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 abundance OF good American dollars
lies In store for the man who .~invents
some sort OF an injection n la Gutten-
burg for the use Of the majority OF New
York's League bl~ll-players. They err
tllnly do need some sort Of 'git-thar-Ely
elixir" The public has been uncommonly
generous in It's support and patronage OF
the team thus far, and the rooters now
look to the team to come out OF the
trance which has developed 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 Il bit encouraging to the baseball en-
thusin3ts. who writhe and squirm I'M
easily whe'. they see how hard the team
holds down the ighth or ninth place in
the League.
The newcomers in the team this year
have done by far the most creditable
work. The diminutlve 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
excuse for the old players Is that they
haven't gotten down to their customary
steadiness; that they are over weight.
and that all that is needed is warm
weather TO get them into form.
The public cannot realize why the old
ne ol TIE ttdm cdHIlbl TOunu INTO
shape just as quickly as the new acqui-
%sltions., And II is Just because there
are such vast differences in the playing
OF the men, that forces o]utspoken criti-
clsm or the teams work on the part OF
a few high officials in the Club. who
have invested in the New York ball
nine for something else besides their
Director w. r.. Wheeler has not been
entirely satisfied with the game that the
rev fork's have offered, so far. But
IL an any one thinks tha there a been
on the Polo Grounds until Roger Con
nor gives way to Jack Doyle at first
day, to an L"Evening oWrld" reporter,
81 believe have g right to look out
Tor the interests OF the Club, and as
any man In his regular business Is priv
legged to criticise the work done for
MIN, don't see why the same course
should not follow in a ball team. MIR.
tiers a day, or two ago. We talked
openly, and no attempt was made at
secrecy. II I think one player might
90 great deal better in a certain posi-
would be for the Clubs interest, and I
S .h,yg So ., yon cannot call that having a
mere Is In my saying, I'd not 20 TO
another game until certain changes are
made Just run up and see me at the
game this afternoon"
Eddie Talcott. the sanguine and en-
thusiastic Treasurer OF the Club, broke
In then and said: THERE'S no row in The
club. We have the best team in the
League and the public Will find that
out mighty soon. Mr.. Wheeler thinks
lack Doyle is too active to be kept on
the bench. Jack ls surely a lively PLAYER.
Roger Conner is bound to get that good
n,a batting arm of his in form before
long. Tleman. too. Is picking up and
lust now there isn't need OF putting
ano In the outfield. Just because
We had won only four out Of ten games,
the public and the press are Inclined to
lufnp on us. | remember when the New
forks used to jump In and win nine or
ten straight games at the start and how
would they finish? Fourth or ffth.
why one time We lost ten straight games
a few years ago and everybody howied
,,yallow ball. That season we finished
first. Then again we were winning right
along. and secured eleven straight games
ana the rooters have begged us to let
the other fellows win n game for pity's
sake. How did we finish then? Fifth.
New York is all right and you can take
my word for It,"