had to be made the scapegoat.
So Billy Nash was selected. There were
others more to blamc.-Boston Herald.
ThePhillies havcnot yet won a game from
Baltimore Louisville has lost every game
SO far played to Cincinnati, Cleveland and
Pittsburg. New York has yet to win from
Boston and ST. Louis from Cincinnati and
Pittsburg.
II O'Brien had any doubt as to his
standing in Louisville he must be salts
fled now, for yesterday the crowd took
every opportunity to show him that he
was in disfavor. He was hooted throngh-
out, and called knocker.-Louisville Times.
He must improve greatly to become any
thing like {avorite in this city.
This is how Senators are robbed of hits.
The Louisville Times says: The official
scorer gave Nicklin an error, which is an
error on the part OF the scorer. DeMon-
treville knocked a hot grounder to the little
shortstop, who ran for it and fielded it
nicely. Cassidy caught the ball at first,
but DeMontreviile beat it out. DeMontre-
vile should have been credited with a hit.
Yesterdays game was not only slow
and tiresome, but it was a jabbering
match. At times the scene on the field
was disgusting. The players surrounded
the umpire, talking at him, and he talking
back at them. 1t reminded one of the poll
parrot cage in Lincoln Park, Chicago The
| biggest parrot always sits in the center of
the cage, while the others hop all around
| and Jabber, jabbcr, pulling now and then
at the big polly, until finally, exasperated,
she chases them away-Lousville Times.
A game Of ball pla yed Saturday at Cliff
ton, a village three miles south of Paterson,
N. j., between the Clifton and Little Falls
baseball clubs, almost resulted in fatal free
fight. In the seventh inning Harry COIL
nelly, pitcher for the Little Falls club, pro-
tested decision by Umpire Oliver Mahoney.
The latter called Connolly name which
reflected upon the color Of his hair and the
chastity of his mother at the same time.
At the close of the game Connolly picked up