Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-08-03
BASEBALL.
The Struggle for the Championship
Between the Clubs Of The
National League.
The Detroit and Chicago Teams Neck
and Neck-President spalding
Interviewed.
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interviewed.
| TcH1cAGo CoRsEsPoNDEScE.]
Chicago has played its long anticipated series
of games with Detroit upon the Ia ter's own
grounds and although it yielded to tho Wolver-
ines tho lead in the rennant race for a single
day. it lef5 there finally still in front of all its
rivals 1t was hard work, however, and the lead
now held by Arson is such n slight one rs to
make Chicagus position i'll the race anything
but se.ure.
Don't you TO just little shaky over the
si.uatien?" asked your orrcspondsnt OF Prcsi-
dent Sphlding to-day.
| "Shnky?" echoed the head of this possible pen
| naEt winners Of ISIS; why, pshaw my dear sir,
| have seen too many league championships won
and lost to feel worried over the result at TINS
stage of the race. Why, the fun has just COM
| nc1iced
Undoubtedly but how is it going to end:'
| why, i'll the only way 1t end Chicago
| Will win the championship without doubt.
| What makes you think sop
We'll, simply because there is nothing in the
| field that stay with us.
| Detroit seems TO be making . pretty coca
staggcr Mt it--don't you think?'
Nov, see here; there has got to ben second
just as well as first hasn't there? Well, nut.
urnlly, the best organized and the best managed
| tenns will como to the top III the championship
first place right along, it has had the pest teams
IN the country to tig-t in its efforts to do SO.
should have started right when it took the
| leRd some weeks ago and have galloped away
| flpm the field without an effort or u set-back.
NV how ridiculous. The New York and De-
| rrSit teams to-aay contain some of the oldest,
| mist capable, and most experienced ball-plnyers
| inthe busine IS. They have shown themselves
capabe OF putting up just as good gnne OF
ball us Chicago puts up, and, althoug l conf
| dehtly believe we will beat these teams out
thire will b, no walkover recorded in the League
| pG&naut this year.
THE Chicago team us now organized contin-
| uel Mr. Spulding, lis superior to any team in the
| cointry, in my opinion, i'll bnse-rannins aud
| feeling. 1t has made some costly errors at
ti1pes, to be sure, but no team ever existed that
hal not done the sumo thing. In batting strength
wdnre equal to any one of our rivals New York
had us It's mninstays, keefc, WEIGH. ORourke
| nett, and CANCEL nld Chicago has Van Haltren,
Baldwin, Krock, Flint, Farrell, DAILY and Da.-
| linz Not one of Chicagos pitchers back stops
| is teteriorating. On The contrary, they are
| improving with each week of the season, and,
| baiing some unexpected series of accidents and
mi|fortune, Chicago will finish the season with
thd best drilled and most effective team Of ball
| plGers i'll the race In one thing only has the
| Chkugo team shown itself weaker than the
| Detroit and New York tennis. That is i'll but
! ting They have not for the pas three weeks
| be b hitting the bull us successfully as their TWO
| mft formidable opponents have done, and to
| th,a fact alone attribute the near approach OF
Desroit and New York to the lead in the r,lce
Thtse attacks of-well, lethargy, l may say,
! with the bat are OF common occurrence in n ball
THY are to occur. expect to zee the home
te,hn pick up very shortly i'll batting, and when
it Segins to hit the ball us know it is fully
| pable of DOING those who have been asserting
tlAt the boys had started down tobogenn slide
inthe League race will begin to see wherein the
Chicago team is superior.as a whole-to any OF
| tip teams now fighting it for the pannaut
What in your opinion, is the matter with
Garrison and Kelly this year? Their glory us
BILL players seems decidedly upon the wune.'
| Eyes, but it is through no lack of ability. I'll
venture cOull
! ID Club, and under Anson's captaincy and with
1le support they would receive from the Chicago
Aelders, play us good battery game they ever
played There is such u thing, you know as
spoil ng good player"
take a9ye snsa t the pa Ss to
about half Of them. Nearly MI OF the Chi
caSo players will Co. and, under the of
Il he Chcagos' will play u picked team selected
be known 'The All-American Team Mr.
Lynch, who is associated with me in the trip, is
working hard in perfecting our arrangements.
will be given the public. l am receiving letters
CT inquiry almost daily from people who want to
gratify their desire for IN Australian trip by
as though America would be we'll represented
when we lnnd at Sydney. Mr.. Lynch is a-rang-
ing for special rates from here to Sydney and re-
turn, SO that those who wish to do will prob
ably be enabled to make The trip under Il com
palatively small outlay und most favorable con-
ditiOGs."
George Gore is playing good bail for New York
now His bud work i'll the first part of the sea-
son has been amply squared" by his recent good
work.
Smiling Mickey Welsh is having hard time
in the box lately. The opposing bntsmen like his
delivery as much us the New York Club did his
ulnpiring.
A. q. spalding pitched in a game, last satur-
day, played between two teams representing the
houses of A. G. Spulding g. Bros and the West
ern Arms Company. Two thousand people We're
present, and tlc game Melted S3l9, which was
presented 10 the Woman's Hospital of Chicago
Snnl &. Morton, President of the Western As
socation, denies TINT there is any danger of that
organization going to pieces One two cor
about the approaching disbandn,ent of our
teams, and have stated that the Chicago Club in
particular WIS i'll IL financial pickle from
which it could never escape. That is false.
Notwithstanding did not enjoy during
the first weeks of the season, and the attendance
ut the games at all points has increased SO
steadily that the teams ara Il DIV beginning to be
seli-supportiIg, AID promise b fore III. season
closes O he Investments thut many would like
to put their money into. The Prohibition OF
Sunday gam at Minneapolis has without
doubt crippled Minneapolis badly but Goodinc
writes lne that lie cen his way clear, ana
that lie is confident OF stay ing III the Associ;.t Oh
| las for the Maroons." continued Sam. 1T
would be a hn:dsr job to buy franchise now
| than it would have been Il month ago. We never
have thought of selling, for that matter, but we
are il u better position to stick to-day than we
have been since we organized
Splldings Australian trip is assured The
steamer Alameda us been chartered for the
exclusive use OF the party, which will, it is en-
pecred, number about 90 The lithogruphins
and printing is already done.
| Charley Brynan of the Chicago Club has
been RELEASE t. the st. Paul (Western Assoca-
| tom q, b, the amount Of the release money
BENG SlU0. HARRY PALMER.
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