Evening star., 1896-06-16
No Joy in QuakervilIe.

That same old "rut"
And the goat grazed ON.
Hurry along those new faces.
Taylor was pie for Tom Brown.
Fourth place, and by Saturday?
Put on the screws Of discipline.
Another day and another defeat.
After the first they simply filled in.
One out of six will about do us this week.
Treating the men like cattle has had its
effect.
Fine some, suspend others and release the
balance.
Put them on the bench and fill in with
Living in the ''Morgue' must have a de-
pressing effect. -
They are not all has beens." Some can
be claSsed among the never weres."
All our proud boasts about the kind of
players representing us is thing Of the
past. ief
Less interest is shown by the Philadel-
phia players than by any set Of men in the
league. at--
Thank fortune we are spared the pains of
witnessing their humiliation. It's bad
enough to read about u.
win a game this weekf 'r~ 15i.1---
1.-The Phillies went, .up against 1t again
yesterday dts very tiresome, isn't it?) and
Washington had a small edition Of a Sun
day school picnic with the late our pets.
Taylor was in unbeatable form. but then
Jack Is not the entire team. The defeat
was due to fielding. and, ye gods, such
playing does not deserve standing room."
Notes.
Philadelphia again this afternoon.
Ladies' day, and the usual concert In the
stand.
silver King will probably twirl for the
home team.
Brown, in the fourth inning, made the
Rrok aP ho a nd
the bleachers were aroused from their stu
Dor.
Brouthers' error in the fourth can be de-
scribed only as rank"
Taylor skillfully attempted to block De
Montreville as the latter was running to
third in the fifth inning.
Joyce went out on a peculiar play in the
seventh. He was at the bat, and turned to
escape being hit by a pitched ball. The
sphere struck the bat and rolled fair to
Nash, who threw to first, and Weidman
said "Out," Joyce not having moved a step.
The Phillies seemed to have an impress
sion that they were not getting the best Of
1t from the umpires.
Nash, it appeared did not cover as much
territory as formerly.
Whenever Philadelphia player had a
"kick'' to make, he invariably called to
Nash, the captain Of the club, and the lat
ter conducted the argument with the um-
pire, although he plainly was annoyed at
being called upon to kick for such trivial
things.
De Montreville's work was as good as
any ever seen.
No reference to that "30' was made, ex-
cept by the irrepressible press box coacher.
viewed the game from the stand.
Old-time Ferry Is doing great work in the
box this season.
Collegiate Boswell is pitching winning
ball for Columbus.
Connor recently stated that he considers
DonAhue, the New York cast-off, the equal
Of any pitcher in the league.
Pfeffer is playing with all his old-time
brilliancy. Somebody must have made q
mistake about Pfeffer's condition. Anson's
infield has taken great brace since his
acquisition.
Some of the ex-major league players in
the Western League are Wheelock. Weav-
er, Twitchell, Nicholson. Whistler,
O'Rourke, Pickett, Glasscock, shugart,
Mullane, Carney, Eiteljorg Wilmot, Wer-
den Schiver, Kuehne, Roat, Mots, -Shie-
beck, Manning, Hatfield, Gilks, Buckley
and George.
A special from Louisville says: 1.-THE d.
rectors Of the Louisville Base Bail Club
have made a proposition to ex-Manager
McCloskey to compromise his contract
Contrary to general and published report,
McCloskey has not been paid a cent since
he was succeeded by McGunnigle, May Fl.
McCloskey's contract reads until the end
Of the present season. He Is desirous of
engaging in the service Of a minor league
but the Louisville club will not release him
unless he reli1quishes claim to salary. Nc
compromise, which is said to be salary to
June SOn