The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-06-30
BREAKING THE RECORD
prrcHERs GET IN GREAT WORE.

New Phase Put on the Championship Raea
Narrowing Down TO -Four ciubs-Austrs-
Ians Royuaay Entertained, but rhsy Can
not Piay hall.
Record breaking has been rather fre.
quent occurrence In tho National league
recently. There were three such eveats
within ono week. First the New Yorks
shut out the Clevclands on two successive
days. Then they boat the Baltimores ON
the latter's grounds twice In one day FL
nally the Bostons made their victorious run
OF successive victories IL. Each OF those
feats created considerable comment wher-
ever baseball Is talked about.
The failure Of the Cleveland team TO get
q run against the Giants In 18 successive
innings Is something which l believe has
not occurred to any other club In the Ma
tional league for years. "a Rusie shut out
the Chicagos In 1895 twice In one series,
but game interviewed between the two
runless games. To Meekin and young
Seymour. belongs tho credit of the double
whitewash of Tebeau's men. The latter
pitcher, by the way, Is attracting great
deal of attention and seems to be the COM
ing left handler. AnsoD has so tabled
him, and when Anson grants supreme
praise to any player not on his own staff
his words are based upon veteran g strong
convictions. Seymour is not 30 years old
but is feet tall and has muscles Of iron
knit His former weakness was lack OF
control and what 10 called an inclination
to 60 .up In tho air." Good coaching has
rid him Of both faults to y largo degree,
apd be Is improving rapidly In both re-
speots. HE speed is something marvellous.
On this point al batsmen who faoe him
agree -eDpj x@
Tho double defeat of the Baltimorss By
the New Yorks at Baltimore ON Juno 81
aroused enthusiasts In all parts Of the
country and 1t onoe put an extra phase TO
the. championship race. Hero Is Q team
which n all bat invinoibbe on its own
grounds, which had won s3 games and lost
but 10 during the season, succumbing
twico In one afternoon to visiting rival
In the presence of 5000 supporters. 1t
was something which had not happened to
the Baltihores sinoe the city has had
championship team.
To the great pitching of Rusfe and
Meekin was due much Of the honor thus
won by the New York team. The grand
work of these two men In the latter part
Of 1894 has not been forgotten, but was
brought forward and talked over by reason
of the Baltimore double achievement. IL
served notice on the public that, barring
accident, these two notable pitchers are
going to duplicate their deeds Of three
seasons ago. Then they had practically
no assistance, and they pulled their team
up from ninth position on June 30 to Sec
ond place when the race ended. This time
the team Is In fourth place, and they have
the aid of Seymour, Sullivan and Clarke.
Such are the circumstances which put
new phase to tho championship race with
In one weeks time and set critics, as we'll
as close students Of "form," to asking the
question, Why are not the New Yorks q
dangerous factor to other aspirants for
pennant .honorsa The playing Of the
Giants improved 80 materially with the
improved work Of the pitchers that the
query was but natural. Whatever supe-
riority the New Yorks may have lies In