Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-04-04
Few Finds Picked Up by the League
Clubs.
RESULTS OF TIE SOUTHERN TRIPS
Advantage Of the Left-Hand Batters
-f.''. fat5s.
on Base Lines.
NOTES OF THE PLAYERS


year has been the small number Of young
worthy of the fast company to which they
aspt.ed. New York took fully twenty-five
of these players south with them, but 1t is
doubtful If they will use one. TIE one
doubtful case is that of Connaughton,
whose batting may save him a place in
the outfield. Seymour, the pitcher, played
with the team last year, and may do.
Baltimore has only one novice with them,
Bowerman, but he Is SO erratic that he will
play only in case of the greatest necessity.
Boston has none. Brooklyn one-Jores.
the outfielder-and in this case a good man
has most probably been found.
Philadelphia had most promising man.
Hulen. the shortstop, but that oltl-time
faSortte and snappy player, Cross, from the
him out.
Pittsburg has a half dozen youngsters,
but You Lose Mack has decided to de-
pend upon his vetera.,s and permit his new
men to get through a season Of trying-out
in the minor leagues.
Cleveland also has half dozen new men,
but none fast enough to displaee McGarr
from third or Blake from right field.
Cincinnati appears to have mace O. great
ind ia Wiley Davis, the young pitcher
from Tennessee. Otherwise, the team Is
composed Of seasoned players, Miller in
TlSHt DelnS the Cply man tEat Can lay
claim to teirg a young blood.
st. Louis has practically 3 new nine but
they are mostly old-timers, and the new
blood signed will have very little opportu-
nifty to dew ,lop.
Chicago and Louisville have new blood by
the carload. but Uncle Arson has had a
hard time during the trying-out season
bringing any of his string ur' to the stand
ard of Wiimot or a Pfeffer. That old war
horse. Decker, is said to be slated for Will
mots place. ard the ex-colt, "Jiggs'' Par
rott, will probably go on second. From this
Il can be seen that Chicago has not Jared
very well with its large string of colts.
Louisville will have to play at least four
young-blood players on the nine this sea-
son. rightfeld, first base, short stop and
thlrd base being the positions to be filed
by the new men.
Washington has three or four new men,
but 1t is a question whether any of them
Will get into the game this season unless
an accident should knock som. Of the reg
ulars out of their positions Mcclure viii
probably catch as many games this season
as last Cartwright never gets hurt, as he
Is Hercules and hard as nails. and Rogers
will see very little of the initial bag Lush
Is the most promising. and riay replace
Brown at center, but this is only supposi-
tlon, as the latter is one of the best field
e,s IN the country, and may develop
Ihis may be an off year with Eew-blood
players, as quite number We're deye,oped
last season. and the ol1-timers are hard to
all the clubs in the first division depend a
great deal for their success upon seasoned
prayers. Inc Baltimore team cannot be
ciassed as new blood. as outside CT Keller
rot been playing ball for the past FIVE
years. at least. The Senators are almost in
the same class.
Regarding only one man is there a record
OF President Robson of the Cleveland Club
putting MS FOOT down In opposition to Man.
ager Iebeau, and that was when he favored
the latter's brother, George, white Wings
VINO played On the Washington team in
1894. Everybody knows that last year
when Manager Tebeau intended to release
george for no other reason than because
he was his brother, and he did not desire
to run the chance of being accused of par
TALLY, President Robson insisted that the
pls yer be retained. When Tebeau was get
ting out the contracts for this year he
again mentioned the subject of mis- brother
He Is good man," he said, but he and
both wish that We were not giving anybody
chance to say that it Is family business.
He can get plenty of opportunities else
where; and 1T might be better to let him
CO." President Robson replied: II don't
see as you're concerned because I want
your brother on my team. I only wish you
Fad a few more brothers like him." Man
ager Tebeau has not mentioned the subject
since.
Every now and then base ball writer's
who have taken a. particular dislike to
Uncle Arson, viii bring forward his bat
ting record Of last year. which was the
worst of his career, as an indica ton that
the grand old man is going backward.
Since the spring trip to Texas "Uncle" An
son has been batting like iend and sew
eral Chicago newspaper men who took the
trip with the colts cannot say too much in
praise of his playing this spring. One of
these writer's recently said: "Why has
Uncle always been a star hitter? / think
he in he fao
the field. even after seeing him bat all these
years. never know just where to play for
the old fellow. nervy right fielder can
get in front of Lange's terrible drives AMI
though not able to stop them, can field
them in quickly enough to hold him at first
or second. Shortstops will get on to TRULY
in time and will play deep for his monoton-
GUS whacks at their position But when
good old Uncle takes the stick you can
see all the field in q state of restless COM
motion. The old boy is apt to take the
center fielder off his feet or make the left
fielder chase down to the club house, or
jar the right field fence, and nobody can
feel happy on the visiting team until he is
disposed of. 1 think this will be the old
mans greatest year as a slugger, and look
for him to bat up to 800"
The discount game in base ball is a new
thing, and the victory at New Orleans for
the Cincinnatis over the club representing
that city, when they put out four players
able candidates for high honors in the
league. The handicap of putting out four
players in every inning to the other teams
three. and then winning out by fair mar
gin. Is something of an achievement This
Is big concession to make, even to a minor
league team, especially in the earlier stages
of the season, when the major leagues
pitchers dare not take chances of putting
on steam" That the Cincinnatis were able
to pick up the handicap and beat GU. team
of fairly good professionals seems to en-
phasize all the good things that have been
SAID and written about them.
Several western and eastern papers have
been figuring that ST. Louis has good
chance to beat out the Senators and the
Louisville clubs this season. The St. Louis
have chance, but mighty slim one. For
instance, smallpox might become an cpl
demic in the Wash.r gton club, and some Of
McCiosky's Colonies of tender years might
catch the measles. Otherwise, If any one
offers Chris a plugged quarter for his chance
OF landing tenth or BETTER he had better
.ceept it.
Left-handed batters have a bunch over
right-handed batters, in that their batting
box Is several feet closer to first base than
the box on the other side of the plate. These
few feet look Ike very little thing, but
two feet in a close play arc as good as
mill ho foS in tn