The evening times., 1895-12-23
BASEBALL GOSSIP.

Our Celtic friends have a saving to the
ERECT that there Is no use in shaking hands
win the devil until you meet him. And
those VINO are bewa ling " hat they consider
the clubs shortsghtedness in the Nash.
Hainliton deal should restrain their lamenia
ton. lions until 1t Is dcrn2nstrated tnat the
deal was mistake. For five years the
Phillies have not had a harmonious out
field. Hamilton could not be- induced In
work IN unison with either Delahanty or
thompson, ana rs The positively refused TO
play anywhere except AT center-the key
10 the outfield-the disastrous effects of his
inulishness We're doubled. Had he been com :
thompson could have PLAYED together after
the manner OF Duffy and Mccarthy.
But Willie wouldn't have il that way
He knew that on the left field al Broad and
Huntingdon he would be shown up," So Ia
speak, 10 the crowds Just as he was being
constantly shown up on the deeper center
ileids 10 the other cities Of the league cir
cut He was the spoiled child of the Phiia-
dplphla family. and he was humored
SIMPLY because OF his undoubted ability
at inc bat and on the base lines. But.
NOTWITHSTANDING his extraordinary ability
at the bat aud his fieetncss ON the ba Sc lines
1t Is Honbtiui II The runs he lost in the field
were ever compensated for by either or
both of those accomplishments.
Evidently the PhiIlies hope to win the
pennant next year by physical force:
weak batter on the nine no matter how
the batting order is arranged. unless IL
be one OF their new pitchers. With Dele
hanty, Thompson: Turner or sullivan or
Huen in the outfield: Brouthers. Nash, SulIi-
van or Hulen and Gross OF Hallman in the
iDfield Clements behind the bat and Tay-
lor, Orth, Carsey or McGill pitching. every
man in the batting order is n good hitter.
In fielding the team Will be strong i'm the
outfield. and in batteries. and likely strong
in every position in the infield. except first
base. for Brouthers Is only fielder AT all
times.
A Pittsburg baseball crank registers the
following protest. Last season visiting
teams were alternated at New York and
Brooklyn. For instance, if Pittsburg was
scheduled in New York and Louisville in
Brooklyn, the following day the teams
would change towns: This gave New York
and Brooklyn great advantage over other
teams In the league, because of this daily
change il was possible for New York and
Brooklyn teams to save all their strong
pitchers for Pittsburg. and give Louisville
the benefit OF the weaker pitchers"
Here's fairy story they tell of Dalrymple.
the famous outficller of the Chicago team.
His father. who was worth $500. 900. died
recently. and Dal. comes in for one-third
of the estate. The Dalrymplc people were
angry because he became professional
ball pla yer, and cut him off. Before his
father death he was forgiven. and II e is ne w
to have one-thirtl of his fathers fortune.
If Dairymple manages his $lUO. 900 q S well
as ball pla yers do their salaries, he will
mainder of his life.
Arthur Irwin says that when the men,
bers OF the New York Baseball Club get
to Jacksonville they will have to work as
hard as motortnen on trolley ears or they
will get turned down.
With the signing of Dan Brouthers, the