Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-09-09

Gently released from Kansas City TO
sign with Detroit, the Wolverines
have promising, but by no
means veteran pitcher, and he
may be tried in the coming series. He
has not yet pitched for Detroitagain the
whites, and what he may do cannot,
therefore, be predicted; although when
with Kansas City he made very fair
showing against us. In power behind
the Pat the Detroits are also weaker than
they should be- 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
| IL we'll. One man, however, cannot safely
undertake to 60 through series, and
without Bennett CANCEL stands abso-
| lutely alone as the tried back stop
strength OF the team. So much for
Detroit.
The breaking Of Richardson's finger
ard the serious disabling Of Ewing has
greatly embarrassed the New York team.
DeasIy, too, Is not as 1T as he should be,
and all Of these, besides being A in
their respective positions--the first at
third base or in the outheld, and the two
last named behind the bat-are among
the best batsmen In the team. WEIGH
and Keefe, however, as the clubs pitch
ers, 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 a great seasons record
behind the bat. He has proved himself
capable Of catching through an entire
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, Connor,
Gillespie, Dorgan, Esterbrook and Ger
hardt are all in good shape, running bases
well, batting we'll, and fielding admirably,
so that all In all, New York may show up
stronger than some people expect.
Coming down to our own team, Mike
Kelly is tribe lame from the effects Of
crack on the knee In the Philadelphia
series, but will be all right by the time
the dance begins next week, and the rest
Of the team were never IN better condi-
ton. Arson signed young Louis Hardie
last week, the promising young catcher
Of the San francisco Haverly's, who
when he left the coast to Join the
Whites here led the California League
in batting, fielding and base run
ming. He played for the first
time with the Whites against Wash
ington last Thursday, and showed up be-
hind the bat, with the stick, and between
bases even better than was expected,
With young Hardie we have in fact three
regulars, aud our reserve battery, viz. !;
Clarkson and Flint, Mccormick and Kelly,
with Sunday or Ryan at right, and FLYNN
Ryan Is our left-handed pitcher, and our
big Capt. Arson has proved his ability to
eaten 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
anything concerning their ability as ball
players. There Is but one Arson, and
Kelly is the only Kelly. Fred PieffeI
holds down second, Ed Williamson short,
Tommy Burns third, and we have Kelly,
Ryan, Sunday or Flynn for right field,
with Gore at second and Dalrymple at
left. Is there any club In the country to-
day better prepared for emergencies than
are the Whites2 II so, do not know
where to lay q hand on them. We are
playing great ball and winning ball; and
II we keep up the pace we are travelling at
now cannot see why the pennant OF
1856 should not spread to the breezes of
Jake Michigan next month.
NOTES.
" the twelve games played between
Chicago and Detroit Chicago has won
seven and Detroit FIVE.
Ot the eleven games played between
New York and Chicago New York has
won six and Chicago five.
The act OF the Atlanta club people In
black-listing Louis Hardie upon an al
legged charge OF falling to report for duty,
when In fact Hardie never signed with
them was despicable piece OF business.
Flynn, Mccormick and Clarkson will
probably be the trio OF pitchers to oil the
box against Detroit In the three games
OF the coming series.
Louis Hardie, the Whites new catcher,
Is twenty-four years old, weighs 1870
pounds, and is built much like George
Gore, the Whites crack center fielder.
The Atlanta club, for an offense which
they claim Hardie committed last Decem.
Der, waited until August Ia, and unit,
atte- he had signed with the Chicagos,
before preferring charges. They then
offered to withdraw the charges upon the
payment OF 500. They must want money
badly down there,
II the Atlanta clubs method of doing
business may be taken as a criterion OF
that adopted by the other clubs in the
Southern League, the sooner the South
ern League is dropped from the national
agreement the better, CSN Obtain
BASE BALL.
CHICAGO, ILL.,, Sept. s.-Morning
game; Chicago, 10; New York, 8. After.
noon game Chicago, 8 New York, 1.
KANSAS CRY, Mo, Sept. S.-Boston,
8; Kansas City, 2.
ST. Louis, Mo-, Sept. s.--St. Louis
6 Philadelphia, 9.
DETROIT, Mich, Sept, s,--Detroit, 81
Washington, 2,
CINCINNATI, ONO, Sept. S.-Louis
vile, 3; Cincinnati, g.
BALTIMORE, MD. Sept. Baltimore
| : Metrepofitans; 81.
PHrIADELPmA, Pa, Sept, S,--Athletics,
O.; Brooklyn, 6.
THE CANoE RACE.
NEW YORK, Sept S. The deciding heat
In the international canoe race was sailed
TO day over the usual course. The
American canoe Lassie beat the English
Nautilus with the greatest ease and the
International trophy will remain in New