Evening star., 1897-05-15
GONZAGA COLLEGE NINE.
Manager Ryder Has Given 1t n Shake
Up-sOod Results Expected.

Tnere mas been considerable Shtf ting
about Of. players in the Gonzaga College
base ball nine owing to the streak of Ill
luck that has lately pursued the team.
Manager Ryder. 30. deemed 1t proper to
make a change The team will now be ex
! pected to win majority Of the games
| played. Quite a number of games are Vet
| to take place before the college year closes.
They include games with the B. and O..
Eastern, Western and Central High School
| teams. and the alumni of Georgetown and
Catholic University. The management has
obtained the services of a well-known local
battery-Hunt '92, and Quinn, '92. These
| two have played with the Gonzagas in 81,
| and have returned to college. The college
will now be represented with the following
players: Pitchers. Newbeck. 1890: Duffy.
| 9S: Moll. 1900; Quinn. 1900; catchers. Shea,
| 99 Clancy, 80: Hunt, 1900: first base. Ach-
| stetter, '0S: short stop. Curran. 90; Shea.
| 1900; second base, Lansdale 30: third base.
| Eline. 0S: fielders. Hurley, 30: Farrell.
1900: Grace, 1902; substitutes, Plant, 1870;
| Woller, 20.
Mr.. Coughlin, 90, will be the official UNI
pire for Gonzaga.
| The Gonzaga College team played the
| Reserves Wednesday afternoon on the col
| lege campus. defeating them by g to .. The
game abounded in pretty and interesting
| plays. The college boys played neat AMI
| close game. but we're weak at the bat. The
| features of the game were the battery
/ WOrk OF HUNT ana 4ulnn, tne ColteSe , La
| nous battery and the stick work of Corri-
gan of the Reserves. Mr.. COut;hlan held
| the indicator and umpired a fair game.
Gossip of the Game.
A large crowd gathered around the bull
| letin board in front of The Star Office last
| evening and, of course were disappointed
over the score. Mercer is down to pitch
| today and Tannehill will probably go in
| for the Pirates. Better news may come
| over the wires this evening.
Tomorrows Northumberland game
at Cleveland promises to furnish lots Of
excitement for the players as well as the
| spectators. The chief of police says the
| game shall not come off and President
| Robson Of the Cleveland club maintains
| that the contest will be pulled off without
| any trouble. And there you are.
Some of the Baltimore players are ac-
| cused of working for records, but the team
wins just the same.
According to the Baltimore Herald Tim
Hurst assessed nearly enough fines IN the
second game at Washington to pay the in
| tereSt on the national debt
No matter how hard Lyons of the Pitts
burgs is hit with a pitched ball he tosses
his bat aside and trots down to first with
| out any indication of pain. The usual
| gymnastics cut no figure with him.
The team, just as it is today, can beat
| Baltimore three out of five games.'' says
Tebcau. I'VE can show the Orioles few
tF1CkS tnlS year tnat even NeQ HanlOn
never taught them
Young Taylor. the pitcher Connie Mack
picked up while transforming in Ohio for
Milwaukee, was substituted for Rettger in
| Mondays game and saved the game. Kan
| sas City could not touch his speed.
Joe Sullivan's return will strengthen the
Browns materially. No matter what posi-
| tion he plays his hitting will be- very well
come. If he will only set little faster
base running pace his presence on the team
Will be particularly appreciated,
And Dick Cooley was not good enough
| for the Browns. Three hits, three runs
and double play, with seven outs and an
assist was his record Monday How these
fellows do play ball when they get away
from ST. Louis.-St. Louis Star.
For years 1t has been customary to put
20. X. all over the declaration that
Philadelphia is the best base bali town in
the country, but the spectacle at the West
Side grounds last Sunday gives Chicago
| right to file an amendment.
Says the Cleveland World: Sox is unoues-
tionably the greatest hitter Cleveland has
ever mad from slugging standpoint He
belongs In the same class of batters as
GDelehanty, La Joie: Beckley. Joyce and
dtan's batting Is, like Delehanty, he hits
! field VA '
Ely of the Pittsburgs makes plays which
could not be duplicated by any other short-
stop In the league. He slipped while reach
ing for grounder, and. while sitting in
the mud, threw the ball over his shoulder
ca!cnng tne runner at first. Ely's strong
point Is that the closer the score the more
likely he is to do something Sensational
| in the fielding line.
| The Sunday base ball war in Cleveland is
an interesting study Of how the character
OF a city can be changed by the newcomers.
Ten years ago the sentiment of the city was
such that Sunday base bail would have died
| with the mention of 1t. Within that perioi
| Cleveiands New England COLONY has heen
|
| Sunday sentiment has as steadily grown
| Cincinnati has Sunday base ball games be-
| cause the Germans are for them almost TO
q man. In Cleveland 1t is mixture of
| Germans. Slavs. Poles. Bohemians and
other Americanized nationalities.
| Perry Werden Of the Louisvilles is aspir-
| Ing to shine as hit-by-the-pitcher player
| In recent interview on the subiect he
said: Hit? Why. of course. 1 like to get
hit. Every time you get touched with the
ball. If you undergo few contortion acts.
you win the lasting plaudits of the specta-
| tors when you straighten up to journey
firSt-baSeward."
Mondays game was as scrappy as tie
memorable contest between Louisville and
Cleveland last year. when the then 'Spi-
ders' secured a Jail ticket for six of their
| number. If New York had played here
| Sunday instead Of st. Louis and had acted
| like they did yesterday. 1t Is pretty safe to
say that President Freedman would now be
| looking for promising young players, and
| he would also be chief mourner at half a
dozen funeI eIals.-Louisville Courier Journal
Says the Philadelphia Inquirer: What
makes the action of the Cincinnati club in
| keeping Corcoran out in the cold the more
reprehensible Is the fact that he is not at
| all necessary to the success Of the team,
According to the papers of Porkopolis It Is
| doubtful IL the Reds could find use for Cor
| coran even If he were to accede to the
| clubs demands. in view of the splendid
| work of Ritchey. If this be true, it is diff
| fcult to perceive on what ground Corcoran
Is kept under the ban. Talk about the des-
potism of the car. why, he isn't in it."
| "One of the hardest plays for rne to make
| and one that think bothers every pitcher
| Is crossing to first to receive an assist from
the first baseman," says Charley Nichols.
| the hsady Boston pitcher. Casual observ-
| ers do not realize how hard this play is.
| Other things are to be considered. The
pitcher has to watch for the base, and he
| has also to watch to time his step on the
bag with the throw from the first baseman.
| 1t is very difficult to look for the base and
| the ball at the same time, not to say any
thing about the batter. with whom you are
sure to make a head finish at the bag This
IL the hardest part Of the game for me-
don't know how 1t strikes other pitchers.
Pm telling of my own experienced
ATLANTIC LEAGtH.