The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-03-01
REVIEW
OF SPORT
EXents TRANSMITTING During
the Past Weols and to Trans
Glre. with Comments on Wen
known Affiliate.
Known Athletes.

p,ohship prospects the Orioles and Oliver
| a. iepeaus chronological hustlers
OF the fans, '''''''S
trunk de Haas Robson, tho Spiders
president who was In Washington a few
mcehs ago, forecasted the opinion that his
oP'uers would next season dim the hurnish
! oi the oriole feathers. And Frank Sole.
suys inc bean demolishers Will also trine
WIN 'he pluniage CT Hanlons ornithoiog-
icai outfit. The Ptttsburg captain. with
'he Undertaking and emerald-hued tito
or McGillicuddy. affects to believe that the
| Smoketown Captain Kids will hurl Han
| IONS blrdlings from their eminenco. And
the Phillies predict that they Will awake
the sepuchral echoes of the stationary
burg OF Brotherly Love by plucixing the
! Hanlon plumage.
| Little Arthur Irwin actually makes SO
| bold as TO vow that the Giants have n
| lively chance to lop the peacock pride of
| that obstrcperous bantam, Mugsy McGraw
| Deacon Brodie. Iiughey jennings and the
other "chance blows" of the Hanlon gal
| axy
| Tor Pat Tebcau said OF the Orioles:
| THAT'S chance blow outfit. They are
| not or Hanlon's picking. of course they
are good hustlers. but Harion was playing
In pure luck In getting his team in the
| nick of time"
Il
| Anything to beat Baltimore" is the cry
OF every team In tho to,,r,o h,r,t,. ,h,
o,, ~,
Y'''''' '''ei'''e''cs' III iac' daniohs pirds
ore marks for lot OF wing shots. Even
, the Swedish living, Adrian Arson. nosos
as the winner of the next pcnnant. Put
| Anse poses sir ilarly every year Hos only
| Ansc.
A resume of the situation . .,ve nm p,
the pennant prospects at this early sinro
IS IKE unto a peep through the wrong end
rahoo,,,s
! the Baltlmorcs next season ts hal,,, l,s,or.
cd 10 by the fans with more respectful con
sideration than the claims of Arthur Irwin.
| John /. Rogers. Frank Selee and Connio
| Mack. For last season, as everyone knows
! the Spiders met with not even n tolerahlc
| share of luck. while the Orioles received
| perpetual smiles from Dame Fortune, de-
| spite the fact that Hanlon claims he would
| nave won the pennant far easier II Me-
| Mahons arm had remained In pitching CON
dition through the season. TO offset the
loss of Mcmahon the orioles played in UNI
usual good luck by securing Hotter. prac-
| iHdllN ny fHfnFi'. through inc rec 0nllnHII-
| alton Of Jack Chapman. Were It not for
! Hofer where would the Orioles have land
| ed? surely not at the zenith of the lad
| der. Tcbeau lost numerous games by tho
aggfavating nuke of one run. His team
| played tho most artistic bali last season.
| For the campaign of &c he is fully as
| strong In every position, and is even
stronger in the box, IL a new minor league
| twrlcr that rcbeau has faith in reaches
| q no "a
III
| Baltimore hiss a gap in the ace spot q
| tho aia,pond rIosrer will rrohah,,, ho oo,l
|
'' WI " w '"' "''" VI INV '"''n's "s"i'St
stages. McMahon's case is puzzling, and
| the general impression Is that he has los t
| his speed; that he will have TO depend on
q SLOW Dali. win no possibility OF an CT
na1 C,ariie,s Vi sld ~ ha,, ,,.s oro,,,.o .,s
so was lack Clarkson's after lack lost MIS-
| sneed but II remains 10 he seen whc,nor
| Mcmahon can fool the batsmen nv feeding
| them n n snairs pace.
Hanlon is laughing IN his sleeve because
p. he believes he got the better of the Glea-
| son DOYLE deal Hanlon NAV have siren
| gthcned his batting by the ACQUISITION of
| Doyle. but If Is n question. A plnyer of
| Tho anarchistic disnosition Of Jaclk povlo
| ls not calculated to improve the team work
| the in-nnd-out PLAYING OF the nine. lack
ON the contrary, is in danger of injuring
| himself and the work of the team by his
sullen, rough demeanor and omniprescnt
| mouth. which even the new umpire r.los
| can not suppress Beside, Doyle is no,
non,Iar with certain plavers ON the Haltl-
| t,ore team. Uanlon,s desneration I'm his
effort TO secure new pitchers is evidenced
| bv his signiDg of Stockslale. who is re-
| uarded ma n dead one by everyone except
| Hanlon.
| ON The whole. Cloveland's chances OF I'm
| ishinr ahead of Baltimore next season are
| brighter than last year.