Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-09-07
The Attorney General on the
Bleachers.
DECLINED 4 GRAND STAND SEAT
"Buck" Ewing Discusses the Search
ty Of Good Young Players.
GENERAL BASE BALL GOSSIP

member of the Cleveland cabinet who pa
tronizes the local ball ground since the
death of Secretary Gresham and the re-
tiren,ent of x-PostmasteroG General Bisse1l.
General Harmon is great adlnirer of Arie
Latham and he enjoys the antics of the
little red-legged comedian. During We'd
nesday's game General Harmon occupied
seat among the left-field bleachers, directly
back of third base, where he ate peanuts
rooted" for Cincinnati and seemed to be
thoroughly at home.
When invited to take seat in the grand
stand he politely declined, saying he want
ed to be out among the boys, where he
could shout at the players or kick at the
umpire without attracting attention.
Hard to Pick Up "Comers.''
TT is not an easy matter to pick up
young players and make winners out OF
them" said Buck Ewing the veteran cap
tain, manager and first baseman of the
Cincinnati team, as he sat In front of the
Ebbitt House recently chatting of the ma
tional game with old Dug Allison, Ariie
Latham and the writer.
ut is all very well for TIE newspapers
and the patrons of the game to cry out for
young BLOOD continued Buck. but the
records of the present season show that
there has not been a dozen new players of
the winning DranQ developed Tie Sue.
1 have heard considerable growing among
some of The Washington people because
Wagner and Schmelz have not developed
one good player this year. The same might
be said of almost every club in the league.
1 believe Baltimore picked up first-class
man in Hoffer and Brooklyn has winner
in Anderson. and Dusty" Miller with my
team is a fast one. There may be Others
but have not run across them in my traV-
els There is Arson; he has had about
forty youngsters and clusters on his staff
this season, but he has not been able to de-
velop any phenoms.
IT know what the trouble Isl added
Buck, as he lighted a fresh cigar. There
are too many clubs In the league. With a
twelve-club league you have got to carry
lot of dead wood to fill In with. I have had
scouts out all season comoing over the
Eastern, Western and the Southern leagues
for fast youngsters. but tell you they are
mighty hard to lind. There are men play
ing In the league today who would not
have been considered good enough to sit on
the players bench few years ago. yet
they are necessary in twelve-club league"
Baltimore the Fastest.
Buck then proceeded to review the va
rious teams in the league, with the assur-
ance of an expert. He says the Baltimores
are the fastest lot of players in the BUSH
ress, provided they get good start on
their opponents, but they are not strong in
making an uphill fight. They have been
taught by Ned Hanlon the science of hit
ting the ball when the man on the base
line starts to run. and that is the secret
of their run-getting, even when they make
fewer hits than their antagonists. Every
man knows just what he ought to do to
win, and he undertakes to carry out his
Instructions without any loud talking from
Ned Hanlon.
Buck says the Clevelands are hanging on
to second place better than he expected,
for he anticipated that the Philadelphias
would be in second place before now. In
his opinion the Phillies have the strongest
combination of players in the league, but
he contends that they do not play ball as
hard as they might. He charges them with
they would stop figuring on their base hit
average they might be at the top of the
pile today.
Dostonx Discontc1tcd.
Ewing says the Boston team is not play
ing the same kind Of bali now that 1t did
two years ago. He contends that the play
ers, or at least a majority of them, are
sour on the Hub and are anxious to get
away. The same condition of affairs, he
says, exists in Chicago. In his judgment
there is just about enough material in the
league at present to make up eight good
teams. Buck claims that he is liable to be
in the game for the next ten years.
When he made that remark Ariie Latham
Almost exploded with laughter, ana gave
his captain the merry ma, ha."
Latham and Ewing were both pleased
with the performances of Jack Gilroy, the
young amateur, who was picked up In
Georgetown by Earl Wagner and put in
to pitch for the Senators. He has all the
movements of a coming player, and he
is as cool in the box as Carsey of Philadel-
phia.
Local Gossip.
Lush, the new outfelder, who came to
Washington from Rochester. gives prom
Use of doing good work. He is fast in the
field and is a good sticker. He is handi-
capped by a broken finger, but he will
give better account Of himself after he
is little more familiar with his new
home and surroundings. When the air of
the LEGAL club house is flied with flying
runners about new blood that is to be
injected into the senatorial combination. it
is not surprising that a newcomer fails
to receive the glad hand" from the old
timers on the team.
Earl Wagner says if Setback develops
into a winning short stop the infeld of
| the home team will be greatly strengthen
ed. The little German Senator has been
experimenting in that position during the
past week, and he gives promise of filling
the bill nicely. He is still unfamiliar with
all the infield plays, but like Charlie
loves to play ball. Abbey and Setback are
a fast pair, and Lush and Tom Brown
| will have to hustle to keep UP with them
A large delegation of Washington enthusi-
asts went over to Baltimore this afternoon
| to witness the opening game of the series
between Cleveland and Baltimore.
| The Spiders" will get you if you don't
watch out.
Arlie Latham considers Jim Mcclure the
best catcher in the league.
Has Joe Corbett "welched' on the Wash
| ingtcrs? Perhaps his big brother Jim did
rot think the Washington team was fast
enough for his little pet.
The statement is made on the authority
of the Washington management that there
| will be at least five new faces in the local
| team next season. Now is a good time to
break in the colts.
| How silly it is for newspaper reporters to
| attempt to tell the manager of a ball club
| what players should be worked In certain
games. The manager is anxious to win,
| besides he knows the condition of the play
| ers better than the weil-medn.ng critic.
| There would be some rich winter reading if
! each manager Of a ball team kept suS-
| gestion book.
Maiarkey was tipped off, as coming
| phenom at the beginning of the season.
| Perhaps he is not ripe yet.
! Eddie Burke played the swifest kind OF