The morning times., 1896-06-17


the club than the playessy Though several
of the latter are coming in for their daily
share of roastology. ooh
Latbam's sun has set. At Scranton
Monday ShanDon's three-paEger ana the
Dudes rotten error gave Rochester the
game by one run. Latham has been
bcncbed and O'Brien, an youtfielder. late
of an amateur team, is playing third.
The crowd took a hand In the game
about the sixth inning, When they tried by
every method in their power to rattle
Wallace, as the Cleveland coachers were
trying TO rattle Payne, but without sic-
cess. The Cleveland twirler's nerve soon
brought cheers of admiration.-Brookly
Eagle. 5FEs
Poor Pat Tebeau must be ready for the
asylum. Losing three straight to Brooklyn,
when winning any one of them would have
put his team into first place. Is enough to
craze as well a balanced man as the clever
manager OF the Spiders, 1t is the un-
expected that happens in baseball.-Cin-
cinnati Tribune.
Upon Buck Ewing's Braves return to
Cincinnati from their fairly successful East
ern trip the fans of Porko pciis gathered b.,
the thousands at the railroad staten to
welcome the warriors. Baseball is very
lively institution at Cincinnati this season,
and the greatest measure OF praise there
fore belongs tc Manager Captain Ewing.
The Senators will leave on their Eastern
trip in tue morning and will play Boston.
New York and Baltimore before returning.
Tomorrow afternoon they will play the
Orange Athletic Club at Orange. n. j..
which is on the outskirts of Newark. Next
Sunday they will play the Providence club
of the Eastern League at Providence.
After his ten days notice OF release had
sgnsd ssa Of VIM
Western League. Varney is having great
success in his new connection. In re-
cent game he let the hard Uniting Kansas
City aggregation down with five scratch
n ha local wish Vnrnay good
luck; a more gentlemaniy bah player never
wore a Senator'S uniform.
While the Senators are away on the
Eastern trip the games will be faithfully
portrayeI Mt Kcrnan's by the best method
in existence. The first game will be be-
tween Washington and Boston at Boston
Friday afternoon. The game at Provi-
dence next sunday between the Senators
and the Eastern I.eagucrs will also be
reproduced Game called at the tileater at
Al 8 o'clock sharp.
Yesterdays results furnished no salts
faction to the local fans except Baltimores
defeat of Brooklyn. which showed the
Bridegrooms several points down the lad
der and made a good big gap between
item and the Senators. But Joyce's men
are after "bg game and that rain nre-
vented an almost sure victory rom Phii-
adelpiiia. and that Cincinnati and Boston
won from ST. Louis and New York. re-
spectiveiy. added a cloud to as dreary and
dismal nn afternoon as ever Defeil the lot
of ball Cub.
OF the game between New York and Pitts
burg in which little Johnny Foreman threw
the Giants down so hard Big Eill'' knarr
OF the World writes as ioi!ows: "A little
baseball midget, built upon the Tot Mur-
Dby line. overthrew the Giants. 1t was
JOHNNY Foreman. who is about knee high
TO a crasshopper. hut cat. pitch bali to heat
all creation. 1t was laughable to see the
hoy keep down the heavy men OF the New
York team to three hits in nine innings.
The spectators were SO ta ken with his won
derful skill that toward the latter part or
the game there was applause a,plenty
for the little fellow. Foreman Is left
handed, and II is hot the first disastrous
engagement the Giants have had with him.
He did the same thing at the Polo Grounds
last wear. He has not pitched much ms
year. but was Thought COED enough 70 neat
the New YorLs. He carried outline Pre- gram
in beautiful fashion. "a
you may think II. strange" said Al
Selbach to The Times man last night, yet
it is true that the rising OF the audience
1ipg and shfir the last inInss "a Satisnai Park
seriously interfercs With &Le outfeiders
work The fitting ab0urfof persons who
are in our sight disconcerts the eye ana
makes it extremely fsffic4it To locate
bali hated 10 us either on n fly or on
the ground. Tom Brown and bhey suffer
as well as myself. A better plan IN a
close game where our friends want US TO
win. as they always do. wo.ild be for them
to keep their seats Late an the evening
the big stand casts a shadow over the
entire field and the moving about OF the
audience only adds to the aggravatinn.
Such caused me to misiudSe ball IN the
frs. Chicago game and prevented US from
making what otherwise would have been
a sure shut-out- r.
In the New York Herald Q. p. Caxlor
SAYS: THE pennani race Will not he a
walkover for any club. Baltimore has,
from this view OF the struggle. the best
chance. with Cleveland and Boston next IN
order. as named. But the unexpected is
always happening. An accident here or
there ma Y put the most promising team out
of the race in two weeks. and sUfne team
which Sc ems to be an impossible IA ctcr may
take up one OF these rema rkable 'spurts SO
common in baseba and rush right To the
front in a months time. The fact that the
be st pitchers in the League. such as Young,
Cuppy. Nichols, Mercer. Griffith. McMa-
hon. Taylor, Clarke. Meekin. Kennedy,
Breitenstein and Dwyer. are pitching in
and out bail doing we'll enc day and hit
hard next game makes the most shrewd
prophet hesitate in predicting final results:
The season is not two omonthsadvanced ana
three months and a half remain. A great
de al of surprise can come out OF the seven
elevenths of the season which remain un-