The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-07-05
THEY LET THE REMNANT GO.
AND PREFER TO GET A TEAM TO-
GETHER FOR THE SEASON OF
1896.
BATTING
SCIENCE.
why Burkett, Hamilton, Keeler and
Childs Land So Many Balls
Safely.

E0W AOih, July base bail In Phil
adelphia Is as unsettled as the mind of
q summer girl or as the weather In
March. In the early spring all eyes
were centered upon the Quaker team,
and but for the experience Of other
years they would, by their initatory
work, have become favorites in the
pennant race. Every one, however, re-
membered the In and out playing of
the team during former seasons and
the wise observer said. Wait The walt
was not so long this year as FORMERLY.
for the break came a little earlier TIN n
usual From the work of a forniada BE
candidate for pennant honors the
Phillies fell off to form which IL main
tanned would nearly land them at the
bottom Of the column before the sea-
son ends.
1t IS no surprise, therefore, that the
owners and managers Of the club have
nnally made up their minds to reor-
ganize the team;to weed out and trans
plant. Individually the PHILADELPHIA
team is very strong: collectively 1t is
weak. When a body Of players passes
through several successive seasons
without doing much good for the club.
the most sensible policy Is to reorga-
nize, weed out and inject new blood. In
many cases star players represent the
Iauit and should be disposed Of. Bos-
ton round it's team growing useless last
year on account of internal discussions
which would not heal. The club. there
fore, got rid of Nash and MCCARTHY
The indications are that the pruning
process was not close enough.
BOSTON attended, ~
between seasons. Philadelphia is drfv-
en- TO 1t in midseason. President Lin
coin sounded warning against swap
ping horses while crossing a stream.
put every case has its exception, and I
presume the Philadelphia club people
are Justlned In the radical course they
have recently taken up.
+ AFTER a series of disappointments
running through several years. where
oy their team has raised their patrons
70 the pinnacle Of hope only to plunge
them into the mire Of disappointment
the club officials have given up their
Ialtn IN the collection of players and
nave decided to reorganize in medals
res. They frankly Acknowledges that
they surrender all expectation of win
ming this years pennant and realize
that by maintaining their present team
tney have little to hope for In the fu
ture. They accordingly begin to trim
Tor future championships. Old PLAYERS
VINO stump annually just when their
services are most needed will be ex-
changed for. new material, and a re-
organized team Of Phillies will be in
the Held before August IN ,a,i.tg
Bitter as may be the thought, OF abah-
doning the 1896 fight before II is hair
over, the clubs patrons must acknowl-
edge the wisdom of. the course a5onted
by the management It is heroic nolicv
and proves the stability of professional
base ball and of the National lea ene
When club looks ahead several wears
and by so doing makes Immediate sac.
rlnces, 1t announces to the world that
Its business has permaEe ncy.
some OF the players who will be ex-
changed by thes Philadelphians may do
much better with other clubs and in
other cities. 1t Is the experience Of
oaseDau managers that players often
lose their usefulness by too much serv
Ice for one club. Change Of place fire.
Quently renews a players declining
abilities. In any case the reorganiza-
ton policy Of the Philadelphia club
will be watched with much interest.
The plan was successfully worked by
the Washington club, which since 1891
has gradually replaced it's old players
until only two of them, Maui and Ma
guire, remain. The result has been a.
success.
The remarkably playing Of Second
Baseman Childs Of the Cleveland club
calls to mind that very few men who
were inclined to fattiness ever made
good ball players. Childs is probably
the best example of the exceptions,
though Cartwright. Clements, Griffin
and Lyons may be classed with him in
lesser degree. Briody, Lew Brown and
a few other old timers made reputa-
lions Oh the diamond in spite of their
fat
Those players who are inclined to
acquire overweight OF soft tissue dur
ing the winter never last long. The
annual training off Is bound to tell in a
few years, and they thereby lose their
usefulness. The other extreme Is In.
nearly the same predicament. Your
lanky, long, skinny player can stand
the strain Of training less than the fat
fellow. He is too apt to overtrain.
which is not an infrequent result
among league players. Sullivan of the
Philadelphia oyertrained last year and
had to be sent to the seashore to re-
cuperate before ne was able to do his
natural work on the team
It is the brawny, large boned, coarse
muscled man, like Jennings, Arson, Te-
beau, Thompson, Delehanty, LANCE.
Herman, Davis, Lachance, Long, Mil
Ter, Conner, Beckley ard Joyce. who
trains into condition most easily and
last longest. With them may be classed
the short, wiry man of the Keller,
Dahlen, Burke, Shoch, Mercer, Hoy.
Hamilton, McGraw build Overtrain-
ing is particularly common among the
skinny players, and probably to that
cause can be traced the reason for SO
many men like Whitney and Sullivan
dying from consumption.
1t is reported that Arson wants to
bet $500 to 500 that he will play ball
until his club wins the league pennant.
Rumor also has it that no Spectator
in chance has been found with courage
to cover the bet. If this be true, 1t
shows how firm is the popular belief
that possibly third generation may
enjoy Uncle Adrian's antics upon the
ball field. Between Anson's perennial
youth and his success In developing
star ball players he seems to have some
grounds for his proffered wager, but
scarcely at that margin possibly there
is general reluctance to tempt the
old man by a desire to save him $500
to remain on the diamond another
quarter Of century.
Arson Is not losing any Of his spir
itual fire If he Ia getting bit stiff In