The Washington critic., 1888-06-18

The New York Club management has
released Cleveland, who VIII Join the
Pittsburg club, and signed Arthur Whit
ney, formerly of Pittsburg, TO play third.
Whitney is the player who was released
by Pittsburg to Detroit, but the latter
club failed to come to time and Whitney
brought suit for damages. He is good
third baseman, q fine thrower, clever
base runner and free batter He will
doubtless add great strength TO the New
York club.
Wires are already being laid to get
Hardie Richardson and Sam Thompson
for the Hub nine next season. Ii
$4,000 Will fetch them they will wear
Boston uniforms in 1880. IL pays to ad-
vertise in baseball just the same as in
any other business. People want to see
stars at any time aud will enjoy their in
dividual work in the early part of the
season, When they.iind out that one or
two such players will not pull OIL the
flag then they usually sour on the much
pulled up players.
The average weight of the bat used by
professional baseball players is about
'thirty.four ounces. Connor, Kelly and
Anson and few Of the other heavy
hitters of the League use n forty-ounoe
bat.
The new League umpire John Kelly,
will receive $3.50 month. "Umpiring
is something / like,n he observed, and
go at game as | would at smoking q
cigar. The principal thing an umpire
needs is ouickuess of decision, and II
man has that he can be deficient in other
respects. Whenever you see an umpire
hesitate till the crowd decies the point
| you can set it down that he is failure.
| A decision should be made the instant q
| play is accomplished Kelly has been
| giving himself so much unusual exercise
| during the recent games here that his
| bones are quite sore. He has become very
| popular in this city.
Burns broke his record in Fridays
| game. He had played thirteen straight
games without an error.
Anson has made thirteen base hits in
| the eleven games of the Eastern trip,
and has accepted ia out of III chances.
A Detroit special says "Ihe shekels
! are rolling in at very satisfactory rate,
| too. Here the season opened with exc
| cradle weather, 1t is true, and receipts
showed falling off from last year. Re
| ports to the directors from the Eastern
| games, except at Washington, were very
satisfactory"
| Manager Phillips says of the Pittsburgs
| 1.-THE trouble thus far has been our in
ability to hit the ball. / am confident y
is simply an OIL streak Every baseball
| man knows that batting comes and goes
apparently without reason in curious
streaks. During the early part of the
seasonI had no fault to find with the
work of the boys in this respect, and
am sure they will soon get their eye:
upon the ball again
Washington played another good game
on Saturday. Keep II up boys. TIL
CRITIC has maintained from the first that
you would land in sixth place. Dom
prove us false prophets.
The coaching Of the local base runner;
on Saturday was bad, very bad. When
| ever there's q man on bases the coacher:
should be doing their duty. Lack ol
coaching prevented two runs,
The public would be much better
pleased If Whitney would bat in his usua
way-left, ,handed-against south paw
pitchers.
| O'Brien seems to have got his eye OF
the ball again. THE CRITIo is as pleased
as any one.