The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1897-09-16
THE NATIONAL GAME.

Eastern League Umpire Tim" Keefe has
resigned.
The agitation in favor OF the double um-
pire system again is on.
Wagner ia now playing second base for
Louisville, and is doing fairly we'll.
Quinn, of Baltimore, demonstrates that
he can play very clever shortfield.
The Quincy Qll.) Club has lost twenty
three games by one run this season.
Gettman, the Washington's new outfeld-
er. is tall man and Is extremely fast.
The days OF dirty ball playing are fast
approaching IN end through popular con-
demnation.
only remedy for kicking is the double um-
pire system.
Burke, OF Cincinnati. has fallen of la.
mentally In his batting this season, and Is
worried over it,
Both Hanlon, OF Baltimore, and Joyce. OF
New York, have handled their teams with
rare skill when their chances looked small
Farrell, OF the Washingtons, says that
Bresnehan, the Senators new twirler, has
the best control of any young pitcher he
ever handled.
The Baltimores are not hitting up to
their usual good form on the home grounds,
yet they manage to win right along by the
excellent work OF their string OF five
pitchers.
Selbach's batting has not been up to the
800 mark thus far this season, but he has
proved OF more value to the Washington
team as a run getter and base runner than
last season.
Manager Ewing, of the Cincinn ati team
Is not believer in young players who are
not fully developed. He prefers his players
fully seasoned. He does not believe In cx-
pcrimenting.
Captain Griffin, OF Brooklyn, saws:
'Thcre isn't n man who can umpire com
petently good hard game every day.
The mental and nervous strain is some
thing terrible"
Callahan, of Chicago, has pitched twenty
two games this season, winning twelve
Between times he has been used to al va
cancies. He has played third, short, sec
ond, left, center and right fields.
First Baseman Doyle is said to be unable
to agree with his team mates at Baltimore,
and even disputes Manager Haplon's au-
thority. Therefore Manager Hanlon is re-
ported as anxious to trade him oN
The steadily growing army of opponents
OF bunting has at last been augmented by a
magnate. Mr.. j. Earle Wagner, of the Wash
ington Club who has come out boldly to
champion movement to totally abolish
bunt hitting.
To the Cincinnati pitching more than to
anything else the high place the team has
held all this season can be attributed. The
Reds pitchers, while backed by clever
iielding, have not had the batting support
they should have had.
Rothfus will doubtless be a fixture on
llrst base for Pittsburg next season. He Is
fine fielder, good hitter and n more than
ordinarily fine base runner. Hoirmeister,
the new third baseman, is good fielder
and hitter, but his throwing il erratic
Anson, of Chicago. has been quoted as
saying that rowdyism ON the diamond
should be suppressed, and that an umpire's
decisions should be final but like many
men the veteran does not practice what he
breaches, judging from his lurid antics in
New York.
In Collins, Long, Lowe and Tcnney Bos.
ton has one OF the finest inilelds ever put
together. Collins and Tenney seen to
avoid accidents, while either long or Lowe
is likely to be out OF the game often during
the season, as both play on their nerve aad
have no unseen force.