Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-06-21


port from the nine behind him. 'Athout
Carter the Yale team would have dropped
out of the race early in the year. Still Car
ter cannot he cla>SCd With either Avery,
Stage or Tying of former college fame.
That is my opinion, and think it will be
shared by all who have seen tho college
games Guring the last score of years.
Great Highlands" as he is sometimes
called, has not Keen the Highlands this
year he was last. His pitching has lacked
stcadincss, and 1T times he was hit very
easily and very hard. AS ho was the only
pitcher of any worth the IIarvar0s had to
depend upon, they "wcro not in it to
use an expressive slang phrase.
Princeton had two fairly good pitchers
in Altman and Bradley, and Hitzrodt nj. o
pitched several good games Altman was
looked upon by Captain Mckrn.:ic as his
most effective pitcher, however, and was
usually called into the game when victory
was especially desired The Princeton
pitchers, though, like these of Pcnnsylva-
mia, had II better nine around them than
either Yale or Harvard could muster, and
SO Carter and Highlands should, after all,
be given the palm of standing respectively
"onr TIVE" among the college pitchers of
1894
suppose there are thousands uf propio
who lrlVVr Arson is \ iuud llutIrr and
that half they read about his betting on
tho Chicago team is merely ''yapping,
as Senator HIN would cXprcSs it. That is
u mistake. For instance, ut thc spring
meeting of tho National league Arson
offered to bet Trrasurcr Talcott of the
New Works 5000 that his Colts would beat
the Giants in the race The offer was &C
ccptCd. Then camc tho MCckin and Far
rcll Gcal in which Arson assisted the New
Works in landing the battery. When the
deal was over, Talcott proposed to call the
bet off, but Arson wouldn't have it So and
the money is up. What is more, nothing
is surcr to Arson mind than that he will
win the bet. While he was in New York
he said to me in all sincerity: I've got a
splendid team OF young players this year,
and assure you on my honor m charm
cd with them. We've had poor success in
pitchcrs So fan nnd if l can remedy that
ono weakness we'll go to the front So fast
the other fellows will appear to nc stand
ing still
After the New York Chicago games
werc finished and tho spectators had all
left the Polo grounds Arson would go
out on the field every night and run for
an hour and half. He would he there
at his work long after his players had
dressed and gone to their hotel Though
past middle age and playing his twentieth
successive professional season, Captain An
son need take off his hat to no hnil player
In the National league. 1t is very doubt
full whether his like will ever be seen again
On the professional diamond.
have seen many statements printed
about the amount of Ansun' S worldly pos
sessions, His worldly possessions have
been rated at sums running from $40, 900
to 500, 600. I wish il were in my power
to pronounce these statements true. But
they arc not. In spite of all the money
Arson made in his many years Of ball
PLAYING very little of it remains in his
possession. He has always been visionary
and has from timo to tinlo sunk II great
deal In various schemes and plans of spec
ulation which have turned out disastrous
ly. True no Is ready to mako II wager ut
almost any minute and on any proposition
which involves the disputed powers OF his
team, but he has lost less than ho has won
In that way. His heavy losses camo most
ly In schemes which had no connection
whatever with the national game,
Tho extraordinary attendance at base
ball games keeps up with gratifying sur
prise to the mngnatcs and hackers, who
have waited SO long for tho harvest which
seems to Dc ut hand. Tho most surpris-
ing feature OF 1t all, however, is tho Balti-
more showing. Baltimore always was
considered q good baseball city, and It
took only such Il showing as Its team this
year Is making to prove the Maryland mo
tropolis to be the best spot on the conti-
nent whcreon to locate winning team.
point of population considered. Baltimore
turned out over $780, 900 spectators to tho
first 80 championship games, an average
of 8, 900 day. New York has exceeded
that number, with nearly 900, 900 In 81
games. but then New York has nearly
four times the population of Baltimore.
This general state OF prosperity extends
moro or less to all the clubs of the minor
leagues 1t is n remarkable state of affairs
to chronicle that the last half of June
finds not ono of tho three score of minor
league clubs ready to give up tho fight and
lose it's s.,tca in spite of hard times and
sscouraging weather..
Altar July 1, however, ono may ex-
-ct to hear of IL few OF tho weaker MEM
~ dropping out OF tho business.
Tho recent nccidont to Umpire Gaffney
Of tho Eastrr;. ,.:ue, whereby q foul ball
struck hia ,;..,.>, shattered the wire and
drove I,.,. II tho fragments into his
skull, chs !. wonder that similar cases
hayo iIur occurred before. Tho wire
mask l. ..it,st dangerous picco of armor,
and Ne.il many catchers and umpires
have b,eA cut by the broken wires thereof
Gaffney is the first to DO seriously affected.
He will recover, however, and presume
the incident will DO used by pessimistic
rooters to prove their universal theory that
umpires have neither conscience nor
brains, for should not that penetrating
wire have found Gaffney's cerebrums
Maybe not. An umpire who has becn In
business any length OF time should have