The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-05-22
WILLIE HUTCHINSON.


louisville club, TO whom baseball profits
for some years have been as strange and
unknown quantities, announce that they
have money TO burn as an Offering to the
gods IL a good winning pitcher be sent to
them. Brooklyn's magnates stand ready
with bank roll in hand to pay for the
needed article and Baltimorc's champions
would mortgage their entire team TO secure
a man capable Of filling John McMahon's
shoes
But the market Is almost barren. Not
one Of tho 30 or more youngsters drafted
from tho minor leagues by the National
league has up TO this date shown an abil-
ity TO go to the front and stay there. Con-
slant indulgence and plenty Of opportuni-
ties may send few of them to the goal,
but while they are being whipped into
winning form their respective clubs are
suffering reverses and IL Is the seasoned,
assured article for which the clubs are
looking Right in the face Of this dearth
of good pitchers comes tho lamentable
news that John Taylor's arm Is so badly
injured that he may never pitch again III
IL be true, and he, as well as Mcmahon,
goes upon the permanent disabled list,
baseball will have suffered another disas-
trous blow, for he was just coming into
tho rare class with Rusie, Meekin, Hawley
and Nichols
Where, then, may the major clubs look
for new pitching talent IL the minor
leagues fail themf Perhaps the colleges
may turn out the required article in small
proportions. Some fine pitchers have come
from the university clubs. Men like Stagg,
Carter, Hutchison and Avery have shown
their abilities TO stand In the first rank.
Of ha (thinnun Ia
the only college pitcher OF prominence
who ever tried to earn n place with the
leading professionals and succeeded, but I
have no doubt that Stagg, Avery and Car
ter would have boon just rs successful had
they consented TO entor the professional
ranks Hutchison in his time took of his
cap TO none of them aud even now he is
not a back number. His work for Anson
this season has been much improved over
his rather poor showing in 1894.
was ono of the first who endoavorod to
get Hutchison into the professional ranks.
In the eighties he was clcrkiDg for rail
road company at Cedar Rapids, Ia, and
there sought him for the purpose of per
suading him TO pitch for the Cincinnatis,
but he resisted the tempting offer. Anson
later on succeeded where failed, and vii.
lie Joined the Chicagos where he has ever
since been the star of the Colts in the pitch
ing department.
Two more university pitchers will be
tried by the National league this season.
Sexton of Brown by the Bostons and Bos-
well of the University of Pennsylvania by
the Now Yorks Tho latter has already
mado his maiden efforts and has done
we'll After Mcekin was knocked out Of
the box at Louisville Boswell relieved him
and in six innings held the Colonels down
60 two hits and gave only two bases on
balls. In that little time he showed mar
velous courage, good control and the pos
session Of Jump" ball which Is rare
article In trade for any pitcher. His work
against the heavy battors OF the Pittsburg
team on May II was also very creditable.
Eleven hits were made off his delivery, but
the New Yorks got l3 or Killen and Col
colough and won tho game.
Boswell, like most college pitchers uses
extraordinary motions while delivering the
ball. Carter's unique delivery is very COM
monplace in comparison. When the Penn
sylvanian delivers the ball, the entire right
leg from the knee To the toe lies on the
ground, and his two long neither limbs are
almost continuous straight lines parallel
with the course Of the ball.
While Fanny Davenport was In Cincin-
natl she created some furor in baseball
circles by making public comparison of
baseball playing and stage acting. She
called tho latter "noble art" and olasscd
ball playing as splendid sport" Tho
cause that drew this classification from
Gismonda's pen was misunderstand-
ing which arose between members OF her
company and some Of the Cincinnati clubs
players The Davenport artists had asked
for recognition at the gates Of the Cincln-
natl hall park and got IT, but when the
"splendid sports" applied Mt the doors OF
Fanny's theater the following night they
were turned down md cast out-in other