Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-06-21
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St. Louis ssgood thing slpped eos 'eS
terday.
Yesterdays win makes the series staho'
Washington, 3: st. Louis, .. 49, a
Senators are still in the tenth hole, anu
nv a better margin, as LOulsVilie ioSt.
Mercer is giving exhibitions Oh iase
how conscientious ball player shouio
work to earn his money .,soz o,,or
the fact that OBrien has at last nau
good day at the bat. YESTERDAY ieso ne
NAV give Jack confidence, ana shou4o nc
continue to hit the ball it will mean gredt
deal to the Senator'S, as he ID d iiiie ~
and base runner.
Al Selbach's double yesterday will go
great way toward restoring MN 10 ldNo,
among the Cincinnati base pan ,ans.
..Ser' has done very little in sensational
way so far this season, but perhaps ne Is
just rounding into form.
Manager Irwin will doubtless hesitate
quite a while before pulling Pete CASSIDY
off of first base should new players De op-
tanned. Pete is slow as a thinker, but ne
has commenced to hit the ball, and hltters
are valuable these days.
Manager Irwin admitted 10 the writer
some time since that If OBrlen turned out
to be a failure he would experience one OF
the greatest disappointments OF his base
ball career. Irwin said he felt sure OF ms
man, and for this reason JACK would De
given a thorough trying-out before being
released. OBrien's batting streak yester-
day may be the turning point in his career
as ball player.
The queerest freaks in base ball are the
ReitZ boys of Chicago. There are i've OF
them and every mothers son is second
baSeman. Henry, until injured, was playing
a rafting good game for Pittsburg George
is with the Spaldings, the crack Seml-pro-
fessional team of Chicago, and John is one
of the wonders of the California League.
The two youngsters of the family are COW
ering middle sacks for fast amateur teams
around Chicago.
&c hiatt rxyitl I, t1,a
Philadelphia team, hit ball so hard in
Mondays game in Cincinnati that he actu-
ally broke it. 1t was in the third inning.
LaJoie Strengthened out ON the hrst pan
pitched. He met it squarely and pushed
his weight against it. The ball went at
terrific rate of speed and struck the center
field fence near the top with reSoundlng
whack that could be heard in the grand
stand. The ball caromed off the fence, and
before Elmer Smith could field 1t Lajoie
was third. The ball was thrown TO
Umpire Burns for inspection he examined
it and threw the ball out OF the game.
The awful jolt that Lajoie gave 1t broke the
rubber on the inside. 1t was knocked Top
sided and was no longer fit Tor play.
That's the second time Lajoie has done
trick like that said Pitcher Dona-
hue last nigha. THE other time II DC.
Cured in Philadelphia. Delehanty hrst
smashed the ball out for three-bagger.
He hit it SO hard that he started the seams
in the cover. Then Lajoie LOOK SWING
on the BAH and sent IL on iliie ~ ".
brick club house in left center me pan
struck the brick wall so hard tnat II Du,sl
the cover and the yarn ball rolled out.
Cincinnati ENQUIRER. .,.,
Umpire Burny, who ofhciated with smith
yesterday, has received his waking papers
from PresiaentoNick Young, and after next
Thursday will drop off the League stan OF
umpres. Ehiss rather discouragins news
came to Burns yesterday. Umpire smith
has been ordered to double up with An
drews at Cleveland next Thursday. Burns
has umpired humber of games here this
season, and his work has been as good as
that of any umpire that has appeared here
this season, and, If anything, little better
than that of one or two. Burns has been
protested by almost every club IN the
league. He has not given satisfaction to
the players, and the result is his release.
For several years the players have been
loud in condemning President Young for
appointing anything but retired players on
his STAFF. Burns is a retired player, yet 1t
is questionable whether any umpire has
ever been treated as shamefully as he by
the players. They have taken advantage of
every opportunity to knock him, and are
really responsible for his release. 1t only
goes to show what inconsistent lot
most ball players are. They were up in
arms when Young appointed men on the
staff who had never played ball, and when
he appointedsan old player they drove him
out of the Observation-Disclosures CONNER
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