Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-07-27

F. J. DELAHANTY OF THE PTIILADELrHIAs. ragged spectators. Tommy has voicc like the leading bass of n frog pond and n mouth which works on double hingo He can use mOrO language that Is nos in society as Ward McAllistCr found it than any other man who learned English in the river wards.
 Fuckers actions were ns unwisc ns those of a boy who would poke n stick into n hornets nest or tickle n mule sensitive heel with n barley lpauL The Insult was that the crowd surgCd down on Tom after tho umpire dcclapSI tho game forfeited to the Phillics and snutc him on tho nda- mantinc check. This mistake of location saved Fuckers life maybe. Had they chuckctl him anywhere but on the cheek or mouth he might have suffered pain.
 Just us things luukCd hlaCk,'~t for Tuck CT, Dclahanty came tu the r'scur. Eig "Dcl" throw his arms around the Boston first bascman Tn protection and called up on his fellow players to como to his aid The other PhiladOlphians rnspondod, and with the aid of tho police sucCCct!Cd In getting the object of tho crowds wrath safely to the clubhouse.
 Next day nearly II ,OO0 people went out to sec the game, with bnrc chance of q renewal of tho strained relations. but quiet reigncd supreme. Even Tucker had his
 
 All of this shows what n grcat sport baseball is as it is played professionally How the teams do strain and scheme for tho mastery, and how the spectators allow themselves to bO worked up to n frCnZy of anger or dclight over tho work of the nincsl IL is the cntirC honesty and sincvr- ity of tho clubs which placo tho gamc first in the hearts of sport loving Amcri, cans, and such scenes ns that in Philadrl fs, la. .I which baseball has on tho souls of the pCo- pie.
 Speaking about Dclahanty rrminds me that he comes nCapSt to being the grCats-st all around baseball player now living Ed
 is only 26 years old and is in his prime as
 a ball player. Up to the pr'Scnt time this season ho has played first, srCund and
 third base and all the outflclds for his team
 and played every position well.
 ''Dcl' began as a catcher when h" played with the Mansfield (O) club in 1SS6 and 1887. It was thcrc that Harry
 Wright took Il notion tn the big bay play | ing, and in lsSS MT. Wright -,Cupvi him | to play second lu-c for fhr Phi!livs Later on he was ss'nt t0tiiv "IIl He'd, whCrv hc has won h.s gr';it, st iHu:Uls-
 For several years a distinct rivalry has | existed between SClallun;y and Hugh Duffy as batsmCn. They nrc at it again this year hammer ana tUngs, with "D,.' slightly leading. Indications point strong | ly to one or the other of thC~U two men
 leading tho League in batting for 1891. While Dclahanty mounts thu thronO as | king of all around players, former mon arch rctircs to his St. Helena. News comes that the Clevelands have released
 "Buck" Ewing internationally. Thus desccnds the burnt out stick of that magnificent rocket which blaZcd in the
 baseball sky only n few years ago and | caused all the world to chorus m ''Ah!' | at Its splcndor. Buck may get another trial somewhere in n team which needs | timber of any sort. but when mn old nag like Buck" is unsaddlcd and turned out on the common very few managers will chase 1t with n bridlc.
 As late as 1890 Ewing wore the baseball
 crown. Tho whole life of the Brotherhood | revolt rested on Bucks" decision. When | he left Cincinnati for the cast that spring, there was moro commotion caused by his movements than Dchs ever kicked up dur | ing the recent outing at Chicago. Tras-
 urer Talcott of the New York Brotherhood
 team and President Day of tho League
 hosts had a race to meet Buck" cn route,
 and Talcott got to his side first. So' Buck" gave tho Brotherhood his moral support. | and 1t lived-a short summer.
 Nobody Is rushing forth to meet
 "Buck" now. Even tho family dog
 sneaked under tho barn when Mir. Ewing
 returned to the paternal roof near Cincin- natl, while Mcssrs. Talcott and Day, with fortunes joined, sat side by side at the Polo ground watching their now crop of stars blazing away to glory. "Sic tran
 sit gloria baseballI. " us Cato was foIsd of
 saying.
 Tho roadside of tho National league Is
 strewn with the bones of former grcat players who in tho eighties glittcrcd in tho baseball Armament whcrc nrc tho
 mighty Kelly, the powerful Kccfe, tho | gorgeous Gore, tho stately O'Rourke and
 men like Hines, Mulvey, Denny, Burns,
 Bassett, Wise. Dunlap, Johnson, Carroll,
 Rowe, White, Sunday, Bill Brown, Welsh,
 Crane, Radbourne, Calvin, Morrell, Hat
 field. Snyder, O'Day, O'Neil, Stovcy, Orr.
 Larkin, Purcell, Wolf. Reilly, Corkhill,
 Pinkney, Nicol, MillIgan, Kccnan, Heck
 CT. Caruthers, Browning, King and
 Swartwoodi They have rattlcd into the
 dust like hickory nuts after tho first frost, and a dozen moro arc hanging so loose on
 the stem that tho least broczo of diversity will cut them down also. The recent ex- | change of Clarkson and Mullane best H.