The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1897-08-19

last seventeen games. In these games ne
| Lad ninety seven chances.
AS epry as a dancing master and as
tough as q car spring." is one description
of Kelly, the new umpire.
Boston is negotiating for Pitcher Cogan,
of the Newark team, " no was released 10y
| Baltimore early in the season
st Louis has releas ed Pitcher Mike Nc
| DerrBott Won der Abe did not pay Nc
| Dermo.t {. cent for his services
Louisville is trying to secure Third Base
man Steinfeldt from the Detroits Cling
mans hating is not satisfactory.
If the Bostons and Baltimores are the
| contestants in the Temple Cup series they
| are to play one game at the Polo Grounds
Baltimore is well supplied with southpaw
| pitchers Resides Nops, their three --latest
| finds Amole, Newton and Kitson-are left
haEders
| Its said tnat Buck Freeiuan of'Wagner )
| farm viii soon get a bin from Sporting
| Life for a large number OF individual puffs
| on his batting ability. Syracuse Post.
| At a speciaImeetlng OF the Texas League
1 IL WfS GcS1ueu 10 utup tbc
| Club, owning to the disbandingo Of the Austin
Club The league is now composed of SIX
| clubs.
| Somebody now saysthat Bobby Matthews
| didn't invent curved pitching after all. The
| honor Is claimed for Arthur Cummings, ana
| the date OF general notice OF the fea: the
season OF 1868
Billy Barnie has developed one catcher,
| Aleck euljtb, for the Brooklyn team, and
| this find is regarded by President Byrne
as equal 10 the salary paid Billy for ilIan-
aging the team
Denny" Lyons, who was recently re-
leased by Pittsburg, has refused several
good offers Like McAleer of Cleveland,
he will lay off for the balance of the sea
sen, and start afresh in the spring.
II is said that this viii be the last season
on the diamond OF Joyce, Of the New York
team He will blossom out next season as
fullfledged non-playing manager, but
where it is hard to tell Baltimore Herald.
The Brooklyn club has not cleared ex-
renses in several years. few seasons
ago the club cleared something like So
ooo, but that sum has been lost many times
over This season will probably also show
loss.
Ans,n and his Colts have very much the
appearance of being out to make their usual
Garrison finish They had Ii hot and heavy
with tie Bostons through the home-st-etch
last year They may repeat this summer.
but not with the Bostons.
Pitcher Damlnann will hardly be seen in
Washington this year. He cannot pitch
N ~ III Ny
arm feels good before the game, but after
/ have worked awhile IL fades away.
lose my strength and speed"
While catching behind the bat in a game
at Cape May Courthouse on Tuesday,
John Ballehrer, Of Philadelphia, was struck
on the head with pitched ball, fracturing
the skull. The young man was removed
TO his home in critical condition
The Providence team is to be strength
ened. Manager Murray has orders so
sign men and he is said to be dickering for
a couple OF National League players. The
management has decided that a little
ginger is needed, but the old men are
doing fairly well as it is.
Tebcau Is striving to reconcile McKean
and Childs A bitter feud has sprung up
between them, and neither will make a
play from which the other could derive the
least credit. With the shorUstop and sec
ond baseman at loggerheads, Cleveland is
shooting the chutes with a vengeance.
"white Wings Tebeau'' and Jack Glass
cock INDUCED in a Marquis of Queensberry
soiree at st. Paul. ''Pebtly ack'' thought
white Wings tried TO spike him and he
bisfed him in the nose. Both combatants
were put out Of the game, and to Complete
the discontinue OF Tebeau, Columbus was
licked.
Jouett Meekin is pitching as be did in
"a, or even better. His recent games have
shown that his right arm has not lost is
cunning, and there's nothing wrong with
the way his thought-gear is adjusted
Steady as a clock, he does not rattle Il
little bit under the strongest pressure, and
glides out of tight places
They say that when rncIe's stable got
10 Deer Park Bill LANCE made his
appearance in a red and white striped
flannel blazer. a pale blue silk cutting
shirt, crimson sash. a pair OF Immaculate
white trousers, with bottoms turned up
seventeen inches, and q fresh pair OF white
canvas shoes, with blue soIes and heels.
Considerable interest has been created
among local crsnks by the interview with
J. Earl Wagner in the Evening Telegram
fur which, he said that the ma tority OF balls
hit Off q slow pitcher go down toward thiri
base, while the majority Of those hit off a
speedy pitcher &C between first base and
short stop. Tabs have been kept at the
Polo Ground, and they show that in the
la1t thrse games Gleason ana Davis have
bad tweuty-one chances on ground balls,