The morning times., 1897-02-19

void in New York's left field LajOis
was recommended to Freedman before
Philadelphia commenced negotiating Ton
his services but the New York MAJ gnsAts
could see no good in him. II locks as if
Freedman was addicted TO the use Of
sIr oSed glass in sizing up ball players
One season was enough to prove that
''Sandow" Mertes and Billy Hulen were
not fast enough for the big league. PhiIa-
deiphia thought they had prize packages
in the pair this time last year, but they
turned out blanks and have been sent
back 10 the kindergarten. 1t is reported
that Columbus paid Philadelphia $4,000
for Hulen and Mertes Strange. Either
a case of two gold bricks or a jolly for
the public.
BAH players with names odd enough and
quaint enough TO be used fer paIlor brio
a-hrac are continually coming before the
public Here are a few of recent years
vintage, CaulifloweT, Badger, Roach, Lush,
Pickering, Diggins, Bear, Bean, News,
Nops LajOie, Spratt, Lever, Kenacl;y.
Wrigley, Cain, jordan, IioucE, Fry, Smink.
Lipp, O'Hagan, Handish, VIox. PfanmiHer
and Weand- These viii probably DO for
One installment.
T. II. Murnane or the Boston Globe sageiy
asserts that b 1t for the clever way the game
is handled by the baseball writer's. it's
safe TO say the ATTENDANCE would drop
off Until the salary limit would be $500
instead OF $4,000 in the National League.
and it can be truthfully added that We're
it not for the immense free advertising
IN the way of advance notices and highly
| cOlored accounts Of games, many of tho
| uagnates would be hustling Just like
| Ordinary people to make living
Since January 1 , 1896. quite a number
of former prominent National Leaele
players have dropped out Of the big
league. and spent all or portion Of last
season as exemplars OF the highest class
Of baseball, for the benefit Of minor league
players The names of Tom Burns. Bill
/ HutCnisOn, Walter Wilmct. ArIie Latham.
| Jack Ryan, Of Boston; Con Lucid, Dan
| Brouthers, shorty" Fuller, and George
/ Tebeau are recalled. Billy Gray. Frank
/ Foreman, Arthur CIarkson, Connie Mack,
| Dave Foutz, Jack Crooks, and several
| others, are slated for a gIide into minor
| league ID 1897, and no doubt before the
| season opens the list viii be considerably
| swelled- And stuI the games 90 on
/ Younger players have taken their places
/ in the National League ranks, and the
/ veterans are not missed.
In 1898 Ed Cartwright, of the Senators,
! was a member of the Memphis club Of the
/ Southern League. After The close Of the
| season Cartwright and a remnant Of the
/ NempliianS- supplemented by several ANA
| teurS, went transforming througs Ar
/ kansas. They reached Camden, a little
/ town in the above STATE, where a strong
| semi-profcssional club. gathered from odds
| ana ends Of the dfshandsd Texas League
| Were pla wing all cCuerS- Cartwri ght' : team
| played them aicouple Of games the country
/ club winning by the courtesy of the
| home umpire So partial was the umpire
| that il appeared as II the visitors would
/ he shut out IN the last game. The outlook
! was desperate for Memphis when Cart
| wright came 20 bat in the ninth inning,
with two out and nobody ON base. Cart
| wright took u strike, and then the Camden
| pitcher IOafet slow ball up 10 the plate.
/ Ii probably has not stopped going vet Big
| Ed met it square on the nose withhis wagon
tongue, and it sailed over the fence and
| out into infinite space. The population Of
Camden, all of whom were at the game
| that day, are still talking about the time
! Cartwright hit the ball
1t has often been remarked that there
are more frst-cIass ball players III the
| National League who at one time owed
| allegiance to Anson than could be reached
by any other manager. With Boston, is
Hugh Duffy; with Brooklyn, there are
Eddie stein and Tom Daily; with Gin
cinnati, are Frank Dwyer and Charley
Irwin; with Cleveland, is Pat TeOeau; with
washington, is Johnny o Brien and Charley
Farrell; with New York, George Van
Haltrcn: with Pittsburg. are Billy
Merritt: with Baltimore, Jake Stencil,
while Tom Parrott, the brother of 'JiggS, -
who is now with ST Louis, PLAYED a brief
engagement with AnSOn, and Willie Nc
Gill is said to have = Philadelphia string
| attached to him. To have his pick OF
these now he could lineup a team about
like this: Ca4chers, Kittridge, Farrell, anf
Dcnohue; pitchers, Terry. Friend, Grif-
18th. Stein. Dwyer, and Mctiill infielders'
Anson, Pfeffer. Dahlen, and Irwin ant
outfielderS, Stencil, Duffy, Ryan,
and Lange Then if he wanted to laI
off. he could have Pat Tebeau play nfirst
have Tom Daily for his extra nan, and
StiIl have good material scattered abou
in case or emergency a team like this
g ~. ont