The Washington critic., 1889-04-23
SIZING UP THE MINES.
The League Clubs That VIII Contest
for Supremacy Tomorrow.

Cleveland at Indianapolis and Boston ~
New York. The contest promises TO be one
Of unusual interest to patrons Of the Ma
tlonal game. As In seasons past the clubs
can be divided into two classes, Chicago,
New York, Boston and Philadelphia com
posing the first, aud Washington, Pittsburg,
Indianapolis and Cleveland the second. IL
Ia almost q foregone conclusion that the
clubs will finish the season In the classes
Indicated. II Washington ends the season
ee good as fifth II will satisfy home patrons.
There is nothing In the composition OF The
teams from Pittsburg, Cleveland and In.
dianapolis TO warrant the assertion that
they will be any nearer the head than last
year.
The Pittsburgs have been strengthened
by Hanlon, from the Detroits, and there Ia
some possibility of White and Rowe going
there. Indianapolis has secured Whitney,
but even with "Long jim" IL is practically
the same team that has been repeatedly dis
tanced in the race. New York, Chicago
and indianapolis will open the season with
nearly the same teams as they closed with
In October last. Wagenhurst, collegiate,
has been added 10 the Giants, while Anson
secured Pitcher Hutchinson OF Des Moines,
and Catcher Sommer OF the Bostons. On
the other hand indianapolis signed Getzein
Of Detroit and exchanged Healey for Whit
ney of Washington, yet with these changes
these clubs are practically the same as hg
urcu III these cities during 1888.
The other five teams have signed mum
ber Of new players or secured the release of
others. Probably no club IN the country
has been so materially strengthened az the
Bostons. The purchase Of Brouthcrs, Rich
ardson, Bennett and CANCEL from the De
troits fills the llubbites with hopes Of cap
turing the pennant. Philadelphia aud
Pittsburg, too, for that matter have their
eyes on the flag, and will certainly fool
some of those who are flying high at present.
Manager Harry Wright has big Sam.
Thompson of the Wolverines, Catcher
Decker and Pitcher Wood, who formed the
winning battery for Toronto last season, as
well as Kirby and Mitchell, among his new
men. Pittsburg can boast OF Peter Conway
and Ed. Ilanlon, and Garfield Allen, Nicoll
and Lauer, youngsters Washington
will also figure prominently with its
reconstructed team. Morrill, Wise, Healey,
Carney and Ebright are In its new galaxy.
II has also a number OF men who went 10
the Capital City from Troy at the
Pitchers Ferson und Haddock and
Catchers Clark, Banning and Sweeney.
For their first year In the League Cleve-
land will muster a strong force of players.
The majority of them are familiar TO all
lovers of the game. The full team signed
by Manager Lotus is as follows: Blakely,
Gruber, O'Brien, Sprague, Duck, Bcatin
Lohbeck and thinner, catchers; Faatz.
Stricken, Tebau and Mexican, infelders;
Twitchell, McAleer, Radford, Nicholson and
Gilks, outflelders
| Besides Wagenhurst the Giants will be as
follows: Welch, Crane, Titcomb and
| George, and probably Keefe, pitchers;
| Ewing, Murphy and Brown, catchers, with
O'Ronke for emergencies Connor, Richard
son, Whitney, Ward and Hatfield, in
felders: O'Rourke, Gore, Tiernan, Slattery
and Foster, outtielders.
| II Williamson is all right and the rumors
regarding DAILY are exaggerated, which is
| likely, the Chicagos can be counted In the
race, as Krock, Gumbert, Hutchinson,
Dwyer and Baldwin will not be the weakest
| pitchers in the League, and there will be
| good fielding, batting and base-running
| group behind these twirlers In Anson,
Duffy, Van Haltren, Pettet, Sullivan,
PfefIer, Ryan and those mentioned above.
Harry Wright's full team consists OF
| Buffinton, Sanders, Casey, Gleason, Pete
Wood and Mitchell, pitchers; Clements,
Hallman, schriver and Decker, catchers;
Farrar, Delehanty, Mulvey, Irwin, Kirby
and Bastian, inielders; George Wood,
Andrews, Fogarty and Thompson, out
fielders.
In addition TO the new material mentioned
above Manager Phillips OF the Pittsburgs
win have Calvin, Morris and Staley, pitcs
ers; Carroll, Miller, j. p. Buckley and
Fields, catchers Beckley, Dunlap, Kuehne,
Smith and Rowe, infelders; Hanlon, Sun
day, Coleman and Maui, outfelders.
Tomorrow, when the Clevelands go To
Indianapolis to play their first League game,
they viii find the following club awaiting
them: Getzein, Whitney, Shreve, Burdlck
and Boyle, pitchers; Myers, Daley and
Buckley, catchers; Schoeneck, Bassett,
Denny and Glasscock, infelders; Seery,
Hines and McGeachy outfelders.
There are great lack Of batters in this
club Denny, Seery and Hines being In fact
the only players who can use the stick with
any reliability. In fielding and base run
ming they are also not as strong as could be
desired
woshingtonis stronger all around O'Day,
Healy, g. Keefe Ferson and Haddock,
pitchers; Mack, CLARK, Banning and Ebright,
catchers; Carney, Myers, ,0'Brien, Don
and 'shoch, viii represent the Capital City.
Baseball smalltalk.
They have already begun TO abuse the
umpire in the Southern cities.
The Bostons play the Jersey Citys this af-
ternoon. 1t will be their last exhibition
game.
The release Of Pitcher Freeman has been
sold by Won der Abe to the Milwaukee Club
for 81 900.
Manager and Second Baseman Spence of
the New Haven Club has injured his knee
and is unable to play.
Ralph Johnston is great prize winner
for Columbus. He made four hits of four
times at bat the other day.
The Association games scheduled for to-
day are as follows: Columbus at Philadel-
phia, 81. Louis at Louisville, Kansas City
at Cincinnati
President Won der Abe has made a re
quest that the Cincinnati players wear their
black uniforms in their opening game In
st. Louis.
Bill Hague, the old third baseman of the
champion Providence team, has become the
trainer Of the Athldeic Club. He has been
working on the pitchers arms, and Seward
Weyhng, Smith and Knouff say their
pitching limbs were never before in such
excellent condition.
President Soden says there is no truth IN
the story that he has offered to trade Mike
Kelly for Ward.
The first championship game on the
Brooklyn grounds will take place Thursday
afternoon, II will be a gala day in all that
the word implies.
Yesterdays games resulted as follows:
Athletic, l5; Columbus, o. Baltimore, q;
Brooklyn, 4. st. Louis, l3; Louisville, o.
Cincinnati 10; Kansas City, l. Pittsburg,
Z; Syracuse, g. Washington, 5; Yale, 0.
Detroit, II; Jersey City, 49, New York, @;
Worcester, 4. Newark, 16: New York Re
serves, 2, Reading, 13; Philadelphia
Giants, 4.
Healy and Mack signed yesterday, com
pleting the home team.
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