The evening world., 1894-06-02
BASEBALL CHAT.

Umpire S~wartwood has not endcared
himself to Eastern Park franks. They
don't seem to fathom his notions of how
baseball should ht played. To their I'M
tutored minds 1t really appears that
when a runner is thrown out at second
he should retire and not have to be put
out again before taking his seat. Then
they nave other vasaries, such as in
sisting upon one decision only on each
bal, pitched. and when a man dislocates
his vertebrate trying to welt the leather
TO Canarsie as In the case of Dahien
yesterday. they do not see why the
umpire should decide that the pitch was
a ball" When a man is hit with II
pitched ball some umpires give him a
base without calling II by three different
names, These and other ~idiOsyncracies
have follow ell a fanatlcal study OF u
lite book containing the playing rules
little book. Mr.. Swsrtwooi; even You
might get a tip or two out of 1t.
Gastright was equal to anything yes
terday There Is nothing the matter
with holding Chicago down to a single
hit without a base on balls. BY the
way, Brooklyn has three pitchers in
magnificent shape just now.
Tredway is earning his salary and
has proved an acquisition to brooklyn.
He has a head and uses II. ana MS
throw-ir from the field is a marvel.
Burns does not seem to have his eye
on the ball with hat precision. which
his name calls up 20 memory. He does
the statue act at the plate quite often.
Gilbert, who was signed by the Brook
Ign and afterwards farlned out to
Buffalo, was back at Eastern Park yes
terday. Rumor has 1t that the Eastern
League club found him too expensive.
Anson's Colts and Foutz's Bride
grooms occupied boxes in the Columbia
Theatre last night, by invitation of De
Wolf Hopper "Panjandrum' was vir-
ject local hits and baseball gags"
TnGlc ;Anse came infor his customary
Come. now. ST. Louis. DOM slacken
your speed, but sail right in and make
it three straight from New York. Two
games Of baseball were never more
shake OF that cloak of somnolence
which now envelops them st: Louis
Will not have to set a bit out of breath
lacking another scalp to their bet.
Ard WITH what saccharine satisfaction
Roger Conner will watch the passing
OF New lOrk from MS Clthuel. as lHSt
baseman of the ~. Louis! This deal
of releasing Conner to St. Louis. as
spoken Of in last n!sltt's Sporting Extra,
was successfully carried out. and the
only, new feature that THE Evening
World" did not get last night was the
fact that Roger would play to-day. 1t
was at first intended to play. Connor
against Philadelphia on Monday but
the chances are that Roger suggested
that he be put in to-day. Not the
slightest fault can be found with the
way the New York 1t has treated
Conner Nobody knows that he has
been generously considered better than
Roger himself, and he has only the
kindest OF words for Mr.. Talcott.
President Pat Powers. of the Eastern
League, was in Englewood Memorial
Day on n still hunt for Fred Van Iandt.
Powers had a commission to secure Van
Xandt for the Buffalo Club. and he was
~pstonished when he learned that Van
Handt had signed with New York. Pat
says Van Xandt is a corking infelder,
and ought to do the New Works a heap
Of good. Goodness. but they do need it.