, 1891-06-28
BASEBALL GOSSIP.
Small Talk of the National
Game by w. I. Harris.
THE COLTS ARE COLTS no LoNGrN

ChIcaEo's Team In the Ea-t-How the
Sew York Giants Have Traced ~.
How the Association l. PuuIng Aton
Those WIZ Bet on the Game.
Il Is about time that the term Ansou.s
colts should be dropped entirely. II is u
misft and the use Of it reflects discre!it
upOn every team they win a game from
As "a matter Of fact he has only one player
this season who never played ia the League
before-that is Dahleu. ! do not know how
old he Is, but / do know that he has been
playing ball for a couple Of years, aud is
probably "A colt Of the Hatfield order. al
though apparently a much better player
than Hatfield, because he has some nerve.
Hatfield has none that is Of any use to him
when he Is playing ball. Dahlen Is IN
League p~arlance "a colt. Stein and Luby
are Ia their second year, and AS both have
been very successful they can scarcely DO
called colts. The others Of the team are
sturdy old timers, although most OF them
Hre young men. but il is the rule rather
than the exception that all ball players Of
repute are young men. The term colt ms
applied ~ Chicago team is "A misnOmer.
The "Old Man" has swooped down upon
the east and, while his team has been a
money maker, it has not proved quite the
terror anticipated. The best he could do
ia Brooklyn, Boston aud Philadelphia was
to break even, aud his reception in New
York vas still. warmer. the Giants win.
ming the first game in great style,
The Chicagos having sized up the east
ern pitchers "a little, the next series with
each team will be apt To be more interest
ing. The Chicagos held their own, though,
In good shape. and are still Imposing and
dangerous candidates Tor the penuant.
The Bostons nave greatly improved and
have worked up to third place. The indi-
cations are that they will stay there. As "a
ten years resident Of Boston / hope they
will, and beat Chicago aud Philadelphia
often enough to let the Giants win the
championship. The Boston pitchers seem
to be coming back into form again, and
the result is shown by an Incraa-- &" the
number Of games "r-" "hu the consequent
ino"os.-u N percentage. They are hard
pressed by the Brooklyn champions, aud
no one can say where any team will be at
the close Of any weeks play,
There never was "A National League cir.
cult with such we'll balanced teams rs
those OF this season in playing strength.
n few consecutive games won or lost by
any team making n great change in the
standing. For Instance, June IS the
BroOklyns had won p games and lost -,
and were in fourth place; the New Yorks
had "a record Of 2G-l6, and were in first
place. 1t will be seen that a few defeats
by New York aud a winning streak of six
or eight games by Brooklyn would bring
them pretty close together.
That the National league attracts most
Of the public attention is very evident from
the fact hat from seven TO ten thousand
people daily attend their games, and on
Saturdays and holidays the attendance
runs up to figures that, IA a general thing,
are NOT credited Naf-+Aau = ma p.nr
right AS II is possible to get them.
The American association teams are play.
ing good ball, but the only real drawing
cities are Boston and Baltimore. The at
tendance Mt other places is largely exag
Rerated. We're it not for Sunday games the
Association could not live and pay its pres
ent high salaries. For instance, June Il
|"t' "~e MIA Witnessed the game between
Columbus and Cincinnati, played at GIN.
%cinnati, and there was no opposition.
Among the accidents in baseball recently
there was not one more sad than that -uf
fered by John SharrUtt, the promising
young pitcher of the New York team.
Sharrott injured his shoulder, or imagined
for two days that that was the MIXTURE Of
the accident. 1t turned out upon careful
examination that his arm was broker near
the shoulder. Tn boys neglect in not get
ting proper attention will probably cause
his retirement for the rest Of the season.
1t will be a great loss to the Giants, for the
younRster was playing great ball and inn
proving all the time.
The Brooklyn champions have at last
got "A move toward the front. Ward Is
pretty sure to make "A tremendous struggle
TO retain the dag in Brooklyn. am told
10y New York sporting men Of betting pro
clivities that plenty OF money is still
being wagered-At odds, Of course-that
Brooklyn will win the championship.
This betting is confined mostly to the book
makers. These men are not satisfied with
their track experience during the day, and
mako baseball bets as a sort Of evening
amusement
One Of the most assiduous men OF the
class l write about is Jimmy Adams. u
bright young man, who by virtue of his tai
euts ought to DO in better business. He
and John Kelly are continually booking
baseball bets. Jimmy is "A talkatiye crank
who sees as many games as he can, FIRE
queutly neglecting business for baseball.
He does not do n great deal OF shouting for
any team but Brooklyn. Jimmy is in his
way quite a philosopher. When has "A run
OF bad luck at the track he reasons AS he
explained once TO me;
Il play an honest game at the track. |
have nothing to do with jobs, so when the
Jobs get too frequent and find it impossi-
BILE TO make a winning book unless I stand
in with the gang, | simply let go aud have
"A little pleasure at the ball games"
Jimmy Is a young man, and a great
crank on baseball and baseball literature.
w. l.. HARRIS.