The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1894-09-09

lCal Unc phrase Is rs common rs tho crow
ing of a rooster. Some coacher should vary
tho cry by shouting: Don't get discour-
aged. You have another chance left
Or: "Thnt's only two. Take your third
trial." watch it close. You'll hit tho
ball next time it comes over, or a dozen
different expressions meaning the Same rs
sit only takes ono to hit it,
1t Is astonishing to see what little orig
inality there is among baseball coachers.
Arlio Latham, however, is bright cXcep-
ton. Flo is Il man with n remarkable
gift of CAB, and no never lacks for some
thing to say apropos to tho circumstance
or tho occasion. What is better, he seldom
repeats, and it is all tho moro wonder
full that he does not because he is continu-
ally chattering from tho timo n gamo be-
gins till it ends. Latham is u natural wit,
and whenever no is in tho game the audi
cnco IAN audience indeed on such occa-
sions) is constantly on tho qui vive for
Arlios funny comments and remarks.
have seen the clown, rs he is sometimes
called, mako his own comrades laugh I'M
til tho game was interrupted thereby.
Noisy coaching during the season has
grown among tho League teams. The
Tucker Clarke Piggy Ward method
of making noise by bowling and Shrek
ing from the coaching lines, in order to
rattle" tho opposing pitcher, has been
taken up by the older League men until
in part the science of the game is OBJ
sourcd, owing to the frantic attempts of
the players to confuse one another. Cap
tain Arson recently complained very bit
terly to mo about this growing nuisance.
1T ism t respectable ball playing" he de-
clared, land neither will 1 adopt that
method or let any of my players use it. If
wo can't win by Legitimate means, then
xrvn Anttf g,
necessary to direct my men in making
bases, that far will go in coaching,' but
no further. The League will have to put
stop to tho evil, it is growing to such
shameful extcnt'
Arson is devoted son. Recently when
no received news of his fathers illness at
the lattcr's home in Marshalltown Ia, he
left his team in tho east and FASTENED to
tho old man S bedside, which he refused to
leave while Arson pcrc was in danger. Ho
worked like Trojan Though don't know
exactly how hard the Trojans workcd) to
secure tho misunderstanding of Marshalltown
for his father, and in the end tho appoint
mcnt went to the elder Anson's most hated
enemy.
During AnsonS absence from the team
his Colts did not do well. A good illus
tration is thereby furnished to show the
great influence he has over ball players and
the worth of his counsel and leadership to
his team. But then, one of his players &c
complishod u feat while uncle" was in
Iowa which brought moro or less fame to
the Chicago club. Catcher Schrivcr, it is
alleged, caught ball dropped from the
top Of the Washington monument The
specifications do not say what kind of ball
1t was. The inference is that twas q reg
ulatiOn baseball, but it may have been u
ball stuffed with cotton or hollow rub
Der ball
This feat has been talked about for
years, and several ball players have at
tempted 1t, among them being Snyder
and Hines. 1t has been pretty generally
agreed that the attempt would never suo-
ceed on account of tho great velocity of
the ball in the latter part of it's descent.
1t would drop so rapidly that to accurately
gauge its track through the air with
view to catching it would be impossible.
The ball, it was claimed by those who
had tried the experiment., would be as
likely to hit the players head, face or
body as his hands, and If it should strike
him anywhere it's force would be so great
as to make the result almost an assured
injury. If Schriver actually caught ball
dropped from the top of Washington mon
ument, If tho ball was of the ordinary
kind used i'll playing baseball, and if his
hands were not injured in the effort, no
has done that which will attract not only
the attention of every ball player, but tho
wonder of scientists as well.
As tho playing season closes evidence of
the success of the national game in 1894
increases. The Eastern league fulfilled
its promise of extending its playing sea-
son week, the reverse of the usual Gus
tom of shortening the schedule The
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