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and full of ginger. They are fighting
all the time, and resemble the Cleve
land Naps -with their chatter. Nick
Altrock and Germany .Schaefer "have
some new comedy stunts, with which
they entertain.
Business of yawping and looking
bored. When the Cubs started East
we, in a burst of confidence, eased it
to a waiting public that if the Cubs
didn't get at least four runs a game
they would be tumbled down the lad
der. They got the four yesterday and
copped by one run They didn't get
four Tuesday, and lost by one run.
Roger Bresnahan is a proud guy
today. Not so much over his homer,
which tied the score, also his double,
but over, the'showing of Ered Toney,
who held the Dodgers to eight hits,
and walked TWO men TWO, count
'em, TWO, While the. Cubs were in
Tampa Bresnahan had his first sight
of Toney. Then the Harp declared
the bigfellow had the makings of a
good pitcher, and needed only a
chance to prove his worth. Evers
gave the side-wheeler that chance.
He pitched one fair game here
against Pittsburgh, and, though
taken jout, the Cubs won. He acted
as relief twirlerin another game, and
showed improvement. Yesterday he
had everything, and but for slips by
Jimmy Archer and Phelan would
have been scored on only once. By
letting Toney work Evers has given
him confidence and Fred's knockers
may have to lay away their ham
mers, after using them unceasingly
for two years.
Archer and Bresnahan won'the
-game for the Cubs, Jimmy with a
single that drove home the winning
run, and Roger with his four-ply
swat while Bridwell was on first
New Yorkers who hav& seen Brid
well In his two games against Bropk
lya wpnder how John McGraw ever
came to let the shortstopper get
away from liQtnam, Any trouoie
Brid may have had with his legs has
disappeared. His fielding is truly sen
sational, an,d heis qppjIn baand
throwing from the most awkward
positions. 'In the eighth inning yes
terday Brooklyn scored once and had
men on second and first with one
out. mith hit between third and
short and Al leaped for the pill,
scooped it-in his-bare hand, and shot
to Phelan for .a force out. The. play
cut off, the tieing run.
With Alien, a, left-hander, pitch
ing, Archer replaced Saier and Leach
took Clymqr's -gla.ee.. Phelan was on
JlV. v",: Ife. d
Roger Bresnahan.
third because Heinie Zim got lost
somewhere in the Bronx. There was
a rumor that Zim had been suspend
ed for not staying at the hotel, but
it was unfounded.
Mike Mitchell got a dpubleand sin
gle, his, two-bagger pushing home
the first Cub run. Mike does not look
like the same man. who fanned five
times in the first two games of the,
season,
