The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-05-29
A CRUSHING DEFEAT
ADMINISTERED THE MEMPHIS
BASEBALL CLUB
By the CharlestOns-Rank Playing
OF the LOcals-The Weak
Spots Pointed Out.

The attendance yesterday at the
baseball park was very small and
those who were not present have rsa-
son to congratulate themselves. 1t
was about as poorly played game OF
ball on the part of the locals as can
possibly be imagined. Both at the bat
and in the field the majority OF them
played as il they were tired. Black,
as usual, played admirably, putting out
three men, all on difficult flies, and one
of them alter a magnificent run from
left to center field. There is one thing
about Black that cannot be said OF
some others in the nine. DE plays
for the nine, not for Black. he is not
a record player. He goes for every
ball within 200 yards Of him, and
takes chances without fear of making
errors, and his work is appreciated by
the public. The men who pay as If
they feared that if they got near
enough to ball they might make an
error are record players and ought not
to bs tolerated, and they won't
be, for the public eye Is
on them and will stand 70 fcoishnesi
of that sort. The Memphis public IS
patient and long enduring, but when
It does begin 10 kick, something gen.
erally drops. The probabilities are
that the drop will occur in center fed
unless things brighten up in that To-
cality very shortly. The official score
published below only charges Mem
phis with five errors made yesterday,
but the official score is delvsive. There
were at least a dozen misplsys made,
and while they may not have amount
ed to errors, strictly speaking, they
constitute what is known as rotten
ball playing" Manse!l got severs
chances yesterday, and though be
NAV not have made what is technical
ly called an error, yet he played, Sc
poorly that every one-bsse hit ina
came his way was worth two, an(
every two-bsse hit, three. ,,,
The APPEAL said yesterday: "Th'
weak points of our Team will become
painfully manifest when we strike AT
ianta and Nashville. We mention m
names, but there are certain points II
the infeld and one point in the Out
field that will stand great deal o
strengthening"
The names were withheld yesterda
in the hope that marked improve
ment might render it unnecessary
We were disappointed; the wes
points seem to grow weake
every day, and the players VIII
cover them are Ssntry, Whitehes
and Mansell. Mr.. Santry ha
disappointed the hopes entertained
him and Mr.. Mansell is colossal TAI
, ure, aud their inferiority as bs
PLAYERS becomes more conspicuous
! manifest when contrasted with sue
! men as Crowley and the incompa'aol
! Gardiner. For some reason or otht
the locals failed to hit Greening, tn
I new Charleston pitcher. 1t was M
: because he is a great pitcher, fc
|. he is nothing of the kind: de
9 a pudding, has no speed and no d
l ceptiye curves, and the APPEAL maxi
: the prediction now that he will
:. Knocked out of the box inside OF ski
DAYS, and possibly before that II II
Atlanta boys feel good when thu
~. tackle him. The game yesterday DO
y not deserve description in detail. II
l. details are disgusting. OLeary vi
freely hit, and didn't seem to car
He was probably disheartened,, al
excusably so, by the very inieri
u support accorded him.