The true northerner., 1889-06-26

warm time of II upon the occasion of its
second series of games in this city, and
the Cleveland club will remember Anson-
young men for many day to come.
Anson came down here from Chicago set
upon winning at least two out of the
three games, or making it mighty uncom-
Portable for anybody that got in his way.
Umpire Fessenden happened to be the
man TO get into Ansons way during
the second game of the series, and the
result was about two hours of the
liveliest kicking and fun for everybody
in general ever seen upon q ball field.
The old man" commenced to kick on
Fessenden's calling of balls and strikes
in the second inning, and thereafter ran
things with high hand. I've been
robbed of games enough this season al
ready" said he after the game, and L
made up my mind as soon as / saw how
things were going in that game that it was
time to do little kicking myself, and 1
did it.
No one who was present at the game
that afternoon will doubt Anson's state
ment. There was not an inning of the
game in which the big Captains powerful
voice was not heard in determined dis
pute with the umpire. Fessenden threat
ened, and clustered, and bluffed at the
.,
but the beauty of Ansons kicking is that
he always knows what he is talking about,
and, consequently, has the best of an
argument upon any rule or point of play
tnat he may decide to kick upon.
Before Anson began to kick the game
promised to be as tame n one as that of
the daX before, when Cleveland had won
by sore of to 4. Tho "old mans"
kicking, however, had the effect of awak-
ening the members of both teams, and
the amount of ginger they threw into
their work made the game bitter fight
to the very end. Chicago finally took the
victory by score of 5 10 !, Dutfy's hit TO
center sending in the winning run in the
last half of the ninth inning.
Another good effect of the "old mans"
kick was the battery work done by the
team. Anse himself went to bat four times
and made four beautiful hits each of which
helped along or brought in run. Duffy
and Ryan also did great stick work, and
where Chicago had not been able before
this season to hit O'Brien they Jumped
upon his delivery and deliberately batted
out their victory. 1t was n triumph in
deed for the odd man." who OF late has
been doing Ii tie or no batting compared
to hrs record of last season.
Gle, Gland captured the third game OF
the series handily-score to thus
winning two out Of the three, much to
the discontinue of the big Chicago cap
tain. In this game the double umpire
system was introduced. and Fessenden
and McQuaid worked together in first
class style. There was no wrangling, bad
gering or kicking. and the balls and strikes
were attended to with care.
Chicago has returned home, and during
the remaining days of the month it will
meet the four Eastern league teams
Washington, New York, Philadelphia,
and Boston. Williamson will reioin the
team July 4, when lie expects TO play his
first game of the season in Chicago. The
return of the big short-stop will be hailed
with Joy by every lover of baseball in
the lake city, for his coming will put the
team in smooth working order again.
CURRENT BASEBALL TALK.
Tim Keefe, of the Giants, holds the
record on strikeouts, in a single game,
for the season. Twelve of the Bosto-
mans went down before his curves in the
series. Clarkson comes next, having
struck out ten of Ansons hopefuls.
There are four players III the league
who have batting average Of over 400,
while there Is not a player in the aSsoci-
alton who has yet re lched that figure
The Chicago team has made more home
runs than any other club so far, with a
total of twenty. New York is seventh,
with nine TO it's credit.
There seems to be nothing the matter
with John Montgomery Ward as sec
ond baseman.
Tom DAILY, the oil Chicago catcher,
has signed with Washington. He is now
with the team in Boston, and says his arm
is in hTst- condition.
x,lh ez1a al 81,
when playing the outfield on the home
grounds, as the boards make it uncom-
Portable with spike shoes. OF late visit
ing outfelders are following the New
York teams example, and find that they
can play much better game on rubber
than upon steel.
The play or who will lay an obstruction
on the line, run into, or block off fellow
player is a damaging ruffinn, and not only
should be legislated into obs uri y but
seLt 10 the criminal courts for another
overhauling Not more than two or three
cases wotld be dealt with before the end
came.
The release of Arthur Irwin to the
Washingtons cost Hewitt $4,000. The
Washington Club has been after Irwin
for some time, but Pres dent hewitt
would not pay the snm demanded for his
Tettdbe ne NtS lOfCeu I'D 10 so IOr
want of competent shor-stop for his
team. Irwin will receive salary of
5000 and be Captain of the Senators.
John Morrell Will siill play in the team
aud be manager, while Irwin will have ex-
elusive control of the Senators while on
the field.
The Base-B II Brotherhood's opposi-
ton to the classIfc ltion system now in
vogue in the National League has at lnst
borne fruit. The Brotherhood, through
a committee, notified President Young of
the player~' ideas on the subject, and n
few days Mr.. Young informed the
players tbat he had placed the mstter be-
fore the Leal ne and that the club owners
would meet the pla ois end talk the mat
ter over. The LcaIue has apl o. uted
Messrs. j. Il. pN President of tie New
York CLUB J. Rogers, OF the Philndel-
phia GLIB, and A. q. Spalding, of the
Chicago Club, a committee to act for the
clubs. Ward, Hanlon. aud Brou hers are
the players committee. The conference
will he held in the West within the next
two weeks John Il. Day o emily ayovs
his opposition to the Objectionable classi-
fication rule.
Brouthers, formerly of the Detroite
now with Boston, leads all he Leegue
battcrs. Charley Bennett, Richardson
and CAMEL are llkew,se batting hard