The evening times., 1897-07-17

could not hold the Kentucky boys down In
one contest yesterday. Seymour is begin
ming tc feel the effects of overwork early
in the season.
If you happen TO meet -
A fan on the street
He'll declare that he thinks IL will snow
With wink of the eye,
He'll say, If you ask why,
The Statesmen won two in "a iow."
Fire yesterday destroyed the grand stand
ard other buildings on the Rochester Base
bail Clubs grounds. Loss, $4,000. 1t
Is probable that this viii end baseball in
Rochester for the season, and that no more
Eastern League games Will he played by
the Rochester Baseball Club.
Roaring Rnl'' Hassanaer has dropped
out OF sight Louisville Courier-Journal
Not on your life Bill Hassanaer is So good
that he would lie a bright and shining star
in the outfit from the Blue Grass state.
'sRoarin. Rin,'' at third base for Toledo,
is one OF the stars OF the league Toledo
Rec.
Jesse Purkctt is inviting unfavoraDle
oriticirn among the Cleveland fans by in
,ermittent attacks of the sulks that handl-
cap bis fielding. In one of the gaines
with the Senators Burkett loafed after
hit by DeMontre eville TO deep left field,
and Muntey took three bases during Jesses
recess
TannchiIl the Pirate s s'left- handed twirier
has not heen voted a success on the rub
ber 10y Pittsburg, and Patsy donovan IL
trying TO develop him as fielder Yes
ter,lay he endeavoRd to fill that aching
void in the Pirates outer garden which
Walter Broiie left by having his arm go
back on him.
Manager W. H. Rowe has secured the
franchise OF the Rochester Baseball Club
OF the Eastern League for Montreal. There
Is said 10 be plenty OF money behind tho
Montreal club. and the team will be ma
terially strengthened. The team win
open at Montreal on June %, with Wilkes
barre, playing thirteen home games.
There has not been so much excitement
10 Boston since 1889. when the New Yorks
and Bea heaters had their memorable fight
for the pennant, as at present. The games
of Selee's men on the road are reproduced
in detail hy electricity IN big hail in the
HUB, and the crowds there are Immense.
The Bos.an club Will make nearly $4,000
tnlS year, 50 ~.
A. w. Lawson, the oncitne League
pitcher who last year took a team OF ball
players tn England, will sail for London
today to coach the players Of the London
baseball Association. There are twelve
teams in the association, and If Lawson
finds the players far enough advanced
in the American game he mas arrange to
bring an English team home with him in
the fall
lack Crooks troubles are diagnosed
by tall PLAYERS as a bad case OF swelletl
head. If he has sore finger, the other
members of the team sit up with him.
If he spraIns IL leg in sliding to a base
his feIlow-players are prompt to tender
their sympathy. If he makes an error,
he 8 told that it was not his fault that
no one could get the ball. President
LOTUS is his willing slave, and Manager
Tebedu takes off his hat to him. -Indianap
oils News.
At last the Clevelands have rebelled
against the indian Sockalexis and his
record playing" That Is why Pitcher
Henry Clar ke is playing the Indians
garden Tebeau's men insisted that a
men who was as patronizing as Socka-
lexis in his treatment Of the other team
players should be disciplined. And so, 10
the poor Indian! Sockalexis is on the
bench Newspaper puffs have turned
"Sox's" head The truth about the red
skin In this: He is not gentleman. This
was plainly shown at the Leland Hotel
here recently By the rude way he treated
a newspaper representative. For a time
Soclalexts was considered Find" but
he is on the shelf now. -ChicagO Post.