The evening world., 1894-05-17
BASEBALL CHAT.

Excuse galor. could be offered for the one.
t%1.thrse style in which the New Yorks los,
trgid. fnty fact remains that In two Of the three
-ontests the onakers gave the Giants cards and
OF somblnaton work in the Philles playing
:. sort OF now-all-together style-that would do
smuos @s isns heap Of good T. they would onI,
which Stage umpred. the opening game Monday,
+. lladelpha taught New York a whole lot about
the game The irst game was handed to the
phlladelphias on gold plate, and young Mr..
Stage was the donor. But umpres do no, always
lucky clubs Tho chief fault with the Giants is
s 5G' r6a ,Ssy s5s unable to TG5s broad ',sa.
is all we'll enough it--and II is a big + at that
the other fellows In the hcld didn't happen to
have he unhappy Dor the aay-poppers, faculty
of getting underneath them and swapping them up
lust li.s queen bees do to drove OF gnatS.
There surely must he decided brace made in
divIdna's cannot win games even II at times
! ne man is responsible Tor victory. Good pitch
Is hit with freedom 1t doesn't mean that he loses
,hc game; liz cant pitch and catch the balls
is thel bonnien duty to see to 1t that nIcs do
Mt get away from them. Hot grounders and
liners can he easily taken care OF. vide the
sturdy Cross and lialman and Allen, Of Quaker
vile. OF course, Cross does wear a colossal
glove on his left hand, and he seems perfectly
able to stop cannon ball on the dead rush.
Capt waid doesn't think It right to have heiders
war these basket-like appurtenances. but II
there's n. rlle AGAINST II why doesn't he supply
such drives as he did In the games in Philadel-
phia this week 80 can any OF the Giants In
helders
The Giants appear to he In too swift company.
and vet among thom ara individual players Who
rsn sprint away from most League PLAYERS as II
"iter were asbs ea h, CI@' IN S2y 10 Es n% mTyc
which has 80 generously supported the team at
the Polo Grounds and nobody knows 1t better
! thin the men who hold the strong box and pay
the freight.
George Davis i. still unable to play at third
and stafford will undoubtedly be continued at
that base The battery to-day viii be Rusie an
Farrell Rusie hasn't had a ball in his hands
m since Monday,s zane zane have been keeping tabs,
he will not be too wild or any less speedy
Capt Miller, Of st. Louis. speaks thus OF the
ali-playing Of the pittsbnrgs: The CipcIn-
player that came down to third in a close play
back a, them is to nrht them with their own
weapons. The first thing the Pittrburg players
know the rest Of the teams viii begin to lay
for them and give them the spike all along the
line"
BreckinridGe. the first baSeman OF the Tro,
team, Is unfortunate perhaps In bearing the name
are making lie a burden Tor him. Whenever he
Amt Madeline telIrr a dandy And when he
makes a m,splay the shout is; "oh. sing. Made.
Nne!"
Washington has a fine outneldcr IN Abbey In
fact the whole ou,held Is strong, The inneld is
wotully weak
The baseball writer of tn. Portland Express
ton the baseball team appears to he a loud.
mouthed, ungentlemany set OF fellows. and he.
sides th:m our own team showed up tavorably,
20 say tho least"
Third Baseman Joyce, OF Washington. has a
stride that many heavy tagedian would give a
months salary for.
ularly on hrst base and Turner put out In the
hed, This would undoubtedly strengthen an al.