The evening times., 1896-05-26
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THE WHITE BUILDING.

has been sick all season and has been re-
cciving his salary. He is far ahead of the
game.
They came to mourn and sta yed to rejoice.
Such is baseball.
The efforts OF some Of tue slusgers tosac-
rifice are painful.
For every day Amos Rusie lays off and
enjoys life OF ease at Indianapolisit costs
him $13 .33. Principle comes high.
The Western clubs will start off in the
East today.
Pittsburg will probably take her custom
ary slump when on the road. The Pirates
play like blaZes on their own grounds, but
LACK stomach" as Jim Martin would re-
mark, when they get away from their own
"rooters."
The Cincinnati players come East this
year with more confidence than they ever
did 1t will soon be seen whether or not
they are cutters.
If any League club is transferred this
year it will probably be the Cleveland
club, as the patronage OF the team there
has been aud is still very poor.
Boston will now have 80 straight games
at home. Look out for them.
The Philadelphia players say they were
not presented with cases OF beer in st Louis.
a st. Louis firm wanted to presentthe men
making home runs with case of ale,
but the offer was not accepted.
Louisville deweated Hngerstown yestcr-
day by score of IL to 2.
Won der Abe is not with The St Louis
team OH its present Eastern trip. Roger
Conner has entire charge OF the men.
1t is said that Rusie pats himself on the
back every time New York loses q bail
game. Latterly he has put a pad on his
back and taken to wearing glove.
Joe sommers, who played with the Gin
cinnati and Baltimore clubs OF the Amer
lean Association, has been appointed
Western League umpire. Sommers has
recently been in the hotel business at
Covington, Ky.
1t is unusual for Il catcher to play at
any other position in the infield save at
first base. Farrell, during Stafford's abb
sence, will play short for New York, and
If he does it as well us he did yesterday
there should be no kick coming
TOPICS OF THE TURF.
Jaunita was third at st. Louis yesterday
al 20 to /, and E. Cochran up
DR.. Hughes, 1 2 to 1, ran away from
Ramiro, a / TO favorite lat ST. Louis
yesterday. Garner had the mount.
Eyanatus was a to favorite at Lake.
side track, Chicago, yesterday, and made
mis- hackers feel jubilant. Pat Malloy, jr,
at 90 to /, ran third
Rampant was first in big field at Oakley
yesterday, at 5 to 1.
Sligo was atlong odds at st. Louis yester-
day, and he ran second. This horse is an
in-and-outer, and needs watching.
The weights for the Pocantico Handicap
for three-year-nlds, to be run rs the fourth
race on Thursday, at Morris Park, one mile
a''': :; ftiri'-sr- as fo!s..vv- EEs:==iH-5s,
%; Butte, ia; Merry Prince, 113; Sher-
lock and Refugee, ITO; Formal, los; Silver
H., 10Y; Abuse, LOG: Cassette, 105; Sapelo,
1O2; Volley and Hamilton H., 100; Carib,
9S; Defender, 96; Senator Murphy and
Barytone H., 95.
| When Cleophus defeated Susun in the
memorable match race at Louisville, Mike
Dwyer, owner of the good filly, won quite
sum of money. He declared before the race
that If the filly should win he would give
81 900 Of the money to her namesake, who
Is none other than Sister Cleophus, Mother
Superior of st. GATHERINGS Academy, in this
city, for whom the. good lilly was given her
name by her breeder, Mr.. Lancaster, of
Bardstown, KY. Mr.. Dwyer did not know
at the time of the race the address of the
nun for whom the filly' had been named,
but knew that she was d Sister Of Charity
who had formerly lived in the convent at
Nazareth. Accordingly, lie sent the 81 900
TO Nazareth Academy, With instructions to
send it to Mother Cleophus.
1t is reported that Mike Dwyer is try
ing to buyPrince Lief, now owned by Byron
McClelland, and one of the best colts in
the West.