The Washington critic., 1888-04-27
BAsEnNt.r, e,tAI.L rAUK

TIE CRIric would Ike to see Daily so
in he box when O'Day or Whitney
doesn't pitch and Shock takes his place in
right field
il is imperative that the men be put in
certain positions and played there. Con-
slant changing will ruin teamwork.
What if a player does make errors in n
game one day; that is no good reason for
putting some one in his place IN tho next
game. 1t will only disgrace the player in
the sight of the public and win not do
the nine any good.
A player rarely plays two poor games
in succession. If the management want
tu give player q rest let them lay him off
just after he has played a good game.
But there should be Just as little
changing as possible. Wilmot, Hoy and
Daily should be retained as the outfield,
the first two for every game,and the latter
when he is not In the box. Keep the
present infield. Retain as batteries o. Day
and Deasley, Whitney and Mack, Daily
and Murray. Let Gardner and Gilmore
90. Retain Shock to take the place of
any man temporarily disabled and to fill
Daily's place in right field.
II may be urged that this arrangement
gives the club but one reserve player.
What would result in case of injury to
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five reserve players, O'Day can play
short at pinch, and in fact did play that
position quite credtably several times last
season. Deasley can play short and third
very acceptably. Whitney can ill first
to the satisfaction of the general public,
and Mack and Murray could certainly
play other positions than catcher if an
emergency demanded IT.
There is no unalterable law to the
| afIopf ihal iha hoiinrfoc chntt1I ,,orfict
| pate only in every third game. On
| other mines they utilize members of the
batteries for general work; instances:
| Ewing, Kelly, Ferguson, Ryan, Maui
| and others But whatever Is done let Il
| be done decisively and definitely. As
| long as there IS uncertainty about the
| composition of the team, efficient team
work will be hampered. Give the men
| q chance. Do not disgrace Il player for q
wild throw or mulcd ball. The nine Is
| as good as can be made now. All they
need is regular work together, without
| the annoyance of constant shifting.
After that homerun of Shocks yester.
| day, which saved us from a shut-out per
| haps, that players merit will be more
! justly rated By the management.
In justice to Murray, who caught hi.
! first League game yesterday, it should bt
noted that Gilmore's delivery was pretty
wild. He gave four men bases on balls
| and hit another with the ball. Murray
four passed balls were largely due to Gil
more's unsteady pitching. Altogether
Murray did not put up bad game. Nat
| urally he was somewhat nervous.
| you can bet ] am glad that / am on
Of Detroit said Dunlap after the second
| littsburg Detroit game. "lf was Will
the champions now would have beer
advertised all over the country long be
fore this rs the king bee for creating dis
sensions III the team. ] am not witt
them now, and the public will soon learr
1 that Dunlap was not responsible for til,
| troubles of last year"
THE CRITIC just about "cnlled the
turn" in its baseball article of the 9TH in
stant when il said Nothing but acci
dent should keep Boston from the from
this year." and it added: "Things lool
dark for Philadelphia just now TIL,
opinion was also expressed: "There /;
really no reason to expect any improve
ment in New York's rank" OF Pitts
burg 1t was said: "The Smoky City has
high-priced team and il will undoubtedl,
play good ball. The record of the sea
son thus far verifes these opinions.
Games observation-disclosures Boston, Q
Washington, 2. New York, IL; Philadel
pbia, 5. Indianapolis, s; Detroit, 3. Chi
Cago, 81; Pittsburg, ]. Association Balti
more, 5; Brooklyn, 3. Cleveland, 10; Ath
letic, 0. Cincinnati, A. st. Louis, 8. Louis
vile, Z; Kansas City, 3.
Just think, the champion Browns ar
third. II will be a fine race among TIL,
leading five clubs in the Association thi
year.
The Detroit management talk of put
ting White behind the.bat. Jim used I,
be rare un" as abackstop.
Arthur Whitney declares that he wil
not join the PIttsburgs unless PresIden
Nimick accedes to his terms.