The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-08-15

the National league and probably not one
OF them weighs less than 1875 or 170 pounds.
II might be we'll, therefore, to take play
er's theft" into consideration before CIV
irz him promotion for his batting ex-
cellence.
Butler Is not the only minor league play
or who went up heraIded as a first magni-
tude star and went back TO n place among
the asteroids. Anson puts n good deal Of
faith In large young men. His team is
celebrated for tho height Of the players.
Lange Everett, Decker, Stewart, Donahue,
are all big fellows.
The fact that the New Yorks had to fall
back upon an old timer, Tom Burns, to
fill the hole in the nine for which Butler
was chosen as plug Is an evidence of the
scarcity Of first class timber among the
minors. There Is but one man among the
minor professional teams in the country
who IL generally recognized ms "sure
enough" National Lacquer for 1896, and
that Is Lush OF the Rochesters, who will
play In Washington next season. Lush is
q strapping, athletic youth, less than 2l
years old with rare lot of intelligence.
Ho left an $50 per month clerkship to play
ball at 800 month this season. That
showed confidence In his ability to play
good ball. 1t also proves that he is not an
ignorainus. Any young man OF 20 who oc-
cupies q clerkship worth $1,000 a year
through his own merit Is not to be cried
down. There is room In the upper ranks
Of baseball for young men Of Mr.. Lush's
stamp.
But pitchers are what the clubs all want
what they are looking for. Listen and
you'll hear wall go up all over the League
circuit. Pitchersl Oh, where can we find
nd na1 Inn vn,,1I s,iy knr
sands OF dollars for the right kind of an ar
ticle. So would the Phillies, the Brook
lyns, the Cincinnatis and the Chicagos.
Cleveland, New York and Boston are pret-
ty we'll supplied, especially the first named
two The Pittsburgs have probably brought
| forth q good one in young Foreman. The
youngster has done we'll In every game
but ono which he has pitched for them.
| The orucible in which he will be tried ID
| tho coming eastern trip.
In looking over the outside field there
| really seems TO be no even half sure pitch
ing material In sight. There Is no end to
tho quantity, but the quality is uncertain.
| From this must be selected recruits for
next season. Not one of the first nine
| League clubs is just now In a position to
| experiment with new material on account
| Of the closeness OF the pennant race. The
race promises, TO go on in this close way to
| the end, and therefore no chance will be
| given during the rest Of the season proba-
! bly, to try new pitchers. II some good
| judge of young players, who is also oapa-
| BILE of giving instruction and advice, would
| open a training school or baseball academy
next winter he might make considerable
money and be the means OF supplying q
| long felt want in National league circles
The season of 1895 will be memorable
for several surprises In the pitching circles
OF the National league. First is the return
! TO duty of John Mcmahon and the appar-
| ent restoration of his pitching arm after
nearly one year of disability. He injured
| IL In August of last year and never pitched
another game until Aug of this year,
| when he went into the points and shut the
| Washingtons out. When the injury oc-
| CURED, Mcmahon was engaged In fight
| and was hit on an elbow with n bottle.
| The report was that two small muscles
! were cut loose at that point and the gen.
eral belief was that the great pitchers pro-
fessional life was over. His return TO effect
I've work at this late day, when good pitch
J ers are as raro as rubies, must be looked
upon as a kind dlspensation OF Providence.
In the next place, the present season is
notable for being the first year In which
! the great Rusie was actually disabled since
he has been pitching ball. The injury TO
| his pitching hand early In June was fol-
lowed by sore arm after his two remark
4, able games In Chicago in July. These were
| his first accidents and his first real sore
nrm. presume the latter is n forerunner Of
what may DO expected hereafter. Tho great
\ susceptible muscles.
Then Meekin has been disabled half the
season by n lame pitching arm. The fact
| that both he and Rusie. for the first time
4 In their official career, trained In the soutn
last March Is significant. The question
may well be asked Docs carly work In
hot climate help pitchers arm In the end
OF injurc itf
TO continue With tho pitching features