The Washington critic., 1890-03-24
LAUGHING oBABy" AvsoN.
lie InduIges in a Smile at the Brother
hood League,

hood League.
New York, March PA special
to the Hoydld from st. Augustine, Fla.
says: had long chat with "Baby">
Anson of the Chicago League team
yesterday. The big fellow is looking
as fine as fiddle, and was mighty glad
to talk to "Northerner," as he called
me- He was nursing his favorite bat
covered with notches cut with pen.
knife.
"What are those notches, Anson?"
asked as a preliminary; "hOme ruus?"
No; base hits made off of Hutchison
this season." glancing at his pet pitcher,
who stood near.
Yes, but | pitched you out twice
on Thursday" came back from the
twirler.
what do you think of your team?'
''The best lot of boys ever got to.
gether--sure to please our Chicago peo-
pie and come mighty near winning
the League pennant. Sullivan and
Hutchinson are pitching. great ball.
C0oney covers his territory to the
Queens taste. Burns, who has been lay
ing off for a day or two, suits third base
as it suits him. Kittridge and Lauer
are improving daily as backstops and
are throwing to bases in great shape.
The outfield with Carroll, Wilmot and
Andrews to hustle about is about as well
protected rs l could wish. On the
whole you can say that I'm thoroughly
content and proud of my men and look
forward to one of the most prosperous
seasons Chicago has ever known
"Anson, where do you pick your ma
terial?'
a low laugh - "The Brotherhood
men think they monopolize the baseball
talent Of the country Are there no
coming men, then? Does any other
profession die out for lack of fresh
blood? l have drag-nets out all over.
mark promising men, find chances to
watch them play, get to know them,
and if they have the right spirit and
sand | give them a show with us. I've
had this kind Of dealing with a number
of the big heads who are now leaders in
the Brotherhood.
ou don't think much, then of the
big break in the ranks?'
Anson, who had been prattling along
very much like big baby, now flung
his pet bat aside as if he had made a
two. base hit and struck out with fire in
his eye. mark my words, I've been
playing ball for twenty years, and I've
been eleven years in the League. The
| fellows who are on top now in the
| Brotherhood have many of them been
drawing fat salaries for years when the
management was losing money. Ward
a nj Irn ypit hatt
| $4,000 and $4,000 year and sailing
most of it away. They imagined they
were being made tools of, or pretended
they did. They broke off without
knowing why, and I'll give them exactly
one year to come crying back to the
fold. The judgment, the experience,
the brains and the capital are with the
League, and nothing but bit of senti-
ment and lot of sore heads with the
Brotherhood.
| changed the subject abruptly, for
there We're lightning flashes now in the
yellow eyes, with "How does the
Southern trip system work."
Admirably. | could never have got
my men in their present condition if
they hadn't had the weather and
grounds to play on. My team will
open the season as well trained and
conditioned as the ordinary team used to
be about the middle of the season."
How about that bear that some of
your boys shot on Anastasia Island on
Tuesday,"
Fact, assure you. Some of them
went over there on little excursion
and took an old gun along. Bruno
turned up sure enough. There was a
general slide for first by every one but
Hutch, who held the gun. and he let
Mr.. Bear have drop curve that caught
him in the vitals and put him out. All
the hotels served bear steaks that
night"
| can add my own testimony to this
tale, that at the Ponce de Leon the
next day "bear steak a Ia Arson" was
the piece dc resistance on the bill of fare.