The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1894-07-01

! ect them to he hard to beat. But it is
14carccly probable that the team will stay
81 the lead to the end OF this trying pc
Ltod. If the Philadclphias were not SO
8adly crippled 1 would look to sec them
a eatling the other ii clubs at the end of
: no western series, for they arc u good road
Fam. But that club has just met with
rs annual lump of misfortuncs Glenn
8nts, who ranks as one of the very best
Ind most useful catchcrs in the land, is
8iid up with II broken ankle and will prob
Hbiy play no moro this year. Captain AL
I'm, than whom thcro was no better short
Top on tho diamond, had his jawbonc
= battered by pitched ball and may not
clay again. Aliens parents arc in good
circumstances, and they have always OBJ
lIoscd their sons desire to play profession
Hlly. The shortstop's friends believe he
Fill now retire permanently from the ball
8eld. Thompson was absent from tho
8,am more than II month with u disabled
4and, and the minor injuries to other
players were far in excess of the share
Which usually comes to n baseball team.
q This is only the annual ill luck which
8as bcfallen the Philadelphia team year
8ftcr year and which eliminated last sea
q Oh in the prostration of Hamilton by ty-
ahoid fever just when the club needed his
#ervices most
q In an experience of Is years with pro-
,ssional baseball! l have never known such
q, general demand in the National league
aor good baseball players as there is mt this
me, and the demand is not only for one
Mass of players, but covers nearly every
3osition on n nine. II is therefore going
al be II profitable year for minor League
Hubs which develop young stars of any
Material worth The eyes of II dozen League
managers arc searching the ranks of the
MINOR league teams OH the lookout for
= 0mers. But the fact that most of the Ma
onal league castoifs are eagerly grabbed
lip by the clubs in the lesser leagues does
4 OF argue in favor of lc theory that tho
&cop of new" stars is excessively large
: he Cincinnatis want strong material
gpowerfully bad" as they say in Ken
a1cky, yet they released Motz, Murphy,
3'ross and Mccarthy to the indianapolis
western league team, where they immc-
lately doomed up rs giants indeed i'll the
lew company they found themselves with
I New York wants a third bascman or nn
$utfioldcr; Brooklyn wants pitcher; Bos-
On wants several pitchers and catcher;
philadelphia wants shortstop, u catcher
Ind pitcher or two; Baltimore would
81vo good money for pitcher; Washing
9pn would not pass by u pitcher or a few
nficldcrs; Pittsburg needs pitchers and u
catcher; Cincinnati would be pleased to
3ct whole now team with the exception
Il Halliday, McPhcc, Vaughn and Smith;
4 .ouisvi'ia wants n first bascmnn, II catch
Sr, atpitcher and an outfcldcr; st. Louis
Synnts arc general and constant; Arson
iFants few good pitchers, Il second base
I nan and IL left fielder, but he will not adj
ahit it; Cleveland could use another good
ttchcr. That is about all tho National
league clubs need just now, but the demand
5hay grow as the season advances.
The fact is self evident that there is q
4highty dcarth of talent among the young
N players OF the country. Never have there
cen so many minor professional teams on
j Inc field as there are this summer, and yet
4 no class is below the former average.
1 If the material was in sight National
Hague money would bring it to the front,
/ apr the clubs of the major body are max
gpg money in large bundles, and good
8trices arc ready for the release of players
Whose abilities are not doubted. Schmclz
NJ Washington had nearly go of the pick
Il minor league players of 1893 ON his list
,st spring, and out of them all he found
1 lot moro than half dozen capable OF
laying major league ball.
4 Tho success Of the Baltimore club, how
liver, encourages tho other National league
/ Hubs to skirmish for young stars. True
/ luch of tho Baltimore's success Is due to
1 nc fine pitching of Mcmahon and Null
hne and to the catching OF Robinson
hree stars who have been in the League
bme ycars-but the phenomenal work Of
no youngsters, McGraw, Jennings, Bon
Ger, ReitZ, Kelly and Keller has caused
II widespread desire among managers to
1aake few finds" of the Same Glass.
Ii OF all these young Baltimore stars Hen
III p. Roitz, the second baseman, is prob
}lbly the most valuable and the most es-