Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-08-23

then broke in on the diamond and took a
hand in the fight. The police finally clear
Cd the heid. Several Of the belligerent spec
tators were arrested.
Hughie Jennings throwing arm has not
reen good for long time. He snapped it
again the other day. and that accounts for
his lay-on in the Cleveland series.
Catcher thinner was the victim of both
managerial and Empirical fines last Friday
at Baltimore. Tebeau threatened to fine
MIN 80 for not running out a pop fly and
Hurst called a certain ball delivered by
Powell BALI and Big Chief yelled
Ha, ha," derisively Hurst simply turned
his head and remarked, That cost you
$1O. and thinner did not laugh at any
more of Hurst's decisions.
Several members of the Chicago team
brought along with them on this trip big
rolls OF money that they are quite willing
to bet that Callahan. the pitcher can beat
Billy Hamilton. Tom Brown or any other
league player in a 100-yard race. Callahan
is said to be the fastest runner ever In
the league. barring Hogan, who is now
with the Dayton, Ohio, team.
Umpire Kelly went to the Philadelphia
ball park Saturday afternoon loaded for
bear. The very first thing he requested
the Philadelphia management to do was TO
bring two policemen inside the grounds.
Now, the first player that does not mind
what l tell him am going to put on the
bench, said Kelly. Then, if he gives me
Amy Amy t thpo rom ire the bench, will have
nave any more wrangling." The umpire
was as good as his word. The game passed
on quietly Possibly the fact that the
Philadelphia were in the lead from the
start was the cause of it being such a quiet
game.
Harry Weldon of the Cincinnati ENQUIRER
Keeps harping on some sort Of a deal where
by Cincinnati will secure Sockalexis. We'll
don remarks that there are some people
IN Cincinnati who still believe that Sox is
natural bal! player and hints that
EWings discipline would tame the Indian
quickly. There Is no doubt upon the first
proposition. Sox certainly can plav balI
when he wants. to- or rather after he has
realized that he is going to want to. As
soclatlons, too. have had much to do with
the Indians downfall. Had he not reported
until the practice season began he misht
nave been all right but when he struck
CieVeland early, and well advertised. he
aiso struck crowd that did not helm his
ball playing. up ,-''
Manager Tebeau showed b;s II, ,or,,,, .
lhe way the game was going Saturday IN A
manner that made the crowd hiss him and
dio much to lessen the admiration which
h LILY , i'altinore rooters had for him as a
E DSiI prayer and able antagonist. papa"
Chids, when he went to the bat in The
iouftn inning, was presented a basket of
beautiful flowers by Baltimore friends
~ t.it ti that iatal NTH inning Tebeau walked
70 ms pehch, and, seeing the flowers pick
eu up the basket and hurled it with ali his
ihiSht INTO the grand stand, scattering the
mowers IN every direction. The peanut and
ne. lew ing gum boys wore boutonneres Of
LOSES the remainder of the afternoon
Chiids at the time was on the coacbing
iines. "hen Missed for his childish display
o OIL temper Tebeau yelled to the crowd
nat uoh cut no figure with me-" and
III ms then state of mind he seemed ac-
turthy 10 enjoy it.-Baltimore Sun.
Iohirhy Dowd is the subject OF ono IF
~ ai!seT Stalllnss bad breaks. Dowd was
sch IN ped for three days He was under
10 ms surprise a paragraph appeared in
one or the local papers to the effect that
Do"d had been fined 500 for being on n
i IRE Gays drunk This was great in
SAID OF his playing, he has never had the
reputation of being drunkard. Dowd
vas so angry when he read the paragraph
o onat ne sent Tor Stallings and asked him
dpout II. StalEngs insisted that he had
nothing to 10 with it getting in print. III
Is only newspaper talk" said Stallings
ray no attention to it." But Dowd had
ra'd considerable attention to it He ia on
the point or open rebellion. He has been
playing bad ball of late. He is not sun
fieider like Mccarthy, Holiday and other
PLAYERS He cannot play in the sun In
spite of this fact Stallngs has Dowd in
the sun outfeld, and he is making a mes,
OF 1t. . '
Base ball interest has not in the past de-
cade been at the low ebb in Philadelphia
that 1t is at the present writing .The r.
ceipts this time are not within 80 per cent
OF what they were the first trip the Reds
made mere said Manager Bancroft last
night Stallings IS not only very unpopular
with the base ball public. but his players
are very sore on him 1t wouldn't do to
say Just what players are dissatisfied,
Tor Stallllgs i'll his present position might
make 1t very unpleasant for his defamers
Thl& will be the present managers last
year Yesterday when the wrangle with
the umpire was going on Heine PETIT yell
ed at Umpire Kelly, and pointing to Stall
Engs. said:
Make that Southern League player go
back to the bench"
you're not the captain of the team,
said Umpire Kelly
Il am as much of captain as he Is q
manager, said Heine. saIcastically He
Is only an alleged anager."-Cincinnati
Inquirer.