The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1897-09-24
AROUND THE BASES.

ANU Nj HE BASES.
Cedar Rapids wants both the Red sand st.
Louis Browns to make a trip To HawEeye-
dom and play during the Iowa State fair,
but there isn't much chance for an accept
ance OF the offer
Tommy powd broke the record OF the
season in stealing five bases in one game.
AMI on such an expert thrower as Farrell
the feat can be ella ssed as rema rkable
Tommy has Teen under the weather al
most since the day he arrived in Quaker
dom, and has evidently just rounded t..
The Chicago Chronicle says: The infield
has been completely changed since the sea
son began At the start Decker was on first,
pfeffer at second. Dahlen at short and
Everitt on third. Today the infieid is An
SON, Connor, Callahan and Mccormick. The
two who gave it strength W ere both on the
bench when most needed in the early SUM
mer and the rea son was Anson."
Eddy Burke, like Dusty Miller, is doubt
less out OF the game for the rest Of the sea
son. Burke has been a sufferer from heat
ache nearly all year. Eddie made but two
lits in all the games he played while East,
and not a single in the last four contests.
That the catarrhal or asthma tic Trouble,
which has sent Burke into retirement, is
solely responsible for the loss OF his batting
eye, is probable.
When sending out his missionaries tu
teach the heather how 10 score, Father
Young should not forget Cleveland. In
one of the Reds recent games Jesse BurketU
received or adts for three safeties. He was
only at bat three times Twice he made
safe connection The third time he hit 10
IRWIN and Criger was thrown on, at the
plate. 1t was well-developed fiefiers
choice and nothing else, but every Cleve-
land scorer save one, proceeded to put O
nice little slice OF fat In the Burkett cup
board.
Umpire Tom Lynch's plan to prefer
charges against Jack Doyle at the Lea que
meeting is receiving enthusiastic indorse-
ment all along the newspaper frontier.
Such action Will serve to show whether or
not the Nation al League has stamina
enough 70 rebuke blackguardisn, even if it
is clothed with the rainient OF a champion.
The League once proved able to cope with
the crooks of the game. is there another
Hurlbert left, who can teach vulgar bull
dozers that there is no room in the League
for pla yers of their calber?
Dennie Lyons the crack third basemau
who had to leave the Pittsburgs because
one Of his hands WAS so badly shattered ny
pitched ball by "A mos Rusie, is all right
again Dennie went TO Ur bana, o.,the other
day, withateam. Hep!a yedthe bag without
the slightest trouble. His hand is entirely
well. There are few better third baseTnen
in the business than Dennie and he is one
of the hardest and most timely hitters the
League ever had I'M its ranks. Donnie won't
be out of an engagement very long. He has
half a dozen years of big Lea que ball up his
sleeve
Tom Hernun, who is playing In the
field for Chicago, was d comrade of
both Little Eva LANCE and Charley
Irwin when that trio played at Seattle
LANCE" says the Reds third base
man, twas signed as a catcher, but be
didn't create any ad demonstra ton
throughout the wild West by his ability
as a windpad artist. He co uld throw how
ever Ike the wind, aid A bner Powell put
him in to pitch. think he won Dmething
like four out ofzseven games, although he
had nothing save speedy ball, that scared
batsman into pulling out of the way.
Something happened one day that led 30
his being sent TO the field, and l don't
think his superior can be found ia the
League today The whirligig of time
plays queer prankss 1t has brought LANCE
and Hernun together -one as an acknowl
edged star. the other still plugging along
trying to hold his white alley and stick
in fast company.
Although they have not been told that any
;r ,.,lo tod rotb
Ter and Rug Holiday are Figuring on be-
ing part and pa reel Of a deal by the Cicin
natl club for other players. Both players
may I've wrong in their surmise. IfanybOdy
outside of President Brush, Treasurer Lloyd
AID Capt Ewing know what the Cincinnati
club ontemplates for next season they are
possessed OF more wisdom than Solomon.
The ..plans and specifications" for the
building up of next years Reds is sealed
book Guesses can he made about this and
that player wea ring the white and red, but
it's like picking 4c-to chance in field
when there is Ito 10 shot, to name any
player for the Reds. The public will have
to remain passive until the dealsare .'franIeu
up" In the meantime there liz some cons.-
lation to he gathered from the fact that
the heads OF the managerial end of the
Cincinnati club ire comforting /, and are pick
ing oft the new men for 1898.
One must not think because the Indianap
oils club is in measure a nursery for the
Cincinp ali club that the game between these
teams will not be for blood. Indeed, the
Reds play harder ball against the farm
hands, than they do against other teams II,
exhibition games Capt. Ewing and Man
ager Watkins are in snarl about who