Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-08-15
FRANK BUTLER.

the National league and probably not one of them weighs less than l65 or ITO pounds. It might be well, therefore, to take a play CTS theft" into consideration before giv- ing him a promotion for his batting cX- cellencc.
 Butler is not tho only minor league play CT who went up heraIdCd as q first magni- tude star and went back to a place among the asteroids. Anson puts a good deal of faith in large young men. His team iS celebrated for tho height nf the rlay"rs. Iangc. Everett Decker, Stewart. Dnnahuc, are all big fellows
 The fact that the New Works 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 nf tho scarcity of first class timber among the minors There is hut ono man among tho minor professional teams in the country who is generally recognized as sure enough" National leaguer for 1896, and that is Lush of the Rochesters, who will play in Washington next season. Lush is strapping, athletic youth, less than 21 years old, with a rare lot of intelligence. He left an $50 per month clerkship to play | ball at $100 month this season. That showed confidence in his ability to play good ball. It also proves that he is not an | ignoramus. Any young man of 20 who oc- | cupies a clerkShip worth $1, 900 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 MT. Lush $ | stamp.
 But pitchers are what the clubs all want what they are looking for. Listen and l you II hear n wall go up all over the League circuit. Pitchers! Oh, where can we find pitchers? The Baltimores would give thou | sands of dollars for the right kind of an ar ticlc. So would the Phillies the Brook | lyns the Cincinnatis and the Chicagos. l Cleveland Now York and Boston are pret- ty well supplied, especially the first named two. Tho Pittsburgs have probably brought I forth d good one in young Foreman. The l youngstcr has done well in every game but one which he has pitched for them. l Tho cruciblc in which he will be tried is the 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 the 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 position to l 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 \
 bly, to try new pitchers. If some good judge of young players, who is also capa
 bio of giving instruction and advice, would | open a training school or baseball academy l next winter he might make considerable
 money and be the means of supplying [
 long felt want in National league circles.
 The season of 1895 will be memorable
 for several surprises in the pitching circles
 of tho National league. First is the return
 to duty of John MoMahon and the appar
 ont restoration of his pitching arm aftel
 nearly one year of disability. He injured
 it in August of last year md never pitched
 another game until Aug. of this year
 when he went into tho points and shut th' Washingtuns out. When the injury %
 cured, McMahon was engaged in a fgh i and was hit on an elbow with bottle
 Tho report was that two small muscles
 were cut loose ut that point, and the gen
 eral belief was that tho great pitchers pro fessionI1l Iifo was over. His return to effect i've work nt this late day, when good pitch nrs Ars As rnFa as rubissi inugt De iooke'