Telegram-herald., 1890-02-24

rolled on Their books great
amy ef very good nen. 0f course.
this does not coyeE ths ros ler Of tas
baseball army. for pretty much every
yoaa. American 3. baseball player
some are good ana some are tai, Bat
almost every ne 81 uer % the rlslng gen
GRAFTON believes he can play baseball
AsI have before stated the tzct tnat
the various professional ciucs "lll have
= serv different men bersulp from that
g forfuer years cistlfos present c2leu-
latlons a. - bow matters sill end next
year IA an instance. Nlke Kelly last
rear was side partner, - 10 Speak, Of
Clarkson, ami caught Tor the latter IN
critical games This year they viii
play with different leagues. In the
zane say some Of The same men nhs
won the worlds cham pionship for
the New York club will meet In
rivalry next summer New men will De
tested and tried The old men sill
meet under different conditions from
other years. and there will be many
new features In the whole business.
There IS another feature In this mat
ter that Is not generally understood
In all tho talk as 10 the rival clubs il
does not seem 70 De considered that the
experiment OF having two com peting
clubs In one city Is yet nothing more
than experiment When the New York
Club won the championship last year IL
had the unsivided support Of New York
City behind IT, Only time can tell what
the result vii 10 when the interests
tha: were formerly undivided are
brought into rivalry. SO far as the New
York Club Is concerned, | ara confident
that 10 will be able 20 give a good ac-
count of its record when IL s compile ted,
and that 10 Will not lose its old motto,
I'VE are the people" At the same
time, il must not DO understood that |
an undertaking other clubs. They are
al good ones, and IL the New York
League Club is to win-and l think
il Will win the championship OF 1890 in
the National League. | am fully aware
that IL has 70 play good baseball, just
as l admit that the club that does not
play good ball in the coming season is
liable to get some hard knocks The
Americans are too well posted in base
ball now 10 mistake a sham for
genuine article.
There is, find, no doubt in the mind
of any young American as TO his ability
To play baseball. | suppose there is no
manager OF a baseball club in the
country who is not constantly bonn
barded with applications from young
men who imagine that they are born
baseball players. OF course, in most
cases, they are not. | was the recipient
OF = visit the other night from a would
be baseball player, who weighed almost
nothing. but who was taller and longer
OF limo tnan Long John Reilly" the
well-known first baseman OF the Gin
cinnati Baseball Club. When tried,
however, the man did not give any evil
dence that he could with any amount of
training ever play baseball. The
young man in question | suppose will
always hold that / am his personal
enemy. bu. as q matter OF fact, no
amount of training and coaching would
have made player OF him.
Managers OF professional baseball
stubs are always looking for good men.
They study the records OF even the
men In amateur leagues And
even this is not sufficient, for some
times il is necessary to see a man at
work TO Judge him properly.
AS an instance OF this, may mention
a player, now we'll known, whom | took
liking 10 early in his career. and who,
at one time. had no confidence In him
self. / had confidence in him, and
pushed him all ! could. lie turned out
to be a star player, for the man was
Dave Orr. the famous first baseman and
heavy batter.
Again. ] heard that there was player
in Newark. y. J., who was hitting the
ball wherever and however any pitcher
could sendH, over the home plate. /
conclude 10 20 and see the young man
play, and did. I have often seen him
play since, and ! viii say that he
played very loose game on the day
mentioned. Yet I saw that he was a
born ball player, and ] finally secured
him FOR the New York League team
| made TO mistake in that choice either,
for that PLAYER was none other than
Mike Tiernan, the famous batter Of the
New York team OF last year How
ever, these are but examples OF the
manner in which good baseball players
are sometimes picked up Captain
Anson, o. the Chicago Bssebal Club,
was discovered In much the same way
ant King Michael Kelly played ball
IN his bare feet FOR a very small sti-
pend per game a. one period of his
career All this goes 70 show that the
"a. h,+ ra~fta1tere lavo r,ro f,.o +1,a
baseball business IN a practical way.
that rambling and looseness OF all
sorts have been stopped. that system
and method have been introduced and
that the whole matter has been placed
on a business basis has materially
improved the whole condition of our
national game.
30 far as can sec. ths rules and con
ditions BY which the various cluhs-of
the National League. A. least are 20
30 governed are sstisf3ct0rv 20 the
players as they will 10 20 the public.
There l. no likelihood ofanv trouble
Baseball is = business. and in ev.-y
business there VilI bs occasional dis
agreements n ths present season. or
rather the season that e 20 be opened
in the spring believe that these dis
agreements VIII nos in aaY manner N.
fecs 80 uen who are engaged n theal.
They nav bring about a sharper rivalry
which viii 20 coed thing for he rub b.
Iic. f0v then they will see has-iinz
baseball JAWS 81 rsTE
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