The sun., 1891-06-01
TWENTY YEARS OF BASEBALL
Tfffs MANI IRREGULARITIES OF TEE
GAME DtRTNG THAT pEHIOn

THs MANY PEcttflRfT1Es or rB1
GAME DURING THAT PEfIOn
The Days when the Cstehsrs heh Ne Fro.
tcetton from 1siury - Il was = Trus
Pitch or the Baii Then, bat what IL II
Now s-Henvy Hating snd Bis Scores
Should q man who had not ssen q game ol
bnse bail for fifteen or twenty years attend one
OF these modern contests he doubtless would
be considerably surprised. It would be din.
cult for him to believe that the scientific game
OF to-day was In any way related 20 the easy.
going sort Of o contest he saw played some
twenty years ago.
A noticeable thing about baseball IN olden
times was that the players were nearly all OF
mature age. The majority OF the players were
professionalism became general nearly all the
players being business men. The exception
was the pitcher who usually Was paid asalary.
The uniforms OF the players would to-day
provoke tho rlsibilities OF the grand stand.
They consisted Of white duck trousers. full
length. white flannel shirt. and white fan
mel Jockey cap. Tho players usually sported
chin whskcrs, muttonchops. or heavy military
moustnches. When one OF those oldtlmers.
arrayed in his most swagger uniform. came out
on tho field and played ball In his peculiar way
tho cranks bowed down to him exactly as they
do to tho modern diamond heroes. And as he
moved along on the street In the full con-
seriousness OF his greatness. passersby whis-
pered: There goes sprigRins. our great left
ds bDoSa Ms SanEht e hit
The sa! was lively as kt.n NJ was his 10 every @
M ssss
seen that the fle!der- did considerable leather
sses .aagS. nRsr Ss Hd s1 strong
In no branch OF the game has thero been
more marked improvement than IN the pitch.
@ NIX Sfa b sna .y tes RtsasF
b Inn es SSs Ss
ing hama eeo% ihe hD a Inc e wa:
what he relied on, and, considering the cramrsd
many pitcher msdo the "sheeDskin" whistle
The catcher knew nothing OF masks. chest
aH SSSGHs The zs bs q
snd IN Order 10 asoa accden COX
nent position twenty or twenty iiye feet back
Soah Sc s or shs ss' srHs
had good denl 70 DO: However: thrownE. 70
II they MANAGED TO roach first 'AN '.N 'AAN
Il lys
that they were making too many runs, and
i runners were lie ID more closely to frst Ease.
Il. psse and M TSe Iss
not 80 hard as the ole now in use, and the
suent Curved PitS6iina came cam into use. use before
that the .riais and triHns.ions q the sstShs.
shoots and drons. the foul tips kept Ihe catcher
In a state Of Siege: i was 9 common thing to
two black eyes anu nose ou! Of ieins. -
Goodnsssrn is n.S.ns some one would exclaim. look
Not 1t ali. q crank would OK plain. "Thats
foul ,ip on each eye aud one on his nose. He's
This state. OF affairs continued until tho
@ tbn eeEn S @ sss s,, e
the csieher Whs seeS behlSd tne ss'bs ba to
hold in his teeth a large piece OF solid rub
hs Brief ds
sn as GsSsEs and Hh bs srss9 s
Withstand the ,erfible bombardmeni. Then
which was followed BY other useful Inventions.
Mh9n the sashss Of gets bshpd the
mask "a lis
hands he wears gloves that tltie bullet would
oatapultc delivery q the modern pitcher.
eaSs he ns
were the ,Excelsiors OF Chicago. and the
Detroits. The game took place in Detroit.
business men q Chicago ana Detroit, Ives.
usually took occasion to display his symnas!io
soity during @ game On thls oceason sa ,a he
base. When fifteen feet from the base he sud-
denly turned hhaqd-spfiug with TIE object Of
tirely successful. Ives heels struck the
Chcagoan between the eyes and Knocked him
twenty feet away. Ives abandoned acrobatics
While tho game OF baseball has changed In
almost very respect there are some NOSE
Se days sSr Mhss wore
ins esn..ss shss Va. 10 sssSf bs.Nsen two
tho Githars and NsyerGuits. WIN cross bats"
IN cor Constant use. 1.-Two teams Ms are play game
Il l. made to appear that they are to cross
bate" All those familiar with the game are
bats, before during. or after. The game, and
that the term has no annropriate application
bais" t W. would sink into oblivion with the out
stu oheTIsh the exrres,ion as valued friend:
present season Is the achievement OF Charles
Bennett. During his long career RS a catcher
he has ALWAYS been late In getting to work. for
the reason that his arm troubled him In the
spring. Not till the sun came out strong and
hot has he vcntured to throw in his ride shot
style. This. 'enson. however; Bennett sur
prlssd everybody by going behind the bat at
The opening OF the seasou and catching and
throwing steadily through all the unfavorable
weather OF this sprlnG
The boston catcher must have secured an
elixir for sore arms. He should bo generous
and lend some OF It to other clubs.
YALE,S GRADUATING CLASS.