The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1897-09-15

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blythe way, wereused be fore the New York.
Went there as place for presenting "Th,
Siege or Troy" In the outfield was the
old stage upon which the spectacle wa.
shown. / wore my regular spiked shoes
the first day pla yed there, and In coins
after fly my spikes caught In craci
and / turned twenty soInersaults before
lighting on nyneck. Ever afterward wher
playing there Wore rubber soled shoes. :
The following is the standing If the
clubs in batting and fielding up 10 the
present time: Batting Baltimore, 1927:
Boston, 3i3; Cincinnati. 296; New York
29l Cleveland, psf: Chicago, 2S4; Wash
ington. 2s3: Philadelphia, $50; Brooklyn
| rs; Pittsburg, 272; st. Louis, 272: LOU
isviile, "62. Fielding Cleveland $50
| Philadelphia, e49; Boston, SI7; Baltimore
SAG; Cincinnati, 945; Pittsburg, 1856. Brooa-
| lyn, 934: Chicago, a33: Washington 932:
Louisville, 931; st. Louis, $50; New York,
| $50
In answer to he charge that great
deal 81 money has been wagered by Balti-
noreaas IN the oriyles winning tie pen
nant, and that betting is ind ulged In Mt
the bad PARK in the Monumental City, the
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in the League W here thereis less gambling
on baseball than in Baltimore, and as fai
as betting on the grounds, there is abss,-
iute:y none II the Birds win the bunt-
/ ing tie amount OF money wagered can be-
! estimated by the sum donated To the play
ers by adurers. Several umpIres would
also probably be compensated for their
good work. were it not for the looks Of
the thing.
In speaking of the Selee. Barnie barn
storIning of California and Mexico, Tebear
said: That trip TO the coast viii do the
PLAYERS cool rather than harm, and in this
connection l beg to differ from Earl Wag-
ner and Tom Brown. Tom claims, BE-
lievt, tuat a pitcher should enjoy perfect
rest during the fall and winter. But the
trip our teams are taking Will be even
better than rest at home. The pitchers
viii he given just enough work to keep
their arms lirlbered up, without any un-
ncC essary strain in the way of overwork.
Why, the pitchers on that trip viii work
Oh an avei age two games In three weeks
Asregards observation-disclosures Think that
this switch of scener end air will do the
boys goOt. rather tnan liaTIn."
IN never forget one days experience
at Tia. old Polo Grounds said Long Johl
Reilly in New York the other day. II
had 10 play left. Jim. O'Rourke lent ne
his smoked glasses. / put them on, and
found II harder than ever 10 judge n ball,
So / took them off again and trusted tn
luck. IL so happened that o'Rourke came
10 bat. There was & crack, and caught
one glimpse OF liner coming my way.
Then ! lost the hall, bat / held my hand
out and made good bluff run tow ard the
foul line. Well sir. the ball hit and stuck
in my hand, but | was SO scared must
have jumped a foot. The crowd gave NE
an ovation for a remarkable play. Or
afor jim came ont in a reproachful sort
of way, and said: i didn't think you 4
do anything like that TO Inc, and / lent
You the giasses.' i didn't have on your
old glasses, was my confession. i didn't
even see the hall, and it's lucky I didn't
have my block Knocked off, Let me tell
you, many play that is described rs mag.
nificent and brilliant is simply the result
OF bull iuok and chance"
Charley DRYDEN, the California humorist
imported to New York, thus dwels on the
first throwdown OF the Pirates this week
Mr.. Kilen sustained four separate and
distinct shocks before the final outburst
that stampeded him. Four times he had
faced the three landsomest men in the
business, with their own peculiar types of
beauty punched at the plate. Every time
that McCreery, who is reckoned the pref.
tiest Giant, came to the bat he found n
man On the bases. This emergency called
Catcher Srgden, another prize beauty,
close behind the batsman, and Of Course,
Umpire O'Day, whose photographs Sell
readily at go cents each, had to come up.
Thus vas the unhappy Killen confronted
with one style of beauty unadorned, while
the other two were muzzied. 1t is not sur
prising that his nerve gave way, and he
imagined himself pitching into the open
door of "a joss house."
''Of course the orioles will win the pen
naut, and there is no reason why they
shouldn't, rs they have a team that is bet
ter equipped all around, on the bases, in the
field, and at the bat and think tina there
are few mere ounces of brains in that ORR
ole rank than the Beaneating aggregation
carry I'm der their tiles is Tebeau's analy-
sis. ave have always managed to skin
the Orioles because we played the same
kind of ball, used the scrappy tactics EN-
ployed by Hanlon's team. If you fight that
Oriole bunch to q draw and get u lead OF
two or three runs on them, they will quit
as prettily as any team in this Lea g,ie But
will give them credit for their team work
and their brains. OF course, there are teams
in the second division WHO appreciate the
work and tactics of the Champions, and
know how the points Of the game used by
tie Hanlon aggregation are played. But
they lack the real talent, and this is spe
cially the case ia bunting and beating out
the ball. You take an tnfield that Is slow
all around, and that Baltimore team will
make tnis lobster of the inner circle look
like a lot of one-night stahdcrs by dumping
the ball down and beating it to the sack
The Holsters understand thu play but they
are at loss rs tos the means to throttle
these hunts. Though the Orioles have been
unfortunate in illness and accidents 70
their players, stiH the substitutes who went
in the game when tiIe regulars were laid
off played bali up to the speed of the sea
soneti regulars. THIS was the case with
Kelley when he subbed for uughey Jen-
nings. and during Jennings absence joe
Quinn has been plagingsthe banner ball or
his life In short field"