, 1891-06-21
THE FIRST MONTH
w. !. Harris Reviews the Young
Baseball Season.
PECULIARITIEs OF THE TEAMS.

A Thorough Knowledge Of tn. Game and
Players Applied to an Analysis Of the
sItuAuon-The Pennant Lies Between
Ausou's Chicago Men and the New
York Giants
All the League teams are now In running
order. and one may dare TO venture some
remarks as to their efficiency OF training
and chances in the race. Some Of them
will prove a disappointment to their nd
mirers, who are satisfied with nothing
short Of a penuant
The Boston team, which started out 50
boldly by defeating the dreaded Giants
four straight games on their own grounds.
is now slipping about between third and
fifth place. Now there Is a great team
that should be struggling with the lead
ers all the time, but instead It Is on the
outskirts. There is something wrong. It
strikes me that the manage is at fault
and that the team needs an aggressive
captain-one who eau play Just AZ well
after making an unsuccessful kick As he
would II the kick had been successfuL
The Cincinnati team. strong in every de.
pSrtmeut, Is a tail ender. There must be
good reasons for its poor play. OF course
a team cAnnot win all its games. No one
expects that, but the Cincinnati fans have
n right TO get good bali playing for their
money, even II tho team loses But the
Reds perform their duty on the field per
functorily. They play, OF have been play
ing dead ball" They do not put any life
into their work Their trouble Is an IN
popular captain. Latham Is a sort Of base
ball Jester. But he gets tiresome after a
while, Manager LOTUS Is aware, prob
Ill. - - - 49,.
tanning Latham as captain. The man is
entirely untitled for the place because he
cannot inspire any respect from the other
players. Once 10 a while. A. was lnstanced
a few days ago in New York, the team
wakes up and puts a little life into It's
work
The ClevelRnds. with their new players
and the veterans to steady them. gave fine
exhibitions on the home grounds and man
aged TO win a large majority OF the games.
team may be- depended upon TO always
play an interesting game, but It Is not evi
IDENTIFY made Of that heavy material which
wins in the end IL should secure a good
place, AS 1t il liable to win "A game ut any
time II has some promising young pitch
ers and some veterans. They are likely to
fool the big men when II Is least expected.
However, on their merits Manager L,ad,
ley's men should, II they continue at I cir
present gait, occupy d fair position at the
end Of the season. The team has been
greatly handicapped by the accident 10
Captain TebeAu. but even that lively player
could not bring the Clevelands within hail
ing distance OF the flag.
The Phillies have tried hard for several
years 70 take a championship to their quiet
town, but have never done better than
and that has been about their size
every year. They have n better team this
season than last. and are now In or about
third place, aud seem to be playing very
steady ball and winning certainly more
than they lose. They helped the
east "A little by winning a couple Of games
Arson. The Phillies, while not cham
pions, have had the reputation Of being
champion killers, One year they knocked
Detroit out Of the championship, and came
near knocking the Giants ont In 1889. The
Brotherhood team prevented
EwinE's men from winning last year. 1t
looks, upon present indications, rs II the
League team would not fin
than, fourth, aud il liable to slip
In third-thAt Is, II its pIJCuerS uUru vu,,
The Pittsburg team Is an expensive one,
and on paper certainly should make Il
great showing, It's pitchers all have bril-
regulations, aud nearly every man on
the team Is a star 1t was third once, but
OF late IL has been wandering around sixth
place. An examination Of the scores indi-
Gates a tendency toward recuSd playing. IL
would appear "a II the team did batting
enough 10 win two or three games, and yet
it. record away from home has not been
particularly pleasing to its friends at
home. There are some stories about a lack
Of harmony in the team, and Captain Han
finds it difficult to get any effective
team work out Of his men. Take them all
the Pittsburgs do not appear to
have much chance for the pennant. My
friend, J. Palmer O'Neil. will not agree
with me upon this. but il stands just tho
same.
The Brooklyns, a wonderfully well bal
Auced team, on paper. have had n great
deal Of hard luck, aud their start has been
"A poor one. Their hard luck still continues,
and seems endless. However, only a month
Of the season has gone by, and there is am
pie time for recuperation, 1 cannot help
believing that the team will get into shape
before long, and crafty the wishes OF its
by making a squirt to the front
This seems to be the opinion OF nearly every
man I meet. II this brace occurs
soon, / am sure Wards men will have
to say about the pennHnt, al
though their start has been so very bad. /
do not see how they can win the champion
ship.
The championship appears to me to lie
between New York and Chicago. Arson
this year, has got about the same team
that he had last But he has 1t unusually
well trained and in fine condition. His
pitchers, too, are doing remarkably good
work. The old man" is systematic In his
work, and his good base runners md good
Judgment can get in runs on very few
hits His team is Al in every respect
Arson Is very courageous and very con,
tident, and never beaten until the last man
is put ont in the last inning He has got
most OF his players In this same way Of
thinking, and hence the team always goes
upon the field with an air Of confidence
that is noticeable even 10 the spectators
l have left my favorites for the champion
ahip for the last, They got "A very bad
start through hard luck, and the sore arm
Of Ewing, which prevented him from play
ing, was a serious drawback But you
cannot keep the corn down, unless you
step on it, when once it is planted. And
so the Giants nave emerged from tie III
luck that pursued them and are now play
ing the finest ball that any spectator ever
gave up a half dollar to witness. Their
quintet of pitchers are all in fine form and
have shown some very remarkable work
Ewing expects TO be able TO catch about
the middle OF June, which will greatly
strengthen the team, although Clarke and
Buckley have been catching superbly. I'm
less there is an awful break down / do not
Zee how it is possible for the Giants to be
beaten W. L HARRIS
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