The evening times., 1897-05-22

| Walter Wilmot, OF the Minneapolis team,
went to James Hart yesterday and sounded
| him as &c the difficulties to be met in Sc
| curing Capt. Anson as manager and captain
orthe MInnea polls team, Wilmot is in earn
est and is anxious to take away the Colts
| captain in spite of the disposition OF a great
many people 20 think that Anson's day has
passed.
Bill Everitt's arm is still far from be-
ing in condition to permit Of his returning
| to the game. 1t is expected that with the
proper treatment the third baseman'
throwing member will he well enough to
allow him to Ieturn to his post in a week
or So He appears al practice every morn
ing with the Colts, doing a few splints
and dog tIot aroun d the field
Baseball is farreaching when it pene
tIates the inner recesses of a nladhouse.
Manager Bancroft yesterday received
letter from an inmate OF a santarium ask
ing him TO send him one of the souvenir
season tickets. As only few of this
kind of tickets are issued, it is hardly
necessary TO say that the request VIII
not be complied with-CinciGnati En-
qurer.
President Morse has decided that under no
circumstances can home run be counted in
The New England League unless the bail
goes a distance of 235 feet, no matter
under what conditions it gets away from
a fielder. whether high fence on something
else in the way of a bal rier makes its cap
ture impossible He has instructed lis
umpires that nothing more than two base
hit can be allowed on dive that does not
reach that distance
When a game is lost by one run" said
sim Hart, 1.-The cause can be traced to some
one feature OF the game. man makes an
error, the umpire makes a mistake, OF some
little thing like that. Many games arelost
on what look like trivial errors or decisions
early in the game. A base on balls unin-
teutionany given may shift the batters
around in a later inning, so that he heavy
hltters come up at a critical point. 1t is
the thousand and one chances that make
baseball the national game today"
This is the St Louis Republics way Of
announcing that the Browns will play IL
game: Brooklyn and st. Loui. Will play
d game of baseball at Sportsman S PARK
this afternoon. The Browns will make the
usual tremendous effort and bold bid you
read about in the advance notices OF the
games, and which never seem TO mategi
alZe on the field But as said before. the
Browns might win game, and then you
would be sorry if you missed it. You
would as soon have missed seeing the
arship''
Clark Griffith is the last OF the diamond
Mohicans to sing the old chestnut song 0f
the ballpla yer's ''giIded slavery but no
the business to 20 to Cierliug in a dry
goods store Jack Luby, who once led
the League IL hitting, has signed to pi,ch
for HornellsviIle, while I'D Pop Smith,
VINO played second base for the Reds in
so, is trying his hand there at short
stop. Although no longer League chat
tells these gentlemen are taking their
time getting into other lines -Ren Null
ford, jr., in Cincinnati Post.
Martin Bergen got mixed up in rlay
at Chicago the other day and thereby
added one more to the long list Of comic at
CIdenus that have happened in baseball
With the bases full nd two out. Thornton
swung at a ball and just grazed It; the
ball rolled about three feet into the Iia-
mOnd and Bergen went after it He tried
TO remove his mask. 10 make sure CT aC-
curdtely handling the leather, and the
strap OF the mask caught in his mouth
While hC was trying TO disengage the
strap from his upper teeth runner came
home, nd the chance for putoUt was
gone beyond recall.
The cry of umpire" has gone up from
the ranks Of the PaltimOres They have
twice been defeated at Cincinnati, and
bluff He wants Sheridan removed he-
cause he is alleged to be incompetent
1T was the worst skinning / have had
for a long time" said Mr. Hanlun Il
could see it all the way Though. There
could he no mistake abOut il and there was
no excuse for it. ! dO not protest an un-
piTe once year. but shall protest this CGe
This is a second case OF Lally. only worse -
DO you propose to play here tomorrow
with this umpiling?' hToke in Capt Rub-
inson, walking up eXCitedly TO Mr.. Han
lon IF you do, ] for tne will not play,
AMI none of the other men viii play. He
roasted Pond all the way through and
gave Rhines everything. He robbed me
OF a home run, and stepped in front of NE
and let IA foul bah strike him, so that
would not catch ii. "
The various railroad pools throughout the
country have been cleverly Outwitted by 5he
League Thetransportationc committee was
organized for the purpose Of saving money
for the various clubs by cutting down the
railroad expenses of every club that de-
sired to take advantage of the rates made
for the committee by certain railroad lines
The roads in the agreement with the com
nlittee agreed TO carry the pla yeTs for so
much per man. How much this rate is on
any roads known only to the road, the mem-
bers of the committee and to President
Young. The club using the Ioad does not
know how much it is raying Wnen the
manager Of a team wants transportation
over one of these roads he goes to the office
of the road, receives and receipts for the
number of tickets he wants This receipt |
together with the cost of transportation
is forwarded to Nick Young, who then |
draws on the different clubs in irregular |
amounts, so that no club will know how |
much sthe ecostoftransportation between |
certain points In this way no pool can !
touch any roads making these rates, aud, |
it is expected, considerable money will be !
saved every club desiring to take advan. |
tage of this arrangement.
GRIFFIN HALSTEAD VICTORIES. |