Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-05-10
sPALDING AND ANsn
THEY PROPOSE TO HAVE
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Strength of the League Club. % '!si
News Of the Game. No'es
~. lcA1eAso CORRESPONDENCE,
The baseball season is fully onsn.,
American Association commcnesdde d
Two weeks ago. ana the League bea,!te ,
on Wednesday last. From the pre sah
most successful and tnterestin,, 70 be
tory OF the national game. e,h u thel
Club is in good trim to contest ~ Cae
race with the New York and Bost t'e Leg
They have been playing ali thsa leu
winter, and they enter the ti.,d IL ou!h
better condition than any Of ~ ptoba
The struggle between these threa ~, fIv
be the event of the season. 'eanls
The National League is comnosoa
from the following cities: Boston M ".,ss
Cleveland. Indianapolis. New Yo,hs A ns
delphia. Pittsburgh. and Washfnvtaa,, n
New York Club captured the pannnI
year. and will make Il strong pull i na!
season. In the personnel OF the te a.
is little or no change. S'"n II
The Boston Club has been stren,,
by the addition OF Brouthers. Richs.n
and Bennett. the famous first ana
nine. which has dropped out of tia 1pel
Pittsburgh has been slightly strsn. ness
by the addition to her ranks Of Hnniolse
brilliant center fielder of last ysur's
troits. Barring this change. the Chm %!
the field precisely US it was const,tn.l
the close OF last season. While ti H.'
not much danger TINT the chamnS;aaesf
flag will go to the Smoky City, hnr hon., ,as
sentatives on the green diamond AZ.
GENTLY strong to make it interesting r.
rival with which they may cross bats wi
Philadelphia also enters the contss,
out any material alteration in the persorl
OF the playing nine. the substitution n,
Sam Thompson, formerly OF tho b.,
for Coleman in right field being tbs
change. 1t is doubtful if this add.
strength to the team. Thompson was \
IL mighty batter and a fine fielder, b,, N
his right arm went lame. more ,ha" mn, y \
ago. he has failed miserably in 10th noin,I
play. AS u base-runner lie ALWAYS u.I
dead failure. On the contrary, Cols%l
whom he supplants. is young. active. In
speedy as a base runner. u hard leit.h
hitter. and a brilliant fielder. Harry WriJI
it is generally conceded. has not acted n
~ in making the change. But time nr1
all things. Let US wait and see. Old FIJI
has q mighty long head. and he nav
right in this case. US he nearly ALWAYS N
The playing strength OF the Washlnrtl
has been materially increased by the ml|
sion of Morrill, and Wise. the old frs,.hJ
man and short-stop Of the Boston N
and. with proper MANAGEMENT. tho Sena1
will make 1t lively for all corners.
The only change In the roster of the |
dianapolis team Is the addition of Getzl
the famous old Detroit pitcher. The /
will probably occupy about the same NJ
ton it did last season. unless there shpd|
be better display of managerial work \
has heretofore been shown.
Cleveland. which has taken the place
Detroit. is the pony" team of the Les.
and will in all likelihood bring up the |
of the procession at the close OF the send
The players are largely young men,
light weights Mt that. They are, besil
weak in the box.
There have been some marked chan
in the makeup Of the Chicago team b
win and Daily. AnsOn's tavorite pitcher
catcher the last Two seasons; Sullivan, |
has the last two years occupied left ID
and Petit, a fine outf1elder and great ID
runner. have all been released. All
burgh dispatch reports Capt. Arson as
ing with the services OF these players:
They were dropped because we dill
want them. In the future it will res,
something more than to be a ball-playe
get to play on the Chicago team.
must be n gentleman as we'll as a
player. There isn't a man left on the Il
that / anticipate any trouble FROM
Silver has been cautioned. He hee
the caution. and now looks like a l
full man. l know 1 won't have
trouble from him. The men we played
day are all sober and steady. The bat,
is composed OF two men VINO never Oh
Nror .Nf IN kk1s
men either don't drink anything or scare
anything. When you get sober men d
team they are generally in good spirits
will do better work than better ball IlaH
who drink. have headaches. and feel nd
all around as the result OF drinking.
sides, when players get SO that they want
run the club it is time to drop them. lib
has got to be some head even to a ball CID
How are you off for players?"
we are all right. We have signed Hut
inson, Krock and Gumbert. and will b
Tener. They ought to be able to DO
pitching. AS catchers we will have FIJI
Farrell. Sommers and Darling.
we would not sign Daily if he was
only catcher in the world. He and Slal
ing couldn't get along, and wasn't ID
on him. It's his habits and manners
monkeying that we both object to- He
mischief or trouble. and won't pay atten.4
to anybody.
Baldwin has fallen into some Of Dali
ways. and that's one reason why he
gone. He is a great pitcher when he 4
get the ball over the plate; when he ca1
he's no good.
Sullivan and Petit were not reea;i
They were not reserved and were not slGh1
Both men are good bull-players. and
have no trouble in getting engagenenl
We didn't like their ways and let then
Hereafter we don't propose to be hothe1
by the habits OF our players. There ~
use of it, and we won't have it, That's! 1
how the Chicago Club stands.
There is - prevalent opinion that tl1
was bad blood ensendered between III
the trip around tho world. Prest1
Spalding. being interviewed on the subfi
emphatically denied this. and said it Y
simply to strengthen the club that
were not kept. AS Sullivan and Petit VI
not reserved last fall Chicago has no G.
on them. Baldwin and Daily were reSs
ed. and while they have not been retSI
they have been told by MIR. Spalding 10 !
around and see what they could do ioE
season.
With Gumbert, Dwyer, Krock. and !, hl
inson as regular pitchers. and Van HAY
and Ryan in the field. Chicago is well
piled with pitchers. With the eXcepl,Ns
Knock, however, the rest are moro or lesJ
an experiment. There are certainly
kee'es or Clarksons among them. o..,.
When President Spalding. of the Ch"
Club, was in Boston last week. SO ~
dispatch from that city. he spoke MS y
pretty freely about the conduct OF inc
ton management in letting Morrill, e.:
height OF folly. In the evening at bs S'
he made a speech in which he said nn
didn't believe in allowing baseball pi 10;
to be owners Of or interested in salo ,
drinking places for reasons that NUE. lsi
obvious to everybody, and he inte lss,
the next meeting of the League to ollsi