The evening times., 1896-09-23
the times and the men have changed. Mr.

the times and tue men have Changed. Mr.
Freedman is now in a position to cis J. me.
thing about how to organize Il winning
team, while Mr.. Byrne is wrestling with
what appears To be an aggregation of play
ed-out bail players. Exchange
The actions Of the champions and Phil
lies when they come on the field for pre-
iminary pracficearc so dissimilar as 10 bc
readily notiCca bic. The Baltimore pla yers,
an hour before the time for beginning the
game, are running over the field, tossing
the bail or batting out, all as spry as KIT
tens. On the other hand, the Philadelphia
players walk upon the field ION lcaden
heels and s'idon think Of starting in TO
practice before the bell rings for then. to
take the usual fifteen minutes warming up.
Isit then To be wondered that the Baitin ore
team wins the echanpionship?-Phi Phiadelpha
Ledger. The roasting season ends on Sat
urday and the chances are that The play
ers will be glad OF it.
When new men are engaged for team
bulk Is one of the first things the fans look
for. and ir the candidate for baseball hon
Urs be tall and well built he will get the
he'll do Endorsement from tue fans much
quicker than the small. 1.-THE man. buh-
ning over the players OF the League, Orr:
finds men OF all sizes and all weights play
ing all positions. Take catchers, for iu-
stance. Farrell, Camel. Mack, Vaughn,
Grim and several others are above tile Inc
dium height, alongside OF whom Dexter,
Morgan. Murphy, Billy Earle, kittredge,
Merritt. Sugden and others appear to he
almost pigmies. OF pitchers Rusie. Meekih,
Mike Sullivan, Rhines, Stivetts, and kis-
singer are giants compared with Mercer,
Carsey, Johnny Foreman, Woliace andmany
others The first basemen range from
short men like Doyle, Tebeau and Harry
Davis To big men of the Tucker, Laloic
Bcckiey and Arson pattern. Second base
men vary from little Heinie PeitZ and
Kid Gleason 10 tall men like Pfeffcr and
McGann. Burke. Hoy, Keeler. Hamilton
and other outfielders eau easily walk under
the arms of Sam Thompson, Dclahanty, Van
Haltren, Bill Lange and host Of others.
Size cuts no figure. Ability's the thing, and
it makes ball players as well as Presidents.
Cincinnati Times Star.
Little Dexter, the Culoncls' clever back
stop, il moi the only player in the business
who makes little extra dorGh out Of
the newspaper business. Dexter, il will
be recalled, was society editor OF an
Evansville paper previous 10 joining the
Colonies, says the Cincinnati Times star.
Fred Ely, the Pirates great shurtstOp,
gets suElcting more than pin money out
Of journalism. His field Of operations
is away up in the Northeastern part of
Ohin, in Ashtabula. where he and sCh
Of AZ ent stowe, for many years with the
BarnunI and Galley shows, are running
newspaper called the Connoaut PostHer-
aid the printing presses and receptacles
where subscriptions in the way Of country
produce, ,ggs, potatoes, etc, are stored
b,iug located at tConneaut. Ely is the mon
eyed man in the enterprise. while yonI
Steve looks after the editorial portion
Of the publication. II find that the news
paper business pays" said Ely to me in New
York recently. MY org Ial investment
in the PostHcrald was 81 900, and my
profits have been that much in one year.
Ely resides at Girard, Pa. which is Only
a short distance from Connraut. He has
money invested in a shovel factory. His
income from the Post Herald and from the
shovel factory is large enough to keep
him independent Of the diamond, but he
loves the game and expects to play Tor
some years to come,