Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-06-19

being felt. The veteran has always been
timely hitter In the-pasGand his fielding
Of the very best. steinfelds is wabbling in
AS they say at the race tack, Come on,
you Phiilies! You have the fans of the
country with you and the ability to win
out! Make your twirIers do their best, and
the Brooklyns and Bostons will be taking
your dust before the three-quarter post is
reached"
Link Lowe never was 1eralded as the
king of second basemeh. In fact 1t is sell
dom that you hear any praise about the
Boston player, yet, take him day in and
day out the season through, counting the
timely hits that haF ALMOST invariably
makes. and it is doubtful II there is a more
He is winner IN all the name implies.
Donovan pitched phenomenal ball for
Richmond Saturday, allowing Newark but
one hit. But five Newark players got to
base. and only one man reached second
base.
Patton pitched great ball for wilkesbarre
Saturday, holding Reading down to three
hits but was wild.
The Chicago newspaper men back from
Washington tell q story on Callahan. The
Chicago team was to the good with Mich
OILS. roosting on second and the pitcher on
first. Ryan lines out two-bagger and CAL
lahan chases Nick all the way home and
tries to beat him out. Callahan was mined
at the plate and SO blown from the run
when he went to pitch that Washington
proud of his springing ability.-Pittsburg
News
A special from Chicago says that the
fourteen thousand persons present at yes
treated to surprise when the Giants went
to the bat. De Montreville had practiced
with the Chicagos, but Mertes took his
place at short. The formers convivial dis
position while in practice, when he threw
dollar and twenty-five-cent ball into the
bleachers. cost him the SIPS and the pleas
ure OF playing against the Giants. There
were rumors rife of other troubles in the
team but none came to the surface 1t
was asserted that Evertt had resigned the
captaincy, but il such was the case it did
not crop out in the game.
Talk from an authoritative source is to
the effect that when the reduction in the
league 10 eight clubs takes place there will
be surprise sprung in that BROOKLYN will
be dropped instead of Washington The at
tendance at Brooklyn this season has not
come up to expectations by a great deal
and the feeling among the magnates is that
New York is the proper city after all, and
that with fairly good team Washington
Will be better city than Brooklyn with a
team that stands up among the first three
When the reduction does come-and there
is strong feeling that it will come with
the end of this season--it will be found that
Cleveland, Louisville, Baltimore and Brook
Ign are the cities that will be dropped, and
their players be distributed where they will
do the most good.-Cincinnad Enquirer.
ms IS the way the Cincinnati CONNER
ciai-Tribune ''roasts" Setback: The an
nouncement last winter that the Cincinnati
CLUB had purchased the release of a PLAYER
was followed by an interview from the
player, who went on to say that in his
opinion the Reds were all cutters and that
he was going down to join the team for the
purpose of taking the yellow streak out of
them. He even went into detail, and told
now he would accomplish all this. He init
mated that he was man of courage and
that his very presence on the team would
nave the effect of making it win out many
games in the final innings, though ten to
twenty runs behind. One would have sun
posed from such boastful talk as this that
the player in question: Possessed at least
the average amount of grit and nerve, but
alas such does not seem to be the case for
the hrst time that herwas justly criticised
ne raised the distress signal and walled
mat he wished he was back with the team
from which he was purchased. This same
player talked of cutters and lack of nerve
In the makeup of the Reds What he said
may be true, but no one will ever believe
that his coming on the team has increased
the amount of nerve or stopped the Quit
ting, II there ever was any.n
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