The evening world., 1894-06-21
BASEBALL CHAT.

Revelations were the order of the day
at the Polo Grounds yesterday. The
two games with the Philadelphias
served to bring into the bright glare Of
the blazing June sun the marvellous
qualities of shorty" Fuller. Shorty
had hitherto concealed his diminutive
personality beneath n bushel. But. ah!
no longer will the handsome little short
stop be permitted to trot around as
batkeeper-in-chief. for the Giants. He
will get right into the field now and
cut as much grass as the rest OF the
big-salaried players The enforced alb
sence Of Tot" Murphy from the field
gave Shorty" the chance of his life
He had evidently been waiting for Just
that chance. for he hoped. skipped and
jumped into both games as II he had a
contract to defeat the Quakers alone
and unassisted.
Capt Ward evidently realizes that
Fuller. gauged by yesterdays remark
and should be retained in active work
arises, at between Murphy and Fuller,
S ] Wo%d be- A uile4 Wh Murphy ags%sr eoS
ering right field in place Of Tiernan
who surely wouldn't object to a rest.
tions as to transferring the Tot" from
his old and cherished position at short
why shouldn't he be thoroughly Impair
tial and permit the midget TO remain at
short. and asst gn Fuller to round up
things at and about second base?
The New Yorks must need be ir the
strongest possible shape for their games
to-day. tomorrow and Saturday with
been pegging at the leather in royal
fashion, and their gait has been a
steady and victorious one. sure. This
afternoons al game is at Eastern, Park
Saturdays again at Eastern Park. 1t
will be necessary for New York to waltz
away, with all three games in this series
the end of the week. The task is a
pretty difficult one. to be sure, but If
the fates be kind and the Brooklyns all
but faint In the field, the Giants may do
the trick.
Tommy Murray, of the Patersons, who
was tried at short yesterday by Manager
irwin, OF the Philadelphias. yesterday
for a swift League team. Still. Irwin
may be Obliged to keep him for a while
as his club is well nigh disintegrated by
laid off now are Allen, Clements, Thomp-
son and Grady. Boyle is suffering with
sore knee. Taylor did not show up in
It wasn't such a hard thing to do up
the Quakers yesterday in both games.
Dad" Clarke is pitching c!everly
enough to warrant his retention In the
box Now. II Capt. Ward would only
have bit more confidence In Westerveit
and allow the boy to pitch his limit
In game perhaps 1t wouldn't be neces-
sary TO crowd Rusie and Meekin so
closely.
Foutz's anxiety to save his best pitch
srs for the games vita, New York no
DOUBT largely contributed to Brooklyn's
defeat at Washington yesterday. When
Daub had been hit freely Kennedy might
have saved the day.
1t was the first time this season that
Capt. Foutz occupied the pitchers box
David used to cut the plate into scientific
slices few years ago.
The "Colonels' seem to be constantly
adding to the vast ma jority Of losses
which makes the tail end sure thing.
Manager comiskey. Of Cincinnati, does
not seem TO have solved the pitching
problem for his club, He is experiment:
Ing at present to the tune of one game
lost for each new ''phenom"
| II Brooklyn keeps up the batting streak
| developed during the last Two weeks
Wards outfielders will get a heap OF ex-
! ercise.
SAID 10 be en- route FOR Tor New '!'TS YORK 10 10
arrange deal for pitcher Clark
will not be released and Eddie Talc1t;
! will not hear OF Westerveit going this
season Oh. yes! There's Lester German.
| Col. Barnie. perhaps you may secure