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10 LIFE May 14.
BASE BALL.
PACIFIC NORTHWEST.B:
Games to be Played.
1*7 11, 15 Settllt HI Portland. Tacumt at 8pokan». 18, 19, 81, 2i Seattl* >l Tuuma, Portland at
The Kccord.Bain lins ngain been an important factor In
the Pacific Northwest the past week. Bnt three gnn,es hnye been played and no changes have been made in the position of the respec tive clnbs in the race for the pennant. The record to May 4 inclusive is aa follows:
Portland .................................
I* it........... ............................
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038
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8
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5
8
40
5
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20
0
MS441
Won. Lojt. Pct.l Won. Lost. Pet. Beaitlo......... 7 « ,r,3r, T.coma....... 4 S .444Bpokaae...... 6 B Mf (Portland..... S « 333
Games Played April 3O.SEATTLE vs. SPOKANE AT SHATTLH APRIL 30. Tbe Seattle team played like a lot of farmers, while the visitors put up nearly on errorless game. The grounds were very net nnd muddy. Dunning did not have control of the ball, and being unable to keep hit feet whenever he tried to use his speed, put easy ones over the plate. Ae a consequence he was pounded hard. Score:
BlATrLE. AB.R.B. P. A.lj BroKANE. AB.R.O. P. A. KBrruou, rf.,.4 0 1 2 0 1 'Uline, '.f...... 6 1 1 1 00Powell, If..... 4 1110 1 Slrauis. 3b...6 11040»llun«hali.c(4 0 1 0 0 o'.Mtrr, Ib...... 4 4 2 11 10lUtnVliI, tr.. 6 1 1 1 7 2 l>»lijmp!r,lfo 1 3 3 00 tarc.qiir, ib4 1 0 2 2 2 Be.ml, ....... ( I 0 C 40Laner.c....... 4 1 2 4 0 Cl!l'olhnnu«, r(4 2 I 300Ityu, lh......3 1 1 12 0 2.Itetder, 2b...S 22010Irwin, 3b..... 3 0 0 1 S l^Reccius, p... 6 1 2 1 2 I)Duuuing, p..2 0 0 1 2 0 lliennmi. c.. S » 1^ 211
TVtaP....... 33 6 7 24 fisl Tola!......4213 fa 27 13 1Seattle..............._....... 2 00000 120 5 p.**iw..................... 3 7110110 x 13
Earned runs Uff DunnftiK 2, off Reccins 2. Two- bsjie liita lAUff*, hvn. I>nlrjm|ile 2, Strains, Tolbe- mus. Sacrifice hits Irwln 2, Deard 2. Djubls plajs HaifieH, Larnque, Hvn; Straus . I'card, M«rr. First OB halls Bv Dunning 6, bv KrcciusS. Stolen base; Pi.wfll, Mlnuiliin, l.inyr. Marr, Dalrympls. Hit l.y pitcher By IleC'h'S 1. Struck out By Dunning 2, by Hecciui3. Wild pitch Uuuulaf. Unu'iie Kulght. Time 2:10.
Games Played 3Iay 4.PORTLAND vs. SPOKAMB AT PORTLAND MAT 4.
Poriland outbatted and outfielded Spokane and won ensily. Owing to tho condition of the ground)' perfect fielding was impoBtible. Score:
, ._Ge,.rgf, rf... 501 Blecrt 1, If.... 612 Bumf, cf.....6 03 tftUiwin,3b.. 6 01 \Verilsb, 2b.5 22 \V'hitHt M..... 5 3 1 Hustoii, c... 4 2 0
A.I SPORANE. AB.t.B, P. A. E11 1 1 Clinr. cf......4 121002 0 0|Sir«u-s. C.....5 012110 0 llMarr.lb...... 5 2 2 10 00I 0 l'l»alrym|.l«,lf I 2213 2 lil'.dbennii, rf4 101" 4 2 Beaid.su......!! 1 0, ......6 4 (\Rt-o-ler, 2t>... 4 122 2 1 IiUreuriui, 3b4 003
111 1604100
lluln*t i>...V.!6 2 3 1 3 O^lopf, VI.....4 0 1 071Total..... 44131G27lo7l Total...... 30 8 lU 27 195
Portland..................... 0 0202104 4 13Bpokaue. ................... 3 100.00031 8
E.irneJ runn St*-u-^l, Tetean. Vorrlck, \Vhitp, nuttinj, tlnlni, M*rr, DnlrTinple. Two base hits Tehenu 2, Sten/el 2, Burrs 2. Wfirick 2, Mun-s\VhKf, Dalrymi-le, Pulbouiui. Sacrifice hits George 2, W*rr.ck, Str..nM, Polhtmuf, Breiioan. Struck out Baldwin, Uuntoti, Sttuzpl, Clinr, Brenuan, KlojT. Pu-ied balls Ureunan 2. HaMwia 2. Ftnt oa b^U* Teifnn 2, George, Musinn, >teQZ^l, P^Iht-mui, Beard £. fliiip, St»l»ti b.Ms \Vb-tc. Double plajs Beard, Marr; I'olbemut, Strnuss. Umpire Banning.
SEATTLE vs. TACOMA AT SEATTLE MAY 4. Tacoma could do nothing with McGinoiff, of SeattU, as Koutcliffo was tire only man who could hit him safely. The score by innings: B^au;*......................... 2 1 0 0 0" 2 0 4 0-9Tacoroft........................ 0 0000000 0 0
Two-t we hit HaruoD. Doable plnys Ryn, Lange; KT«, Mttiflfld. First on bull* By McGlonN 1, by Cro<s * Struck o»r B> McGlonls 1. by Crow I. Passed balls gpter 3. Wild yitch McGinuii. Uin- »Ire Rui^ht. Time 1:42.
NEW ORLEANS NEWS.
The Out look in the Southern LeagueThe Work of the Crescent City
Team, Etc.KKW ORLEASS, La., May 7. Editor SPORT-
TWO LIFB: Rain haa sorely disappointed the lovera of the game in this ueck of the woods, and deprived the local treasury of many hun dreds of dollars.
OUR TEAMis now away braving the tender merciei of distant crowd?, and from reports received they are not getting a particle more than their plendid piny ing and bulldog-like, up-hill fight ing entitles them to. The boys are playing as pretty a fielding game as you could wish to see, ouf pitchers are putting up a good article in twirling, and their batting is well up. While we have not a band of slugger;, we have A set of good timely hitter?, who at times rally at the bat and pile up base bits.
THE PUBLICU very well eatipfied with the team and predict winning ball in the near future; In fact each club in the League hue tho confidence of its pa- trouizert; ereu M&con. who adorns the caudal fx- trtMnity of tho iHoceavioa and continue* t > IQJO gtimei M-itli juiulul regularity, Inu tbe eiiomragcment of the Hue' ttito bitll-goe:v, wbo firmly l»nlt«r« tlio team will tei wurk Its way to tite n'rat row of poouaut M- pirHOt*.
MHCUII bni rrleafed at lea«t half of its i>lftjtr» and pro | ntee to keep up chanpiuii iu«n until U beg tog to ciiiub uplbe Uddtrof victory.
THAT LIMIT.Some of th«* clul* arc clarmiLte that sercral of the
t* a ma are above the limit, but U i« noticeable that ttm claim i* made ajcitrist ihose clubs uonruat and at the lop. and Is generally made after a s-jt-back by thfae liuiit-brfHk<T4 aJnitoUtered to tlio nccuien* clubf. Pre>iden* <Jt>tiiI>n|;er stales that be l.fm not had tny cfflcial cbargoi made to Inm Hg«innt auy club in tbe i,enfCtti>, and be does Lot credit the ram >rs flyiug around tbit &t:cb charg*-B nro wa«!8 seriously; he also taya I but on the first rc.mptitiDt based on puaitive t-Ti- dcuce he will make n inuit soarcliin^ hiTivtigition, and tf I he charge* ar^ proved the d«l<ui]uuQ's will Piif- ft>r the penalty orixlnnlly ia. raltad In tbe rules, TIZ., -ipulsiou from the League,
PRESIDENT GFN'SLINGKK(sawav with the team, and ff^ud, it r;inpr n«ws Is at a premlimi. When inquiries «re mado "What new* to- do>?" the answer Is iuvariahly "The b.)ts are j-lay- Itifc good I hll, an<), althnngli not wlnalinr a Urge p«r- cetitHfe of [tie tames \ ln>td, y«t thuy will ret get to the trout." Now this nmy go for tome time, but 1C will so<>n |atl up-in the unxi'iui lidtnlrers of the tiam. and may show its effect! upon ibe gate reccii>tfl.
TI1K CRKSCEN'T CITYpeople vnnta whining UHOI; a team that will scoop In at 1' fit two-third* of the pomes plajcd, and unless tbls remit paua out they will show their displeasure by remaining away. Tb«y will not patronize A losing tvam and ve<y j»i»rjrly eupport a 500 per cent. Kain. P»§t exp'-rlt-nco has demonstrated (his forcibly, nod the nmsriiatea should tnltc heed Iu tftna aud slzn such playord a-* will place the Pelicans upon tho up grade.
TUE PITCHING DEPARTMENT.Tn (he b-x veare fatally weak, our tvrirlers cannot
bold opposing clusters down, and tbelr bnie hit column ihowi up In alarming proportion. In fieidiutf, ba*« ruDuIoi; aud battine nnd also In fine team work tb« Lorn show up Tt-rv wt-1), but It so ba^peua in six cases cut of etvht ihnt the opposing t«am excula iu bitting feud coiiaeqoenily wins.
OUIt I'RI/E PITCHER.Tjaconrnge has dhonu up very poorly. Great hope*
were |i'tfPi'd upon his (>itching to win a large roa- Ji>rity of c>«ni(i«, but ho has ri«vtlo[td a d|»podition to ulk ftt.'l Ueci me cnrelesa If hit hard. This is childish and n:ay canao biui tu be delved, for the uiun»i;e- nipttt uro on tho lookout for j iiehors -who can win a fuir shuri of their gniites. L'lCouragts can and bas pitched u inning ball, mid why ha does not do no pur.zles ev« n his bci-C frieud'. He hag eh own bis ability aj A fielder and tatt-r, »nd it outy lemaiui for hiru to put a brate upon his work in the tox^ aud he will at ouce ba tbe t'.ar twirler u( the League.
SHUT OUT.f Tuesday tbe Chattanooga Club applied the Kaljo- tnlHP to mir U>vs l>> tit« tune of 2 to 0. It win a pl'-udidly iilayed KHOIO, nnd hud the locnls IWJDK ft bio to hit H httlo bit they would b»»e won. but vntaMn of deBiro.ifui; tbo Kurr-nindiiig a!niospliVr«, ibey could not C"nii»-cf, On Wednevlay the Chatty's jumped Dpi a the Pelicans and dmtigcfi tlt*!r plumagt* in the dust. £ielil>erg«r waa puunded for keeps, and (lie thir'fcn htrjie gol.fen erron chiuged azaiuat tbe Mew Or tenIH team t-xp'ftlutd tlio one-fiided nature of the game. Uu Thursday (he (YlJc.-tDS dropped their third Iratghf game t<> itie ''ChHttjH," nnd Friday met At lanta, aui agaiu defent stuck to them,
A KKW PITCHERhai been utened. lie Uaili from P^rkopolls and Ia said in h*> a crncker-jftck In tbe ton. The president aud in a D age r of our team are auar, to news is scatce.
RIVAI-S AT IT.Great rivalry fxioiH bciwion Moiit/ompry and Bir
mingham, and I lie prceunt ueriei ("'""iieh to fee fur flihiT in j;reiit sbnj.e. Yi-u'erday ih*-B-i)Wiiii Fqiiv!ch«d trie M 'iitts uy a score of 7 IP ", *iiid ;lio S5»i exrur- iouL-tJ lium Muunjoiucrj &ro fiat bruke. IhoLwtting
was very heavy, and before the end of tbattrtwit may cau«e more or I*M trouble.
DOTLKTS.RuUf against bettlug on the game ID tbe park*
should to enforced or else trouble mav ensue.Baby Ila't ( »b* ift f «t piirh'n; wonder for Hacon.
Tins teHrn slioald bocurr.lug up aow.Mo' 1'e Is In blgb glue orer her boys' g^otl record
awav Irom home; OD tbt trip they jumped from sixth to ttcoD-1 place.
CaHal an baa doue wm« fino work for the locatp, »od McKte coDt'iiU''9 to cntch In every game be baa caught IQ nlueteen gam«8 ttralgbt.
Tho earn* old story of umpires robbing bai b*«n sprung. ^lls..n still lUea, but he had a c!o«e :»ll. He wi\i n:oLU-<! In MoLi'.-, this city haTlna the ho Dor (f) u f being fir«t at thai cap^r, and at Atlanta yffterday he again came near being laid. out. (jum- plaintri ttgaiust tbe i reseat *Uff incoming In thick aud fait.
President Genslinger, now away on League busi ness, reports tii» entire circuit to be In splendid finan cial condition. Tbe Interest mauitrsted In the League cities ) phenomenal. Tbe atteudauce has b»en very large and tbe outlook It great for a prosperoui aensou.
DON So is.
THE HAPLK88 HOOSIKBS.
Manager Harrington Explains Some Things and Blames Others A Vic
tory For the Tall-Eiulers at Last.INDIANAPOLIS, May 10. Editor SHORTING
LIFE. There wasn't a newspaper man in tbe citj that didn't jump onto Manager Billy Har rington as soon aft he landed hia force* at the Union Station Friday of last week. Everybody wanted to know the why and wherefore of it, and he gave it to 'em after the manner of a Henry Clay orator dabbling in the wavering fit Id of politic?. Biliy is a very politio person age and saja no more than he has to, anle«a he geta to Omaha, where that Jack tho Newspaper Ripper, of the Kee, always manages to brin^ him out. Jack jumped aftrr him during the trip jiibt t*bd>-d, aod in nn Intertipw pnbli<t'.itd in a recent i*~ sue of ibe IndUnapoIia Journal gare him Iho credit of roasting bis own lemn t<> dcttih aud calling t)ie players' commit we of ibe Wcetein Lenin* BM»
ETERYTIIINO BUT CHUMPS. «ITe claimed thai luiiinu^polis had the worst of It from (he Ftnrt the pUyen, or ra'herpfverat of ih*m. being rtigulttr "nlifts," who co<iMn't piny l>a!l If the sphcie «a* 03 big us a school-room glebe, and the bat as wide ai the Athletic I'ntk icors-b-mrd.
I called ou Hilly at the "harrlngton" on tho ere- nlng of bia arrival, and he was as pleasant undaffabla as an office-seeker. He talked freely, I'oiidedly nnd oi'euly, Mr. PreaiJent Gull hnving dropped in upon him at (lie snmn lumr. Ito t^nan bjr prcDuuuclng the story, nn pntli-btd In thi Journal, a Tikf, gotten up by the Omitba man, who t« tK-torioui (so hef«)s) as H garbler mid sensatioualiit. Dy tbe nay, be ftajf (bat be and Jock are old fnecds.
I tackled the uM man about the st-^rr thet a few of the player* had ftillen from tr*ce in UinueBpolis, aud he «id the report, in tlie i!«ain, was true, llenxl*. it seem?, influenced the other beys lo orn:im"nt their in- t»»ritir aniitonr.cj with a frothy Ittbd-citpe in hi^ps, nnd the con**<]!i*nc<» WHS that t n^ ur two of them w*r» agonized worse than a<ch<v.] ktd alter
EATIXG GREEN' APPLES.I never c«n nndorslnud why it U that a ball player
a I wax B has some liTtr or kindred complaf at tl.at calls f"f bar room tonic every time. Tuke tlie case t<f Rhine?. Mr. Bruah is hcn»t-broUen over his downfall, aud the cruck pitcher loses his entire salary because ha didn't havu gumption enough to let the fool -stuff alore, Luihint; knocks 'em out erery time, audit certainly looks like Cincinnati wi u'd go to tbe dogs if a halt is uot cillud on the rest of th« team. It is a well kuovro fact bere that
OVR OWN JOHN BRUSHhoahad more bitter exnerieuco in the playera*playful bcTcragliig Hue than uny otbor muguale in ttie coun try.
Indications point to tho fact thst ex-Captain Heogle Mili»nc-nd the rest of the summer lappin? be«r kegs la 5llnneR[>oIift. 1 nndersinnd th»t h<> de- veh'i e.l hi<* present pUyful epfrit ptarmfnx bahmd tho har iu that tily the past witter. AUnnger Billy de- c!«res Unit he wilt n»t relentn bini, mid that settles it nti it as tbe t (raw-colored blonde r»l«nta aud permits bitn to sign elswwhere.
I awreuce and B&r^er bid fair to make va1ual>lc men, and we arc quite stirred np ortr a report that they are trying to Pteal tha latter strona-hinged gentleman away, because he «a* ^ign«d AS a catcher and placed in the infieU. Whooo b>isines-« is U whore u mai.accr play^ ti.n men? Some of ihe leaders in the Wt-8te;n would like to rob as of the only afrnnz rolnts we hare and leave ui to piny ball with ibe umpire and the bat bag.
FIRST YOU DO, THEN DON'T.Tfca town was carried away Ly emotion Over the
news that lluiringina bad signed Pat \Vri^hr( a Chi cago phenol, lie thought hv had, but he hadn't. It« received a telesritin fr-m Williams B.I.I injr. "Writht s'gned. Don't you want >> and ft ?" Of course he took U tbi.t t.e had signed with him and kicked hinnclf when u Inter K ire whlnpered, "WiUht sigued with Trrre Hauie. Intielders very scarce." Think of it, teliuw menl Tbe litile Wabash vllliige that gave Daniel Voorheca to tbe Democratic rtoster staii Is pre-emlnoLtly abead of OB iu the base ball world.
The citj was tbrown Into a beautifulSTATE OP KXCITKMEST
hut Sunday, when thd report was sprwtd about the streets that the bnit:e team bad abut out St. Paul In the championship came played at Fort Wayiie. The pe.-ple awallowid that ode little game with ts much engeruess as (ho p- or drowning tinner clu chcs tho
ruw. When a i ers'*n watches a bad case of lickneM, 'd the d'-cter tell-4 him that Hi«>re it a slight cliautte
fur tlie better, he at once takes he^irt and pulls for the invalid as though he were already oa lit* ft*et and djitcsng a Virginia reel. That's the wny p<}«>r litti* ludlanap^lia fee!§ wlien shs* gate a pam?. To shut an opponent out ia bcTuinl her loudest dn-ams. Is t tben surprising that muny of cur loci! fan?, elated over the situation, liquidated iuternnl debts and paintpd the I^orting end of the town a boiled lobster rtd. A vain ft (tempt was oindo by one or two to scale the Soldiers' Monument uiid upon its topmost pinnacle affix the Uarrius'on coat of arms and a gonuiite crow from tbe luugs of a Fciitiud baa? ball rooiter.
RAIN, RAIN, GO AWAY!coroo agftln s'm'other day! We'd won that game on Monday If "old probatllitte*" had nmiled upou ns. That io. we prefer to think that it might have come our way. While we seem to he getting tbe worst <;f it wt* are not tbe only team in the country that the v.-o.ither la pliylng h<rfe with. New York la getting h^r share fu the big League nod her finances seem to be a wee bit dwarfed. Tu'k ng itbout fJncQcei, our team bnan't thus fur earned enough to pay fur the back stops1 wire masks, and if Providence don't In tervene a holy howl will go np fiou the aristocratic circle that foots tlie Mils.
DON'T DO IT, MR. IT.There Is a talk of leit-ii-fnz little Mr. Mearn, our
hittlnp centra fielder. I would advise the handsome manager to hold on a while. It seonie, from unbiased returns, that the little geutleninn won (lie gnuie In Fort Wo-yne and has n!so l-eeu finding tbe leather in the ottu-r gftmei. It d^edo't matter if he la a little timid just nvw. He'll be in Hue when tbe rafntt are over aud the flood* dried put.
THE SERVE OF OUR PUBLIC la Dimply nr-palling. Up to ibi* writing there have been but two games played in lira city and but one captured oat (tide of It, yet, like trim aporU, they never die. They ard ailll willing to pat ibe boys on tiiw back and do anything c\*e to (n'Oinago them. Their dollnrs and their piece* of baby uiouey are ready for the slot whenever tho management opem tbe gate for another genie at Athletic Park. C. D. FOBTKB.
SAI/T CITY SAYINGS.
Efforts to Strengthen the Team Re cent Notable Additions.
STBACI'SK, N. Y., May 10. Editor SPORTINO LIFE: It has been, and now ia, on record that it is most difficult for a ball team to win games away from home. Everything " against a visiting team in a game of baJI. Let an umpire be ever BO_ fair he will lean toward the home team on a cloFe decision almost Invariably. Summing matters all up our team bas not done so very bad on its initial trip, and reports from the games go to show that the club 13 improv ing in its work right along. Bob Barr joined tho team last week and jumped into the box without any preliminaries.
Barr is naturally unsteady as yet, but there Is not a base ball crank in Syracuse or vicinity but what will admit that Barr U a good idfclier and that thoy exrect him to shine tn all his old-time glory btti-re lone. Robert fs so well known here that It wad an old saying among tho fnos when he was with the liufftdo team that (he 8tnrd were heat with Barr In the j<oin(B. If any of our people carry thf* imr>rea- siou that Rob Barr is a "has been" let them dispel the illusion at oure. Billy Coiighlin is working hi* good rijilit arm with the old-time efTecilveupR*. According to rfpor's juet at hand from ibe hall field at Uingham- lon, he beat the Parlor City Club 9 to 1, letting them dowu witli three bila. Thi* reads like old times, aud Billy can give n< all that klud of pitching he can par* and lutg of it.
Air. Kun^scij bar added strength to h la team by the Igniiig of Jim Wolf, late of Ibe Louiavillea. Wolf baa the reHitatiou of being one of the bet>t hitters In the profession, and be ia suiting In nli right enough thus far. Syracuse likes mod batters, and Mr. Wolf will be given a welcome luro tbttt will please him, DO dual i.
NOTES.Eddie ?«1 . rMcRSP'l bv Mr. Kuntzscb, la playing1th the Athletics, of Philadelphia.The Syracuse University team visited Vermont last
week and received a crtinhlng defeat at tbs haodi of the University club of tbe Orcco Mountain State. The college hoyi have raised tbe old cry of "the um pire did it," but the I-MO hit and error columns do not
tsiantiata this claim.Tummy Millf r Is hitting pretty well, bat fs mnklng
a few enom right aloug. Id ill -r will g*t Into uhape. Lft (lie Tew cioakern cease for awhile.
Davy (Juughlln, "Our B II**' 1 brother, Is playing short lot the Bmghamtoi] team. Davu wat treated rattier shabbily by the California League, if reports ar«* trie.
The Elmiran oj^n t)«e local clinTnptnr.ahip tl.la week 1 hur-diiy ai"l Friday :ind wliil.- the pros* inTHE SroimKu LIFE offlca is tuiuiug out ccplcn of tu»
best « porting paper In exurteoce the rr«k of the bat and tbo thoutt of the lovera of base ball will be heard t Star Park. Everybody and his us'er should tan out and gtre tbe team aod In owner a warm welcome.
KANSAS CITY BRIEFS.
Pleased With the Showing of the Team Strong and Weak Points.
KANSAS CITY, May 8. Kansas City certainly bas no reason to be lorry about the team it pulled out of the grab bag at Chicago. As long M it plays the kind of ball that it did while bere at home certainly no complaint can be «J»<t«. There is one excellent thing about it, toJ, It is a willing ball team. It plays the game right along and has plenty of "git up and git." In Carney at first ba«e the team has a prize. He is undoubtedly the befit man in tbe League at first base, and as far- as he has gone few men anywhere put up a Utter game. He gets ba Is that Stearns never AtHrted tor and bos a leach that fs something wonderful. lie U a young, ami. lllous fel low, too, nod flays for Anything that Is in the game.
Tnird baiemau Mnyer, too, is a hmh-clai* man, and though the League Is exceptionally strong at this cor ner of tbe diamond, Mayer la j.robably the best of tbe lot. Harming has leen playing a crack game at sec- OLd and Alberts, at short, 1-an doue fully as wt-ll is wa* expected. ID the ontflcld the team i* undoubted y *etk. Sunday is Iho only good man, It seems. Rut thi* was known to tie .to from the firat. Theoutflrld was ma'w a little wrak because the pitchers nere thought Co b« uuQaually strong aud th* inflt-ld a tery good one. Hut ns long UN the team wins there should be ro objection rai-e.l to the oulfleU or auy other part of It.
Th« batteries %ro nncer'aln quantities as yet. The throe pitchers at times look like ih*y wer« all cracker- jacks, and iben agnin their w t , rk IB a little off color. Eiteljori: wai accepted as the loam's mainstiy, but he ha« uot dune ON good work & Hughey and ro better than I'ayae. All three M them *t*m to luck heart, but s ill it i* just a little too ea^ly to pnss Judgment on inem. They have auvely done n» weil ai the pitcbfrc they have gone againit. In Itollins and McMahuu tbe club is decidedly well fix*t! In backstops.
Tho rtikt u Ip of the blues away fioni home wf)l be watered with great iuten-st Of the first game tlieie ia plenty of good to be said, aud if the boj« nnlv keep U up there will be a bntss baud to meet theni Mien they get lr>0ie. A Ihlrt-en inninir earn** and a 2 t<> I score ) eood enough for anybody. The blues will p'ny at Toledo. IndmnaiHiliv. Milwaukee, Rlinneapolin, St. Pnul and Omaha before returning homo May 31 aud rpeniag up a series of games with Oiuabo,
JOI.LY JOLiIET.
Starting Off in the Race at a Clipping Pace.
JOI.IBT, III., May 9. Editor Sponrixo LIFE: Uncle Anson'd attention is respectfully called to the position and playing of the Joliet Club. Mnybe ho can trade his "Colts" for them, and thereby make a creditable showing in the League race.
Ten straight victories is our gait, and a per- oentageofluOO arccordlhat anyclub may fee! proud of. After deleatin* Rockford three games in a short series at home, J<»li«t rtepfutrd on a tour abroad, stopping olTal Evangville long enun^h to cap ture three more, then treating Terra iigutd to a like dose.
The initial camo «t Qnlncjr waa al-o captured by a score of 5 to 0. Jone^' fiao pitcbiue wa- r>-s[ionsib]e for it. the U vena securing but tvo hits off hia de livery, «bile Juliet made Dine off W truck, two of which were doubles and one three-bJKKer.
The local club startod rut ratl^r wtak at the bat.it I'ave picked up wonderfully aud ore now using
the itick to guod advautafte, billing out their victorias in snort sl> in.
After fiiii.hinz wllh Qnlncy and playinz a Feries with JnckioiiTille the I>oys arrive home, opening up at Hie home cr'>nndj BIO!nI;*y, \\'nv Ifi, with Qutncy,
All threw ]>itc!mM are doing excellent work, holding their opponents down veil iu the number of hits.
ROCK ISLAND REVIEW.
A Plaint of Hard Imck For the Tivin City Team.
Hoc* Tsr.isD. Ill, M»y 10. K<lltor PPOBTISQ Lir«. The Twin City tram ia playing in hard luck. Our boys don't seem to be in Die piuh. They are anxious to win and nre working hard to it,
Manager Sage bos si?uod Mnlton for third base. Bousfiunn. who has tern holding dowu third since tho clnb ttarted out, came to Maungt-r Snge like a man and acknowledged Ills weak new 113 d expressed his willingnfss to le released. ButMantger Sace has given him a position iu right field which place he played in Saturday's game a credit to himself aud tbe ciut>.
Tim Bailey, oar first basemno, will also be released ae coon us au-.tluT tlr-it Ln.-*m\n can be secured.
Wo bope thai thn buys will be in shape to ebow that they can play bait at ibetr opening game next Monday.
THE STAGE.THE LOCAL THEATRES.
Tbe Summer Opera Month at the Walnut.
At tbe Grand Opera House next week tbe summer price5, gcueral admission price being twenty-Ore oent>, will come in force. "Aida"
ll be revived on Monday ani on Fri day witb the !4ame cast as last season, including Mosdamea Kronold nnd Poole, Messrs. Guille, Del Puenle and W. II. Clark. A popular event next week will be a revival of ''La Traviata," witb Mesdamea Van Cauteren, Risloy, Gonzales, Messrs. Guille, Del Puente, Fouquet and Vivi ani in the cast. "Cavalleria llusticann" and
Marriage tr Lantern" will te piven on Tufgi^ay nlglit and nt tbo Saturday niatfncee. ''[1 Trovature" ou Tliuraday and "La Giocomla" on Saturday ui^ht
Tbe Park Ttifalie Oj-erH CoufTe Company will open the Biimmrr eeason at Iho Pnrk next Mnailay, In Offenbach's comic opera, "Gen«Tie\e de Brabaut." The demand for seats IIMI been very large. No Itss than twelve boxei have been applied for by peonlo de- Biribf; to attend on the opining r»i;ht. Tbe cnat will include Pay Tenil'U-tin, Helen Lamont, Peter F. Oaly,
cio Martioet'i and other well-knowu people. JJttle Tip[ictt," which is diawlng large lionsei at
the Walnut, will reniaiu there this wceK. Tbi< pltiy, "sneseftiie" ai U 1", evokea a great deal of tanghtor and the third act creates more mirth than either of. the preiriom two.
Before the cause of con sumption was known (that was only a few years ago) we did not know how Scott's Emulsion of cod-liver oil did
so much good in consumption and in the conditions that lead to consumption.
The explanation is inter esting. "We send it free in a book on CAREFUL LIVING. J
SCOTT & BOWSE, Chemists, 131 South $th Avenue, New York.
Your druggist k«ps Scott's Emulsion of cod-liver U all druggists everywhere do. Ji
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The Philadelphia Base Ball Club bavjni; returned from their Western trip will play tbe f "Mowing
CHAMPIONSHIP GAMES: wday, May 17, Philadelphia vn. Washington.
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Watch Clubs, Instalment Frauds and Catchpenny Watches Exposed.
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BASE BALL UNIFORMS.PRICES.
0 Quality, Style A, Pajama Padded, ....... $15.000 Quality, Style B, Button or Laced, ....... 14.001st Quality, Complete Without Shoes, Not Padded, , 2nd Quality, Complete Without Shoes, Not Padded, 3rd Quality, Complete Without Shoes, Not Padded, . 5.00 4th Quality, Complete Without Shoes, Not Padded, . 3.50
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SAMPLE CARD OF FLANNEL AND SELF-MEASUREMENT BLANKS FURNISHED,
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Lewis, Receiver of the late firm of Keefe & Be-
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ct Becauuon, entitled tbe "Buck Ewing Mi't;" nnd
in view of the fact that Mr. W. H. Becannon at
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H. Staley, J. Visner, T. QuinnF! Carrolf,
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