The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-04-04

ley and Kiilen may pull the club out OF
the hole, bat St looks as 4, the team can
hardly accomplish much.
L9uisyiile and St Louis are on a par
Voc der Ahes team viii miss BreiteDstein
greatly AZ they say nowadays ne was
me Whole thing. Esqer and Hutchinson
are expected 70 DO good work. and "Louie"
HlerbAuer may probably ill tho zap at
seo1ld. The club haS 10 hard hitters
Louisville seems doomed TO finish last.
absolutely last This club has not been
strengthened 10 any extent.
The penrant race In the big league this
season looks 10 be between Baltimore
Cleveland and Cincinnati. with Chicago
having al outside chance
Brei,enstcin VII add tower @. strength
! 70 ;he pitching department OF the Reds.
feltz. MS old catcher, VII help him great
". II Epret ana Nwyer keep up the pace
they set last xcasnu. Brelterstein viii come
mighty near landing Tho pe1rant Tor the
Neas- The spring practice al New Orleans
mas put the men In great shape and they
arc all ambitious especially Eh-et.
Tho Baiiimore team is about the mos,
evenly balanced ball team ever nut To-
/ srtheF ~ mere isn't a weak srot in the
eilt. Cleveland has the greatest staff of
! ftcAefs ever gathered together with any
or team, but the Baltimore bows NAV "a
GERS in numerous other departments OF The
game. TIE Baltimore in,ield-Doyle. Keitz
! Scaninss aud McGrgw-- could hardly he inn
/ pio'ed On childs, the Cleveland secana
- man Is better than Reitz, but The
"'-tF thTee excel CleYeiand's retnainin.,
! trio Of inflelders -
Cleveland all start OFT this snr,,, viz,
( NC pitchers Of the first class. Yo,,nr,
/ Nuiiy Wilson, Wallace ana McDer,,oi,
,So 80. 80 I'VE OF the best box artists on
spaldins's Baseball Guide ,o- tco- -.
Just been published. and now the basebs1,
reason may be said TO have Fairly begun.
~ usual the Guide has been compiled by
The veteran Father Chadwick than
whom there IS no abler writer on Tho Va.
i.g-94 game. BESIDES the new ulaylpe
.'rs' watch differ considerably from tbnss
~ '~st 'aif TIE Guide also contains me
,-I oib-lal league records. cutnuiisl Ia,
Secretary Young .he monthly ,rsf5ir., a,
'Ar cubs during 'hc 1855 ,Htnpaiyn. ayor
~ aii tne minor league aud college
.-'A- WIN 4 complete record q games
PC ~ ~ We AFTER articles IN ha tting.
r..-I4Hs h~'olng aud bese raining; Car
4'Aal unions address IA ball PLAYING. ant,
many interesting at.irs-s an ii.a -. Gu
ne portraits are handsome ngIf.tcues
I'iftrl % extra paper. and Include MIC
-uFo7 Of nearly 500 individual players.
The Post is in receipt u co,v n,
Reach'a offcial baseball guide for 1897.
This book contains l57 pages Of information
cor corning the National game. Every
branch Of this sport is handled In a brief
and eonelse manner among the special
/ FEATURES II contains ho Individual II cords
oi every player VINO appeared on tie pro-
Al fu
seasons ork Of the llnerelt leas,ues with
interesting comparisons the detailed score
! Of every sensational MAJOR league game
| 81, tile iast seasou, and regiews OF 30 Ia
nous kus.e and Tebnu cases Changes In
/ teams for lstd and 1877. a sketch Of base
ball history headed Facts About Iiayers'
The NATIVITY Of Players" and tie uinpir-
!ng question are all handled in paragraphs
mat are short but very much 10 thu POINT
The college aeeson OF 1856 Ia gwen a page
and a haif, and tho ball players who died
! during the season ars listed blaci; bor-
der surrounds the list, and Interesting
sketches u their work on tne diamond
are appended.
Assuming that Fltzsimmons will keep his
word and retire from the ring. the inter-
! esling question arises Who Is to succeed
to the heavyweight championship OF the
world? or course II Is doubtful II Fits-
himinons can successfully resist the temp
tation TO enter the ring again. but with
! fii2simmons out there are no coming men.
says an Eastern writer. Before Corbett
was beaten on Wednesday he acknowledged
| that lie had only one good fight lett. and
| that has been fought. II Maher and Shar-
1 Key we're 10 MAKE The match they have been
! TALKING about the winner might deserve
! iSnt with fit1fimmOus II FitGsimmuns
1 changes his views. Mahor today has no
! claim on fiiEsimmOns Tor a fight, ana with
! me Australian out he can not succeed 10
| the TUE. Tho same statement applies In
every way TO sharkey. who is deseryediy
| unpopular. Aa Is OF the old type OF the
hidgser. aud HIS reputation In unsayory.
Jackson. Mitchell. sullivan and Goddard
arc has heenS." and viii not do. Steve
| o'Donnell Is incapable OF rising 10 the
championship standard. There is hope
| left IN Kid Mccoy. who however Just now
Is not heavy enough. He has the height
aAd frame. but lacks weight and muscular
ished boxer and for hls weight Is hard
| puneher. BILLY Madden is In earnest in
wanting a fight for Goddard but recent
alyiees from Johannesburg were all to the
eneet that Goddard Is physically unable to
cope with Fltzsmnons. Corbott Will un-
aoebtedly be told by Fitzsimmons to 10
enu iight all the men named. particularly
sahtr but he VIII hardly do SO. although
ms ability TO make money will depend en-
s"ssV upon his status ~ . boxer. Fitz-