The herald., 1893-10-31
BASE BALL.
Notes and Gossip About the. Games and
Players.


Notes and Gossip About the Games and
Players.
Speaking OF baseball in general the
Philadelphia Sporting Life says:
No club presented as many ''colts" as
Baltimore. and the success attained by
some OF the youngsters led many other
teams to supplant the effete old blood
with fresh, agile and ambitious material
Unquestionably the greatest finds of the
season are Reitz of Baltimore, Lange OF
Chicago and Peitz OF st. Louis. Lange
and Peitz are all-around players OF
marked ability.
The work of the Oriole second base
man, when it is remem bered that this is
his first season, is really wonderful, and
stamps him as the most promising OF
all the young infielders. He covers a
large amount of ground, is very quick
and can throw from any position or
while on the run with astonishing &C.
curacy.
In Peitz, Won der Abe has an all-round
player OF much promise and a catcher
excelled by very few. He is also quite a
reliable hitter, fair base runner and pos
sessed OF remarkable endurance.
When Anson signed Lange ne thought
he had the star player OF California, and
he was not far from right. He was tried
at first in the outfeld, but was painfully
slow and uncertain, but as the season
wore on he began to demonstrate his
versatility and value, catching finely.
covering second base very well for an
outtielder, and batting both hard and
timely.
These were the most conspicuous sue
cesses, but there are number of other
youngsters who came into marked prom
inence. Quite q number of good out
fielders entered the league, struck the
fast gait set for them and promise to
equal the best of the old guard. Frank
OF st. Louis was formerly Southern
league pitcher, but showed such ability
with the stick that he was played in the
outheld regularly. He has continued
his strong hitting in the league and has
fielded far above the average. He is also
quite fair base runner.
Possibly no new man ever showed as
much promise with the stick as young
Bannon, who played brilliant engage
ment with st. Louis until he was seri-
ously injured. Bannon is also possessed
of pitching ability. He has been signed
by Boston for next season, and thus will
have chance to develop in the best
school baseball can boast of.
Stafford has shown the New Workers
that he can bat, field, throw and run
bases like q veteran, and can fill an in.
field position or pitch in an emergency
In Turner, the Staten Island boy, Harry
Wright has captured man who can hit
the ball 30 hard and often that he is
apt to supplant Sam Thompson. Goa
ley of st. Louis also gives good promise.
Treadway went to Baltimore from
California with the reputation of being
a great hitter. 1t took just one month
to demonstrate that Tread could not
hit little bit, but it remained for him
to furnish the sensation OF the season.
Never in the annals of baseball has such
throwing from the outtield been seen.
Treadway throws from deep outfield to
third or home with lightning speed and
wonderful accuracy indeed, he throws
from the outtield like an infielder throws
across the diamond. So often has he
thrown out base runners that few at
tempt to run when he has the ball
within moderate distance of the plate.
Baltimore has jewel in Clarke, who
was not given much work this year be-
cause Robinson wished to go in every
day. The Californian is quick, handles
all sorts of wild pitching aud Is model
backstop. 1t played regularly he would
be the best throwing catcher in the
league. He is a fair batter. but ON the
bases iH slow.
Never has the air been so full of ex-
ploded pitching phenomena. Few, in
deed wero the survivors of the onslaught
which the new pitching rules made oD
the pitchers. Two men alone seem TO
have been able to stand the strain and
show promise of better thines-they are
Menaiee and Parrott. Menafee has
cool head, good curves, and wonderful
change OF pace. He is also good bat
ter and outfielder. Parrott, the erratic
contortionist from Cincinnsti. is neither
handsome nor graceful out is very
effective. He gives preliminary song
and dance before delivering the ball and
that seems to queer the bstsman.