The sun. (Wilmington, Del.) 1897-19??, 1898-05-17

Flick, Lajoie, Abbaticchio and Thomp
son lead the Phillies in batting percentage
to date.
Mrs Grover Cleveland, with a party o
friends occupied a box in the grand stanc
at Princeton on Saturday.
Ed. Hanlon likes Willis, the Yanke,
twirler OF the bean eating staff. Joe
Kelley and Hanlon place Willis secono
to Nichols in the Boston layout, and de-
clare that RUDE should be worked about
three games in two weeks to be fit.
A ridiculous paragraph is going the
rounds that Jack" Taylor wants Hurst
to trade him to Boston. "Jack" would
rather play under Hurst's management
than with any club in the league, and
he's the most enthusiastic member of the
Browns at that.
"Dummy" Hoy is still off on judy
ment on ground balls. He manages to
gather in everything above, however,
and hits the ball about as usual. In all
his baseball career Hoy has never been
known to talk back to an umpire.
President Ilanlon, OF the Baltimore
Club, refused TO consent to the transfer
OF the St. Louis Cincinnati games of May
9, 10 and II, from st. Louis to Cincin-
natl. From all appearances Hanlon lost
In fact any manager will lose who op-
poses the interests of Brush.
Pittsburg has decided to send Bill Egan
to the pastnre--that is, if some one
doesn't want to buy.
thinner, of Cleveland, who has been
credited with ''dinkey" arm, shows
no evidence of it lately. He is swapping
them down to first and slamming them
over to second Sin the same Old way"
The base runners who expect to take
advantage OF his alleged infirmity will
have more disappointments than stolen
bases.
Washington intends to make pitcher
out OF Snyder, the ex-Toronto catcher.
Yeager, the Brooklyn pitcher, has
delivery which is reminiscent Of "Kid"
Nichols.
Cincinnati now has two Hawleys, both
pitchers. One is known as the Beaver
Dam Adonis to distinguish him.
Doesn't anybody want Dad Clarke?
Louisville has released the round-faced
twirler who had considerable vogue on
the Polo Grounds brief spell ago, and
has released him Internationally. With
no particular demand for him, Dad is a
sort OF derelict in the League, waiting
for somebody to see how he might
string of twirlers. Dad will
probably be heard of in 4 minor league
before long.
weighing illustrated for Washington
on Saturday that an old-tin.er is not
has been" He hadn't
much in the way of benders in his mag.
azine, but he did have an excellent
cross fire which he sent speedily Or slow
ly with great precision and with more
effect than many professor. Delivered,
as the veteran lets it go, the weighing
bias fling is an effective sort of shoot |
and one which some OF the higher
cassed stars have been unable to add to
their stock in trade with as much skill
and control as the old-timer displayed in
lis use.
Tim Hurst, of the Browns, has been
talking again. He is authority for the
statement that the Browns are all right
and will beat lot of ball clubs and
;hings. He declares that they are slow
beginners, but when they do get their
stride they will make Louisville, Pitts
ourg and other clubs-which he does not
ARE to mention--hustle. "We'll pass
EN- like lightning" he says The
Browns and lightning hitched together
$ giving the lightning a pretty tough
leal.
The Pittsburg popuIace is now in the
let of worshiping at the shrine OF Bill
Tray, their new third baseman. 1t is
aid he can throw straighter, cover more
round, and hit the ball harder and
more often tEan anything that ever hap
,ened at Piusburg Donovan, last years
aptain of the team, is also doing hyp-
,otic act in his base running. Well, he
viii get on bases with his own ICY" in
he box, some day, and all Pittsburg
will wonder.