The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1897-09-25
AROUND THE BASES.

viii join the Reds at Indianapolis. he
| comes from the same place as GetuInan.
A few weeks ago Capt. Donovan was the
only Pirate who was hitting above 800.
Now Rotlfuss. Jesse Hoffmeister, Elmer
| Smith and Harry Davis are Keeping hltn
company. While Walter Brodie is knocking
/ at the door.
The release OF Umpire John ]. Kelley
| VIII be followed by a little more cleaner
work. Tim Hurst is standing on slippery
ground, and 1t is certain that he will be
called upon to defend charges of conduct
unbecomiBg a League official, at the No
vember conference.
Bunting ON the New York grounds is al
most an lmposSbility, owing To the way la
which the slopes along the foul line have
been constructed. Tie Champions tried
bdufin : IN aIlthr ne game at the metropolis,
and made over twenty-five attempts all
told, but not one was safe.
Manager Banie, of Brooklyn, dropped ia
at Cleveland the other day. He has circu-
lated through the Western League, and, like
Br or Fox, may be lying low. At any rate.
he told Tebesu there We're no players in De
trOit worth trying in fast company, aud
Oliver Wendell win ked the other eye.
Next year il is proposed to have the
umpires Ia the Baltimore games located in
a balloon above tie grounds and announce
decisions by means OF IA megaphone. Fog
protection he may be given few bombs
to drop down To attract attention until he
reaches the ground and gets away Boston
Globe.
That little story that the Cincinnati Club
had gone iato the business OF serving flesh
to one playe; aud fish TO another lacked
truth for a foundation. The Cincinnati
Club did not pay the fine assessed against
Charley Miller by Umpire O'Day. Harry
Vaughan was mistasen " hen he ~ declared
Cincinnati Post.
Tin Hurst is TO travel to the Pacific
coast with the Baltimores and Ail-Amer-
Icas. While those two teams will play at
League Park, Cincinnati, on the 18th IF
October, Sir Tirn will not umpire tie
game NO man who has slandered Gin
cinnatl 20 falsely and maliCiously as Hurst
has done can umpire on the Cincinnati
grounds, is one e,.ict issued by President
Brush, attestcd ny Ashley Lloyd and IN
dorsed by every enthusiast villified oy the
Hurstian attacks.
The public testimonial 10 the Boston
players viii be in the form Of q History
OF he Boston Baseball Club" aud is now
being complied. IL is intended TO make
the souvenir one or the handsomest af-
fairs Of the kind ever issued, while the
historian data VIII make IL invaluable
as book OF reference. The work VIII
comprise some $50 pages, and reviews
the game from it, inception through all
Its stoFes up TO the present time. Amung
the features VIII be a Resume OF the games
played ia the Cos, when baseball was IN
its infancy.
There are worse players In the League
than Uncio Anson right now" says Patsy
Donovan. I'm fact, there are too many
to name them all. His head is needed on
the Chicago team, and he knows il, ard
the players know it. No doubt, when An
son finds q man who can fill his shoes,
physically ard mentally, he viii retire,
not before. Iii is well enough TO laugh at
Arson, and he has i'een a butt for sew
eral years, but a comparison OF his work
with that OF some who believe themselves
head and shoulders above him, viii show
that TIE old man has something TO sraile
about himself Z"
The Smallest baseball park in the League
makes the biggest money The Boston
team tas very crdmped quarters. but il
pla IS TO a wonderful business. Jake Morse,
of the Boston Herald, takes fan out nf
the Boston grounds as follows. 1T is re-
markabie that patrons OF the national
game in TITS city have stood The narrow.
cran.Dec grounds at the South End as
long as has been the case. Never was at
tention directed SO strongly TO the made
quate surroundings of the team as on
Wednesday last in the game with tie
PhiiadelphIas. Balls went against the
fences that would have been easy captures
on ordinary grounds and in the left field
the players often gaze at balls going over
the fence that certainly would be taken
on grounds OF even ordinary size. There
is no FOUL ground, eli her III right or left
field, on the Boston grounds, and there
are 20 chances to ma he the brilliant cap
lures that are made on other grounds
dirtier ground does not exist. One cannot
but admire the patience of the people W no
sit on the beachers on the third base sides.
deluged by TIE showers Of Cinders that
pour in upon them from the engines on
the other side or the fence, and who make
50 little OF smoke that is almost enough to
suffocate ore. Tie game is often stopped
in order 10 allow the Smoke to blow away
so that the fIelders can see the ball. With
the lease OF the Providence road by the
New York New Haven, and Providence
Railroad, traffic Increased so that more
trains pass, and the smoke nuisance is now
worse than ever.