The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-06-23


there be the wonder of repaired broken
down affair picked up from the dumps In
Silver King. fear Professor Hinton has
wasted his inventive genius.
/ have case i'm hand To illustrate the
fascination of the pitcher, animal, as
against the pitcher, mechanical Chaun-
coy Fisher of the Cincinnati cl,fp one week
made the pitching record of the year
against the Brooklyn team In game
where but 20 batsmen faced him i'm nine
innings and only three of them reached
first base. In the next game he pitched
(at the Polo ground) the opposing team
took 40 turns at his delivery, making -
hits, including a homo run, and getting
five bases on balls. Here is good illus
tration of pitchers ups and downs; of
his vacillating fortunes. He may be "A
wonder today and "skae" tomorrow.
The uncertainty of his power IS one of the
most prominent of the many attractive
uncertainties of the game.
Fishers Brooklyn performance was GER
tainly wonderful, and i doubt whether
that record will be repeated this year by
any National league pitcher. can think
of but one instance which beats it--when
less than 20 batsmen actually went TO the
plate in nine full innings. Jehn Rich
mond, the left handler, holds the record In
the National league, and 1t may never be
equaled. 1t never can be beaten. On
July 2, 1879, think was the date, Rich
mond pitched for the Worcester club
against the Chicagos, and exactly % bats.
men faced him i'm the entire game. Not
White Stocking reached first base, and the
great Anson, i believe, struck out three
times. That pitching feat ought to be
enough to immortalize the name of Rich
mond
While the subject of queer incidents i'm
pitching is in mind IL might be well to cite
the case of Dan Daub. A paragraph was
recently printed, and 1t Is truthful, too,
that he is now the winning pitcher for the
Brooklyn club. A little moro than one
year ago this same Brooklyn club served a
ten days notice of release on this same
Daub. Within the ten days Kennedy was
injured, and the club was forced to recall
Daub's release He went back to the
"box" and Immediately began TO win
Now 1t would require very large sum of
money TO get the release which his club
was once so anxious To give him.
Anson has put the seal of his approval
upon young Eddie Doheny New York's
successful left handed pitcher. That means
n great deal AS II rule Captain Anson
finds no good players outside Of his own
team, or if he does he has no public recon-.
mendation to bestow; so praise from him
for n player not in his employ is praise in
deed. He has by his commendation OF
Dohcny put that young man In an enviable
light before the baseball world. Aneon
says Dohony ian "comer," and that hc has
n brilliant future assured. There is every
reason To confirm that verdict. Tho young
man has good speed, fnc break" ball
and deep curve, splendid control, and,
best Of all, a nerve rs cool as n day in No
vembor. lie comes from DIR. Ponde's state
1 believe the two pitched on the same team
up in Vermont last year.
When the Cincinnati and ST, Louis teams
follow one another in a city, the patrons
of the game begin 60 analyzo that trade
which Brush and Won der Abe made last
winter. The result is deep sympathy for
tho ST. Louis victim and n firm impression
that the gold brick trick is just as wicked
when pracriccd i'm baseball as when it Is
worked on farmer from Haystack Cor
ncrs. Mr.. Won der Ahc ever since Com
iskey left him has had trading furorc,
which he has indulged 60 no small degree.
We hear OF men who start out 60 trade
with no stock but % collar button and final
ly retire owning a national bank or rail
road Mr.. Won der Aho is not Of that
kind. After comparing his present team
with those old "four times winners" of tho
eighties one Is rather inclined TO class him
with the Spectator who began to trade
from valuable stnblc OF hor-usand finally |
got down 90 a doubt as to whether he |
should drown himself or the yellow cog !
which constituted his worldly estate.
Mr.. Rcbisun's latest announcement y
that lac will rCtarn to Sunday playing with !
his Cleveland club, not only in other west |
crn cities, hut also ut Cleveland, as soon |
NJ he can ft un grounds outside the CITY |
UNITS. This justification is that Clovclana |
people do not support the team In spite OF |
The fact that It forSworc Sunday games |
this spring. The trouble i'm the case Is that |
The Ghti-Sunday policy Of the Cleveland |
club, ns announced last winter, was not |
sincere ard was so looked upon 10y Glove |
land people. 10 was half hearted policy, |
md everybody expected 60 see it turned |
down before the season was half over |
with the law merely long |
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