The evening times., 1896-07-08
BETWEEN THE BASES.

Anson's little bat was in evidence yes
terday.
Brooklyn came very near defeating the
Spiders yesterday.
Mcfarland, a new man, urnpired at
Louisville yesterday.
Indianapolis has quite lunch on the
lead in tine Western League.
Sullivan is still in Philadelphia. Hc is
not / D a hurry to join the Browns.
In case Tebcau's $500 fine Is not paid
on Thursday Patsy Will be bounced from
the League.
Jack Taylor wants to break away from
the Phillies, and lie may figure in trade
for Annie Rusie.
The attendance at st. Louis yesterday
quit the business.
Tommy Dowd, is q lit cbary about
touching baserunners at second. He re-
members that be has legs.
"Bnckyard" Kennedy was touched up
for fourteen hits at Buffalo, and the Bisons
defeated Brooklyn in an exhibition game
IL to3
powd, an outfcider, played second base
for s.. Louis again yesterday, and made
5hrce errors. Wouldn't Won der Abe like
TO get Quinn back?
The Pennsylvania State League is on
It's last legs, and il is said that the Ath-
.stics and the Lancaster club will drop
out and join the Atlantic League.
For the benefit of the game the League
should release Won der Abe. II might
cost something now, but the future viii
prove it excellent judgment.
This will probably be Foutz's last season
with Brooklyn, as it is said that he Is am
bilious to go in the game again. and may
play next year with one Of the Western
| league teams.
Callahan, the Springfield pitcher, who was
So greata failure in the carlypart OF the sea-
son. seems To have justified all the reliance
placed on him by Manager Manning, and is
now turning out to be the best pitcher Kan
sas City has.
Herman Long has brother In the Hag-
erstown, Md, team, whose work promises
well for his future as pitcher. He has
fine speed aud can change his pace. He
graduated from the Chicago lots, where
Herman received his early training as o
ball player.
What n lovely time Billy Nash is having in
Philadelphia just now. Most of the men are
perfectly Indifferent as to the position the
club holds. The Quakers must long for a
man like the late Harry Wright, and yet
Reach and Rogers gave poor Harry bad
throw-down.-Boston Globe.
The Phillies have released Pitcher Eyler,
| and, as the Athletics do not want him, he
will probably return to his home in New
York State. Eyler was by no means a bad
| pitcher. possessing good speed and good
curves, but he could not overcome his wild
ness, though, with heady catcher, he
would doubtless steady down.
The Philadelphia Telegraph says: st.
| Paul is demanding the return of Mertes
because Turner has not reported, and is
not likely to do so. By all means let him
go back. Mertes is snowy and fast on his
feet, but he is not steady, and he is not
the sort to last in the National League.
There are more capable men to be had.
BuIkett's gigantic batting average of last
year and his high record SO far this season
are not to be relied upon, say those who
have seen him play. He is, undoubtedly, a
good hitter, but the Cleveland scorers give
him everything. If a shortstop falls lover
one II Burkett's groanders it goes for base
hit, and even muffed fly from his bat is
credited in the hit column Chicago News
The st. Pauls, with Tony Mullane at
the slab, gave the Millers the most ter
rife lambasting of the year. They earned
27 of Al runs, made on 40 hits, good for a
total of sc bases. Egyptian Healy was the
sufferer, and after he quit Carney took his
dose. Everybody on the team made from
three to eight hits, Jack Glasscock getting
eight and Tuck" Tuner and Hank Spies
| six apiece. The score is q curiosity:
! st. Paul. =. =. :. 4 l 2 10 5-41
Minneapolis. :. 200 34O1 90 8
There is no room for the pugilistic
element in baseball" said Rev. DR.. North.
| rop in the course of his sermon to the Reds,
and he cited the expulsion OF Billy Merritt
from the game at Pittsburg, and praised
Harry Vaughn for possessing self -contro1