The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1886-09-12

suggested it to him. let 'em go it. I've
Just got Iour pitchers to put in against
'e1n, GARRISON, Mccormick, RYAN and
tIynn; II they can slug that quartette
they can have the series"
Big Dan BrOuthers will OF course hold
down first for the Wolverines ara when
it is said that he is in first class trim for
the struggle it means that a ball will
have to be jumping along pretty lively
to get past him. The only Dunlap will
guard second. and Dummy is playing as
good ball now as he ever played in his
| life. Rowe Will take s. ort and Richard
son third and botn men are fit to play
! for their lives. The outfield will doubt
less be the same as it has been through
the season; Hanlon, Manning and
Thompson-and it that trio is embraced
a store house full of fielding ability and
a power of batting strength; and indeed
1t would be hard 10 find a weak spot in
the entire team in point of batting
strength. In its batteries alone is
Detroit comparatively weak. Getzein is
IN no condition to be depended upon
and Baldwin is really the only tried
man the Detroits will have who is in
good condition to enter the box against
us. In Conway, however, recently re-
leased from Kansas City to sign with
Detroit, the Wolverines have promis-
ing. but by no means veteran, pitcher,
and he may be tried in the coming
series. He has not yet pitched for
Detroit against the Whites, and what he
may do can not, therefore, be predicted;
although when with Kansas City he
made very fair showing against US.
In power behind the bat the Detroits
s.Ic oh -
Charley Bennett is not the man he was
at the outset of the season and CANCEL
is doing the better part of the team
work here, and doing it well. One man,
however, can not safely undertake to go
through a series. and without Bennett
CANCEL stands absolutely alone as the
tried backstOp strens tn of he team. So
much for Detroit. ~.
The breaking of Richardson's finger
and the serious disabling Of Ewing has
greatly embarrassed the New York
team. Deasly, too, IS not as fit as he
should be, and all of these, besides being
A l in their respective positions-the
first at third base or IN the Outheld and
the two la.t-named behind the bat-are
among the best batsmen in the team.
WEIGH and Keefe, however, as the cIub's
pitchers, are in good shape, and seem to
be improving as the season progresses,
while O'Rourke, the clubs brilliant
center fielder, has made, and is each
week adding TO great seasons record
behind the bat. HI has proved himself
capable of catching through a whole
series, or two of them for that matter
and will probably stand behind the bat
for his team in each of the games New
York plays here next week. The rest
of the team seem all right. Ward, Con-
nor, Gillespie, Dogran, EsterbroOk and
Gebhardt are all in good shape, running
bases we'll, balling well. and fielding
admirably, so that all in all, New York
may show up stronger than some peo-
pie expect.
Coming down to our own team, Mike
Kelly is a trife lame from the effects of
. crack on the knee in the Philadel-
phis series, but will be all right by the
time the dance begins next week, and
the rest of the team were never in better
condition. Arson signed young Louis
Hardie last week, the promising young
catcher of the San Francisco HaYerly's,
who when he left the coast to join the
Whites here ed the California League
in batting, fielding and running. He
played for the first time with the Whites
against Washington last Thursday, and
showed up behind the bat, with the
stick, and between bases even better
than was expected. With young Har-
die we have in fact three regulars, and
our reserve battery, VIZ: Clarkson and
Flint, Mccormick and Kelly, with
Sunday or Ryan at right, and Flynn
and Moolic or Flynn and Hardie.
Young Ryan is our left handed pitcher.
and our big Captain Arson has proved |
his ability to catch an excellent game, |
in which case Mike Kelly holds down |
first. SO much for our battery strength. |
At first we have Arson or Kelly and
but wherein lies the need of Saying any |
thing concerning their ability as ball |
players. There is but one Arson, and |
Kelly is the only Kelly. Fred Pfeffer |
holds down second, Ed Williamson |
short, Tommy Burns third, and we |
have Kelly, Ryan, Sunday or Flynn for
right field, with Gore at center and /
Dalrymple at left. Is there any club in
the country to-day better prepared for /
than are the whites If so,
I do not know where to lay hand on /
them We are playing great ball and
winning ball; andsif We keep up the
pace we are travelling at now can not
see why the pennant OF 1886 should not
spread to the bBeezes of Lake Michigan
next month. ,se St
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