The evening times., 1896-08-24

New York and LUuisNlHe VIII play TWO
games this afternoon.
The Fmllics have won but eight out of
the last fifteen games at hcine.
TheCapc May team disbaDded on Saturday
because of lack OF Lome patronage.
Cleveland is reported 10 lie dickering for
the release of outficlder Mccarthy, OF
Brooklyn.
Cleveland has won the series from falti-
more and Philadelphia has captured il flom
St Louis.
Turner declares that lie has no kick COM
ing so far as st. Louis is concerned. All he
wants is 10 be in the game.
Lajoie has played thirteen games for Phil
adelphia and has made fifteen hits out OF
sixty one times at the bat.
KING aud Maui viii soon be in shape FOR
regular work and then Washington Will be a
hard team to beat.-Philadelphia Ledger.
For Sale-A lot of first-class injunctions;
hut little used; owner has no further use
for them. Apply for three days TO o. F. T.,
Lock Box ITALIA, Cleveland, Ohio.
IL is said that Gear, Clevcland's Texas
League pitcher, looks like Win Mercer.
Had the young man pitched in Washington
he would easily have made q hit with the
girls.
Jim Mcclure will laugh when he reads the
following from the Pitrsburg Leader: That
minor learne battery, McJames and Nc
Guire. seemed 10 work pretty well for the
Senators.
Tebeau writes that he is willing to bet
n little money that Cleveland Will finish
| higher in The race than Cincinnati. Here
is Il chauGe fer the good people OF the eX-
metropolis. Cleveland Press.
The Washington team now has a new
lease ON nfe- They Mon from Cleveland
yesterday. Pittsburg Leader When the
Pirates reach Washington the Senators
VIII win several more games.
Chris Won Ger Abe has been selected by
| the sporting writers as the comedian OF
baseball a nd IL is doubtful IL any amount of
defense OF that gentleman Will cause them
| 10 let up in pointing their jokes at him.
1t is said no two players in the League
can beat Kelley and Keeler Of the Baiti-
| mores at the hit-and-run trick. heeler is
! thought by many To be easily the fastest
man in the country in getting to first base.
Lajoie gives promise Of developing into
| one of the best first bascman in the League
| As a fielder he is as good any OF them
DOW but he would materially increase his
! batting average il he stopped hitting at
out curves.
| Hank 0'Day, the eN-league pitcher and
| later umpire. in the big organization. is
doing only fair work with the Indicator
| in the Western circuit. He is accused Of
being weakened and susceptible to an
argument.
McGraw has a new mascot. Its a China
| man. The Celestial is from Norfolk,
and Little Mac became cquainted with him
during his stay at Old Point. The Chinaman
sold out his business and came to Baltimore
some days ago and takes great interest in
! baseball.
Smalley. OF the Boston Record. writing
of the Tebeau decision, says: Baseball
| law has heen formed by baseball men to
meet baseball exigences. 1t is just in the
main, and protects both the player aud the
vested capital. 1t viii yet be allowed To
govern in this case OF martyred Pat, am
am not mistaken"
Joyce will endeavur to entice Wagner 10
let two more OF his players go and become
l
and Connaughton for Mercer and De-
Montreville. Should it fail Joyce has an
other combination ready. - Cleveland Plain
Dealer. A little humor now and then Is
relished by the wisest men,
McPhee, Cincnnati's great second base.
man. was hit in the head by pitched ball
in Boston the other day. The ball caromed
off into the grand stand and smashed a
seat. McPhee econtinuedplaying,p presumably
because lie decided he could not afford to be
injured by a little thing like that at this
stage of the pennant race.
Baltimore wants Laily taken away from
there. IL does seem rather queer that tn,
ex-fighter was sent there in the face of tht
fact that he is supposed to be, and in fact is
a friend of the Cincinnati team, whilst tn
Orioles and the Reds are doing about al
the fighting for the pennant. .-Pittsburi
Leader. Cincinnati does not need Lally u
win from Baltimore.
II was a good thing for McJ ames that tn.
grounds were damp on Saturday, or tn
Reds might have given him trouble. The!
are up tn all kinds OF tricks. During Fri
days game at Boston, in the ninth, Burk'
. and Miller got on the third base lines an,
kicked up the dust so it would blow il
Nichols eyes. The crowd did not relisl
this, and they got the marble heart.
Capt Tebeau gave an exhibition of bad
temper in Saturdays game AT Baltmor,
that called down upon him many unconI
plimentary remarks FROM the bleachers
| 4 grounder was hit TO Tcbeau. and Cuppy
| seeing that Tebeau was much nearer the
base than himself, made no effort 10 covel
the bag. Come over here! come over here
say - shouted Tebeau to Cuppy. in a 10 I'd
, angry tone. The blea cherries inmediatel
took it up and their comments were any
thing hut complimentary.
> Alvin Pietz, of Cincinnati, in q lette
TO Buck Ewing, requests the captain Q
! the Cincinnati team to Iise his influenc
to have him appointed a member of III
League staff of unpires. Alvin says /
his letter: II am very familiar with tn
rules, andI am noted for the way enforc
discipline. I should like to tackle tn
Cleveland team the first day, and if don
control the game something will drop.
am hypnotist, like Billy Earle, SO you ca
Z see / can control most of the bullies.
: Alvin will hardly win Nick Young, unles
} he applies his hypnotic influences.
5 'If Tebeau thinks that Cleveland vel
dict was great victory for him he
welcome to all the satisfaction he CD
) get out of it," says President Hart, {
the Chicago League ball team. But tn
League can also find considerable in tf
, text of the decision to be thankful for,
he continued. 1T was not the money tt
League wanted when it imposed the fin
: 1t was made for the purpose of cbeckin
! the growing ruffianism that had entere
the game. Tebeau was suppressed by Il