The evening times., 1897-06-26

the best OF everything In return.--foston
Herald. This complaint when the CLUB
is winning. 1t is awful
Rusie was unable to get his curve In use
on account OF the direction of the wind, and
used nothing but straight ball, consequent
ly ne was hit harder than usual. The Giants
kept up their strong hitting in both games
and fielded superbly. Tbatlittle bit of stu
pidity spoiled the days work.--o. r. Cay
lor In this mornings New York Herald.
Miles staadisli, the pitcher farrned by
New York TO all River, met with an acct
dent on Thursday that will disable him
for the remainder OF the season. In the
fourth inning OF the FAN River-Sew Bed
ford game he stole second, and, sliding
feet first, fractured the outer bone Or
his left foot. He will be laid up for SIX
weeks.
Umpire Lynch has a penchant for grab
bng the end of every rag ne sees and che W.
ing il for while. Yesterday he masti-
Gated the linen with an occupant or the
grand stand on ccount of q remark madeby
the spectator. Lynch should cut these in
terviews out, as they are not down ON the
score card.
a EUInC UtIHttH iut NC" NdSSbN eio
Wheeling Clubs of the Interstate League
at New Castle the other day ended in
almost riot. A new umpire named Wiison
officiated, and he gave decisions which
the crowd didn't like, and that functionary
was mobbed. He was escorted from the
grounds by platoon of police. President
Power, of the league, who witnessed the
game, Immediately released Wilson.
BaIlplayers have a new way OF preserv-
ing favorlte bats. A half dozen holes are
bored into the bat at places where the
grain OF the wood shows the plainest. In
these holes wedges OF hard wood that fit
In Rnugly are driven. or course, the serV-
ices of a first-class woodworker are needed
to finish off bat in the style naned,- but
dollar or 50 is nothing to a player If he
thinks he can preserve his favOrite base
hit-fnaker from being broken or split.
The Giants cid not play yesterday owing
t. rain, and their upward night was tenn
porariIy checked It was hoped the would
be able to steal march on the Cincinnatis
because of the latter's off day, but cruel
fate decideded otherwise. Today ''our
Giants are scheduled to take two-tinic
try at the Senators and make up for lost
time. The Washingtons have been playing
good ball lately and may give Freedman's
men a tough battle. New York Evening
World. Their percentage sis less today than
it was Thursday.
Ebret's arm has not been right sirce he
pitched that game gainst the Waslungtons
Decoration lay morning. He did not
get enough rest between games. on ac-
ruunt Of the other pitchers being out or
condition Red had TO go in out or turn.
This would not have been disastrous had
he not been forced 10 pitch so many
curved balls He is now suffering from
rheumatism in his pitching arm. II VIII
be week or so before he will be able to
take his turn Red will doctor his arm
while the team is at st. Louis and Louis
vile
Joyce is immensely tickled these days
with the good condition his twirling starr
is in. That they have gone on thus far
into the season and remained on the sound
list is cause OF much Joy to the captain
The team has certainly been fortunate
with its pitching staff, and just so long as
the twrlers remain as good as they are
today. they VIII come very near keeping
within striking distance OF the top OF The
heap-New York Evening Journal How
ever, the Senators this mor4Iing are closer
to tue Giants than they were twtnty-fonr
hours ago.
At present the Louisville Is in very bad
way fer pitchers. At the beginning OF ihe
season the CoIOnels were strongest in the
pitchers box. Hin is badly disabled Her
man and McFarlan have been released, and
neither Frazer, Cunningham, nor Magee
seems to be burdened with more control
than they need. The accident to Billy
ClHgman also comes at a bad time. IL
he is not able TO play at Cincinnati next
Saturday Doian will be placed at third.
Clingman is a pitcher as well as a third
baseman, and be may pitch one OF the
coming games IL his hand viii permit.
Comiskey went to the Browns in 1882,
at a salary OF S75 a month. He immed-
lately established himself as a favOnte,
and the following season received S17l A
each month during the playing season.
In 1884 his salary was increased more than
$500 a month. When he went to Gin
cnnati he was getting 81, ,0s3.33 month
from President Won der Abe, and went to
Brush at an increase over that He was
getting at that time what was considered
one of the largest, II notthelargest. amounts
of money for playing ball Of any one player
on the diamond. There is a strong proba-
Dliity that such large amounts will never
again be paid to ball players.
Not only does the young pitcher have
his troubles when he first enters the
League, but the young batsman also, says
an exchange. Big League pitchers do not
strike ont as many men as the stars of the
little lea CUES or the colleges, but they
pitch hall that hurts the feelings of
youth Just the same. 1t is really more
cInba rrassing to swing nightly at q bah
that the big fellow floats up and see 1t
popped to the infield than to blaze three
times at the wild shoots OF a college
tvirler II is hard TO strike out League
batsman and the art of pitching is now to
send him up a ball that he mus hit to some
fieldcC or be called out on strikes. AS he
will not accept play Of the latter kind,
It follows that he will hit feeble bounder
Or puny fly.
Tom Browns experience has not taught
him one potent lesson in baseball, and that
is TO work his pitchers regularly. Any twirl-
THE DOCTORS COLUMN.