Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-08-25


individual Players-The aIsnager a Big
Factor.
Stockhpld ars in the Cleveland Baseball
club viii ma he q small fortune this season,
and, con side ing the risk they took, they are
entitled to al they may get.
Every one knows that the success Of the
Cleyelard club, especially early in the season,
has been the wonder of the year among the
patrons and principals Of professional base
ball T5sere is not single star among all
the Clev Glands, and the salary of one man is
about as much as that Of another. Record
pl2ying'' is not permitted, and when the club
IS on the field il Is expected to work for runs
that COZ ut ana not for records, which very
often do not count. Manager Lotus has been
most in oo.tant nember OF the club, although
his nam does Tot appear On the score card.
Seated u the players bench at every game
he gives his men orders how 10 pitch, how 10
bat and how TO run bases. He knows the
weakness of every good batter in the League.
IF q low ball cannot be hit by one man he is
aware O the fact. If another man finds it
iHlpossi Sc 20 do anything with high bail
LOTUS knows that, too This information
he innpa ttzi to his pitchers and they conduct
themselves accordingly.
There are i've pitchers in the team. First
among tham, according to the records, is
John P O Brien, who learned his curves,
drops md shoots at West Troy, \. Y,
The raining ground Of many another good
ball pl aver He is % years old. lie first
played with the Glens Falls club in 1856, al
ternati ng a.. pitcher and third baseman. The
team won tie championship of the Hudson
Valley. league. Afterwards he played at
Oneida 4, Y y, Bradford Pa, and Lima, 0.
The Cmeidas and the Limas, with him in the
box, both won Bhe championship in the or
CARNATIONS to which they belonged. The
Clev'Alands wldle5n the American association,
bought hiln from Lima, and he proved to be
sIcE. a good HIStn tEla1 he was hired to accom-
pany the club into the National league. He
throws a pulling ball, but is not very Ger
tain in his aim. Recently he has lost several
geHnes through that fault. He is q medium
sized man. slow of movement and Irish in
face and general make up
.Enoch BakelY, CleTelands next best
pitcher, might be the best in the world if his
habits had always been good. However, he is
doing much better under the fatherly super
vision of Lotus and If he is true to the faith
he VIII be a matches player il his important
and difficult position he was born at Black
u lstci NJt@lli'ltai' III t1'~1 A'-N
wears ago he entered the employ of the man
ayers of the Athletics, OF Philadelphia
Next la played with the Keystones, also of
Philadelphia, one of the clubs that made up
the Old Union association. Later ne went to
Albany, II. Y, then tc Rochester. Last year
he was taken TO Cleveland and at the end of
the season hired for another campaign. He
is a good fielder and, for q pitcher, a fair bat
ter.
Z. A. Beatin, the third pitcher, is a south
erner, having been born in Baltimore IN
, 1896. lie has played with the FredericAs, of
Maryland, the AllentOSr1ls OF Pennsylvania,
and the DetroifB, of Michigan. He was
bought by the latter club and by them sold
20 Cleveland at the beginning of the present
season. The teams at Allentown aud Detroit
won the championship while he was with
them. He Is z first class pitcher, an amiable
PLAYER and an energetic gum cheWer. He
throws q very skillful ball at times, and
pothing delights him more than TO see a bats
man strike at. one OF his drops and miss it by
q foot or two. On such occasions he chews
his gum with renewed vigor and smiles at
the same time" The facial result can perhaps
be imagined.
The fourth pitcher is "little" Henry
GTuber, who also went there from De-
sroit He is New Haven boy, and before
10 went to Michigan played in New England.
he has never attempted any other position
han the one that has made him famous His
rank is among the best, and be would per
llaps be a betier man than he iS-eVen now if |
he were g}vsl1-lnor work to do.
Charles SpraSue is the fifth pitcher in tho |
team. He Was born IN Cleveland ana is % /
years Old. Il IS sad OF him that he has a /
more varied assortment of curves than any /
other pitcher IN the country However. he .
lacks experience, and in the National league !
that is a serious fault.
BY all odds the best catcher in the Cleveland /
Clubs Charles L. thinner, who isa sure fielder.
q fine "bact.stop7 and a terrific batter When
he hits the bail 1t is almost sure 10 90 10 the ,
fence if there is one, and beyond the 1
reach Of the fielders if there is not one.
His batting average Is more than 500, .
and 40 other man but Mexican among
all the CleveIands can he compared with
him. He was born in Marietta, O., and
is % years old he is large, muscular,
smooth faced, straight as a hickory sap
ling and jIlst as tough, and is a pleas
ing young man 70 look at. He has served
the climbs 81 Irmtou, O., and Poughheepsie
and Rochester, \. y His release was pur-
chased by the Cleveland management from
The latter club in 1881
z F. Slaclitre, the catcher who alternatas
with Ziumer, Is also 20 years Old. lie
y7as born in Wheaton, HIS, and las
served at Chicago, st. Louis. Savannah.
Dts Moiues and Detroit When he was
ut Chicago that club won the championship
IN the National league and when he was
with Detroit he participated in the games be-
tween the tesTu Al that city aud the 81. Louis
Browns foT tte worlds championship
The renl2iain- catcher Is Charles SNYDER. /
who Is one Of the Oldest hall players in the
country. lie became a professional sixteen
years ago, being one Of the nine men com
posing y. /. Nouugs Washington tesu. In
1S14 he was a member Of The famous Lord
Baitiunores, In 1875 he was with Philsdel-
phia, in 1870 and 1877 with Louisville and in
ISIS with Boston, when IL won the Iaae,le
pennant. While IN Boston ne caught for Tom
Bond, and the two men formed what was
then Che strongest battery in America. After
wards ne was employed by the WaShinctons
and then returned 10 Boston Both clubs
were peunant winners when be was with
them. Seven years ago be LETT the League
and joined the CIDcinnsris. where he remained
until ls>5, waon Cleveland purchased him
De has seen his best DAYS, il Is thought and
has been III the greater part of this season.
The Cleveland irfeld IS made up of jay
l. Fastz, frst basenlsa, John Stricken. sec
nnd basyznaa; Z. J. 3cEean. short stop. and
Oliver 4 Tebeau, ta2rd hase5ran Faatz
ZONES from Needsport, y. y. and i -
years old. lie was secured by the Cleveland