The Washington times., 1895-05-20
BA sEBALL NOTES.

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Cleveland.
Meekin is now the star pitcher Of the New
York club.
Mulvey's third base play is universally
commended.
Buck Ewing is having his second time on
the diamond.
When will Chamberlain npitchhisfirstgame
for Cleveland?
Bobby Lowe is covering more ground = lis
year than ever.
Pink" Hawley at present is leading
the league pitchers.
Arson is once more tire idol of the Windy
City enthusiasts.
Burkett, of Cleveland, at present leads
the league in batting.
This appears TO be the third time on earth
for Pitcher Hutchinson.
Louisville will insist Dpon keeping Wash
inGton out Of last place.
Whenever Coogan makes an error 1t
generally results in run.
The Washingtous are next TO Brooklyn
only fifty points away.
Greminger, Cleveland's youngster, is hit
ting the ball every game.
0'Brien is said to be playing a very good
second base for Louisville.
Leuisville's new outfielder, McGann,
seems to be competent player.
Fred Pfeffer's retirement is generally
regretted by patrons of the game.
They have dubbed Won der Ahe's aggre
cations the Done Browns in st. Louis.
Chicago makes the claim that Dahlen is
the fastest short stop in the league.
Speed is counting this year in the box.
The players no longer fear curves.
President Freedman is said TO have cast
covetous eyes upon OuJfielder Burkett.
Captain Nash is doing the best batting
for Boston. Champion Duffy is tagging.
Tim Keefe last week made his first ap-
Cincinnati a = 70
The Giants have always found Cincinnati
the stumbling block of their Western trips.
So have the Senators.
Breitenstein seems unable to retain
effectiyenessmore thanhalfa dozeBinnings.
Tom Dowd viii not be released by st.
LOUIS, reports to thecontfary notwithstand-
ing.
Colonel Freedman is discovering that
there are other things in baseball besides
glory.
Umpire Belts great fault is said to be
an inability 10 Judge close play on the
bases.
Pitcher Cuppy, of the Cleveland team,
wears glove on his left hand to stop hard
hit balls. 50 does Nichols, of che Bosions
The Cleveiauds are batting in spurts
one day they hit hard enough to win two
games and the next day they can't hit any
thing.
Manager McCloskey, of Louisville, has
vainly tried to secure Catcher Morgan
Murphy from Cincinnati and Pitcher Clark
son from st. Louis.
George Miller, of the Brow is accused
of turning the trick OF ringing in a lively
ball when ii Will do the st. Louis team
some good.
Nick Young Is satisfied from the returns
SO far received from all over the country
that this is going to be the banner year
Tor baseball.
Tom Tucker has poor average, and yet
never played stronger game at first base,
as ms nine assists III as many games would
signify.
Capt. Ewing is mourning now because he
let Jimmy Canayan 60. There are worse
ball players and worse hitters u the League
than James E.
Hitting this year Will count doubly where
team base running is properly worked, as
1t was in Boston two years ago, aud
Baltimore last season.
The Lea que teams are fighting for every
game. good start is everything if a club
doesn't have TO iuiure its best pitchers in
getting to the front.
Our Malarkey has been doing excellent
work this spring aud stands well at the top
Tor successful pitching. His worst fault
Is his inability To control the ball
McPhee and Pfeffer have a slight
hunch over Childs in fielding the position,
but the fat boy holds every second base
man in the league safe when it comes to
batting.
There is another new player in league
ranks that will bear watching Catcher
Donahue, of the Chicagos, is said to be
an artist in blocking off runners al the
plate on close plays.
Ewing's stock is away up at present.
1t rose 80 per cent, after THROWN down
his old club, the New Yorks, twice. BUCK
has had his revenge on both New York and
Cleveland.
Connie Mack, now manager OF the
Pittsburg team, is considered a heady.
winning catcher; Connie is up in all the
fine points of the game and may bring
his boys to the finish in good form.
The Boston players have a superstition
that very few have yet got onto. 1t is
to have the broom used in cleaning the
nome plate al ways on left side of the
plate. They insist on this
Anson has the satisfaction of leading the
league for consecutive NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
SO Tar this season. Boston, who broke the
winning streak, was also the first East
ern team to beat the Colts.
New York's new president, Freedman.
takes personal interest in his players, and
never fails to show his appreciation of
any good work they do. Likewise of the
occasional bad work, we presume.
For years Pittsburg has started well
in the West and kept up the winning form
at home, only to come East and make the
poorest kind of a showing VIII history
repeat itself some more this season?
Pitcher Menefee, who is undoubtedly
the king fielding pitcher in the league,
doesn't seem able to get into form, and
he is not q little discouraged He is
working hard, but can't make much head
way apparently.
The Baltimore Club has signed Jesse II.
Allen. late of the Amherst College Club
as catcher. Allen, whois now a University
of Pennsylvania medical student, will
report i'll Baltimore on the clubs return
home
From champion team to tail -ender is quite
adrop for Brouthers: but whatdoes it amount
to? His salary is as assured in Louisville
as in Baltimore, and Dan has been too
long in harness to consider the glory side
much.
If catcher thinner would stand up at the
plate the way he did in 1898 he would
retire at the end of the season with one of
the heaviest batting averages ever carried
away by any ball player. There is no
ball player in the country who can hit ball
harder than thinner.
Jesse Burkett has adopted a new wrinkle
for taking care of that sunny left field in
Cleveland. Some genius has made him a
present OF q cap modelled after the new style
OF bicycle cap. 1t has a peak made of
green isingIass and shades his eyes better
than smoked glasses.
Here is how Tim Murnane sizes up the
Washington team: 1.-The Washington team
is worked too much on theory. Manager
SchmelZ can win more games than any man
living with paper and pencil, but his team
usually play losing ball. The Senators
can play good ball, but die easy when the
work is hard on foreign grounds.
If Baltimore and Boston are close to the
top when the clubs come east for a months
stay then look out for one or the other
leading the procession by July, and making
of cast-off pitchers. the Orioles have
splendid chance to pull off that pennant, un
less Nichols returns to his old form to help
out Jack stivetts, and the members of the