Evening star., 1897-03-25

on his left. All these are above the
average to height, but Swain lowered
above them fully six inches. On the second
line were Johnny OBrien. MCGUIRE Mer-
Ger. kimball, Reilly, Lush, Norton, Abbey
and German, and on the third line Selbach,
Demontreville and Wrigley. The weather
was perfect and the indicatio are that a
fine group picture will be sec ured
Then the players made a break for the
dressing room, and after donning their
street clothes, seated themselves and lis
tened to half-hour discourse from Man
ager SchmelZ on the desira biIity of the
players going after everything, no mat
ter how many errors were recorded. The
local manager has a horror of shirkers.
and is confident that none Of that class has
slipped into his team. Another point touch
ed on was the desirability of making plays
IN certain way or not making them at
all. for instance, ground-hit balls that have
to be handled quickly by the infielders
with one hand to catch the batsman. If
the play Is made with two hands enough
time is lost in recovering to lose the run
ner. and it was held that it was just as
well to lose the put out trying with. one
hand as 1t was to secure ,he bah and then
fail owing to the loss of time.
Then school let out and Manager Schmelz
distributed the new uniforms to the play
ers. The home uniform will he white with
black trimmings, and the travelling uniform
gray with black trimmings. The players
were in luck, as they placed the big uni
form boxes in front of them and peddled
serenely away, while the unlucky ones had
armload while walking against the wind
to their homes.
Contrary to -xpectaticn. practice was in
dUlged in yesterday afternoon, the high
wind proving more beneficial in the drying
up process than the sun Batting against
TIE different pitchers was INDUCED in and
then Manager SchmeZ picked up one of
the boys hanging around the grounds that
possessed gccd pitching arm, but didn't
value it highly. and as a consequence the
boys were given good work going after
speedy in and outshOots.
Considerable rivalry has sprung up among
the boys in a friendly way as to who could
pick out the better ni,e and as a conse-
quence the McGuires and Farrels have
Strung into existence at National Park
Next Monday afternoon at 4:15 these two
teams will get together, and 1t will take a
good eye to pick the winner before the
"a me starts The "Farrells' look to be
about to shot. but then 1 to ) shot
Wins as often as the favorite. The Far
felIs will line up as follows: Farrell, catch
er: Norton and KimbaN, pitchers: Ashe
lrst base; o Brien. second: Reilly third ::
Demontreville, short: Lush, left: Abbey
center. and Hannegar, right.
The men under "Old Reliable's'. guidance
will be Swain and Moran. a local man.
pitchers: Cartwright, first base; German
st econd; Myers, the local professional third:
Nrigley. short: Selbach, left; Brown, CEN
ter. and Mercer. right. An admission will
be charged, and 1t can be predicted that
excitir g games will follow between these
two teams until Thursday, April l. when
the exhibition season really open with the
Norfoks.
Nothing came in the morning mail from
either King or Maui but there is no anx-
lety felt over their absence, as the PLAYERS
VINO are now on hand have reported on
their own free will. 1t is understood that
the missing ones will be on hand all right
when their contract goes into effect.