The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1891-07-20
NATIONAL LEAGUE RACE
Is NEW YORK PLAYING A
MERE SPURTi
looks as n Thev Meant Business--
The Chicagos and BostOns summed
Up-Where Pittsburg stands-The
New Xorks Look Like winners.

/ Does anyone doubt that the New
Yorlls will win the pennant this yearP
If the team does not win It will it be a
standing marvel. Nobody with an eye
for base ball believes that their pres
ent speed is squirt that will die out
within week or two. They have
simply struck their gait. And although
| they viii have occasional setbacks, it
may be put down for a surety they will
| give the other teams in the League an
easy 90 by before the last of Septem-
/ Der. The New YorlSs are badly in need
of third catcher, and it would be
dangerous to have Jim O'Rourke out of
/ the field, especially when he has those
| black goggles down so fine.
| Base ball is queer speculation any
| way. With the beginning of the sea-
son the Bostons made runaway race
/ of it. The players were nine things of
| beauty and a Joy forever. Their field
/ ing was simply phenomenal and their
! batting was of that order which causes
the average pitcher to grow pale around
! the gills, "They are working too much
| like sprinters," said somebody who
/ knew. "The New Yorks are long-dis-
tance nags, slow to round into shape,
unwilling in training, but ALFRED hard
to head off when they once get started" "
1t is a case of locomotive and race-horse.
! For the first 200 yards the engine is not
in it. Thereafter steam wins and
muscle loses.
! Although Anson's men are playing
good ball and seem to be well within
themselves, they will not prove so
| speedy as the New YorlSs in the long
run Anson is having less trouble than
usual with his men this year. 1t is said
that Jimmy Ryan, the little fre-eater,
has not sassed the old man once As
| for Anson himself, he does not seem to
have lost any of those red-headed quail
| tiles which have made him famous
since he stepped out of Noahs Ark and
began to bat flies around Mount Ara
rat, He offered good illustration of
the difference between those who lush
and those who do not. Anse is old
enough to be a grandfather, but he is
still as frislly as the youngest of his
men.
Our old friend, the devil. has put his
cloven foot into the Pittsburg pie. It
is too bad. A clique has arisen against
Ed Hanlon from some cause, or possi-
bly, without any cause. Things are
very unhappy in the team at present.
! 1t was said by a Pittsburg man who
was in New York few days ago that
| the clique is composed of Reilly, Gal
win, Miller, Carroll, and possibly two
others, whose names were not given
1t is not surprising that Miller and
Hanlon should conflict, but that
Miller and Calvin should fraternize
is astounding in view of the fact
that it was Jimmy's intention to put Il
head on Miller upon sight throughout
the whole of last season. J. Palmer
! O'Neil showed his hand while with the
team In this city last week He duly
installed Reilly as captain, thus put
ting himself on record as upholding
the insurrection. This will not benefit
/ the team a jot. The truth of the whole
matter lies in the fact that there is too
much carousing in the team, and Han
Ion was trying to put it down. Since
| Mr.. O'Nen has put it down again
nothing remains to be said. Mr.. O'Neil
certainly has a right to run his own
little team in his own little way.
MENTOR