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About The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 28, 1897)
THE COURIER. tjz.i S-i ' M i-!r iv k4- ' kB ro-. 4V5 fc Bt2"- j' - fcM ;- ' -x., - St..- fc- f? i THE NATIONAL GAME. The race far tho pennant in thi National le.-guc t his ear isoue that will bo long reinomb.'ieJ by every baseball enthusiast as the greatest in the history of the game. Not since tho Rama btgan has (hare ever bean two teams so evenly matched as the present Baltimore and Boston aggregations. Taking both teams aB they now stand it is hard to pick the winner, but the chances favor Balti more. From now od, with the ex:eption of three games, they pUy the rest of the season at home, while Boston has three games at Baltimore, and if they win half of them they will be in great luck. New York and Cincinnati cannot be con sidered out of it yet, especially the former team, as they hare a (org stretch of gameson the homo grounds and with Rusie, Meebiu and Seymour in good condition ard the addition of McCreery in the outtield they ought to get a slica at the Temple cup monry, if not tho pennant. Cincinnati is a great ball team at home but it is a well knoa-n fact that when tho Reds reach forefgc ground they play indifferently and are 'quitters" and can consider thcmslvu3 in great luck if they finish eb goad as third. Cleveland, Chicago and the Phillies are having a nicoracd for fifth place and if Chicago keeps up her present clip Anson and his colts will come very nearly finishing ahead of botb teams. Anson's aggregation started in hard luck but the hoodoo has passed away and they aro playing a graad game and the team that beats them out from now on will vouch for this statement. Pittsburg, Louisville, Brooklyn and Washington aro nicely bunched for eighth place with a little advantago in favor of Brookljn and Washington, but Louisville may surprise them for tho Colonels aro cow playing a gnme that no team has a licence to win from them. St Louis is in last placo and will never, as long as they are under the present managemen', reach a higher position in the race. Indianapolis and Columbus are run ning a splendid race for first place in the Western league with the former a sure winner, unless some unforeseen thing happens, as it always does in base ball, to pull them down. Watkins has gathered a team together for the In diana city that is hud tj beat and they are entitled to their present good stand ing. Sr. Paul and Milwaukea aro having a hard struggle for third placa but if the Brewers don't land there it will be a great disappointment to the citizens at Brexingtown and also to a great many of the fans in this city, as our old favorite Teddie Barnes, one of our own boyp, and Kid Speer, the best catcher that ever donned a mask in this place are playing with them and both are putting up a tine article of ball. Detroit has fifth placo cinched. Poor Kansas City, the team that last spring wa3 to runaway with the pennant, is tho bg gest failure of tho year. Manning has certainly had hard luck this year, but it energy and hustle will do any good Kansas C.ty patrons can rest assured that they will see a great team represen ting their toarn next season. Min neapolis and Grand RapiJs have been in the same rut as K. C. and will pro bably finish the sjason in the seventh and eighth, but either team may nose Manning's aggregation out of the sixth place 8 only a fe.v points separate all three of them. BVSE-BALL NOTE3. Clem Kimcrer, win his ben playing in the Texas league arrived home Sun day and from his healthy appearance it seems as if it agree wit'i him out the-e in the LiceStir Sttt Clem has bcea playing a great yaiic eni he will hear watching, for so:r.c day ho is "Jue" for the big league. Gettman, a Texas Leaguer, who sign ed with Washington, seemB to be fast enough, for tbo big league in three games he got five bits against Anton's men. If this is a criterion of bis mark ho will certainly do. Stahl, of Boston, still keeps pegging them out, and will keep nil tho heavy hitter? in the league guessing if they beat him on. A Louisville rooter remarked to the Boston manager tho last time the Bean eaters played in that city: "Ob, Frank, let's havo a Selee dinner and a Kloby Dance.'' Cincinnati has fivo games to play each in Baltimore and in New York, and tho Bostons h ro confident, one and all, that they can hold their own with tho cham pions. I think Mr. Kelloy is the handsomest man on the Baltimore team," eaid a Bweet young thing in a red bonnet, while the Orioles were limboring up be fore the garuj. Her opini.n changed, however, after she witnessed ono or tw of his c nfabs vth the umpire. Boston Herald. At a liae ball game in New Jersey tho other day a hot iiner struck one of the spectators on the head and bounded into the air to a height or fifteen feet. This so amused one of the bleacherites that ho laughed until In dislocated his jaw. Though the average captain will in struct his pUjers to overlook the first ball pitched and take a strike, this theory of batting is slightly contradicted by Dclehanty, who, in the minds of many o! sh3cnt:cr, ij the be3t natural batsman that ever stepped up to tho plate. 'Jut of five times at the bat in a game at Washicg'on, Del hit three times at the first ball pitched. King Jack Crocks is hailed as the un crowned monirch of Columbus, O., and the ace second baseman of the Western league. Jack has recivereJ froai the lumbago attce'e that handiiapped his work last season, and Tom Loftus doesn't regret the 8500 he paid Dr. Stucky for the rmon-vis;iged second baseman. Talk'nj about the Brodie-Donnelly-Stenz"l deal being a go!d brick affair, lnwalout the Corcoran Ritchie-Smith. Fibber deal lcn.r in the same clas3. Fisbrr has teen sick all season, while tho game put up by ''Germany" Smith has been enough to 'drive a man to drink. Then take a look at the Cin cinnati pair. Corcoran has been play ing sensat:onal ball since he joined the ReJs, whi'elittli Ritchie, after covering short in masterly style unt'l Corcoran reported, is now in the outfield and play ing as well as the best. The Nebraska State Fair for 1897 will commenco Friday, September 17, and close Friday, September ill. Fr iday and Saturday, September 17 and 18, will be used as preparation days. The Fair proper wdl c pen promptly at 8 o'clock Monday mornin?, September 20. All entries except Speed will positively close Saturday, September, 18, at G p. m. Positively so entries or exhibits will received uttir this hour. be Cheap Excursions VIA North western Isirie. Round trip tickets will bo sold by tne North western line to points on dates and at rates mentioned below: Hot Springe, S. D. August, 3rd. '07. Fare S15.50. Limit .10 daye. Indianapolis, Ind. August, iGtb. and 17th. and September 7th. and 8th. '97. Fare 318.00. Extreme limit respectively September, 12th. and 17th. Buffalo, N. Y. August, 21 Br. and 22nd. '97. Fare 821.70. Limit September, 20tb. For fit ther particulars call on or write, A. S. Fielding, City Ticket Agent 117 S 10:h.e,t , Limcoln, Nebr. 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