The evening times., 1896-08-29
SOME GOOD BALL PLAYERS
Fast Ones Wh) Broke Into the
League Within Two Years.
MANY YOUNGSTERS TRIED
Fared Better Than Any
Other Teum-Philadeiphi aud New
York Had Plenty 10 Select From,
and But One or Two Proved Good
Enough for Fast Company.

The young players of the National league,
TO Judge from the work done up to the pres
enL twilight of the years campaign, have
done better than might have been expected
of them. SoGie ZEAL gems seem 10 have
been discovered, and the number of young
phenoinenous who have fallen by the way
side is comparatively small. Many oil the
youngsters have shown really remarkable
science and activity; some corkins good
bascmen have been dug up from the minor
leagues, and Il Few very fair pitchers.
WashmStonhas been muresucccssful with
its youngsters this year tnan any other cub;
McJamcs, who started last season, has de-
veioTed into "a nist-ciass twiricr, and bids
fair 10 be second Nichols. Norton, who
was recently secured from the Southern
Leagug, has shown wonderful improvement
under the kind help of Maui, King and Aicr.
Ger. silver Kings resurrection was one
OF the iinds. Lush has more than iui-
filled expectations. Rogers, who was
traded 10 Louisville, is another example OF
the good iudginentof the Senatorial niauase-
mcmt IN selecting young players, while
DeMnntreyille is showing the er1ects of his
first full years seasoning i'll tile big League,
and promises 10 lie Il top-notchcr next year.
McCIulcy is not regarded as fast enough,
but is Il fine young player. But the great
! est lind, perhaps, is Harvey Smith, who is
covering third base in u ibauncr that daZzles
the old-timcrs.
ANsoN HAS A FEW.
With Anson's team, Mccormick, whc -
, playing his FIRST year in FAST company las
| Shown enough skill as Il !!clGcr 20 warrant
ls...
feeble batting precludes the possibility
OF his succeeding any regular pla yer. Briggs
seems To be a sure future pitching star.
Boston has a college pitcher named Lewis,
| who shows rudiGcpts OF skill; Il catcher
named Bergen. WHO has shown UP as right
| in linc with National League requirements,
and Mccain. the new second haseman. i..c-
| Gam Is, properly speaking. a two-ycar C=l,
| AS he WAS with Louisville most OF last sea
| son. He seems TO lie rocd batter, but
only secoLG-elass fielder.
Philadelphia has tried a small army of
| youngsters, but keeps only few. Shortstop
! Gallagher appears TO be fairly strong;
| Mertes. tie strong man, who played center
| for two months, is still on the payroll, but
| did not show enough strength at the lat 10
| stick; HulcD, WHO covered short most .
the season, is also sitting on the bench ard
the club has two fine young playcrsin Gcier
| and Lajoic, Tie latter making a rafting
| coed first bascmaD.
| Cleveland has but two novelties and
neiti.er Of them are given much OF a show
McAnister and Geer
| HASTINGS A GOOD ONE.
Pittsburg has Hughey, pitcher who was
| in fast Company three years ago and is
doing quite well; Hastings, another
young pitcher of ability, and Padden, who
| fills LOUIS Bierbauer's shoes very accepta-
bly,.
Jones of Brooklyn is about the best dis
| coycry of the year. He is a superb fielder
and kills the ball. Payne, the Brooklyn left
handler, has proved himself as good as any
southpaw in the League.
Fraser, who is pitching for Louisville,
las Won most OF the Colonels' few v.-tori .
Rogers and Cassidy are both fine first basc
men, Rogers being the better hitter, and the
Virginia league additions, Dolan and Pick
ering, have helped the club to some extent.
Excepting for the return OF Irwin TO fast
company, Cindnnau's pay roll is hare oi
new COmers. Donnelly, who was in the
League many years ago, has done finely
with Baltimore.
| New York found good catcher in Zear
foss, wild young pitcher in Seymour and
Il fair aliround man in Connaughton, who
however, had been among the big fellows
before
Meyers, the st. Louis third baseman: Nc
Farland, the Browns splendid backsiop
and dtheirredheadedp pitcher, Donahuc. h. =.
done very well.
REAL PRIZE WINNERS.
The real prize winners OF the year, how
ever, have bee II the men who broke into iii,
League last year at varying periods IRON
the start To the last few weeks OF the cam
paign. These men have proven the hes
members OF many OF the teams. Such ~,
DoDaliue, Ever.tt and Friend. OF Chicago
what could Anson do without them?-an,
Collins, Dolan and Sullivan, OF Boston.
Ortiz, Of Philadelphia. dawned upon tn
public last fall; Harry Davis, now will
Pittsburg, came in at the finish last year
Wright, of the same club, made his deDu
last summer: Lush and DeMontrevlie hai
tryout in the big crowd last season: Bur
rell sat on the bench for Brooklyn a yea
ago; McCreary started in as a pitcher 70
Louisville last season; Clingman was i'm
ported by Pittsburg yea rago Joe Corbett
of Baltimore. first tried his hand last fal
and liOffer, the Orioles champion pitcher
never saw the big League before 1896
Little Johnny Foreman, the left-hander
came into prominence last summer. "Bi,l
Clark, New York's first baseman, and TIN
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