The evening times., 1896-04-07
1W|RlERS OF the LEAGUE
Interesting Resume Of Strong
and Weak Men in Each Club.
SENATORS ARE WELL FIXED
AS Strong AS Ever, While
Clevelnnd's Chances Are Enhanced.
by The Addition of Cham mberlain.
Philadelphia Looks AS Though an
Improvement Has Been Made.

The various managers OF the national
League teams have had a reasonably fair
inspection of the spring crop OF young
pitchers, and the wceding-out process will
commence in very short while. Every
manager will realize that when he begins TO
let this and that man go he may make
fatal error, and NATURAL iiy he is very cautious
III INA king his selection.
Washington'S pitchers are in good con
dition, and the work OF Mercer, Maui and
Anderson last year makes them certainties.
The younger men are all strong, and the
chances are that none will lie released.
Anscn has nine twiriers, and he is now
wrestling with the work OF reducing the
number. Griffith and Terry are dead
sure of their jobs, and it looks as If the
Grand Old Man will keep Thornton, Friend
and Briggs. If he makes this selection lie
will have a pitching corps less dreaded in
reputation than the stafis of New York or
Cleveland, hut n marvel for quiet, coOi,
effective game winning.
None OF Baltimore's new men seems to he
anything remarkable, and the champions
viii go on thcir last years twiriers. They
are good enough. Anybody could win with
the OrioIe fielders and battcrs behind
them. and Hoffcr and McMahon are good
enough pair to gather many a flag.
OUAKERS HAVE FIVE GOOD ONES.
Puiladclphia has for years been great AT
the bat and pitirully weak in the box, 1t
looks now as II tie Qua kers had at last col
lccted winning pitchers, for Taylor. McGill
and Carscy are all strong, with sluEgers 10
back them, and Orth was the best of all the
last fall. The
team has also a flrst-ciaSs ieit-handcr III
Inks late of Louisville.
Cleveland has chance of having the
very best pitching outfit in the business, or
The second best, in last years trio-Cuppy.
Young and Wallace. The prospects OF IN
movement rest on Chamberlain. With the
latter in tie form he showed with The old
St. Louis Browns and Young and Cuppy up
To their regular standard, there Is no Ciuh
in the League quite as powerful.
Nichols, as ever. must do tine heavy work
for Boston, with Stivctts ror second. There
are four other pitchers with Boston, none
appar arcnlly of more han mediocre caliher
BroobIvn has four fair hu, not marvellous
men of a smooth, evenly balanced quality
Stein. Kennedy, Danb aud Gunibert. Much
ofBrookiyn' shopesdependo on adevclopmcn'
of skill in one "f the three younger men
carried by the team, all of whom, however,
have been for years in minor leagues and
never done anything wonderful.
PITTSBURG'S STRONG TRIO.
Pi;tsburg. with Hawlcy and Killen for al
ternates. is strong. A good third pitcher,
however, is always useful, and little Johnny
Foreman will hardly do for that RESPONSE
biIty The Cranks therefore, louk for Goar,
the Terre Haute man, and yearn to see Inn
become the wonder Of the year.
New York. the dispatches and the Gotham
papers clearly show Is no longer Dragging
about the terrible destruction To be caused
by RuSie and Meckln. They were about as
valuable last season as a pair OF minor
league cast.offs and the touEh-faccd Clarke
was better than either. These three. u
course. are the bcs; Of the Giants for 1896.
Irwin saws that some OF the shoal OF young
sters he has on tap will do well, especially
one-Bowcn of Indiana.
Cincinnati is not ut all lady fixed for
boxmcn with Phincs and Dwyer in coed
shape while Fisher is ap, to do very well.
The Reds can be counted dangerous In this
department, If not i'll any Other
ST. Louis had awav the best OF It's vanouS
trades and can, with any sort of good
feeling among the playe make warm
fight with Breirenstein, Hart and Parrott
all doing well.
Louisville has q good outfit of young
men. Frazer, Smith, Cunningham, Clau-
sen. Mcpermott and McCrcary are all prob
| lcmatical. but all seem to have proper stuff
| In them for strong pitchers.
The lcf-handers or TIE leaGue-thaf is,
| those likely from the showing up TO date TO
| hold their jobs-numbcr twelve: Thornton,
| Friend, Espcr. Inks. McGnl. Payne. killen.
| Foreman, Bowen, Brci,enstein, Smith and
! Clauspn