The evening times., 1897-08-23
PARKER, BRIDGET eco.
Clothiers, 3l5 9TH st.

| ase on a line lower than ten feet through
out the journey. Schriver has simply re-
dueed the limit four feet, and will coin
money II anybody Is foolish enough to take
him up.
..Al" Smith, the little backstop NJ
BROOKLYN, has surprised every one by his
fine work IN firstsaek. He was put there
on account OF LaChance's Illness, bat ne is
likely to become a fixture If he keeps up
his record OF the past few days.
Macnate, beware! There are other
sports i'm the world besides baseball AMI
the best and most permanent patrons ot
baseball do not attend ball games for the
purpose of witnessing prize fights or
hearing slum language. Exchange.
Wagner evidently has given up hope OF
| making any sort of a showing andls cutting
down expenses to the lowest point. Balti-
more Sun Not exactly so. Ii looks as
| though he is showing desire to accede to
| the public clanior for new and better ma
| material.
Ed Mexican, Cleveland's fine shortstop,
is quoted as follows in Buffalo paper:
| II think Baltimore will win the pennant
| the B,stoas simply because they are all good
| fellows, aud it would be better for them
| to win than have the rag 60 TO one club year
after year"
Every club in the League has been shit
out ut least once SO far this season. Ihe
Louisyilles have failed To score In six
games, Brooklyn ana st. Louis in five,
Cleveland and Washington in -four, Chicago
ard Cincinnati in three, Pittsburg and Bal-
tin,orc in two and New York, Boston aud
Philadelphia in one each.
President n. E. Young is going to pack
his grip and swing around the Eastern
circuit this month. He wants TO person
ally inspect the quality OF the umpirng
and is requested To drop in at Baltimore
when Cincinnati plays there, and then try
| and make IL convenient To visit New YORK
| while Dear Old Andy" Freedman is
| fetihg the Reds.-Cincinnati Post.
Your uncle is not q bullin Baltimore stock.
He thinks that Boston has a winning lead
over the Orioles. 1.-The Baltimores have too
many games with the strong teams to win
| out" said Anson. They have six games to
play with us, five with the Cincinnatis and
| six with he New Yorks. The Bostons have
| Only IITtG Will tHitt iNh thS 'NtN'-' oiAN
three with the New Yorks. i think the
games that Baltimore has with the New
Yorks, Cincinnatis and Chcagos will keep
them out of the championship"
Boston has played nine games each this
| season with Baltimore and New York. In
| those games Boston's share OF the money
was not far from $4,000. With three
more home games with New York and
| three at Baltimore the club VIII take
| $50 600 out of these two series that is,
providing the weather is fine when the
| next six games are played. This $4,000
will come pretty near paying the run
ming expenses Of the club for the year.
| Boston Globe.
Whenever and wherever three or four
| ball pla yers are ga, hered together, then and
| there L. a flaming festival inaugurated
| En- route to Dayton Browns and Reds
| mingled like members OF one happy fam
| lily Somebody spoke of the umpire.
| Morgan Murphy constituted himself a com.
mittee of one 10 speak in his defense
I've seen all kinds said the backstop,
good, bad and indifferent. The best
| any umpire gets is the worst OF Ii. 1
| don't think it is right FOR players TO kick
as they do. The umpire is there TO do the
hest ha can If players were compelled to
pay their own fines there would be less of
| this kicking, but the magnates are to
blame They wink at rule violations that
| htlp their team. "-Sporting Life.
A sharp contrast is daily on exhibition
| at the Polo Grounds against the clean un-
pring that was on tap during the stay OF
Messrs. Lynch and Carpenter Where is
Nick Young just now upon his tour of in
spection7 He should have seen Mcdonald
declare six times yesterday that the ma d
swipes atthe ball lmade by a s many pla yers
weren L "'strikes," but balls" One
hetter swung SO hard at an outshoot that he
knocked himself PROSTATE with the force
of his pivottiDg. BALI shrieked Nc
Donald, with the utmost nonchalance. In
one case of the six mentioned it was n
Giant who tried to smash the sphere. All
the kicking has been done by Louisville thus
-far.-New York Evening World