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THE EVENING STAR, SATURDAY MAY 23, 1896-TWENTY-FOUR PAGES. deeeegeetee oo % eed ope Mér. Co., Hiart Brittain, local mgr., 22d und P sts, 452 Pennsylvania ave. | eet tetera enone ene dreletntetetet teeta Who ever saw a sky-blue Colum-= bia; or a pink Columbia; ora pea- green Columbia; or a yellow Colum- bia; or an aesthetic-green Columbia? Columbias are finished in the glosse a as i ss Wk sk be We Soon jest black enamel, or in the finest nickel plate—$100 and $100 only. Seedengeegeeg Columbia Ridiug Academy, We Make Wheels Eld redge Belvidere. They are the Lightest Running Wheeis on Earth ana Strictly High Grade. We Always Made Good Sewing Machines! Why Shouldn’t We Make Good QUALITY GUARANTEED ENTERPRISE CYCLE CO., 812-814 Fourteenth St... N. W. M4 Ys Va Sls Vs. DSPs Vs Vs SB Ps. Ps SPP Ps PSPs LPO, 1) UPPLEE HARDWARE CO., jesale Distributors, 4 NATIONAL SEWING MACHINE CO., BELVIDERE, ILLS. = Philadelphia, Pa.] SDM = DIDN'T KNOW BEFORE. +ry one who dines here says. FRITZ REUTER'S HOTEL AND RES AT SALE OF = the lead. During the racing sea- raws, 5OC son last year more victories were | —a good-wearing hat that won't disappoint | i five $1 or $1.50 ° Seckiamer wee aod se Enterprise Cycle Co., Sole agents for “Dunlap”? Hats. | 812-814 14th St.Jebo Woerner, f Chas. H. Ruoff, Up-to-date Hatter, 905 Pa. Ave. A APASADABAAADABALSARARERSAD “A love of a cycle,” | The Dainty, Graceful r nton.” high grade Ladics’ With its perfect kirts are a thing of GREAT PITCHING THIS. Each of the Twirlers Struck Out Ten Me The game yesterday at National Park in the departmental series between the cham- pions of "94 and #5, the District Commi. s’ Office and the Bureau of Engray d Printing teams, respectively, was one of the best games of the season, al- though the diiference in the scores of the twe teams would seem to indicate differ- ently. Up to the eighth inning the game was close, and the score stood 4 to 0 in favor of the Engravers, but in the eighth the oys from the vicinity of the monument ained confidence and went at Fitzger- = a ald ike a peiiiwind, georne eres runs and placing the game veyorn) all dou! \Knox’s Famous Eros Winklean: belones the ereit: or Z sinning the kaine for ‘the “Bureaus, He q truck out ten men, dic ye a le Ladies’ Sailors base on balls andallowed ine heave Mie ting District boys but four hits. Fitzg nee ewes SEeReS ald also struck out ten men, but gave four tems we bases on balls, although only nine safe fine and I hits had been made oft his delivery up to Others of cheape tle the eos ciench ianine: eens s » McCauley and Bielas! y B. Stinemetz and fast game in the infleld for the Bureau H. Son, - am." while Johnson, Harding and 5 237 2 Grath we in_ the game at all times for ESAS ae ae Sor ¢ boys. Fuller made two x ‘a four } he District tea The *Credenda”’ out or the Cour i for t district tean ‘the batting for the real ++ —has every feature almost that goes to| Neither team has lost this year, and the mak® a perfect wheel. Outside of the | Vent atiracted the largest crowd that has is . ever witnessed an amateur game at Hating. the, Anesth $100) wbecll02 | tional’ Park. The! scort: °° * the market, the “Credenda’ is as Le COMMISSIONERS. Too! rears in guard. past. Unusas in {ts could be constructed with greate See them, when down town a th dh a a da ca ds | shoppin. Sylph-Winton Cycle Agency, ¢ Aukam Building, 6th and F Sts. lnyl-s.t, thm, 25 ferrin ee ee re ese are exclusive pat- very WSOP VPDOSOTOoOVPTOWiww waa waa ee *¢ as any, yet costs but $63. Easy terms | LO. OLE, eee sees if you want them. ° i 2 2 a } 9 | oo 2 0°60 wctal ate ut not | Lappan’s, 1013 Pa. Ave. | Hagin’ © 8 at Bye FINEST Tn town. | mn0.3m,20 Mcrae 9 é 3 8 re daluty dishes— | Fité‘ald, p.0 0 0 3 g oo —they ever z oe ts unewalel. | YOU'LL WIN YOUR RACE yale. 1 FAR Sl Toa aoe aro a ss r > *Madigan ou “1 to touch third base, | IF YOU RIDE Commission -90000001 041 | Bureau -0001030 6 x-10 qunissioners, 1; Bureau, 4. turned runs — Ci Humes The Syracuse. base hit—Madigu hit Na ite ADEN. “Crimson rims” are always in truck dut By 10, Umpire ; DOUBLES. won on the Syracuse than on all Southern Tennis Annociation, Play was resumed yesterday afternoon in _ the tournament of the Southern Tennis niy23"s,t,th28 | Association. Several games in the singles other wheels combined. $100. Hosrnamen ot — —=| were disposed of, and play wes begun in We RERTE ROE the doubles and for the consolation prize, nue The star play of the day was be ot Be Levied on Wheel- | Beckwith of Cleveland and J.C. Davi ch Owners! a i} deve a New Y. a ” capert on Watches, 632 G St, | lect tolls from bicyclists. As has been| J. p. Paret of New York beat J. C. n Montgomery County. |son of this city. It vas generally ex- [pected that Beckwith would prove more After a consideration of the question for | than a match for the local man, but the | several weeks, the turnpike companies of | Washington players were pleasantly sur- ch Repatring | yy ry county, Md., though author- | prised to see Davidson put up a game that For Clenaing | Montgomery county, Md., eae Be i Ani I give | ized to do so by a special act of the Mary- | his opponent could not begin to equal. Davidson won easily by the se 5-2, Joo. | land legislature, have decided not to col-| ¢ 4 Sey ne poore Of 16-2, lay “| previously stated in The Star, there was | of this city, 61, 7-5. W. P. Metealf of produce.» ’ HALL | Serious and determined opposition to the | Goce aes | toll from the bicyclers of this city, who | Smith by defacit. | use the pikes leading from this city to varl- | ~ In the preliminary rounds in the doubles ous sections in Maryland very frequently. | Metcalf and Boag defeated Boyle and Mo. for cal’ sin, | The objection was not so much against the | foe eran pate ae contest, and 8 for all sizes | z je winners then began thelr game’ w: oe (rears canta rem mall, asiltawaa) in irenmandvoare teri is concladed, You won't re-| against the delay and annoyance the pay-| Dariason and Faret. When it is Beckwith your summer | ing of the same woyld cause. There was | Totin and Mck i the: inven ee objection also to the principle involved, ington, and ie winners of the Tobin of Georgetown Gower took a game from Shirtmaker, : Pcutae se is: | Same will then play Goodfellow and Clay, Bigg, | SMCRNS Tesumdel as an uncalled for dig: . | crimination against the silent wheel. It | : a : 900 ES | transpires that the victory was won by the Georgetown College Notes. Just the Thing For Summer Wear. —A Black or —nothing cool, skeleton lined. Haslett & Pistel, dressier—and__ very | board of directors at a meeting subsequent- | brilliant. game” tor = efforts of the cycle club of Sandy Spring, | Though Georgetown's representatives did tings, $20. Md. This organization took special pains | not win at the meet of the Southern Ten- to have all of the friends of the wheel they nis Association, ne vertheless, the men that could drum up, and who were also stock- ; : entered did so well that the tennis tn- holders of the’ turnpike companies, to at- tend the stockholders’ annual meeting held | SPiration has taken hold of the students last week, and to have passed a resolution | in a wonderful manner. Manager Gower frue Blue Serge Suit | declaring against a toll on bicycles. In| and McMahon, both members of the “08, view of the passage of this resolution, the | lost to their adversaries, but put up a novices. Tobin, ‘99, Every student regretted hos. Driscoll, who recently won the intercollegiate champlonship of the Dis- trict from Goodfellow, who once held the championship of the Pacitl lope, and ly held decided to let the matter drop. | won by default. Cyclers will therefore be free as heretofore | that T 20th Century | 08 the pikes of Montgomery county. Tailors, FOR THE WHEELMEN. my22-20d THEIR WHOLESALE, A Splendid Display of OU in fit and wer R. C. Lewis & Son, NEW YORK AVENUE. GENDRON WHFEL C0., ( GENDRON CYCLE CO., K. E. Gury, Manager, S24 Oth at. now. apt-tu,th&s24t i «| now holds it for Egypt, was unable to Smoker Tonight Given by the Colaim- | compete. Mr. Driscoli preferred the stu. bia Athletic Club. dent life to the pleasures of tennis, hence The smoker to be given this evening by Be attended to his examinations rather the Columbia Athletic Club to the wheel- | Ran compete. Monday the base ball team starts on {ts men of the city will prove an enjoyable | northern trip. It carries with’ t the event In every sense of the word. A musi- good wishes and hopes of all the student cal program will be given on the lawn, if| body. Upon the results of this aig snt G SHIRTS H : Hee the weather should prove favorable, but | Georgetown’s hopes of the collegiate cham- please all | 7 oe e pionship. Tt is one thing to beat a team jit not the proceedings will take place in upon the home grounds and another to the gymnasium hall. A large aumber of | | beat it abroad. Georgetown has defeated | invitations have becn issued, and it is | all but two of the collegiate teams it has j ¢xPected that the accommodations avall-| met this tee ra eet but it 2 Ss a more di ‘eat to carry off victory obi i the cat House wit he: (axey tq ica ofce own tn and rooters are their utmost. absent. It ia the intention of the club to give! ‘The team, at the outset, strikes the two the smoker on we exounds egio ning the | strongest college teams ‘of the country, club house on G street, the weather per-| Holy Cross and Brown. 1 h é mitting, dnd to decorate the lawn, which aes these games are satisfactor y, th hi Will be lighted with colored ianterns and | fest is ‘plain. salling! eee electric Ughts. Should the weather pre-| "May 28 Rev. D. J. Stafford, LU.D., will cece ngclub from carrying this object into | give a lecture, under the auspices of ne effect the smoker wilt be given in the | Georgetown Athletic Association, at Al- &ymnasium. The committee of arrange-| en's Opera House. He has chosen “vs ments for the affair consists of Messrs. | his subject “Christopher Columbus, His C, N. Schneider, chairman; Wells, Goodale, | Genius and Inspiration" : Stites 2nd Dr. Haynes, and an enjoyable | “Benedict Francis Maher, the student who evening ,is Promised by these gentlemen. {| won the elocution medal’ Thursday sve, ‘To add to the enjoyment of the occasion | ing, has been the recinene ue Seeus Mr. Louis Gebicke, assistant director of | gratulations pfentve® ‘iiatiy’ eon the Marine Band, will be on hand, with a good-sized orchestra. Intercollegiate Cricket. Myers Took First Prize. The University of Penneylvaria defeated The Cclumbia Athletic Club five-back| Harvard yesterday at Philadelphia in the tourney closed last evening with Myers in| first of the games for the intercollegiate possessicn of the first prize, and Sims win-/ Championship. The Pennsylvanians scored ning the prize for the highest single game. | the winning run five minutes before the . This prize was also won by Myers, but| time fixed for the drawing of stumps, and Swift—Strong—Sure. Te Si eee under the rules of the club a player being | W!th five wickets to spare. The visitors : first, apd ended the first in- Catalogue, allowed but one prize, the second one went | Went {9 bat firs Makers,) Toledo, Ohio | to Sims. Rice was looked upon as a sure | 28 with a lead of 3t runs, but in the cend their bowl ect Whiner, but fell off somewhat In his work | {poche tel” bowlers went to pieces and ard finished down the line. Myers’ total Pennsylvania began their second innings ne cue eas pe iaa of games ae bee with | at 4:55 o'clock, and concluded the matoh bt as le ighest game. ims” ighest | exactly ore hour later. 7 vi game was 62. The scores for last evening ‘i eee PURE RYE WHISKEY. MY OWN BRAND. Baseball—Tomorrow, 4 p.m. Metz Se Wm. J. Donovan, Hall. Senators vs. Chicags, Sct 1523 7th st. a.w. played on the grounds of the German- and the totals of the elght players repre-|town Cricket Clib at Manheim. Toda: Columbia Club oie Benes clows:,_ Myers, 540; Callan, | the visiters will cross bate with Heo. 9 wis —. 500; Grant, 472; Rice, 6; | ford, the only other college in the as- We Sims, 502; Bennett, 443; Gebicke, | seciation, and the final game of the series Stn will be played between Pennsyivania and ee ae Haverford at a later da Perfect re-| Baseball—Tomorrcw, 4 p.m. Metzerott production.—Adyt. Hall. Senators vs. Chicago.—Advt. TO BE HOME TUESDAY Local “Fans” Preparing to Greet AY the Segbtors A ROUSING WELCOME WILL BE READY _—— ‘Fall Down” of the Pittsburgs, Comment on the’ NOTES OF THE PLAYERS “And the Senators will be home on Tues- day morning.” These are not the correct words of the popular Irish song, but in point of popularity the song is not in tho same class with the club that represents this city in the National League. No mat- ter how the series terminates in Chicago Captain Joyce and his followers have done nobly since they left home. {Whenever a club leaves home, no matter if {t leads the league at the time, all the home peo- ple ask is for the club to win half its games. Here the Senators, with no as- pirations for one-two-three honors, have been doing almost that well, and the Phil- lies, who led the league prior to leaving home, think they are drawing a grand prize in a lottery when they manage to register a victory. Year after year, with the exception of 1892, the Washington club would sail away in a good position in the pennant race and as regularly take a header and bring up with a crash at the tail end. This year things are different. They got a splendid start at Baltimore and Brooklyn, and in the other cities did as well as could be expected. Had the Senators the New Yorks’ assignments of dates they would have done still Letter, as the latter club caught both Louisville and St. Louis in a demoralized condition and won games they could not now place to their credit. When the Senators struck St. Louls that club had rounded into great form and put up a game against the vis- itors that will win four times out of five. Louisville was also in good shape, but the Senators were not to be dented, the rain probably keeping them out of a three- straight record. And what-a home-coming it will be for the Senators out at National Park Tues- day$ A band will be present to enliven the occasion. It being ladies’ day thou- sands of the fair sex wiil help to cheer on the boys, and that the sterner en- thusiasts will-be on hand by the thousan s without ying. Cincinnati will be the opposing club. “What more could be asked for? The Senators played to a 9,000 audience when they contested the farewell game with the Baltimores, and undoubtedly a larger gathering will en- thusiasticaily greet them on their return. On the trip Captain Joyce allowed no side trick to esc ster German was clung to until he his worth, “Silver” King ized up in St. Louis, and on the captain’s weil-sustained judg- ment signed to help the team where It was thought it was weak. Al. Maul re- celved a trouncing in Cincinnati, but Joyce was determined to kaow who he could de- nd upon and theS@huadelphia diamond dealer was sent to the post again and strated that he-is all right, all right. Then again Mercer/was shoved into the breach quite cften, but he was willin’ and one game won countg-as well, if not better, away from home than when surrounded by enthusiaslic well-wishers. Harmony is on tap in large quantith No matter if there Is an extra in and out fie en the bench, if one gfvthe players had an idea the extra man could do better with a puzzling pitcher than he the regular man gave way willingiy; and in the case of Lush — and the substitution proved benefic kind of feeling is what wins g: me spirit. pre- vails in the Orioles’ camp and look at the game they are putting up! Tom Brown and Charley Abbey have the club's interest at heart, and whenever it is demon that the extra man will:help club, th ng the xtra man will le an the game in a twinkle. After one of the games in the west in which Rogers made a couple of er- rors the plucky New England boy w and said he was’ pe way to Crooks or Lush. ‘The game Jimmy put up the next day demonstrated that Captain Joyce's “jolly” reached the right spot, the favorite third baseman’s nerve returning with a ru Think of a team having a batting aver- age of .310 and a fielding average of 037 lcsing games with the regularity the Pitts- burg club does. There is a screw loose somewhere. They frequently manage to cutbat and outfield their opponents, but lose just the same. Seven of the team have batting averages of over .00 and one over .400, and but two fall below the Ki mark in fielding. Little sympathy is ¢ pressed for this team on account of their propensity to cripple players, if necessary to win games, and the road before the club, on this ‘account, will be catremely recky. Pittsburg furnishes more gambling on the national game than any other city on the circuit, and ft frequently happens that thousands change hands at a single contest. Every one is familiar with the feeling such losses bring forth, and it may be that this gambling spirit is'‘too much of a handicap for the home club to battle against. The club had been playing good ball until the Paltimores arrived In town. Enthusiasm was running high, and the smoky city “fans” were lugging arount socd money in sacks looking for people who would bet against their club. Three defeats followed, and it is said that when the Orioles won the third game there were more people in the stands cheering the visitors than the home clay. During a horse race the man that has a bet on a certain horse will cheer that animal on until the race {s over, hoping until the last that the ticket in his hand may be lucky, but in base ball it is different. Let a man place a $5 bet on the home club and that club start off poor in the game. It always follows that that gentleman will roast the club for the remainder of the afternoon, thereby _ less ning his own chances of winning beside making every- body around him uncomfortable. If the Pittsburg management would call down the petty bettors on their stands the probabil. {lies are the club would do better. There is nothing so demoralizing as a “roast from the home patron: Ball payers have their “hobbies” just like other people, but the collection of bats has seized upon several, similar to the stamp-collecting craze, and as a con- Sequence several players have “wagon tongues” by the dozen. Capt. Ewing of the Cincinnatis is one of this class. Last fall Ewing drifted down into the cellar of @ sporting goods house and unearthed about ten dozen first-class sticks, which had been there for ars, and immediately bought the lot. During the winter they were oiled and scraped to perfection, and now every one of the red legs has a bat to his own fancy, ‘and this apparently small feature may have something to do with the standing of ‘the Reds in the pen- rant race, as they ate lacing the ball out this season as never before. Visiting play- ers*have been dickering to get possession of some of Ewing's stock, but generally without success. So far “Your Uncle” William Joyce is the only visitor to Cin- cinnati who has managed to beg, borrow r steal one of the choice base-hit killers. crappy” got one from Buck on the re- cent visit to that city, and had it turned dewn, and now clatmsit ts worth its weight in gold. Ewing and Joyce's friendship dates back from the brotherhood days, All the clubs willbe chary about substi- tuting players as umpires when the regu- lar ran fails to show up. The deal that the Louisv'lles got from Grim during a re- cent game with the, Brocklyns has placed all the managers on their guard, and here- after when a regular umpire fails to put in an appearance a substitute will be yanked from the grand stand irstead of the play- ers’ bench. The Louisville boys claim that they were robbed out of a well-earned vic- tory over Brooklyn owing to tricky work on ‘the part of Catcher Grim, who was offi. ciating as umpire back of the plate. Grim used to cetch McDermott, and he knows ig slgus. He saw Warner give the signs, wo fingers in the glove for one kind of a curve, three for another, and so on. After the second inning he explaired the matter to the Brooklyn batsmen. It was easy for him to give away the signs. He held both hands on his Knees for a straight one, pulled up his trousers for an out ciffve, an so on, and the Brooklyns just followe these instrucions, lacing he ball all over the field end thereby winning the game. 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HOEKE, has played the “Once upon a time,” the arti- ayer right here on the Cin- tipped off sigts while acting the occasion. referred to home team reaped the benefit. and umpire did not let the news ‘air get out urtil mcnths afterward, and the team that got the does not know It to this day. who did the tipping was nct a Cincinnati As the Senators have three games in the last four years, it {s not a hard guess the club that was given the “double cross.” the orly player same fame vorst of it proba: player at the time.” won about Manager McGunnigle,now with the Louts- | and western papers as a great ager on account of the success of the hout getting into the “knock- it may be well to remark that ear could not lose the had thrown the games as the brotherhood n club was the only | the Brooklyns that pennant vnle deliberately aw: the mincr } by the ether of the yellow n clubs were the and the like IcGunnigle may prove to be a | cares to base his reputation on his Brook- lyn experience. Record of They Quite Forgot Themselves and d the Champions, Again yesterday did the champion Balti- mores succumb before the dashing Louis- team making a rollicking grand stand finish in the ninth inning. With the score 5 to 3 in favor of ville Colorels, cracked out four singles, which, with the assistance of an error and a passed ball, netted three runs and victory. LOUISVILLE, Dexter, cf.. 1 Clarke, 1f2 01 | dency. Pere Pers CRECHOMONNS Fo | mm monon ‘wo out when Winning run was vo10000 Baltimore, 1; i 1 Teft on bases ball—Robinson, Pitchers Knocked Out. Boston and Cleveland tcok turns in bat- ting the cpposing pitchers out of the box yesterday, but the Beareaters proved to be the best -vlelders of the stick, and were ahead in runs at the conclusion of nine in- ChmcHoure eh Burkett, 1f. 1° | Bannm, rf. 0 | Hamilton,ei cueuc> canst 0) Tucker, 167 1) Har’gton,30 McAleer, cf 1+ MeGarr, 8b. 1 SoSH IS tom: Ni] cum Deorsrscoae eres looer 0) Sullivan, p. 5 =! co Earned runs— Cleveland, by errors—Boston, 1 Boston, 6. First I n bases Clevel First base on balls—-Of Wilso ; off Sullivan, 2. Struck out—By Wilson, 1; Home ran —Tiw ‘hilds, Tebeau, Lon; rr, Bergen, T O'Connor (2), Hamilton, Long. Lowe, Tuckes Cuppy, 2; by Sulli "Ewo-base ‘hits- 3 ner—By Main: hours. Umpire—Weldman. Phillies Break the Spell. Philadelphia also won out in the ninth irning after the game was well in the hands of Pittsburg. For some unaccountable reason Hawley grew wild at Taylor was erratic at the start, but soon settled down. It was Hawley’s fifth straight defeat, and the first victory for the Phillies after eight defeats. PHILADELPE Like Leuisville, the last moment. Donovan.rf. 2 Birb'u'r,2b. 0 ComnoHacNNs: Hughey, p. 0 ‘Totals. ...10 10 27 1. *Taylor cut for interfering with flelder. 5001000 200000 Earned runs—Pittsburg, 2; FP unsurpassed; careful, ex ; in these respects we claim Carpets, Furniture and Drapery, Corner Penn. Ave. and 8th St. THE WORLD IS ALL YOURS } IF YOU RIDE A GOOD So edntncedetnintntnene meee ge ce & = 3 Soto Fi ing we back PP aeocconconcongetordontoegetontontontotongontengorgont Sededetetetetetedetedeegetetetetetetees rite Double Rases on 8. Hit by ball ek cut By Tayle Hughey, 2. Wid houry and fifteen ini Timely Hitt batting, won the gare for § Brooklyn yes very wet and sloppy, which m fielding well nigh impossible. 6112712 « Daub in wi Sacrifice hits Cooley, on balis-O% Gum Struck out-—By Har Umpire—Ly And New York Won. And New York captured still another. nati sccred one run in the first, but n of | blanks. Dad Clarke was responsible for | the Giants’ victory, but five hits being thereafter the record shows a succes: . NEW YORK, made off his delive! CINCINNATI. o Succoumenee Davis, 1 Clarke, p. Wilson, ¢ 15 4! Totals... 100000008 Cincinnatt New York! Three-base hits Irwin, ar y Clarke, 1; by hour ‘and forty-five min- 4. Struck out pall Peltz. utes. Umpire—Keefe. WASHINGTONS AT BAT. Their Percentages Have Generally Improved. In keeping with the general good work on the western trip, the vatting averages of the Senators have taken an upward ten- night ago, has dropped somewhat, but has 2 | not lost his grip as the leading batsman of his club, with Selbach a good second. After Capt. Joyee was ordered out of the game at Cincinnati, Jack Crooks had his first opportunity to make a hit, and grasped | it; as he will not get in the game while the | team is winnin; he will probably, glory in his “possible” for some time to come. In the past ten games every man on the team has bettered his percentage, with the | exception of McGuire, Abbey and Rogers, who have fallen off 81, 9 and 14 points, re. spectively. McCauley gained 65 points; Selbach, 0; Cartwright, 46; McJames, 2 Brown, ; Joyce, 21; DeMontrevil and Mercer, 8 Capt. Joyce is the leading run getter and base runner. The table follows Cartwright MeJamncs Bord There has been quite a change in the leading batstren of the twelve National League clubs during the past two week: Miller of Cincinnau, McGuire, Jennings, Van Haltren, Hamilton and Clarke of | Louisville still lead their respective clubs. O'Connor has temporarily displaced Burkett as Cleveland’s heavy hitter; in Pittsburg, Ely has given way to Stenzel; in Philadel- phia, Delehanty to Grady; in Chicago, Dah- len to Lange; in Brooklyn, Corcoran to Burrell, and in St. Louis, Parrott has pass- ed Manager Connor. Miller of Cincinnati fs the surp: season. Not only has “Dust batting been terrific, but he also leads the base Tanners of “the leagne | He htt eately in | Soventh tuning. Yer mye y Cone freely. twenty successive games, but fell down be- fore Win Mercer. His 55 hits include 10 doubles, 1 triple and one home run. The record includes players who have played in ten games or more, and is as follows: O'Connor, Stenzel, Pitts. Metinire, Wash! Grady, Phila. Jennings, Balto. Vanilaltren, New York. Lange. Chicago. Burrell, Brooklyn. Hamilton, Bostoa. Clarke, Louisville. Parrott, St. Louls....@.. Base Ball Briefs. The gush about Fred. Ffeffer's one ycar’s lay-off weakening his fielding and batting is very tiresome. When he was taken off the nine he was hitting over .300 and field- = Won for Roger's Men. Good team work, combined with timely Louts from The grounds were j making fun of “I 1800000004) Passed | wers indulging too freely in high McGuire, who led the league a fort- | | indoors. You should have si ——- jing splendidly. Then Fred. was thrown into the game for on and all the papers said he was gcing b. ward. It 1s a safe bet that Pf be on second for Brooklyn the dz his release. he friends of Jack Crooks wer rere during the week when th« ached the city that he would be cut to a minor league club. Such not thought of by Mr. Wagner. J. 3 get back into the game at any time, but it is not wise to charge a team when it ts doing well. When the club opers at home Tue many changes will be noted at National Park, and the improvements will comed by the I nt patrons. 1 hoped the entrance to the park ¥, and did peorly, street will be looked after, and th body will be happy Pitcher Ehret of the Cincirnati lub has been away from the club for three da tending the funeral of his sister. Wi ‘ncinnatl management dock him mn was docked by th Not in a thousand ye Brush may be tric Ye s. Press y and cute, but vers on hig Are you keeping your eye on “Dusty” Miller, the Iittle right ticlder of Cincin r ? He ts about ing the league in batting and his fielding must be around mark. He ntly hit safely five y times the and in another game made four ard a safe hit out of five times a Win Mercer has been the only throw him down so far this se Recently the New Yor ard then on Tuestay ard shut out the slu: It weuld be hard to loc in the pennant race if * the club this season. If, the Boston club doesn't miss h very clear that the Phil s just whipping the Q into shape, when he rece blow on the je of the Don't worry about th ere's not a quitter in the ranks, y are bound to come again “hicago. Yorks with n Joyce is not leading the league second basemen, but he is playine that po- sition almost as good as Johnny Ward did he was with the New Yorks when finished second in the pennant race, Joyce hi s to be in the game, and second ms to fit him better than third Orioles are not thrown down of- tener, the yellow and black birds will be king a runaway race of it before the ef July. All their good and ins have been made away and what they will do at home nt. here is undcubte ship in the Brooklyn team S$ a group of first-class play should win more regularly. Wher city recently several members of y too much liquor for goo Talk about bi all playing to follow cles hurting musements, en the two | crowds at Metzerott’s and Kerns last Sunday. It was excessively warm. the crowd stuck it out for two hours ap- parently enjoyed the game as mi s if they had been out at National Park. Bi- cycles may hurt theatricals, but they will ne hurt the national game. And now they Stafford playing at short for New York. It’s a wonder “Artie” don’t play the position himself. Any old hing will do for shortstop, as the place is 50 afford was too slow for is going to fill bill y looming up. A few more eedman’s team will be at the clamor for Amos will start again. Perhaps the Philadelphia papers s e not realing Mr. Reach a lecture { ding: Tom Smith for Bert Inks. Ar that, Smith may not be able to win y other zame from the Phillies in two seas » It ts a question as to which team is play= ing the better ball in the league—the Cleves lands or the Baltimores. The Ohioans made a remarkable jump last week. Tne West Virgin! Who killed an ums pire on § en went back and finished did not have many, s called on him afterward hits per game is th any am has hit Kilien this season, « that happened only twice. Twice he was hit for nine hits, once for eight, once for seven, twice for six, twice for five and twice for three. There is one thing which Manager Mack of the Pittsburgs !s much opposed to, and that is when persons among the spectators take it upon themselves to guy the play- ers, especially those of the home team, and heap abuse upon them when they make er- ro! w York 1s cheap. That is the whole size of it. With Dad Clarke on the rubber, the team does well enough until some men get on the bases. Then up in the air goes the entire infield and part of the outfield, and the game is lost.—Ex Keefe won great applause at Chicago by jcalling Jennings out when he interfered with Kittridge’s throw to s ond in the cheered the day before when he took ad- vantage of Keefe’s turnthg his prevented Clarke from throwing. Notice to Paragraphers: The many stos ries going the rounds about Pittsburg roots, ers being desperate enough to sandbag vis- itirg clubs should be withdrawn. Saturday k and team than the Pirates. A grand-stani gang also made an effort to rattle Killen. Pittsburg Exchange. a | the crowd plugged harder for the v sang Today's Schedule Washington at Chicago. Philadelphia at Pittsburg. Baltimore at Louisville. Beston at Cleveland. New York at Cincinnati. Brooklyn at St. Louis. « ———_—_ Basebail—Tomorrow, 4 p.m. Metzet Hall. tors vs. Chicago. Perfectly fee produced.—Advt. ei,

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