The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1895-05-18
Pittsburg has signed Gus weyhring.

There are two kinds Of knockers in
this city; one OF them is the kind that
is after Buck Ebright. They use one
hand and tac's hammer. The other
knockers are after the whole team.
They use both hands and carry a sledge
hammer. The Janitor. who writes these
columns, overheard a conversation be-
tween representatives OF both kinds OF
knockers the otter day. The one who
has no use for Ehright was dressed like
a gentleman ard he addressed the other
knocker who was dressed like bar
tender in the following language: Il
can't see how these newspapers get 1t
into their heads that Ebright is good
manager. l don't think he can manage
anything. For instance look at the
game at Cortland last Sunday. Why
he dropped vall that Kimerer threw
right into his mitt. Now il that had
been anyone else he would have fined
him $500. Another case was when one
OF the pitchers in Peoria game failed
to cover the bag on hit to first base.
Buck came up and read the riot act to
the pitcher SO strong that he broke his
heart" The fact Of the matter is that
Manager Buck calls his men into the
club house and explains play to them
and then asks each player what he
would do il the play came up in the
game. They all know where to throw
the ball and all about it, but when the
play actually occurs they don't seem to
know what to do. In about another
week they will quit getting these talks
and also part OF their salary. The
other knocker said: Say. We amt got
no team like we had last yearbook at
de pitchers; dere is Gragg. Last year
he pitched for Des Moins. Where did
Des Moines finish? Den dere's Kimerer;
he is nice boy, but, say. what's de matter
with a fellow like johnson? He's a
pitcher. that fellow is. and he wuz one
Of de gang. Den look at de short stop.
Course he is a little fellow but he
always has his shoes shined. He gets
two errors every day and three on Sun
day. Den look at Hill: he's too big to
play de third bag. He never says
word to jolly himself on any Of the
players and he don't hit. Den look at
de outfield; dere's Van Buren,. de boy
who likes his soda pop and would not
know glass of beer il he seen one, and
Tommy Mccarthy could play all round
him and steal more bases il day, than
Van Buren, will steal all season. Den
dere's Coie; say dat guy has got de
swell head and he's got it bad. He
don't 'sociate wild us fellers. Den dere's
Kennedy. say, deIe's fellow what used
to be all right, but he amt drinkin' a
thing but lemonade. How can anybody
play ball and drink lemonade? Say.
dere's Just one more Teller | want to
talk about and dats dis here Teller
Taylor. Dey tell me dat de president
of de Pittsburg club got him dis here
Job out here. Say, he must have had
it in for Lincoln. Dat guy AIM no ball
player. he's an actor. He's always
lookin' purity and posin'. We don't
want no actors. What we want is ball
players Now look at dis Teller Katz,
who is wild J-ville. Dat man could drink
all de beer in town and get four hits
day-dem's de kind of ball players to
haye.
The club left Thursday afternoon for
Rockford where they open theseason in
a somewhat crippled condition. Kid
Speer has a sore hand and Van Buren,
and Kennedy are suffering from strain