Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1893-06-25

The Leagus season is quite young yet'
] as the common baseball saying goes,
but there is promise Of one OF the most
interesting all sum mer fights for the
pennant ever known in the history OF
that body. There are six teams WORK
ing so evenly that 1t is puzzling to
pick winner or even probable win
ner. The BrookIyns. Bostons, Phila-
delphias, Plttsburg, New Yorks and
Cleyelands are buuched and moving
over the track heads apart, while the
Chicagos and Clncinnatis, few lengths
behind, will probably move up rapidly.
have seen Arson and his men play.
and l am convinced that his boastinR is
not entirely empty. He may not reach
the front by the end Of the season, but
he is bound to cause many anxious looks
over the shoulder on the part OF the
leaders in the race before the dog days
come.
In the hands Of any other captain the
present Chicago team would remain
near the tail end. As team general
Arson has no equal on the ball field, and
there is no other captain who, profess
sionally, is fit to tie his shOestrings. l
would say "latch his Shoes" but to be
historically correct | cannot do it, be-
cause our Uncle Adrian uses strings
and not buckles to sasten his brogans.
Anson's handicap has been failure
of pitchers. Hutchinson, his mainstay
OF late years, was just about ruined by
those five added feet, and new "twirl-
ers" had to be selected. II took time
and cost games TO round up couple Of
pitchers who could do satisfactory
work. But Arson has one now in Mauck
and McGill is doing fairly well under
the veterans coaching. II Hutchinson
can regain lille OF his lost grip, the
Chicagos will still be very much IN the
fight.
Arson is a fighter from FightstOwn.
and every mau on mis- team must root
and dig from "Play ball" TO Game. -"
In his mind game is never lost Till the
last man goes out and is never won
even If 90 runs have been scored 10 the
others /. On that principal the Old
Man keeps in the game and sees that
his Colts emulate his example.
They call him kicker and all that,
but cannot suppress the feeling OF ad-
miration for him professionally that
arises in me every time see him direct
ing his team in game and watching
every point of play as it arises.
AS he entered the Polo grounds be-
fore his first game in New York | met
Arson and said: II have only one ques-
ton to ask you, Mr.. Arson, and you
will kindly answer it with all the SIN
cority you give your answers in the cat
echism. Are you going to win the
cham pionship this year?" The answer
came like a thunderbot echo from a
cloud OF fire: "Am | going to win the
championship this year? Why, how in
hades can l help it? Ye, sir, and win IL
hands down" If Uncle Adrian didn't
make that declaration with faith filling
both ventricles Of his heart, then the
spirit Of faith never shone out of mans
| face.
Hutchinson, by the way, is one Of the
few college pitchers who afler gradua-
tion became prominent professionally.
The Bostons at one time, under Harry
Wright's management, byought out a
college phenomenon of the field name
of "Josephs"- real name being Bor-
den, and, for all know, a relative OF
the famous woman recently tried for
| murder at New Bedford. The New
England BordeDs are said to be very
numerous, but all OF one family tree.
This Borden, or "Josephs," as be was
called, lasted only few months and
was not qualified success as League
player.
Every inducement in the way OF
money was held out from time TO time
to such noted college pitchers as Avery,
Ernst, Bickham and Stagg to fetch
them into League teams, but none OF
them surrendered to the temptation OF
'big money" to play professionally, and
IL is not at all certain that they acted
unwisely in staying out Of the profess
sional ranks. 1t is one thing TO be
great college pitcher and another to be
successful in a season against pJofes-
siona batsmen.
AT this time Carter, OF Yale, Is the
pitching hero OF the college teams. II
he would consent to play professional
ly, he could command his own fixed
salary for the summer season. The
Bostons would give him a bundle OF
money to join their pitching depart
ment. The New Yorks have just
signed college pitcher-s young man
named Seth Sigsby-who has done re-
markaby good work, IL is said, for the
Union college team. He is only 10
years old, but is giant ia stature. 1t
will be interesting TO watch the work
Of Sigsby against the League batsme n,
| for thereby can be formed some idea OF
the ability OF college pitchers as meas
ured by the professional standard.
The Southern league is turning out
some good players for the National
league, Arson got his standby, Mauck,
from that section and has recently Sc
cured another pitcher, Sam Shaw, from
| the same place. His trip among the
cities Of the Southern circuit last
spring gave him a chance 10 notice
the good points OF the various players
of the Southern teams.
Speaking or the Southern league sUg-
! gests the thought that the rather vlO-
lent way In which umpires were treated
down there in the early spring has
SettIeu uO"u INV 'iOiO p0"oO0"iN
style, and the wave Of madness seems
to have spept northward. The Ma
tional league audiences" are becoming
bolsterous and IN some cases demonstra-
tive. This spirit almost assumed the
| form Of m6b law in New York during
| the second New York-Chicago game re-
Gently. Umpire Hurst made several
unfortunate decisions which affected
! both sides. and the 5000 spectators be-