The evening world., 1894-06-15
BASEBALL CHAT.

Those men who pay the freight" In
the maintenance of the National Ex-
hibition Company the Incorporated
name under which the New York Base
ball Club Is conducted, slept on the
ragged edge of despair last night. To-
day they are saying n whole lot of UNI
complimentary things about the teams
play Yesterday. And those same men
are perfectly Justified in all they said.
too. for the New York players, with
one one or 1r, two exceptions; acted as If they
seemed to PLAY as IL they thought they
didn't have the remotcst chance in the
world to win. II was as II they. said
, know you can do us handily, but for
PHYS sake make 1t as easy as possible
ana don't make us hustle too lively"
the yen yen" playing OF George Davis
He was never in the game. and his
legion OF admirers were amazed at his
o t ama s arowsE 9 3ns N The hG
played yesterday was such as to keep
me patrons far, far away from one
Eighth avenue, and when the freight
paying" magnates or the National Ex-
| hibition Company drop to that fact
the"eIl be no JOY In the camp OF the
| Pitcher Clarke should not be con-
demned. Had half dozen OF his fellow
CiInkers' would not now be be t irn inc
| bouquets at themselves for their victory
| or yesterday.
| or course. there will be the usual
howl for new player to take So-and-
sos place, and his-that-and-t'o other fei-
lows low position but-and It's a big but
| at tnat-one doesn't figure with PLAYERS
good players, when one is anxious to en-.
gage him for his team. All the negotia-
| tons are between the officials OF the
CLUBS CLUBS. ana ana the PLAYERS figure only in
We hear talk OF how fine 1t would be
to sign Beckley or Tucker for first; Bur
ents for catcher. OF course, It would be
glorious, but would Pittsburg part with
E R,tb Rost9n With Tucker Clsyelsnd
bach? 81 Louis with Breitenstein? Chi
Ciements? Nay, nay, Pauline!
There isn't player in the land but has
hankering to play on the New York
team. This city Is the greatest supporter
OF dn a h winning ball nine that the country
nlcipality on this planet to show that it
hasn't any use at all for losers. And
| there you are.
The Yale-crlnceton game at Eastern
Park tom grow will begin at 12.l5 A
great CROW: is expected. The. West
Point class as has been invited
it's war cry with the "rah rah, rahs''
and the snarl of the tiger. Pitcher Car
ter. Of Yale, and Capt. Mackenzie. of
ments have been made to accommodate
drags. four-in- hands and other vehicles.
a League umpire will ofIiclate. The reg
ular Brooklyn-Clevela game will be
called at $3.50, as usual, on Saturday.
Umpire swartwood was hardly fit to
IfrtN atEsta Art.,t
day. He has sore throat. and Is suf-
fering from a severe attack of malaria.
That his Judgment on balls and strikes
was so yellow is hardly to be wondered
tionally made He has written Presi-
dent Young for leave Of absence.
Patsey Tebeau, whose patience Of late
has been phenomenal, gauged by his old
practice Of getting in gentle protest
stand it any longer when Shindle's VI
viders was called a ball" when he he
R H With RaS Ss SO govRsd Raa
didn't go.
It's an old trick, this throwing the
ball to left field to have 1t trampled out
or shape, and Tom Burns knows 1t well
enough to insist upon new ball.
McAleer's circus Itch of Burns's long
liner was feature of yesterdays field
ing.
|
A home run was made under very Pc
culiar circumstances at Eastern Park
yesterday. McAleer hit along the right
foul line back of the pavilion. There Is
a little clump Of high grass there which
hid the ball from Burns. while Mac and
Tebeau both scored. The ball has not
been found yet
DAILY had butter all over his hands
yesterday. and his fumbles contributed
to Cleyeland's victory. Tom can pick up
hot ball and snap 1t to first in elegant
style. but slow roller puzzles him and
he dabs at it as thog.sh i were hornet.
Buck Ewing. the erstwhile Goliath
among the old Polo Grounds Giants. was
| Ia the right garden yesterday for Cleve-
land. His prominence upon the tally sheet
| consists of a lot of zero marks, one assist
and one error. Buck isn't working over
time these days.
The "Neeiham Twirlers," of Need
hams dry-goods house, would like Ia
arrange games with all dry-goois mines
having fun dress uniforms Address the
r. A Needham Club. 2O3 Gold street.
Brooklyn.