The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1890-07-27


equal him in brilliant plays-Ward; none |
that can excel him in batting, and only
one-Ward again-who can equal him IN
base running Aside from short stops |
Kelly is the only base runner | know OF |
that can touch Glasscock for daring on the
bases Many people think Ward and Kelly
use better Judgment, but on this point 1
am doubtful.
Glasscock is a peculiar man any way you
take him. On the field he is never IN re-
pose. Always on the move, anxious, en-
thusiastic, squirting and inspiring, the uni
versal opinion has always been that on a
great team in great city he would be the
greatest ball player of the day. He 1s>now
in just that position, and as captain of THE
New York team it is my opinion he will
prove that, as ball player, he is as CREATES
any in America Not even Ewing, Ward,
Kelly or Arson will excel him.
Glasscocks disposition is little under
stood. He appears to be a man of morose
and surly disposition, but this is but his
outward semblance. He is uncouth, per-
haps rough, but not near so,black as he has
been painted Speaking of him, Charley
Bassett, of the New York team, says: Jack
is hard man to understand. When first
played with him his apparent Asurliness
used to break me up. But l soon. learned
to know him."
Beneath his roughness Jack is q good
fellow, and can give some of his detratSors
points on manliness. He is good frietid
and bitter enemy have seen him whc1
he appeared to be in bad temper, when l
knew he was just the reverse. When Jack
was made the velvet was left off,. Hence
he cannot gid his words like some other
men, whose hearts could not be seen if
| placed alongside of his.
Glasscock is the most enthusiastic base
ball playerI ever knew. His peculiar tenn
permanent hides much of it. He is the ball
player and nothing else when on the field.
He is tricky-all great ball players are-to
che verge of unfairness, and his anxiety to
win, as is the case with Ewing, Kelly, An
son, Ward and others, often leads him be-
yond it; he seldom lets a point escape him;
he has very little use for what he calls
"mildness" in baseball; he believes in win
ming fairly if you can, unfairly if you must
and can get away with the umpire, but win,
no matter how; hard man to manage and
yet good man to manage others; a driver
always, and seldom persuader; during a
game lost to all but the thought of win
! ming and the methods for doing so. Such
it he is quiet and deep, not over talkative,
not always agreeable, but on the whole an
Every day. decent sort of fellow, gentleman
y and fairly entertaining.
Glasscock IS a resident of Wheeling, W.
Va, having lived in that city since young
man. He is now about "a years of age.
AS ball player he came into prominence
when playing short stop and second base
for the famous ''gilt edged" Cleveland
team in the years 1881 and 1882. Previous
to this he played with numerous minor Or
CARNATIONS, none of which were of any
prominence. With the Cleveland team he
sas Immediately recognized as a superior
1elder in the above positions, and it was
here that he gained the title of ''King of
Short Stops" His famous jump from the
Cleveland team to the Cincinnati Unions is
still fresh in the minds of baseball cranks.
With the Cincinnatis he played only for a
few months, being transferred from that
club to Henry V. Lucas famous aggrega-
ton in St. Louis. This club was known as
the Maroons, andunder this name, in 1885,
was taken into the League.
Il In 1856 GlaSscock was transferred to In
dianapolis, where he has since remained.
Last season during the closing months he
was manager of the Hoosiers and got bet
ter work out of them than any one had
ever been able to opreviously. Hei now
captain and short stop for the New York
League team.
Glasscock's punishment for his Cleveland
jump was fine of 81 900 and the necessity
of playing for tailnenders ever since at a
less salary than other men not half his
equal were earning elsewhere. Surely he
eXpiated that otfense, which has always
been the regret of his life Glasscock is
not ungrateful. He knew he was wrong
and he realized that the League had treat
ed him with great leniency. He hesitated
when the Players league scheme was pre-
scented to him. Finally he decided to re-
main with the League.
) Glasscock and the Players league men
} differ materially IN their stories of his re-
lation with the Brotherhood. Ward and
others contradict him. They say he lies,
and Glasscock returns the compliment.
Among batsmen he stands foremost. He
has always been well up in the averages,
and generally stood quite as well from a
utility and reliability standpoint. In 1886
he stood sixth with .325 In 1887, the year
when ''ghost hits" were in vogue, he stood
twenty-ninth, but in actual base hits he
was up near the top. He was twenty-sixth
in 1888 and second i'll 1889 with 1853, having
f; made the largest number of hits, 200, made
by any player for many years; and finally
Glasscock during his eleven seasons OF
l League service, has played 1,0S6 games
: been 4, 431 times at bat, made / 1893 base hits
, has asgrand average of .270 and stands six
, teenth among the League veterans.
Glasscock's attitude at the bat is charac
> teristic of the intensity with which he plays
ball. He stands in slightly crouchins
attitude so much so that he appears round
shouldered; ne favors his left foot some
thing as horse does who has spawn
under his hoof, and he swings his stitch
clear of his body with sort of menace that
makes pitcher hate to give him a ball that
he can hit. When he hits it square the bal
goes to the field like a shot, and the MAJ
who gets in front of it is often sorry fol
what he has donen Glasscoclz, with hi.
heart in his work as it was last year, as it i
this year, ranks with Arson, Ewing, Brou
:hers, Kelly, Tiernan, H. Richardson ant
Conner as giant with the stick. He is
more scientific hitter than any barring An
son and Ewing and fully the equal o.
either. His worst enemies admit that as
ball player he is a king. In my estimation
he is the equal if not the superior of any il
tbs land. w. l. HARRIS.
II He Feat Dad.