Daily Yellowstone journal., 1890-05-13
THE FIRST WEEK.
w. |. Harris Reviews the Base.
ball Situation.
SOME FIGURES PRESENTED.
what the Result Of the Seasons Work
will He No Man Can Predict-Neitier
Of the Contesting Leagues shows Any
signs of Neutrality-suspicious. Confident.


Of the Contesting Leagues shows Any
Signs of Neutrality-suspicious. Confident.
Copyright by American Press Association,l
The beginning Of the baseball season of
1890 has not given Us much Of a line as to
the comparative playing strength Of the
teams Of either National or Players league,
except to indicate that certain teams sup
posed 10 lie the weaker are much stronger
than generally credited To be, and although
much Of this seeming strength is due u the
fact that the really strong team have not
got down 10 business yet, several alleged
weak mines have surprised every one. and
Of the alleged strong team one, at least,
has astounded its admirers by its weakness.
Take the games to April a-twenty
games by each League. We find that the
runs, hits, errors and earned runs compare
thus;
Players 800. ............. ss sl l6 iss
National ,...."r."".... gS SD iT s.
From this il will be observed that the
Players have done the most batting and
the poorest fielding. The question as to
which has. played the best ball is a matter
OF individual opinion and liking. Those
who like plenty of smuggling and big scores
will decide for the Players league: those
who like small scors, close games and
good pitching viii decide that the National
league has played the best ball.
TuE PLArERs' LgAGrE.
In the Players hague Buffalo, Boston
and Chicago have won the most games
while the Boston ard brooklyn teams have
-. -. - I-nH rF ..TE 4 IL.
Buflal0s NJ the b hes astonished many
people anl dcmou ,Iltsi that the pitchers
OF the Cleveland : am are either no good or
out Of condition, TolaIly the latter. The
Pit:sbur-~ have plgyc. Better ball than
was expected, inning two ont Of four
games from IL, ChicagIa, who are popu-
larry considcr.l sure pcnaant winners.
The CleveIau,, lost fou straight games
before they wa one. aud from the present
outlook are liable to prove tailenders.
The New ! ork pitchers, with the excep-
ton Of O'Day, have shown very little more
speed than the Cleveland pitchers, and the
" games won by the team were due
entirely TO terrific batting. AT this time IL is
safe to predict that the first months battle
will be between Chicago, Boston and
Brooklyn, with Philadelphia, Buffalo and
New York hCstling for fourth place. The
New York team is liable to come with a
rush when Keefe and Crane get into shape,
but at present the outlook that Ewing's
men will take a commanding place at the
start Is not very encouraging.
The Boston team has made a good start,
and is batting terrifcally. II its pitchers,
Radbourn, Kilroy, Daley. Madden and
Gumbert, can hold the Chicago batters and
maintain discipline in the team, Capt. Kelly
and his men can by their stick work soon
crawl to the top, and perhaps stay there.
Viewed In the light Of the first week and
the past records Of the men, I should say
that the chances were about three to one
that the first of September will find Chi.
cago, Boston and Brooklyn battling for
first place, with New York and Philadel
phia coming fast and furious after them.
THE NATIONAL LEAGUE.
Q II Is hard to form any conclusions about
the National league race because OF the
changes in the teams and new men engaged
on them. II is my impression that the
team with the best pitchers will win the
League championship IL it can hit a little
better than the average. The Phillies and
the Bostons have played the best ball so
far, but ! do not look TO see the former
stay in front very long after the New York,
Cincinnati and Brooklyn teams get down
to work. Il seems to me that the New
York team has the strongest pitching talent
in the League, and this fact leads me to ex.
pect the team to soon forge to the front.
Boston got n good start and would keep
well up but for the accident 10 Clarkson,
which is liable to keep them back.
The Pittsburgs have done fairly well
against Cleveland, but they are not liable
TO be much of a factor in the race, except
as a sort Of Jonah 10 some one Of the leading
clubs. About the only thing demonstrated
by these early games in the playing line is
that Philadelphia has a great fielding team,
that Boston has a wonder in Short Stop
Long, and that Rusie, Welch and Sharrott
are in grand condition, and that no other
club has n trio Of pitchers in any such form
"A form that ought to give the New York
team a great start in the race.
u FINANCIAL OUTLOOK.
Now as to the turnstile or financial part
Of the game. Before drawing any ON
parsons, here are the attendance figures in
the different cities for the first twenty
games:
NV