Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-07-16
Loystt has held out from the opening Of the
first season

uket DtuSO0s
Rusie's comparatively poor showing this year
Is due in q measure to the fact that he has no
man who can hold him. He misses Buckley.
The New Works will now have q chance to re-
deem themselves. II they make any kind Of q
decent showing the public win not withhold its
The New York directors probably realize now
that they made q mistake in not letting Manager
Powers get Mike Kelly when he had the chance
last spring. Midsummer is not the time to scour
the country for players.
Manager Powers has absolute control Of the
New York team. He holds that POWER by virtue
Of a document signed, sealed and delivered by
John B. Day. ]. Walter Spalding and E. B. Tai
colt. Now let him exert it and give US some
base ball.
Arson has offered to back the Chicagos for
300 against any team in the league for the sec
ond division.
One of the stockholders of the New York club
says the team is Handicapped by the presence
Of Ewing on the team.
Bobby Caruthers. who is hitting the ball for
keeps this year. says he considers Haddock the
best pitcher in the business.
Lovett.
Mike Kelly names Brooklyn to win the second
pennant
The Columbus club has Withdrawn from the
Western Association.
There will be many changes in the personnel
OF the several teams before long
idea 1t will be brought out in the next four
weeks
President Young late Wednesday night sent
out bulletin to the effect that the famous st.
Louis Cleveland protested game had been de-
cided in favor Of st. Louis by the leagues
in tenth place instead of being tied with Won
der Ahe's team for ninth position
Mark Baldwin wants to play in Brooklyn and
suggests that he be exchanged for Pitcher
Tom" Lovett. The Pittsburg club is willing,
but the Brooklyn club ia not.
from Minneapolis. "That means q disband-
ment OF the Western League, does IL n0t2' was
asked OF the president of the team yesterday
and he replied "Yes.' No official announce
ment Of the fact has been made.
Connors, one Of Chicago's new men. has al
ready been returned and Caravan is again
playing second base.
An exchange says of the Senators:
Paul Radford is the great base on balls
man OF the Washingtons and for that reason
he is good man to lead off the batting list.
Young Abbey's great fault is giving bases on
balls. and he has lost most of his games through
this failing.
"'Home Rum Duffee is picking up greatly in
his batting for the Senator's"
Harry Vaughn is catching as good ball as any
backstop in the land today. He has outshone
Charley Bennett and Jack Boyle in the recent
series and held his own with Lave Cross Under
Capt. Comiskey's training 1.-The Farmer has
become Jewell Times Star.
In last Fridays game at Omaha young Darby
OF last year Portlands retired the heavy hitting
Columbus team in nine-inning contest with
out single hit. Darby is doing great work for
Omaha, and Joe Kelly and Ed Hayes are the
other two members of the team who graduated
frnv In az 20 r. r
John Ward says that Boston never intended
to let John Clarkson go, fully expecting him to
sign at a reduced salary.
The Chicago Daily Globe, in style truly
western. gives the following enthusiastic opin-
Ion OF Ward and his players: These Brook
lyns, who bid fair to finish in second place. are
the hardest gang Of blue-necked monkeys that
have played here for several seasons. Selected
FOR battery and base-running qualities drilled
and looked after by John Ward, and best of
all, paid salaries commensurate with their abili-
ties, 1t is certainly not astonishing that they
should play great ball. They can run like
scared rabbits on plank road. can field like
demons on the wing, and they can bat as if the
swlftest inshoots we're but air balloons whacked
squarely by bed slat.''
Objections to the "Bunt."
In some sections Of the country at present
great cry is being made against bunting the
ball. Some Of those who are opposed to it say
that it is mere childs play and that the public
and heavy batters are opposed to it. 1 do not
entertain this idea. To successfully bunt the
ball requires skill and quickness of foot. I'm
less the player has the knack of bunting down
to science and thorough fieetness of foot, is
almost certain OF getting to first base before
the ball is fielded or he advances base runner,
it is useless play.
Such plays. however, have won many a game
Most OF the record players would rather line
the ball out and take the chances Of making a
two or three base hit than bunt for a single. 1t
Is not the sacrifice bunt hit in itself that dis
gusts people SO much it is the fruitless efforts
OF batsmen to sacffice, who don't know how,
or have not learned enough to know when to
do it.
Patrons OF home games like to see the home
team win, as general thing, and do not care
how it is accomplished if it is only done by fair
play.
Sacrifice hitting, carried ont as it ought to be
by those who can do it. oftentimes receives as
much appreciation from the public. People
are not yet. as a rule, Disguised with scientific
Dali playlng.-Ne,c York Telegram.
Ward on Bunting.
Capt. Ward Gays in regard to sacrifice hitting:
"To my mind a successful bunt is one of the
prettiest plays in game of ball, and you can't
tell me that it is no good, because it invariably
sets an audience by the ears and never fails to
bring down the house. Besides that it shows
head work. Now, our club has new system of
bunting. as you will find. We have two bats
that look exactly alike. One is made of soft
willow and the other is of a very hard wood
Thus the opposing club can never tell by the
looks of our bat whether our man at the bat is
going to tap the ball gently for bunt or
whether he is going to hit out. IN this way we
can surprise the enemy at our will. Sometimes
they are looking for a bunt play a close field on
us, and as matter OF fact our man has the hard
bat. The result is that he hits the ball out
through the infield and We win games The
argument that bunting is playing ball like girls
Is all in my eye. 1t doesn't matter whether you
play ball like girl or a baby SO long as you can
win from the fellows that play the game like
men. Now, don't go in for bunting because
can do it myself. l used to bunt. but very
seldom do it now. My men can do it and we
teach our players the system
The league clubs rank as follows: