Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-08-27
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Gu -lliI that cEIF . play
ing manager VIII fill the want at Washington
Indeed not a few of those who comprise ;Ee
base ball world believe that player manager is
the wi-es- solution Of the qCe- Ion = base bail
management. It's coutenIeI by he al locates
q. such a ~ sem Of management that tine man
acer. being one o. the PLAYERS. comes in close
contact with them a;it that bond OF sympathy
l. created between the manager and the play
ers which obtains Tor abe club the very best
efforts Of il II.-.. IL .s all claim that 4
Y,aver-IUaIaca Pcs his OU= play Coury-ses and
leads th- T..t ~ the nine 10 reGovBle their
81, erts. Iais r"ag oil b. very true. neverthe-
less l. l. VERY certain that unless the PLAYER
manager Il "a man who Possesses the utmost
confidence Of his feilpw-I LAYERS. not Onl. be-
cause 81 his executive abilities. but equally as
well becags" of hi- superior playing abilities. he
will make bat a sorry mess Of his attempts il
managing the club. Such a combination in
ball PLAYER - somewhat rare, and II Is because
this raIitv that 20 few PLAY er-managers have
been successful In the case Of Danny Rich
ar,isou such combination seems TO exist, but
= few weeks trial wiI suffice 10 establish or dis
prove the superstition.
DANSY's FIRST ACT.
Ii Is reported that one of the frat acts Of Man
ager Elchards9r's administration was his Te-
fusal to give Duryoa an outright release. 1t Is
possible that B1rveC's ten DAYS notice will be
WIFI 7. -aii. l. bulN PLtIlibe re-
tanned his retention would meet with the ap
p-oval of a majority of the local base ball pub
Ii. Duryea has. since his connection with the
Washington club. been a victim OF continued
misfortune. He has invariably pitched winning
ball. vet. through 70 fault o.. his Own has failed
to pitch IN q game won BY his club. Tie odd
man is a good one. and will be for several
games Vet. and DaTnys determination 10 hold
him TlcGses almost every one here.
THREE coon P--CHFRs
The fact Of the matter Is the club has in Eli
len. Duryca and Abbey three good pitchers.
Probably not the best three in the league. but
tire good ones nevertheless. and, backed mp
BY good feeling AID hard hitting, fully capable
81 putting JArir club in a good position III the
league race, late a. the season il. The fielding
of the cIub during is present western trip has
been good. the work OF its pitcher not excepted,
but IL great weakness has been as was pointed
out by eS-lianlger Irwin in his interview
printed In yesterday STAR. is inability to hit
The ball har,l. often aad safely. II Richardson
can succeed in getting lis fellow players to do
this. and can mango to do the same himself,
he viii succeed in giving the Washington sup
PoEters O. tie game al. tia: Is desired.
he FAD LONG HEAD.
1.-The man who planned the base bali diamond
WAS farsiyhted. said 4 man who has given
considerable tn ,Vgat to the national game the
other dav. 1T was planned for the tlav OF
perfection in base ball and not for the game as
II tirst played, and only one change has
beea made IN all these years Of Improvement III
the game-the pitcher has been moved further
back Take the distance from first base to
second and from home to second, for instance.
How many close decisions there are az second
ba-e. The runner mas "a much shorter distance
to 60 than tie ball has TO travel from the
catcher 10 second, yet both are accomplished
IN about the same time. An umpire has to be
very near 10 make accurate decision. 1t
seems az though one thing weighed against
another. Then take the distance To the third
base. IL is much shorter for the catcher 10
throw. but this Is somewhat co1nterbalauced
by the fact that the ball must be thrown from
the rignt side. and with the batsulan in the way
the catcher must wheel around TO do it, So IL
becomes a close decision there with q fast run
ner trying to make the steal. l tell YOU the
man who planned the base bal diamond had a
ong head
THE CLEVELAND TEAM.
"Allu-iOn has been made 10 the failure Of
previous Cleveland uia-s 70 maintain hot
pace when once set. says the Boston Herald
''but j; must be -euieIut cred that the niae of
this wear l. @ GIitoEeIt caliber from Others
that that city ha- seen. There are few weak
eners IN its composition. Il has some OF the
beet ana critics. ball rCssers in III, !elgue. IL
Is very strong II the box and behind ths bat
fast on bases; powerful a, the Tar and superior
in the field IL vii taAe the Auest kind o!
woTiS to take the lead FROM sUcn "a club. bat 10
unbiq-ed person VIII Gainsay he fact that Bos-
tor can and oC.,a: 10 do it
The people q Cleveland arc at last beginning
To think they have championship ball team
and the ettc- daLce sas been very Large during
TIE PAST few weeks Unbiased j1ages a11aI:
that Clsy elant has never L,c = club as strong
ar the present one. The pitches are al il
frst-chtss condition ana the .eilors. with the
exception " IebeLI. are also in the best play
log form IeDcau's absence strengthens
rather than veaEerls the team. Davis l. a much
bate thi-'t la-@ynan than Iebeaa and O'Cou-
nor Is playing well IL right 1sId. II Is not
likely that IebeaG vii ever pay II Cleveland
again unless DAVIS should be disabled.
TEE BATTING RECORD.
Up n Monday LIS; nineteen players lad
reached the 800 mark in batting, as viii be seen
from the following table: