The evening times., 1895-12-12
BASEBALL CHAT.

A nine made up OF Yale alumni several
| of whom will coach the varsity during the
spring, has arranged with the baseball man
| agemeut to play against the University nine
| at the Yale field on Wednesday, May IL.
The team will be composed OF many of the
best players who have supported the blue
| upon the diamond in recent years, and the
following nlake-lp ha been announced: II.
Jackson, '92 s., catcher: W. F. Carter. '95.
| pitcher: F.. b. Stephenson, '96S., first base;
| j r. Quinhy. g s., second base; II. NJ. Eeall,
| '93 s., shortstop; T. S. Arbuthnot, 81,
| third base; G. Il. Case, %, left field; II.
S. Graves, L. S. 81, center field, and L.
| 7. Bliss, '93 S., or G. q. Redington, 80
L. S., right field.
The CHIEF object of the games is to
| give the coachers an opportunity to es-
| innate the players and to find the weak
points in the varsity pitchers. II the
| game. is success this year 1t is prob
| able that IL will be made an annual affair.
The official averages OF the Western
| League give Charley Frank first place in
batting, with a percentage of .4T2, but
Perry Werden showed up with .42S. Nc
| Carthy, formerly OF Salem Mass, a nd Gin
| cinnati. had .420. The percentages of
other players were: Lally, 400; Bergen,
| Boston's new catcher. -372: Newell, 1850;
| Manning and Connaughton, 1853; klus-
man. .353; inland and Roach, .341: Carney,
| 1871; Canavan, 81 .; Wheelock, .2S6. Ber-
gen caught in the second largest number of
games, 100, and his percentage was .944.
He had but 80 passed balls. KlusnIan and
Carney were tied as first tbasen,en, with .9s2.
Carney were tied as first basemen. with
.9S2. Manning led the second-basenen.
with .947. and Canavan was eighth. with
.927. Connaughton was eighth among the
shortstops. with .S74, and Wheelock ninth,
with 1873.
Charley Mathcwson is i'm favor of Duffy
as captain OF the Boston bail club. Inspeak-
ing OF his appointment in the Evening
Telegram, he says:
Boston will be strengthened in batting
and base running by Hamilton. He is
charged with being an individual player
and looking out for Hamilton all tie time.
That was true enough in Philadelphia,
where everybody was putting up that kind
OF game, but in Boston, where.t team work
has been the rule for years, and where moth
ing else will be tolerated, It can confidently
be prophesied that the new man will follow
the lead cut out for him and play the game
to win ana not for any record. Naturally
the greatest curiosity is centered in the
captaincy of Duffy. For two seasons he
has been the assistant captain of the club.
He captained the Boston Reds under the
leadership of A rthur Irwin in 1891 He
was young in the position then and in the
five years that have since elapsed he has
gained a great deal of experience. Bos-
ton has suffered great deal in the sense
less kicking of its captain. Aggressive
captaining is needed, but good judgment
should go along with this. The success
ful captain must make a good strong stand
for his rights at the proper time. Duffy
can put lots of life into game, and in his
new position should infuse more snap and
vim into the game here than has been
seen since the days of Mike" Kelly.
Freedman is out with another fling at
veter3n and honorable baseball magnates.
He says It's beyond his comprehension how
men of the John S. Brush and Charley Byrne
stamp are allowed to mix with the real busi-
ness men of the National League. "Wllo-
ever heard OF Brush putting up q dollar?"
asked the New York magnate.
'Ifeel of confident of giving some of those
Western magnates a lesson they will not
relish before long.
"They may have sat on me, a S they call it.
at the League meeting. Now, that was only
the first of it.
with Boston, Philadelphia, New York
and Chicago naturally pulling together, what
is left OF the League would not light your
cigar, and these clubs can now be counted
on to stick together"
The new combination Is a trifle better
than the unfortunate convention slate. but
from a mathematical standpoint It's still
trifIe weaE
Manager Shettsline of the Philadelphia
Baseball Club yesterday received letters
from Delahanty and Sullivan. Both men
say they are taking good care of them
selves and will be in condition when the
season opens.
The National League baseball season of
1896 will open en- April 16. No schedule
has been arranged. but the clubs all agree
on the date for the first game.
The Louisville Club has signed as. q
pitcher Henry Coolidge sc.sple, a graduate
Of the Sewanee University.