The evening times., 1896-09-29
SERIES FOR TEMPLE CUP
Baltimore Has a Better Show
Than Ever Before.
WILL MAKE A STIFF FIGHT
Orioles Won the Pennant by Thirty
One More Points Than They Did
Last Year, While Cleveland Finished
Second by Twenty Three POintsLess.
Notes OF the National Game.
With the regular season closed, nothing

With the regular season closed, nothing
now remains but the Temple Cup series ts
occupy the attention Of the baseball pub
lie.
The first three games will be played in
the Monumental Guy, which will pe al
advantage to that cty's cub, and Tn,
Orioles Will Try Us they nerer have Derort
to down the Spiders.
The second set of games Will be played
in Cleveland. The deciding contest, pro
yided each club wins three games aTd
makes seventh necessary VIII De
pla yed on neutral ground, with the cha nces
III favor of New York being selected, as
Tebeau has put himself Oh record as favor
ing Gotham as the place
The standing of the two teams at the con
clusiou of the League race shows thai
the Orioles won the 90 peDnaut by thirty
one more points than they did last years
while the Spiders finished second by
twenty-three points less than they did last
year. thus proving that the former played
better ball than tae latter by seventy-three
points.
Inview ofthesc facts, it would he nnfort,i-
pate should the threc-time champions fail
to land the coveted prize OF the cup ana
money once out OF The three times, and thus
taii 10 show what these games are in
tendcdto prove, that the championship team
is the best club in the Lea que.
When IL comes to the two clubs pla wing
against each other that is another story.
1t viii probably be contendcd that the ar
gumenU OF Baltimore having played better
bah than the Clevcia nds ralls to the ground
when they are pitted against each other,
as the Orioles have always proven easy
prey to the Spiders. Yet il cannot but be
admitted that the team representing yster-
town has Il much better chance than ever
before of winning the cup and landing the
big end OF the mono =.
While the Forest City team will no doubt
be the favorites In the post-scasOn series,
the Orioles will pat up a stiff fight, and tie
TehcauItes VIII realize that their crst-
while 'cinchcs." are not the '"easy pluck.
Ing" they were. May The better team win.
The Cleveland World has this To say
in regard to the meeting of the champions
and Spiders: In the betting Cleveland
is a favurit.e over Baltimore for the Temple
Cup series. Considerable money has been
put up at the downtown hotels at odds
ranging from to 2 to / To 100 to 60.
OF course, these bets are founded on the
superiority II Cleveland over Baltimore
during the season.
I'm this Connection one thing should be
taken into consi derauon. During the
seasons series Baltimore put In pitchers
that are easy for Cleveland. In the
shorter Temple Cup serie' in all probability
only llofier, Pond and Curbett, who have
been hard propositions for the Spiders.
will be used. Still, at that, Cleveland has
the best of it.
The three pitchers mentioned are in no
wise the uerrUrs to Cleveland batsmeD
that Young and Cuppy are to the Oriole
sluggers. They have never batted with
any success against Young. While these
two pitchers will do most of the work for
Cleveland, Wallace, who is now in fine
fettle, and who completely puzzled the
Biltmores in the last game they played
here. VIII also pitch at least one game OF
the series"