The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-08-23
NEW DIAMOND
BASE BALL ASTRONOMERS HAVE
DISCOVERED SEVERAL THIS
SEASON.
PITCHER PAYNE'S GOOD WORK.
CAYLOR SAYS 1T BIDS FAIR TO
PUT HIM IN THE FRONT
RANK.
PITCHER PAYNE'S GOOD WORK
REMNANT RACE TOO oNE-s1DED
How knights of the Diamond Es-
cape SunstrOke During the
Heated Term.

Special Correspondence to the Globe
NEW YORK, Aug. 21.-There is no
case on record, believe, where a pro-
-fessionala base ball player has beeen
Frustrated by heat. During the recent
hot wave which swept over the United
States several hundred professionals
have daily gone through violent exer-
else on the baked, blistered aud siz-
zling diamond without one of them be-
ing compelled even to stop playing
And while these ball players Wee thus
demonstrating the exemption Of their
craft from the effect of sunstroke a
few spectators sitting in an inactive
state, looking on, have succumbed ard
been carried to the hospitals
There are two ways to explain this
immunity Of base ball players fl, m
the deadly prostration Of heat Cne is
their almost perfect physical condi-
ton, which comes from athletic train
ing. The other is the absence from
their system of any excessive amount
of spurious or malt liquors-not that
all ball players are abstainers by prin-
ciple, but rather that they are nearly
teetotalers during the playing season
by reason of club discipline. The
ton by heat is well shown by the in
stances where several ex-players
turned umpires, have been unable to
stand still in the sun while performing
their duties without being overcome
whereas they had as ball players in
former years defied the same temper
ature and at the same time exerted
themselves violently In each of these
cases the umpire was a drinking man.
who, when ball player, had been de-
prived by club discipline of the use Of
stimulantS
The ball players dress invites the
blighting effects of a torrid SUM- His
uniform is not only wooden, but part
Of it is often thick with quilted pads.
On his head he wears a wool cap de-
void Of any ventilation He drinks ice
water freely and almost necessarily
practice against which all men are
warned during the dangerous spells
of sun heat, yet he seems to be free
from the dangers which in such times
affect the general public. Perhaps the
bath has something to do with this
peculiar exemption, for he belongs to
the only class ] can think Of which
resorts to the bath every day as soon
as the days work is done. Perhaps the
timing Of the bath may have some
thing to do with bringing about this
immunity from sunstroke.
The invasion of the National league
OF the minor league ranks In the search
for new stars Of the first magnitude
this season will not be altogether in
vain. At this time it looks as If the
Brooklyn club had secured the great
est "hnd''-had imported, or raised up.
the most valuable player Of all those
who this year made National league
debuts. / refer to Payne, the left
handed pitcher who recently disposed
of the champion Baltimores with two
hits In nine innings. 1t is not his work
in that single game which marks him
as one of the most pronounced sue
cesses of the year, but all his service
for the Brooklyn club stamp him as a
pitcher who has taken a place in the
front rank Of his profession and who
means to stay there.
Payne possesses nearly every ele-
ment which makes pitchers powerful;
principal of these is control For a
left handed man / believe he never
had superior as master of the ball.
not even In the renowned old timers
John Richmond, Lady Baldwin or
Tom Ramsey. He gives very few bases
on balls, and does not hesitate to put
1t over" when a batsman plays the
waiting game. He is also master of
himself at all times Errors do not dis
courage him. He never gives up his
game. He is not inclined to "rattles,'
and when the situation is the gravest
he works hardest and with most care.
But his splendid control is the biggest