Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1888-03-24

Boys-They Expect to Garry or the
Pennant Next october-Pet Names for
the Players-wonderful batting.
Special Correspondence
NEW ORLEANS, March 2O.-There is no
baseball club, either in the National League
or American Association, that is attracting
more attention than the Cincinnati, still
known as the Red Stockings, title made
famous by the team of 1863, which went
through that season without a defeat. The
Cincinnatis are making a triumphal tour
Of the south, and theig work has been such
that every one who is figuring on the result
of the coming race for the Association pen
nant takes into consideration that Cincinnati
Is in the field. IL was even team work that
brought the Reds from sixth place up to sec
ond at She finish last fall 1t viii be their
team work, coupled with their base running,
that will bother the Brooklyn and other
clubs in the Association that far outrank
Cincip, lati in point of batting abilities
Gus H. Schmelz, their manager, is a fine
discip marian, firm, though kind. In his
managerial career, Mr.. Schmelz has scored
but one failure, and that was when he took
charge Of the badly out classed BLACK Dia-
monds" 1t was Manager Schmelz who
guided Atlanta safely through the season,
when that Gate City club won the Southern
league pennant Under his direction Ed
Morris and Fred Carroll, now of the Pitts
burg club, became the famous battery Of the
Columbus club. Mr.. Schmelz control Of
the team is absolute on the field. The finan-
cial affairs of the club are in the good hands
Of President A. s. Stern. A more shrewd
and conservative baseball man cannot be
found this side of the Aleghanies, and in the
Association counsels he is to the west what
c. Ii. Byrne is TO the east-a leader. Secre-
tary and Treasurer Louis j. Hauck is a
valued member Of the directory. OF the
fifteen members ten are married The five
''old bachelors are McPhee, Reilly, Kappel,
Baldwin and Wan One charm of travel
with the team is that it is thoroughly domes-
ticated. There is probably less of the stay
ing out late o. night habit among its men,
bers than in any other baseball club in the
country.
There are five pitchers. Elmer Smith,
who has been described as the ''left handed
wizard, has developed into one of the finest
pitchers in the country. Only few years
ago he was at work in a rolling mill in Pitts
burg. He did little pitching for Nashville
with no remarkable success He pitched a
few games in the fall of 1886, and gave
promise Of the success that crowned his eff
forts in the box last season. There are some
people who rank Smith as the best pitcher
in the country. He lives with his wife and
baby on Freeman avenue in Cincinnati.
Tony Mullane's initial performance fully
proves that there is "lots in the old man.
yet With the three strike rule in vogue
Mullane will probably prove as troublesome
IS be was in the palmy days of yore His
heart is in his work, and he will do good.
conscientious service for Cincinnati Null
lane halls from Erie, Pa, a town that has
given the world lots of good ball PLAYERS.
He played with the crack team of Akron
when McPhee was member of it, and in his
time has been identified with the Louisville
and Toledo clubs st. Louis once claimed
him, but Cincinnati secured him after the
demise of the Toledo nir'e, and he has PLAYED
with her ever since. Tony can play third
base and in the field on pinch.
VIII Serad is called Gentleman William
of Chester" as he has happy wife and
home in that Pennsylvania hamlet "Billy'sn
first performances of note in the box were
made with the Buffalo club when the Bisons
were Leaguers. Then he irifted into the In
ternational association, and did so well there
that Cincinnati secured him. Last season he
was not given much of an opportunity to
prove his worth. He is quiet. little fellow
"a comical genius-and popular with the
rest of the boys.
In Leon Wan the Cincinnatis anticipate
treasure. He is Dartmouth's famous college
pitcher, Sowders' rival and peer in ST. Paul
last year. The New Orleans States called
him ''the handsomest man in the profession
He is certainly fine looking fellow, and has
. knack Of getting the ball just an inch or
two over the corner of tine plate-far enough
10 fool the batter into tanning out. In the
two games he pitched against New Orleans,
twenty-one of the Pelicans struck out He
fields his positions remarkably well, and
backs up first in a manner that has made the
heart of Long John Reilly beat with graft
tude, for it gives him the opportunity to
chase balls out into right field and toward
second base that were wont to pass him by
unmolested.