Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-09-03

sphere was passing ov er his head he Just
| managed to get his hands on 1t. The ball
struck the outotretched fingers and then
| bounded into the air about two feet but
| smith was going at such a good gait that
| ne caught 1t on the rebound, completing a
| magnificent play.
Who says De Mont can't play second
esse? He has been in nine games since
| u Brien was released, has had fifty-three
| chances and accepted all but one a mis-
| pay in his first day in the new position
fhe little Gascon covers lots of ground and
las become a sure thing on ground balls
boston mas seventeen more games to play
| on us nome grounds, and the Baltimores
| twenty, SO that there is plenty time vet for
| elther OF them to get out of first or even
second place. 1t looks as if the three
games in New York and the three games in
baltimore that both clubs have to play will
| konors.
An idea! Pittsburg is called the smoky
city on account of the many pipe stories
that emanate from there = Cincinnati
Times-Star.
The New York boys will have six good
h&rd games beginning September 49, three
| In Boston and three on the polo grounds
with Baltimore
Pittsburg drew S.04S to three games at
Philadelphia. In 1895 29,63O people saw
their games. difference of n 80 or 81 .:,1
in cold, hard cash.
me claim is made that Sudhoff. the
Paducahite, who has pitched fair ball for
81. Louis has a Billy Rhines shoot that is
a puzzler -
The most simple game in the world ;s
base ball, when played from a good seat in
the grand stand. Some of the most willing
crltics never take the pains to see game.
carpenter the new umpire is the small
est man that ever held a Mace on tb.
leagues STAFF. He is about the size of
Hugn Nlcol However. he is said to have
the nerve and pluck of John L. Sullivan.
IL chickering's life depended on his suc
cess in an Indian uniform, he couldn't NAV
better ball than he has been doing since he
Joined our team" is Tebeau's tribute to the
ex-Colonel. ~ VIC
be In the second division And IN tbinlr
mat the magnates did all this for the
Glants by paying salary which the New
tor Freedman e"sS
Ear better lose championships forever
tnan WIN one with the help of an unfair
umpire. Games won with the aid of brow
peatng and bulldozing umpires leave n
pad taste and sooner or later viii kiIi the
city that encourages these methods.
=. ms Time last year Cleveland was within
% points OF Cincinnati. The Indians are
truch farther away now but il bebooves
the CfncinnatiS to get the scum off their
opucs, or there may be an epidemic of
heart disease and sudden deaths among
me 1ans IN the forest city, occasioned by
excessive joy. ~
Newbern. Ala. comes to the front with
the llveliest game of base ball on record.
II was played by colored teams, ana at the
emu ol nVe innings the score stood to 5,
tEree dead, four fatally injured and eleven
seriously carved. The national game
Eealth-glvlng and invigorating must be
lives. VI lie"
One remarkable feature about tho R.,,;-
1nore-Cl Cincinnati series was that the cham
plons made exactly the same number of
runs IN the SIX games in Cincinnati as in
the SIX games played in Baltimore namely
tnlrty-seVen, and yet they lost every ono ~
tRe games in Cincinnati and won every one
OF the games in Baltimore
Bill Eagan, the second baseman of the
o9iacuse eastern League team, has been
soid 10 the Brooklyn National League tean,
ior s'Oo and Canavan, formerly of Provi
oence' The deal takes effect after the
cose of the present season Horton ax
baltimore player, has been signed by the
stars, and will report immediately
1It.sDurg special says: Manager Dom
IVA OF the Plttsburg club wires that he
mas protested yesterdays game to have n
decision on the rule requiring games to Ia
called Two hours before sunset. WashineN
ION games are called at 4:3O, and sunset
sen.efo as was $40 Umpire Kelley called
game after six and a-half innings
. mar magnificent box office nro,os;
, lion the C1ncinnatis are for the clubs thew
, vtsn. Ihey Just play well enough to make
s sne ness games imaginable. They give
pectators run for their money and fhen
y, WIND up by giving their opponents boost
finish 'ei nara mead
IN
club, was in Boston YESTERDAY He 800
mat ne Is the sole owner of the Toronto
FRANCHISE, having bought out George Wae.
ner several months ago. II Mr.. irwin 10
telling the truth j. Earl Wagner Ne .,s
washington club has been jollying the
newspaper boys about his interest in fhe
. o camt ; cruz. as Irwin says he never had
q cent invested in that club.-Boston Globe
irwin Is doing the jollying He will own
the Torontos. but does not now.
Manager Stallings of the Phillies yester
Abbattichio. He is from the Greenhura
eiup, out he Is not responsible for his NAME
MS parents having sprung 1t on him in
cary youth. It's al! right, though. You
can gamble that Jack Taylor and the rest
OF the outfit won't risk tubular paraIvsis
Dy trying to pronounce it. They'll call him
HP T Tor short. and let it go at that.
Inc new umpires are not a bit backward
about plastering on fines They figure that
me kickers are trying to dig graves for
tnelr own carcasses. Carpenter saws
Morgan MO ah Murphy; distributed f1ves and tens
responses to the query, How much am
bid? All the gang thought he was kidding.
Nick -ioA ohcie
The ownership of the New York c,,,h
which has been disputed at various times
and has been attributed to everybody of
pWlomnence In and around Gotham from
vanderbilt to James Bailey of Barnum <.
BAILEY circus fame. is about settled at last.
II Is now pretty generally agreed that An
grew freedman Is the representative of
! LICK CroKer. the Tammany king, just as
1ntimated in a Sunday special not long ago
freedman went to England to confer with
Croker The once king of New York and
the pugnacious head of the New York Base
Ball Club are now on the ocean on thair
way home Croker and Freedman have adj
Joining state rooms on the ocean liner CITY
or New York. They are expected to arrive
next Monday. 1t Is not known whether
freedman has renewed his contract with
Croker or not. but the chances are now
bright that he Is In for another three years
fact that the team stands so high this wear.
as well as the fact that 1t has been playinc
to very profitable business all season. has
ciinched the base ball mans hold on the
once political head of the great metronoiiS
Weldon In Cincinnati Enquirer.
MOST HuMILIATING DEFEAT.