The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-06-04
Brother Cardoza. We're very we'll sat
isf1ed with our boys. They're doing very
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,Brother Cardoza. We're very we'll sat-
isfied with our boys. They're doing very
well. t
In the two games played Brooklyn
made IL runs, 20 hits and errors,
against runs, II hits and 3 errors for
Cleveland. Brooklyn made the fine bat
ting average of 1907 against only 1856 for
Cleveland, while the visitors had q shade
the better Of the fielding by .961 to $40.
There are u number Of young play
ers In the Atlantic League who will like
ly be found In the National League next
year. Among other are r. Schuub. Nc
Vey, Garvin, Fox, and possibly Childs,
of the Athletics, and Weihl and Weddige
| Of the Norfolk team.-Philadelphin Pub
lie Ledger
BILLY" Smith Is getting himself dis
liked all over the league for Kicking
Take your medicine and wait, Babe
Richmond State. Well I don't know.
He amt SO different; and happen to
/ know, as a looker-on in Vienna, that the
dislike isn't half as deep as the admra-
tion for his managerial ability and
neVer-Say-die spirit
It is claimed in New York that after
the game Tuesday, which was given to
New York by Umpire McDermott, the
PittsDurg players went into the New
windows. Orders were at once promul-
gated by the New York Club barring
the Pirates forever from the privilege
| Of dressing In the New York dressing
rooms.
In looking over the percentage table
Of the Atlantic League I have come to
| the conclusion that we haven't any
cause to complain OF the Brooms' stand
ing, particularly when it is taken into
| consideration that they have played
most of their games away from home.
They are only three games behind the
| leaders, or 100 per cent. Where does
| q kick come in?
A correspondent suggests that the
Phillies might be able to puyEhase yVrig-
| ley from Washington for second base
and either Corcoran or Ritchey from
| Cincinnati for shortstop, and then, by
placing Gillen at third base and Lajoie
at first, they would have young infleld
that would be very fast. Suggestions
are always in order. but other clubs
can seldom be induced to sell good play
ers at any price.-Phiiadelphia Public
| Ledger
The fans and rooters who are in the
| depths of despair when the Brooms
lose, and in the seventh heaven Of bliss
| when they win have no idea Of the trials
and cxasperating difficulties the Brooms
nave to contend with in Newark, and
how hard it is to win a game in that
city, particularly on Sundays and holi-
days. In the first place the diamond
and field there are rocky, uneven, and
| in all respects disreputabe The root
ers and fans there are not more fair than
| the grounds, and an umpire who off,
| ciateS there earns every cent he gets
On week days the visiting teams have a
show to win game for the reason that
| the attendance is small and the rabid
| and riotOuS rOoter is hard at work pos
sibly in n factory On Sundays and
holidays, however, they are all in full
force and give good assistance to the
home team in winning games by invad-
| ing the field at all points, Interfering
with visiting fielders. assisting the home
fielders, and incidentally bulldozing the
umpire. It is consequently greatly to
| the credit of any team to win n game in
| that city on Sunday or a holiday, and
as the BroomS have at last finished their
series with the thugs of that city a far
better showing may now be looked for
from them.
How Earl Wagner made 1900 off
| Duke Farrell Is thus explained by the
Duke: TN '92 Killen, who was pitching
| Tor Washington, was anxious for q
switch. The Capital was too luxurious
for the southsider'S blood. The asphalt
streets and tony buildings don't match
his one-night stand ideas. Earl Wagner
dlckered with Pittsburg. I was n Pirate
| then, and my salary was too tall for
| the SmoketoWn management, so they
thought. So they gave me and 81 500 to
| washington for Kilen. During the fol-
lowing winter Fred. Pfcffer, who was
| managing the Louisville club, got a
| sncaking idea that Jouett Meekn' 8
pitching was too easy for the sluggers
who faced the Adonis twirler from New
Albany. and SO Jouett was released and
/ Washington signed him. During 1913 the
| Giants wanted n backstop and began
| to dicker with Wagner for me. Now,
Earl Wagner can throw as finished and
! plausible q "con." as any magnate in
| the league, and I'm not overlooking
John Mephisto Brush. He asked $4,000
for me. but the New York club warped
the figure to $500, and NIeekin was
| thrown in for good measure. Next came
the Joyce deal. Wagner got 800 for
| Carney Flynn, who was tossed in as a
| bonus. and myself, for Joyce. That
makes $115O0 for yours truly. and I'm
| still in Washington"
sewark Won by II Batting %trenk.
Newark, \. j., June 3-Newark won
| from Hartford to-day by a batting
streak in the seventh. Score: