The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1895-05-19

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PITCHER T. b. COLCoLOUGI, PITTSBuRG
n,orcs were tho first TO experience that Bit
ter dose and the Phillics tho first to ad-
minister 1t. Tho Brooklyns repeated tho
prescription for tho Orioles later on, and
then tho Phillios turned thoir attention to
Now York's Giants.
That memorable gamo at PHILADELPHIA
on the 4th inst. has probably no parallel
l have boon u constant attendant upon
National league games ever since that
body was organized, nearly 20 years ago.
and l can recall no contest which will
match the ono above referred to In q mat
ter of climax and the attending dclirium
OF enthusiasm. In the first place. the as
scmblcd spectators numbered nearly 60
600 persons, and the climax came their
way. In tho next place. 1t was worked ND
against the greatest pitcher who ever stood
In the middle of the diamond, and bar
nonc--Amos Rusic. Should Rusic find
the spring of eternal youth and maintain
his present powers 80 years doubt whcth-
CT that wonderful ninth inning could DO
repeated ut his expense
With the score to 3 in New York's ia
vor, tho Phillies, taking their last turn ut
bat, worked in scvon runs and won the
gamo. 1t was not bad pitching either that
EaYo tho seven runs. Tho veteran Farrell
told mo that Rusic never pitched n better
inning nor used such good Judgment on
every ball he put over the plate. He be-
licvcd the big man had not made n thco-
rctical mistake in that inning, but that a
streak of wonderfully lucky batting rs
sisted by only ono error, rolled up that
block of seven runs.
Then Mcckin met with similar recon
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though the margin was not so wide to be
overcome. A day later still the Bostons
fell upon Won der Ahc's Browns in tho
eighth inning and looted them of their
lnurels by making seven runs in II bunch
1t Is this nervous uncertainty that makes
baseball so much of II noble rage
10 this dato there Is not much promise
among tho new pitchers the National
Tongue drafted from the minor professional
clubs. Tho Bostons seemed sure they had
prize In Wilson, but the New Yorks and
st. Louis BROWNS both knocked him ont.
The New Yorks did tho same to Smith of
the Phillics and to tho Cincinnatis' Phil
lips. The promise is good for a conflrIna
ton OF my earlier predictions that out of
the 30 conScripts probably not half n dozen
will find permanent bcrths In the National
league.
Tho pitching talent of the country seems
to DO on the wane Men like Calvin
Kocfc, Welsh Ferguson, Whitney Nc
Mahon, Goldsmith, Corcoran, Nolan, Nc
Cormick and II dozen more who within the
last score OF years wcre called great have
passed away, and today tho first class
pitchers can be counted OH tho fingers OF
two hands and nre not plentiful enough to
go around the National league circuit II a
distribution were made Of ono to q club.
Having failed to find new stars, man
ayers have turned their attention to patch
Ing up the old ones.
The Pittsburg's are once more cncour-
aged in the belief that Colcolough, tho
man who spells his name one way and
pronounces it another, IS u rcgcncrated
wonder. am not so sure Tint he is, but
III u recent game against the Brooklyns he
ned that strolsS batting team down to four
hts, which at this season of the wear is n
crcditablc performance.
Colcolough Is u southcrner His home
is in Charleston, S. c.. where no learned
TO play as an amateur. In 1898 the Pitts
burg club purchased his release and he
moved north. Since that time he has tfono
rather unsatisfactory work and was in
partial suspension last year. 1t Is barely
possible that he may give the Pittsburgs
TINS year the value of the money they paid
80 -'AS ASASt'oS WV COlCOlOuPh'S
most notable work was done in 1893 ON
June 3d. when he shut out the Montpom-
cry team without "a hit.
The Pittsburg club secured one of tho
League stars when they got Hawlcy for
Ehrct from St Louis. Hart whom thcv
secured from the Western league, is not n
young blood, but he has given Manager
Mack much hope by holding the Cincin-
natis down to one hit. The trouble with
Hart, however, is that he is an in and out
pitcher.
The announcement is finally made that
McMahon's arm is permanently injured.
That removes one of the four or five pitch
ers at the very head of the profession. Base
ball suffers n great loss in the retirement
of Mcmahon.
The Baltimores have also turned n noted
player loose. Dan Brouthcrs, in his prime,
was probably the greatest batsman the Ma
tional league ever produced But he grew
old. Ago, the enemy of all ball PLAYERS.
sent him TO the bench, and younger star
is filing his place upon the Baltimore
team. Lachancc, who stands in Brouthcrs'
Brooklyn trucks, IS coming star. and
Baltimorc's Carey has already turned tho
Old mans picture to the wall AS one star
sets another flashes out upon the baseball.
horizon u u C.vrop