Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-06-14

HFb!'Nt T. lttN'tEtF ' kLI, ( tNN N4NNAIIS.
 jor l,s.=;ur Inana-srr> in their choice among
 thC young hlN'd>. but thc hating rtcnrd is
 mvvr likely h l'' deceptive BatSmrn in
 mju 7 leagues fac q class of pitchers So
 much inferior Ia National league "twirl-
 rr> that thcr' k no means ny which
 Corrvt estimate can hr made of their hat
 ting abilities But the fielding is done in
 all leagues under PrTty much the same
 Cjr,'uru~;aucy>, The minor league fielder
 has just much ground tn cover, just as
 difficult l.i,> to catch and just as hard
 s,r'uudvr~ tn stop and field aS his hrothrrS
 i'll th" major lrlA,tu,~. When he compares
 tAr twn cla>S,-> If pitching. however. an
 other story Insults Su il i> that lIosricv- CTS fielding has disappointed no one. It
 iS quite up to his Western league rSnrd.
 but he fell lack when he changcd from
 the Western league pitchers to those of tho
 National league.
 Huyrirvcr'> experience as a batsman in
 the higher grade has hcS,n the experience
 of two thirlS of all the young players
 brought into the National league this year. have only tu mention the cases uf Collins. Hines Garry and Gray to illus
 trstr the point.
 This l,y.d> me up tn the subject of Ma
 tiural league pitching. and it may hc said that thrr,' l. promise that the pitching of lSY5 will l,' weaker than it was in 1894
 a> a whole There k sclrvcly a club in he National league that iS not complaining
 of itS wyaknv>> in the box. Cincinnati, New York and Pitt>burg alone arc hold ing their own in that respect or arc i'm prving. CincinnatiS four pitchers seem iu hold out well How long it will last rrmainS to hc srrn. In Hawlcy, Pittsburg has star The other men on it's list arc doubtful. For New York, RuSie in all 1 his SuCv,->~ful professional life never pitch tNl Such strong hall aS ho is pitching now, and he has already shown that Inc k peer | less beyond any question. Meekin had i bc,n doing fine work, but caught cold in his arm and got hadly out of gear The | punishment which he rccivcd in the game against the St. Louis Browns on June
 was the worst of the season. That score of 80 hits, with total of 42 haSeS, and IS earned runs will hardly be beaten this 1 year II was a case of good pitcher try 1 ing to work with a sore arm.
 In Boston neither Nichols nor StivcttS k doing the work he did in other years 1 Brooklyn iS dcplorably weak at the rubber 1 and with Stein cntircly out of harness tho | BrideSrooms are in a had way Anson be 1 gins tn rvalize that he may fall behind for lAck of staying pitchers, and Cleveland has | no standby to put in the box Both Young | misses McMahnn, and the Phillies arc in | the same old rut, Taylor has not come up l to expectations since he rccoyered the use | of his arm, and it looks as if McGill were 1 alrt'ady weakening.
 l At this point the question may bc asked,
 Where arc the 30 young pitchers about 1 whose brilliant prospects in the National league we heard last springY They haven't t | developed. Wallace of Cleveland, McDer- mott of Louisville and Phillips of Cincin- nati arr about all who have any prospects 1 of staying in fast company, and they are l not yet sure.
 The New Works recently offered e. 500 1 for the releaSe of Breitenstein and SIG, 900 1 in cash for the transfer of Burkett and Me Kean from Cleveland to the eastern me tropolis. Both offers were declined, not because the amount of money involved was
 not appreciated, but because neither club