The evening world., 1894-05-03
GIANTS NEED The INJECTION.
Only the Youngsters Are Play
ing Decent Ball
No Row in the Directorate, but
Some Dissatisfaction.

An alb Indance Of good American dollars
lies In store for the man who inVents
some sort OF an injection Il la Gutten-
burg for the use Of the minority OF New
Works. Lcagrn ball players. They err
tilnly do need some sort OF "git-thar-Ely
elixir" TIT public has been uncommonly
generous In its support and patronage OF
the team thus far. and the rooters now
look to the team to come out OF the
trance which has envelOped a number OF
the players and hit a winning gait.
1t Is early In the season and the game
Is young yet to be sure. but still the
record Of four victories and six defeats Is
not 4 bit encouraging to the baseball en-
thusiasts, who writhe and squirm I'M
easily whei. they see how hard the team
holds down the ighth or ninth place In
the League.
The ne S-comers In the team this year
have done by far the most creditable
work. The diminutive collegian, Murphy,
and hte star battery, Meekin and Farrell,
haven't done a thing In any game but put
up a most superior article Of ball. The
haven't gotten dowa to their customary
steadlness; that they are over weight,
and that all th,t Is needed Is warm
weather to get theE into form.
The public cannot realize why the old
timers on the team cannot round into
shape just as quickly as the new acaui-
sitions. And i is just because there
OF the men, h n forces o%utspoken criti-
cism OF the cams work on the part Of
a few high officials in the Club. who
nine for something else besides their
health.
Director w. p. Wheeler has not been
entirely satisfied with the game that the
You N1N1fa hos f-.- .- g. n.A
II one thinks that there has been
a big row in the club, and that Mr..
Wheeler. Will not attend another game
on the Polo Grounds until Roger Con-
base, he will be the most mistaken ball
crank in town. Mr.. Wheeler said to-
day, to an "Evening oWrld" reporter,
for the interests OF the Club, and as
any man in his regular business is priv
LEGGED to criticise the work lone for
him, | don't see why the same course
should not follow in a ball team. MIR.
Ward and | talked over certain mat
tiers a day or two ago We talked
OPENLY, and no attempt was made at
40 "A great deal better in a certain posi-.
ton than another, and that a change
would be for the Clubs interest, and
s .hiy so, yo,u cannot call that having a
IF you want to know how much trutt
there Is In my saying, I'd not go &c
another. game until certain changes are
made. Just run up and see me at thu
game this afternoon"
Eddie Talcott, the %sanguine and en-.
thusiastic Treasurer of the Club, broke
In then and said: There's no row in tn
Club. We have the best team In thu
League. and the public will find tina
out mighty soon. Mr.. Wheeler think
Jack Doyle is too active to be kept OF
the bench. Jack is surely a lively player
Roger Conner Is bound to get that goo
Old batting arm of his In form befor,
long, Tieman. too. Is picking up an,
Just now there isn't need OF putin,
Stafford In the outfeld. Just becaus
we had won only four out of ten games
the public and the press are inclined t
Jump on us. l remember when the Ne,
forks used to jump In and win nine O
ten straight games at the start and hoy
would they finish? Fourth or firth
Why one time we lost ten straight game
a few years ago and everybody howIe
'yallow ball That season we finishe
first. Then again we were winning RICH
along, and secured eleven straight game
and the rooters have begged us to le
the other fellows win a game for pity
sake. How did we finish then? Fifth
New York is all right and you can tax
my word for It,"