Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-07-24
cAYLoR's BALL GOSSIP.
The Reorganization Of tho Tickle PhiIIies
Patrons Have Lost Patience.

Baseball in Philadelphia Is as unsettled
as the mind Of n summer girl or a. thu
weather In March. In tho early spring
all eyes were ccntercd upon the Quaker
team, and but for the experience Of other
years they would, by their initiatory
work, have become favorites in the pen
nant race Every one, however, remem-
bcrcd the in and out playing Of the team
during former seasons and the wise OBJ
ecrvcr said, Wait. The wait was not so
long this year rs formerly, for the break
came little earlier than usual. From
the work Of formidable. candidate for
pennant honors the Phillies fell off TO form
which If maintained would nearly land
them at the bottom Of the column before
the season ends.
1t is no surprise, therefore, that tho
owners and managers of the club have
finally made up their minds to rcorganize
the team; 10 weed out and transplant. In
dividually tic Philadelphia team is very
strong; collectively it is weak. When
n body Of players passes through several
successive seasons without dang much
good for the club, the most sensible policy
Is to rcorgarizc weed out and inject new
blood. In many cases star players repre-
b'it WV anu SliptAiu IN OlSlHJStu u
Boston found its team growing useless last
year on cccount of internal Discussions
which would not heal. The club, there
fore, got rid of Nash and Mccarthy. The
indications ire that the pruning process
was not Close enough
Boston attended TO It's reorganization be-
tween Seasons Philadelphia is driven to
it in midseason. President Lincoln sound
Cd -, uf r..r4r,
while crossing IA stream, but every case
has its exception, and presume the Phil
adclphia club people are justified in the
radical course they have recently taken up.
After series of disappointments run
ming through several years, whereby their
team has raised their patrons 10 the pin
nacle Of hope only 70 plunge them into the
miro Of disappointment, the club officials
have given up their faith in the collection
OF players and have decided 20 rcorganize
ia mcdias res. They frankly acknowledge
that they surrender all expectation Of win
ming this year pennant ard realize that
by maintaining their present team they
have little to hope for in the future. They
accordingly begin 10 trim for future
championships. Old players who slump
annually just when their services are most
needed viii leexchangcd for new material
and = rccrgarized team Of Phillies viii be
in the field before August
Bitter as may he the thought of abandon
ing the 1896 fight before it is half over, the
clubs patrons must acknowledge the wis
dom Of the course adopted by the manage
mcnt II IL heroic policy and proves the
stability Of professional baseball and Of tho |
National league. When club looks ahead |
several yc-rs and by doing so makes i'm |
mediate sacl ices. it announces to the world |
that its business has pcrmanency.
Some Of the players who viii be ex-
changed by G Philadelphi2s may do much !
better with . her clubs and in other cities
1t is the experience of baseball managers
that players often lose their usefulness by
too much service for one club. Change Of
place frequently renews players declin-
ing abilities. In any casc the reorGaniz-
ing policy Of the Philadelphia club will be
watched with much interest. The plan
was successfully worked by Sc Washing
ton club, which since 1891 has gradually
replaced its old players until only two Of
them, Maui and Mcguire, remain. The re-
suit has been quite a success.
The remarkable playing of Second Base
man Childs of the Cleveland club calls to