The morning times., 1896-08-24

importuned for one just for a sample: ..wai
until the frost falls and bah players becoin
as scarce as angels in ttske parts. Thei
III help you out by telling you n ooluns
fun every day" Ted looks lis fine as
| fiddle and says he made raont.y out of III,
Atlantic League II e has formed no plan
for next season. ! hrs
Charlie Comiskey, the ex-king st. Louis
Brown stocking, who is nawIVwner, man
ager and captain OF the 81. Paul club, OF
the Western League, said " his team
/ after its recent slump from first To fourth
place: '.rve got the rankest' lot OF quit.
ters that the Lord ever allowed to step
on a ball field. 1 never Aadoia team Of
! baseball players go back on me the way
or stamina enough to last tAeI1 over night.
| and they haven't as much heart as a
flea. They are regular quIlters, and they
| laid down on me in the most miserable
| fashion on that trip" 7.----
Dave FOutz corrects few stories. He
| sa VS.: I'm the first place, instead of being
| more than $4,000 ahead Of the races this
year, am $3.50 behind on four bets-aII /
have placed. Then these stories that there
is trouble between Captain Griffin and .me
are elaborated out OF nothing He has
charge OF the team on the field, and at
other times. And to the story that aspire
to be Western League magnate 1 only
can say, 'Rats!' l am under contract TO
the Brooklyn club, and until that contract
expires for good / have nothing else on
hand. Every time 20 to Pittsburg i..ad
in the papers that am to be reIea sed, but
somehow or other the Pittsburg stories
have never been corroborated." ..as
o. P. P.~CaylOr says in the PHILADELPHIA
Press: The Tebeau case has probably
served one COOL end. 1t has broken up the
Byrne, Brush, Robson, Won der Abe com.
bine. Those four men in the past have
succeeded in taking with them on most
measures Stuckey, Kerr, Wagner aud Won
derhorst. and We're thus enabled to dicta te
nearly all OF the legislation OF the league
against the interests OF the four great cities
OF the circuit-Cbicago, Philadelphia,
New York and Boston. I think RObison's
late treason has completely opened the
eyes OF the allies. 1t is as certain as the
laws OF science that neither Stuckey nor
Kerr Will any longer be influenced by any
ring TO which this 'exposer of league rot
tenness' belongs. As for Wagner, there
can be no doubt. Heis done with tba { dan
gerous clique for all time, and vonderhorst
will stand with the ma jority.'
Our neighbors would, no doubt, rather
lose TO any club in the League than Patsy's
Spiders, and that they were beaten 20 in
gioriously by the Cleveland aggregation
last Saturday renders the candOr OF the
loilowiDg from yesterdays Baltimore Her
aid positively refreshing. Patsy Tebeau
and his Hannaites came to town yesterday
and in the afternoon took a game from
Baltimore. Nemcs is never haunted
guilty wretch with more untiring per
tnacity than the Cleveland hoodoo dis
plays in its relentless pursuit OF the cham
pioDs. The Spiders have been compara-
lively easy OF late, but no sooner do they
shy their castor into the ring with the
Orioles than at once they brace up and
play like fieDds. 1t was the old Old story
Cuppy was in the box and the champions
were hypDotized from the start. Cuppy
has always been Baltimore's Jonah, and
is, W ithout doubt, the most effective
twirier in the League against the Orioles
The boys seemed to be paralyzed when
they faced him and handled the stick
like old women! They mHde but seven
hits off his delivery and BFodie made
three OF these. Four innings in success
sion they went out in one, two, three
order without getting a man en- first. 1t
looked a little bit as If the boys had made
up their minds that they could not hit
Cuppy before they stepped up to the plate
On the other hand the Spiders had on
their batting clothes, and uncorked an
entirely new vintage OF base hits. They
hit the ball early and often. and got in their
full vote long before the polls closed.''
Underneath a splendid picture of Al
Selbach, Washington's great fielder, the
st. Louis Sporting News OF last week
printed the Following sketch of the Ger
man Ambassador" "Ai. C. Selbach the
clever outfelder OF the Washington club
was born at Columbus, o., on March 4.
1872. Helearncdtop pla ball irihis boyhood
days and became SO proficient that he was
elected captain of the strongest amateur
team OF h is native city. Under his manage
ment this team toured the State OF Ohio,
pl aging the leading professional teams.
Among those they met was the Columbus
Association team. and in that game young
Selbach showed up so well that Manager
Schmelz tried to sign him. Young Seibach's
parents would not allow him to play pro-
fessiohal ball until he became of age. but In |
1898, Manager SchmelZ, who had kept his |
eye on him in the meantime, engaged him |
as catcher for the Chattanooga club, OF |
the Southern League, with which he did |
such excellent work as n catcher and batter.
that Manager Schmelz. to whom the man. |
agement of the Washington club, of the |
National League, had been rendered at the |
close OF the season of 1893, decided to take |
him withhim, and in 1894 Sebach made his |
first appearance in fast company. The |
youngster played shortstop and the outfield |
for the Senators during 1894, but has since |
then been the regular left fielder of the I
Washington club. Selbach's batting aver
age with the Chattanooga team in 1888 |
was ESQ. In 1894 he took part in ninety.
six games with the Washington club. and |
batted at .3O9 clip. having twenty-three
stolen bases to his credit. His fielding |
percentage as shortstop in seventeen games
was .s1S, and as an outfielder 1924 in
in seventy-six games. In 1895 he par
IN 129 games. stole thirty bases
and had batting average OF 1924. His /
fielding record was .914. He is regarded |
as one OF the most valuable pla yers in the
profession, and IL his release were for sale
the Wagners,could realize a large sum for
his services. His habits are exemplary and
he is always In condition to play. He led
one of Columbus fairest daughters to the
altar last fall"