Evening star., 1896-02-03
Notes Regarding Some Of the Better
Known Players.
[NTERCLUB WHIST TOURNAMENT
Lord Dunraven Called On to ApoI-
ogize.
SPORTING NEWS IN GENERAL

cate that Hanlon will take no chances on
McMahon's arm being dead or alive, but is
playing them safe.
The touting of Tenney for first base for
the Bestons instead of Tucker is all gush,
and is merely intended to make the favor
lite Tommy put more life in his work.
Tucker need not take the dust from any
first baseman in the league, barring no ore.
If Bonner should turn out to be first-class
at second for Brooklyn, that club is assured
position in the first six at the end CT the
season. The Brooklyns get more and more
like the Phillies every season.. They knock
over the first-class clubs with ease, but
hen 1t comes to tail-ender, they have to
play for their lives to win.
Pokins fun at the New Yorks this season
Will not do. Freedman may not be popular
with great many base ball writers, but
that does not detract from the players
Manager Irwin has signed. With Pfefrer
at second, Gleason at third and Davis added
to the outfield, the club cannot help but be
strengthened. Dissipation Is what weaken
ed the team last year, and Manager Irwin
Will eradicate that evil. Where the New
FORKS are weak is hard to find out, that is,
II an unbiased review Of the players is
made.
The best way to try out a young pitcher
who believes he is world beater is to save
him for the Phillies. If he can hold his
own against that aggregation, he need
never return to minor league. This is
the way they will come up next season:
Cross, Delehanty, Brouthers, Thompson.
Turner, Clements, Nash. Sullivan. and one
OF the pitchers. With the exception of the
pitcher. every one of those named is over
3OO-h1tter, when IN condition.
II there Is a voting contest out at Ma
tonai Park the coming season for the most
popular player on the local team, Jim Nc
CURE should be barred out He has too
many friends to make the contest at all in
teresting. The contest generally narrows
Gown to the point to how many votes
III tha.r 80 1,
ers have hosts of friends but Mcclure has
always the best of it.
Don't underrate the smoky city lads the
coming season. They were weak at short,
second and third base last year, and in
those positions they will be greatly
strengthened. Bierbauer was under the
weather. but is all right again; Ely takes
Cross place, and will add 30 per cent to
tnat position, and Lyons on third is a
steady player and a great hitter We know
what Hawley and Killen can do.
L:ttie Blake. the right fielder Of the Cleve-
lands, is touted the weak spot in that
fine aggregation. If he were released be-
lore the season opens, would he be wanted
by any other club? Only about nine of the
twelve could use him.
FRANK Dwyer, the authenticated pitcher
OF the Cincinnatis. is heard very little of in
the newspapers, when great pitchers are
mentioned, yet he is placed among the first
Robinson, Tebeau. Duffy, Delehantv and
Iiernan. Frank is very popular with the
Cincinnati cranks.
A new man at second and left field, and
pernaps Decker on first, is the outlook for
chicago the coming season, yet Anson has
put IN claim for first honors. If they land
In the first division the Colts will be doing
very well indeed
Harry Diddlebock is now in Ct Jou;s .n5
one of the first bits of managers worl, he
viii have to do will be to write a better 10
tommy Dowd. The ST Louis mara cement
is frightened by Dowd's threat that he may
wants i,,to
contract fold as soon as possible It would
play hob with Harry's calculations to lose
such cracker-jack as Dowd
And now DIR. .Stuckey of the LouisyiIIes has
gone into the prophet class He has ii ali
figured out He predicts that the Colonels
will finish eighth in 96, fourth in 81, and
win the pennant in '9S, and then war with
England will be declared. 1t is to be. hoped
the Colonels will not rush the country too
strong.
st: Louis has claimed Ellis, who was
drafted from the Western League by Louis
vile and then turned adrift -. =
PRESIDENT Robson of Cleveland favors the
abolition of the Temple cup games
Pittsburg will loan Stuart O'Br;en Cen;ne
Moran and Padden to the Toronto team
Manager Tom Burns, who sold Outfielder
Jones to Brooklyn, says that that player
has much to learn.
Manager Selee of Boston SAYS that CIV
Young is the only player in the lea que worth
$1,000. If there is player worth that sum
it is Young.
The Scranton club management has faith
in players who have figured in Oriole colors
Frank" "Piggy"-Ward Dan Stearns and
Richard P.-"strip"-Brown have been
signed by Scranton.
be transferred to St. Louis no doubt will
hurt the Cleveland club. Many people are
sore on the club because of what it may do
and "knockers'' breed rapidly
Mike O'Connor, brother of Jack O'Con-
nor, has been signed by the Dubuque, Iowa,
club as shortstop.
Boyle of the Phllies will be kept, unless a
good offer for his services comes in. He will
play behind the bat. Houlen and Sullivan
will run race for short stop, and proba bly
one or the other will take Billy Hamilton's
place in center.
With the present pitching distance one
sees but few Of the 1 to games that were
almost common several years ago. At the
same time scores seldom run into double
figures The truth of the whole matter is
that pitchers are getting the hang of the dis
tance every year.
Hanlon will give Stocksdale a good
chance. If he develops properly in his new
company he will have his opportunity in
the box. He will be a general utility man
Stccksdale was not in good form last sea-
sen, having suffered at times from inflam-
matory rheumatism. He is in fine physical
condition now, and Is a lad of fine physique
Il worked in a Chicago base bail factory
scme years ago." says Earle. land there
got an idea of the immense profit made on
base balls: At that time all balls were
were so expert at the art that they could
sew cover on ball in twelve minutes
These people were, paid by the piece, and
made all the way from s15 to $40 per week
Since machines have been invented for
making base balls the profit has en-
hanced."
One Of Anson's interviews is briefly sum-
married. as follows: OF the recent deals
Anson said that Mcbride would take Will
mot's place; that Pittsburg got good play
er in Ely; that Cincinnati strengthened it.
self by acquisition of Infielder Irwin; that
Boston got the better Of the Hamilton
Nash deal; that the Doyle Gleason ex-
change was about even thing; that
Pfeffer would strengthen the Giants, and
that the New York club had never made
$4,000 offer for Lange.
Capt Joe Kelly of the Baltimores through
Tim Murnane, officially denies the state
ments attributed to him that Doyle would
be unwelcome on the Baltimore team. Il
think Doyle one Of the best players in the
bus iness," said he, "and just the style of
player to help the Orioles out next season.
I think Doyle was treated very badly last
year by Mr.. Freedman in New York and I
don't blame him for trying to make it un-
pleasant for him." If Jack doesn't revise
lis five times repeated declaration that he
will not play in Baltimore after that '.tol-
ly," then there is no hope for him this side
of Holyoke Speaking of the Raltimores,