The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-07-10
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adent that they VIII yet attain a high
position. Ny pitchers have been
batted hard. - many other good ones
have been knocked out OF the box Il
% the young pitchers who are getting
away with the games ] shall have
some more youngsters to put In. I
feel confident that the New Yorks will
beat out many teams and regain the
confidence Of local enthusiasts. have
never made a public statement IN re-
gard TO Rusle's case. I have allowed
myself 70 be severely and unjustly crit
iciscd. knowing that I will be upheld
when the matter Is fully understood.
! am much pleased over the letters I
have received oomplimenting me on
the stand I have taken The club
stands In the same position with Rusie
now as Il has from the hrat II will
not recede from It's stand one lota The
question Of money does not figure; It
Is the principle ] am fighting for"
The Peoria 0lD Herald has offered
a prize cup to be contested for by two
Of the clubs Of the Western association
OF baseball teams at the end OF the reg
ular season. Tho clubs 10 contest are
the two highest. and a series Of games
viii be arranged between them. The
cup. a picture Of which is given here. Is
Of silver. beautifully engraved. and Is
10 be contested for at the end Of
each season.
4 correspondent writes 10 ask again
a question which has puzzled the base
ball authorities since first the national
game began. He wants TO know
which are. according to history. the
best baseball players. iat men. lean
men. tall men or short mem" A brief
and appropriate answer to the question
might well be. "All OF them. for men
Of every size and type have played ball
In the National League with vast sue
cess. Il may be remarked. however.
that with Just one exception the great
men OF baseball have been physical
giants as well as playing marvels.
Their have been four men In baseball
whose names will ever be placed on a
pinnacle above all the rest OF the
throughout men who tower pre-eml-
nenuy above the common herd. and
those four men we're Arson. Kelly.
Ward and Ewing Kelly Is dead.
Ward has left the game. Ewing has
sunk far from his old time glory. An
son Is aged and declining toward re-
tirement But nowhere in the base
ball world OF today are their successors
TO be found-nowhere In all the list OF
players are such men. such generals.
such masters Of the game as they were
In their prime. And Of these four
three we're physical giants. Ward
alone Is OF but medium size. although
compact and well knit in every line.
Arson Is gigantic. Kelly was big and
heavy. Ewing must weigh 200 pounds.
These three big men. be Il noted. were
heavy and chunky In proportion TO
their stature. Old chronicles OF twcn-
ty-fye years ago record the fact that
Arson. then but a youth. weighed iS5
pounds. and none can recall a time
when Ewing or Kelly was sylphllke In
his proportions OF course there have
been many cases OF slender men be-
coming FAT and heavy under the bene-
hclal outdoor exercise and the'good liv-
Ing OF the profession. Amos Rusle
was a slim Hoosier boy when he threw
his FIRST National League ball across
the plate down IN indianapolis seven
years ago Amos weighed 265 pounds
the other day When Bill Brown. the
catcher, came east from California. he
was as slender as the proverhial rail.
When Bill Brown said farewell to the
big league forever he was a moving
mountain.
Among the players OF the present
season who are OF remarkable bulk
height. weight and girt all considered
Cartwright Of Washington Is away the
most gigantic. Yet he Is a great base
runner and extremely agile. Others
who are along the six-foo; line and yet
broad and bulky are Arson. Thornton
Lange and Eyeritt Of Chicago. Farrell
Zearfoss. W. Clark. and Meekln Of New
York. Common OF ST. Louis la Chance
OF Brooklyn. Tucker and Stivetts Of
Boston. Brouthers and Thompson OF
Philadelphia and Beckloy Of Pittshurg
In the olden days the great batters
were always Of this class; latterly
shorter men have led the batting. like