Evening journal., 1892-09-10

because Ewing,
q o. the catcher, was,
as said thon, tho baseball idol of public.
Thus early comes the bitter disappoint-
mcnt The arm has had relapse. IL was
Ewing played behind the
bat for the New Yorks in nearly every
game for three successive weeks, and at St.
Louis threw out seven mcn who were rum
ming bases In the next game the arm ap-
peared to be weak. and at Pittsburg IL |
went back ON its owner entirely.
Whether this disability will be perma- |
nent is doubtful TO some. To me there is |
little doubt ! fear Ewing the catcher, is
person OF the past. 10 was bad manage |
ment which overworked that great aud |
effective arm just rs IL had apparently re- |
covered.
The showing of strength made by the /
Clevelands has been a general wonder ia /
the baseball world. II was nothing less |
than an all around surprise. Yet the |
games the team won from their strong
eastern opponents were not accidental vic
tories. 10 WIS the work of a team showing
up strong IN every department.
The lead gained 10y the Cleyelands ought
to be maintained to the end. Theirtwelve
games In the east during the present trip,
which will be their last, may reduce this
lead; such q result is not probable. But
10y losing six of the twelve they ought 10
return TO Cleveland on the 10Th inst at
least fouf or five games In the lead. An
advantage q that size should carry them
safely 10 the end OF the season because
their only dangerous foe will be
among the eastern clubs. aud the
Ave western teams they viii have TO fight
on the homcstretch, from Sept. 10 10 Oct
IA, will be much weaker collectively than
the five eastern clubs which will finish
the season with the eastern rival. have
figured In all colors and combinations on
the Clevcland's chances and have not been
able 20 find any considerable chance for
their final defeat But we all know that
baseball IS very much such mn animal as
the old darky's mule. mighty unsartin,
an jest as liabable 20 kick you'll head of
when you'll amt loolin as lac air TO cat his
oats"
The surprise Of the eastern teams late
visit TO the west was not confined TO Cleve-
| lands remarkable showing. Your Uncle
! Arson cut another watermelon about the
same time. The old man isduo for q squirt
every season. This year was divided into
two seasons, and Adrian divided his yearly
squirt TO suit.
Tommy Burns is not, presume, living
upon the money he expects TO win in hi,
suit against the pittsburg club-som,
$4,000 / believe. AT least he goes right
ahead earning more aud 40 the rather pre-
carious business of umpiring. He makes
one of the many old ball players who have
tried to keep in the business by switching
into an umpire's berth, IL seems TO an old
ball player such an easy job. True, he ha.
I
whom he ran in bis capacity as player
but, strange as it may be, he never yet
found an umpire who knew enough about
the game 20 separate balls from strikes OF
see when q man Is out or safe on a base.
He has always had an itching desire @
umpire, and all that kept him from leav
ing his position on the diamond TO seize aI
Indicator and show the jay umpires how
easy 10 Is If they only knew how Is the diff
ference in salaries. But his time is sure 9,
come when bis joints begin to creak anf
his muscles to take ON wrinkles and tough
ness. IL Is astonishing with what conf
dcnce he enters into the new field, and IL j.
usually just as astonishing how soon hl
has the hornets Of the diamond about hi.
head.
OF the old and famous players who wer
fairly successful as umpires Ferguson
Emslie and Snyder are about the mos
prominent examples, but on the failur
side are Jones, Hurlbert, Goldsmith, Ma
cullar and half q score more. 10 will no
take long 70 class Tommy Burns. Mean
while those who know him hope he vii
succeed, for he is one Of those rare player
who possess character and have the abilit
to make friends Of whoever they meet.
A rumor makes Joe Hornung, til
once famous left fielder of the Bosto
team, heir to a legacy of 1000. This ri
NOR comes whooping along yoked TO th
, announcement that the Providence clu
has just released him. 10 is q very insil
/ niicaut baseball player who at some stag
of his professional career doesn't have
straw uncle die and leave him fortune
Hornung is almost old enough himself ,
: die and leave somebody a legacy, but it
better to inherit late than never.
COmiskey is having more trouble In Gin
\ clnnati this summer than If he were IL
, right tackle Of team Of hog drover
4 Among his troubles have been the sicknc'
: of Chamberlain, the break of Halligal
Mullane's revolt, Murphy's typhoid feve
Genins' unexpected failure and the drunl
7 en- fight Of Rhines, McGil and Harrin
o ton. And now comes the recent disgrac
ANA NrNN littNN AA hfNANAi WAAANtA Ntt"NNfA vac
}, worthy's suspension. No one but Conf
f key-unless 10 be Anson-could have kcl
N the Cincinnati team so far up in the RAJ
/, under such circumstances.
y Down in the circuit Of the Southei
y league, where the code duello is still no
y ored (sometimes); where the cotton grow
q and the sun CLOVIS; where mosquitoes sin
10 alligators thrive and pretty girls are j
r digenous, baseball seems 10 be ON the Z,
IS round of the ladder Of popularity. Z
/ least the magnates, managers and repor
o. ers on the circuit are calling each 9th
. ''liars," human warts" white liveri
lunatics" and other opprobrious II not a
"a propriate names. Thus do the signs
u success boom up from the south; for bas
he ball Is never successful without these lit
be impugnmcnts. IL may be these s0uthei
]. terms OF ardor which recently caused Pr,
D. ident Young to express gratihed surpri
at the healthy condition Of our natiu
game just as the health Of the comm,
community is threatened with cholera
o. Z. CAYL0R.