The evening world., 1888-05-08
TEN NEWSB0Y B~ALL-pLAYERS
THEY WILL BEAR THE EVENING WORLD"
COLORS AGAINST DETROIT.

Who aud Whit They Arc In Name, Age,
Weight, Position aud Abiilty-A Galaxy
Of Amateur Stars for the Baseball Eirma-
NEATLY These Ten We Conquer.
After most thorough trial in the field The
EVENING WOULD has selected the ten news
boys who will bear its colors in the contest
with the Detroit Journal champions. Their
points in fielding. base %running and batting
have all been carefully watched. and they
have furnished most satisfactory seasons for
the belief that they are of the proper mettle
to meet tho young Wolverines.
For regular batteries there are presented
Mayer and Smith and the PONY battery"
Reilly and Donigan.
Hubert Mayer was born in Newark, N. j.,
sixteen years ago. He is 5 feet 4 inches
high, weighs 1l5 pounds, and never was ex-
cited III his life. His delivery is as calm and
unfathomable as his own nature, but differs
from him in that it is exceedingly crooked.
As a batsman he will be among the leaders,
having thus early made a home run. He
will hover in right field when not pitching.
"Bennie" Smith catches for Mayer as il
he were born to do it. He is a native New
Yorker, III his seventeenth year, weighs llG
pounds and is So feet high. When he goes
to bat he pulls his cap down, looks deter
mined, and picks out a nice place in right
field to deposit the ball safely in.
Andy" Reilly is fifteen years old. some
thing over 4 feet high, and weighs 40
pounds pound bo Il there the sh S0nld BE nin nio of him A. ne ,s
is. when he is i'll the box. the ielders have u
vacation. He will sometimes he seen ut sec
ond or in the field. His batting and base
running, are first class. OF course, he was
born in New York.
Edward Donigan is a trifle shorter than
Reilly and weighs 115 pounds. He has caught
for Andy" three years and knows all the
%latter's curves. He was born in New York i'll
1872.
Maurice Davis. alias Mouse" covers first
base and all the ground around it and the air
above. There is no end to his reach for high
throws and 10 limit to his grovelling after
low balls. He earns his nickname by the
quiet way in which he steals the bases he
happens to want.
billie" Farrell is a Philadelphia by
birth. He couldn't help it, but does his best
to atone for it by playing an elegant game at
second base. He visits other parts of the field,
too, Just III the nick of time and very unex.
pectedly, if he sees the ball likely to get
astray.. He is seventeen years old and left
handed.
Jake Herzer, at third base, presents
$50 pounds of the utmost reliability. He can
go behind the bat, but is wanted where he
has been placed. His base-hit column will
De u gOOu one, anu ulttI uc Duo ItuIh i
his scoring a piece of moral certainty. He
will be seventeen ON the last day of June. was
born in New York. lives at the Newsboys
Home and is five feet and a half tall.
John O'Connor, alias "Jigger, , is a cork
ing batter, q fine base-runner and plays q
phenomenal all-around game. He plays al
short for The EVENING WORLD team and his
throwing to first is u beautiful sight to see.
He was born in New York Sept, 25, 1871.
Daniel Talbot is the real name of " Red"
who lovingly presses every ball that comes
flying into left field. There is much method
to his general playing and a good deal of Ger;
tainty in his batting, despite appearances OF
temporary madness when he is coaching O
base runner. He is two inches over 5 feet,
five pounds over 120, and u few months under
seventeen.
Lawrence Lichtenstein will usually be
found doing the honors III centre field. He
has good Judgment. Il pair of ready hands,
and is an excellent coacher for base runners.
His batting record is a good one. Lich "
was born in New York, March 4, 1872, thus
coming in with a new President. He is 5 feet
4 inches in hit and weighs 1875 pounds.
From now until the date for meeting the
Detroit boys. June 8, The EVENING WORLD
team will!be kept in constant working trim
and its members coached in perfect unity OF
action.
The uniforms for the New York boys will
be of handsome gray cloth. with red trim
mings and with EVENING WORLD n: b. b.
c." on the shirt front. The boys will wear
League patterns, with red bands.
They will cut a tidy figure on the field and
are confidently expected to keep up appear.
ances by doing tidy work.
With substantially the same material here
mentioned the club has already won three
creditabh beginning.