The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-05-16

mushy and sandy, and playing on these
desert, sandy wastes is likely to create
an awkwardness that a player feels
when he returns TO his own grounds
and. besides. these miserable. hunpy
sandy diamonds in the South have
caused many a sprained ankle. There's
no place like home. after all, for spring
practice"
NOTED TEAM SCATTERED.
Here is a noteworthy fact in league
club history of late years. In 1890 the
Players League team of New York in
cluded as pitchers Keere, John Ewing,
O'Day and Ed Crane: catchers, Ewing,
Bill Brown and Vaughn; basemen, Con-
nor. Dan Richardson and Whitney,
with GIL Hatfield as shortstop and
O'Rourke, Gore and Slattery in the
outfeld. Not one of them is now in the
New York club. John Ewing is dead;
Keefe and O'Day are umpires; Ed
Crane is in a minor league; Common Is
with the st. Louis club; Ewing is a
manager with Vaughn as his catcher;
Dan Richardson is out of the business,
as is Whitney, the latter of whom re-
tired while Hatfield, Gore and Slattery
are in minor leagues.
ONE OF SPAULDING'S IDEAS.
After the Spalding All-American
tour of ball players, in 1888, the adroit
AL Spalding offered Jimmy Manning
house. TO be established in Paris" says
a local crank. Manning. who was on
the globe-trotting tour. was a keen
business man, and Spalding. observing
Jimmy's mercantile talents, made him
a liberal offer stipulatin, however, that
he was to devote his chief attention to
booming baseball in France. Jimmy
considered the offer for long time
and finally declined. ! heard recently
that Spalding has revived this scheme
and will send agents to Paris and Ber-
lin to boom the game and the Spalding
business at the same time. The best
man on earth of this kind would be
Johnnie Ward. John Morrill,, the old
Boston player, would also be fitted for
the position. If you are above the sod
20 years hence you will find that base
ball will be played all over the civilized
globe"
BETS SHREwDLY LAID.
Arson has made all sorts of bets on
the championship race. He does this
every season. Most or his bets are
that the Chicagos will beat such a
team out in the race. Anse makes any
number of bets that at casual glance
seem crazy" but the fact remains
that he wins most of the wagers and
has a good, comfortable balance to his
credit at the end of each season. An
sons latest bet was with Bert Dasher,
the Meadville man. He bet Dasher $50
to 800 that the championship pennant
would not come West this year. Per-
haps the old man is figuring on the
colts putting up fiagstan next
spring.
"Anson," says Win Mercer of WASH
ington, likes a high ball, one about
opposite his shoulder. and / generally
manage to feed him opposite the waist
or knee line If 1 can possibly make 1t.
Big Sam Thompson of the Phillies is
one OF the few who can cop 'em out
high or low so long as they come over
the plate. Old Yank Robinson of the
st. Louis Browns was a tricky cuss.
He would attempt to rattle the pitcher
by sarcastic remarks and after having
two strikes registered against him,
would strike at a wild pitch. He was
no record player. Anything to get
base was his motto"
LAST YEARS PITCHING RECORDS.
According to the official pitching
averages of the major league for last
seasons work, Hawley of Pittsburg
and Breitenstein of st. Louis were the
only ones who pitched in more than so
games. Young of Cleveland and Rusie
of New York pitched In As each; Mich
OILS of Boston in "A, and Cuppy of
Cleveland and Carsey and Taylor of
Philadelphia in 40 apiece. In the num-
Der of strike out Rusie once more
leads, with an average of 1855 to a
game. In the number of bases on balls
Young has the best average of 1.65 to a
game.
ROwDYISM AMONG THE REDS.
The Cincinnati Enquirer says: Some
of the members of the Cincinnati base
ball team are not conducting them
selves as they should. There are three
or four players who, If they do not
soon change their mode of living. will
awake some morning and find them
selves out of an engagement, out of
pocketbooh in the matter of a severe
fine and possibly outside of the breast
works of reputable baseball. President
Brush, Treasurer Lloyd and Captain
Ewing are of one mind as regards
drunkenness. and suspension is one of
the penalties they have mapped out for
fragrant offenders. Reports of a mid
night escapade. in which some of the
members of the Cincinnati team fig
ured in n way to reflect on the other
players themselves, their club and the
public, have reached the officials of the
club.
TIME LOST UNDER THE RULES.
Though the baseball season is yeti
young. the patrons of the game have
not failed TO mark the unusual length
of time consumed in playing n game.
A glance over the league games played
will show that In several instances
over two hours were required in which
TO play seven or eight innings. This
is due in a great measure to the new
rule providing that the teams at bat
barring the coachers-must remain on
the bench. Under the old rule the
player next at bat stood near the plate.
bat in hand. awaiting his turn. But
under the new ruling the pitcher and
catcher are obliged to await the COM
ing of the next atsman who slouches
up To the plate with the CELEBRITY of
Dusty Roads, saw i'm hand, charging on
a wood pile.
NOTES OF THE DIAMOND.
Nash is already a popular favorite
with the Philadelphia public.
Joe Quinn of the St. Louis Browns
is the only Australian playing profess
sional ball I'm America.
The ages OF the Pittsburg players
average 2S, thus making them rank
second TO the Phillies as the second
senior teom In the major league.
Mark Baldwin. who was one of the