Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-08-20

cause OF MITCHELL ; CeclslOu tuht 1AAucA hdu uOb
purposely put himself in the way of the ball,
but that state of affairs did not preclude the
possibility of retiring them without run
Capt. Richardson should have entered an ear
nest and dignifed protest against the umpire's
decision and then continued playing Those
who are at all acquainted with Richardson 8
level-headedness lind it difficult TO believe that
the refusal to play advised by him The
Pittsburg CoD,n,erciGl- CARTE hits the ball full
and square in the following comment on the
action Of the Washington club:
.'Gaffney did not show up in the morning, as
had been expected, and in consequence the
officials met and agreed upon Mitchell Under
such circumstances II Is hard to see how the
Senators can Justify their action. no matter
whether the decision was good. bad or indiffer-
emit II the autocrsts of the diamond, who live
body and soul at the expense of the public, can
quit game with impunity any time they OBJ
feet to the rulings of an umpire, then the peo-
pie who put up their good money to see games
should know ii for future protection IL, as
Irwin claims. the decision was pslpably unjust,
he had his proper redress without playing the
baby act to satisfy his petty anger or that of a
hot headed and unreasonable collection OF
alleged ball PLAYERS. Under the circumstances
the l 200 spectators were really robbed Of what
they paid TO sea ball game to a finish be-
tween the Pittsburg and Washington teams.
The game was killed just when the most inter-
estinR point had been reached. 1t was pracu-
cally a withdrawal from the field by the Sena-
tors in spite of their assertions to the contrary,
and the c!ub should be made 20 pay the penalty
provided in such cases. Irwin allowed that
they would protest the game. but il is dollars to
rotten apples that the protest viii not stand.
The club should consider itself lucky If ii es-
capes n fine. Both club officials knew Mitchell
and agreed upon him. and it il the weakest OF
ali weak arguments to say that either team
ls,rrit fbse IscisiaO -
The announcement that Manager IRWIN would
be released caused little. if any. regret here.
where Mr.. Irwin has been far from popular with
the local base ball public. At the time he took
BARNES place considerable dissatisfaction
expressed. but the right Of the owners Of the
club 10 manage their business was acknovl-
edged, and Irwin was given every encouragement
by the Washington public. not even excepting
1.-THE bleachers." But almost from the first il
became apparent that there was a lack of har-
mony between the manager and the players. and
that Irwin was not obtaining the best results
from the team There seemed TO be an unfor-
innate hitch somewhere. and that portion of the
audierce that publicly and forcibiy express
themselves never lost an opportunity to belittle
and condemn the efforts of the manager. Ii mat
tered not whether this was not Just to Mr..
Irwin. the fact that he was not believed in by
large part sometimes a majority Of the gather
ings at the ball grounds was no small handicap
upon his usefulness. The fact remained that tho
manager OF the club was unpopular with the at
tendants upon the games and seemingly I'M
popular with the players. True. Manager Ir-
win did well in placing the club in seventh
place in the first series. but il cannot well be
doubted that any other manager could have
done as well In fact. many believe that some
other man could have done even better. But.
giving Mr.. Irwin all the credit really due him.
the present state of affairs is not conducive to
success nor is it reasonable to suppose that the
engagement of more stronger players
than the club now possesses Will. with contln-
nance of Manager Twins methods. better the
standing of the club. Harmony is better than
strong players. and without it neither the Wash
ingtOn club nor any other can succeed
In speaking of the base ball situation
League President Young remarked a day or two
ago: The interest in the national game 10 won
derful for this time Of the year and the National
League Is prosperous and substantial. The
games LAST SATURDAY. were attended BY the big
gest Saturday crowds of the season, although
in August the number Of spectators is generally
less than in the spring or when the people begin
to come back to the cities in the fall The gen.
eral attendance at the league contests this year
has been greater than that Of any season since
the formation of the organization. except in
1889. the year before the brotherhood dissension
began. handle the finances of the league and
speak from the books when / say that are
doing well financially. Our teams are strong
and the people appreciate them The plan OF
ulNldlng TIE championship contests INTO two
seasons Is an excellent one. as shown by the
results. Two striking examples Of its good ef-
fects are the Baltimore and Cleveland clubs.
The Orioles are PLAYING at present with success.
which has awakened the enthusiasm and pride
If the people of Baltimore, although the record
of the team was anything but satisfactory in
the first season. The Cleveland club is making
gallant fgh; for the championship and big
crowds go 10 nearly all its games. IL some
other club than Boston finishes first this season
II will be compelled. according to league rules
10 play CecidinA series with the first season
victors- The number Of the final games and
the cities IN which they are 10 be played will be
left 10 the officers OF the contesting teams. The
league viii give the winner 800 with which to
buy the championship pennant for 1893.
Center Fielder Curtis WEIGH has been released
BY the Cincinnati club, and Comiskey is trying
10 get new man to play center field. WEIGH
PLAYED fair fielding game while with the team.
but his batting was very poor, and he did not
show the disposition TO submit to discipline
which COmiskey desires all his men to posses S.
When the club was crippled Tuesday by the dis
ability Of Latham and the absence Of O'NeiIi
WEIGH didnt even report at the park. although
he was expected to play. That settled his case
with COmiskey, and the outfelder was dropped
forthwith He was signed while the Cincinnati
team in Baltimore. soon after his release
from the Orioles. and Comiskey at that time en-
tertained the hope Of bringing him up to his old
St. Louis standard The captain says he has
been disappointed in his expectations. Comis-
key Is not having a pleasant time with his old
brown stocking comrades He locked O'Neill
tye days pay for alleged infrzction of dis
e-pline and ONeill Is angry.
base ball ststisticiau gives these figures
which he says are the results Of careful calcu-
lation: Calvin has pitched for leading pro-
fessionsi clubs seventeen years. and the games
he has PLAYED have been witnessed BIZ 500 900
persons. He has travelled H. 900 miles or
about four and one-half times the circumfer-
enee Of the earth: has taken part in about 500
games. IN which, on An average. thirty Ave men
went to the bat in each game and about four
balls were pitched to each. This makes total
O 10000 throws and balls pitched by Calvin.
But during large part Of Galvin's career seven
balls instead o. four sent player to first base.
This runs the total MP 70 perhaps an even
10000 and these balls have travelled about
1000 milss.''
The latest batting averages Of the league give
the following - the first sixteen bassmen: Kin
slow. Brooklyn, No. 1, average .Ss3; Delahanty
Philadelphia, No. 2, -S73; Chiids, Cleveland
No. 8. -S57; Mash, Boston. No 4, .S56; Robin
son. BALTIMORE. No. S, ISL; Van Hal.ren. Bal
timore, and Carroll. st. Louis. No. s, SAT; Full
Ter, New York, No. 9. .3i6; y Rourke Baltimore
No. 3. -344 Reilly, Philadelphia. No. 10, .34S
Lowe. Boston. and c. Daley, Brooklyn, No II
1888; O'Rourke, New York. and Ryan, Chicago
No. Is, -32e; Brouthers, Brooklyn, and smith
Pittsburg. No. Is. .329: Sutciiffe 10 No. 20. with
SIS. Stovey No. IS, with sos and the othel
OriOle PLAYERS below 27S