The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1894-05-20

VII, rs the Clcvclands have had much
yis!cr" opponents in their April and May
3fnes than they Will meet on their June
MP east OF the Alleghanies, it would Ike
'mll for their friends to wait till about
'Hpy before they attempt to say just
lss11at the team is going To do.
pNut TO return TO the pitching department
Althe League. Where the Clevclands are
Wong the Bostons are weak. The cham
Ems have one good pitcher. Nichols,
Esnk, is doing the best work of any man
32he League. His winter trip TO the Pa
,Ec coast did him world of good With
lFhols in the nine it Is almost Il certa' "
II b the Bostons win. But the other pitch
\, of the team are very "tacky" Stivetts
3ims to have lost his once famous speed
HI is being hit hard Staley is an unsuc-
Msful man, and | doubt whether he will
tfch good ball any time this season. Low
al is an experiment and is pitching OF
slsbation.
III Pittsburg killen is rounding up, Gum
alt pitches "in and out" and Ehrot does
MY goo,l work. The rest of their talent is
Appositioral Knell and Terry were so
A3k that both were released. Unless the
Hates pitching department strengthens
r spreads out very soon the club will not
afn the race long.
.lF the PhilHdelphias had the Cleveland
MIXERS, tho race would be mere cantcr
Rs them. Outside of thor pitching they
IMPOSE the strongest team in the country
Ns the heaviest hitting nino since the Dc
lHts of 1887. But the Phlllies never win
&ssmall scores. They have 70 bat out ev-
I%fhing they get. 1t will be mighty inter
Hang to watch the results when the Cleve-
Halls meet the Quakers in Philadelphia on
2{jAe Z, and 0.
itdshe Baltimores are ut this time we'll fixed
&3pitchers- Mcmahon and Mullane are
tIf lg championship work, and Brown. their
.fH pitcher, has shown well III the few
SSSles he has played. This snappy, agrees
5Nteam Is attracting wide attention by the
ySs they have been holding on to n one,
LAB three place in the race. The pace Is
fA hot for them, however, and they will
55Ea,ly fall back as the season progresses.
H(iy may end fifth, but hardly better.
stuew York's pitching department prom
I'M to be the best in the League, barring
4&3%eland's, before the year is far advanced.
89 the first time in his career Rusie has
fe to his work almost at the start. His
%1Eling at this time is rs good as it was
ND time last year, and when the hot
kSther thaws him out for his best he will
Vile no peer in his position. Meekin has
sEAady shown that the money paid for his
38asc, together with FaIrcll's, was not ill
HVended. All he has needed was a good
E8ning team to back him up.
EAerman is late getting into form, owing
S!A spring attack Of grip, which left him
MKewhat weak. AS the club has no hur-
sIa use for him. Captain Ward is leaving
Hill out of harness to get in good trim.
Fs85rybody knows what German can do.
HS is a winning pitcher. In Clarke, the
Eppion pitcher Of last years Eastern
aAlue, the club has n good man for whom
JM have no active use He is held wholly
,Aehe Giants, however, have newly dis
!3SIFSred jewel who has flashed out in the
3giball armament as n star of the first
WjRnitude. Huyler Westervelt previous to
|M,rdaY, May 5, had no baseball fame be-
llA8i the Metropolitan district In two
&Slrs ON the afternoon of that day young
IS Htervelt became famous, and his name
Est1,ed over thousands of miles of wires
night, while next day the whole coun-
|sssssSwas reading about his triumph.
324be illumination OF his sudden fame came
6Elklyl before 6 O'Clock that day ON the
HIN 9found in New York. whom onehalf
8sJbe lkreat crowd OF $1,000 people broke
Ba thl field like n human flood. picked
\ ateryeslt up, raised him above the sea of
3Hs anfh bore him amid the roar of con-
|flous Applause across che field TO the
4 hing r3ooms in the clubhouse.
3Ad wiAyi Because by his remarkable
hing THE Boston champions had boon
Epn ITO g. They had secured but three
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