Evening star., 1897-05-18
the emergency hitters yesterday. both get
ting In hits when they were needed the


ting In hits when they were needed the
most.
At this distance 1t looked as though Ger
send to the slab In the ninth inning. as
Mercer Is proverbially weak at the start OF.
But then Win is our best pitcher and
should have done better.
The crowd over at Kernan's Theater went
wild over the hitting and scoring In the
Einth Inning. and then died like giadiators
without groan when the Senators' bright
hopes were dashed to the ground.
McJames' error vas q costly one, as 1t
let IN two runs, while the other misplay.
Farrelis throw to second. didn't amount
70 anything. as the runner died on third.
diaery Swaim's work yesterday viii
probably put him on the regular force Of
pitchers and from this on he will take, his
turn IN the box with Mercer King and Nc
has tremendous speed
Inc game put up yesterday at Cleveland
py tne senators should please all the local
eenthustas;s. although they lost. Their fed
ing was almost perfect and their hitting of
the sort that will win three genes out of
four. The hit and run idea was worked
successfully couple times yesterday snd
proved a winner.
baltimore has 61 stolen bases to its credit.
times. oN' -
Boston and New York have each made
81 errors.
1t seems that there are more fast younx-
sters In the league this spring than ever
Defore So far only few of the MANY who
,,.a nave been given trials have been found
"anune. true 1t Is yet a little early to
commence the wedding out process. but II
seems 10 be the opinion among base bali
managers that the strongest lot of young
Players that ever entered the league are in
Jimmy Stafford's work at short Sunday
was not OF the best. and It seems that The
Coioneis are as weak in tha. position as
ever. STAFFORD does not cover much ground.
ava ho~
visit. When Stafford first sprane into fas1
company he looked a star all over. hut
since then he has gone back in his PLAYING
a Hanner OF the Louisville players were
asAS0 yesterday regarding the ch ,rs,es filed
Dy Nose Freedman against Umpire SEert-
usn .. 10 the ef1ect that he was not in condI-
tioh 10 umpire a game when the New Yorks
psyea there: One of the coIonels said:
why. that is all bosh. Sheridan was as
sober as a clergyman, and Freedrnnn nre-
1efred the charges simply b.cause he was
sore because his team lost anot'1 game"
Cincinnati Enquirer
1t Is noticeable fact that there is rot as
much hitting this year as there was I. 81
IL would seem that after the players have
oeen IN championship harness for nearly n
month they have had time enough to re-
Two games have been won by real hard
nitting. The last two games that the Eal-
Umores won from the st. Lo lis Browns;
were characterized by the hardest kind of
hitting A "a
In saturdays game Claude Ritchey of
the Cincinnatis was hit in the shoulder by
pitched ball. The injury only seemed a
slight one at first. but when the little
shortstop went to his position for pre-
iininary practice before yesterdays game
NJ found that it panied him to throw the
ball. The muscles Of the shoulder are very
sore. and slight swelling has set in.
Wnich interferes with his throwing. Ritch
eys sore shoulder accounts for his two
WHO throws in yesterdays game. which
nearly cost the Reds a victory.
L was very much surprised to see IN the
papers that Umpire Sheridan had been
Inobbed during one of the Louisville phi]a
dephia games at Louisville the other day.''
SAID Manager Stallings last night. why
that report was most grossly exaggerated.
lew drunken men jumped out on tho
grounds and a lot of boys followed them
but Sheridan did not hide himself. nor was
ne escorted down town by a sqa,d of no.
policemen. l can't understand what kick
the !'orisvil!es have against Sheridan. He
umpired as good rs he ever did. and tte
lew mistakes he made were all In favor OF
the home team. SO far as those charges
OF insobriety are concerned. 1 want to saw
tnat during the time We were in LoufsyiIIe
Sheridan was in perfect condition. Fly
change.