The San Francisco call., 1898-06-18
THAT MERRY WAR IN THE
 MANAGEMENT.
New Park Project Is Booming-Some thing About To-Day's Game .. Between San Franciscos -.= and San loses.
BY JOE CORBETT.
STANDING OF THE CLUBS.

The above table gives the standing of the various teams up to date. It will be noticed that the Gilt Edges lead by no small margin and that the other clubs are ouhched together, barring, of course. the last three, which teams are good teams and, no doubt, will be with the others when things get going properly. The greatest surprise of all, naturally, is the standing of the Sand Crabs. They have won but two games out of eight played. and in almost every instance were de- feated by very small margin It is to be hoped that they turn around and get in the race, as the bottom of the list is no place for them.
 Stockton and Fresno will also have to play better ball; Fresnos especially, as they play Q fast game and should be right in the race. Their playing while here was very yellow, much more so than their uniforms; yet it was apparent that they were not playing in form, and this fact must not be overlooked. If this chap Barley would refrain from making a monkey of himself by continually put ting one hand to a ball, am of the opinion that an immediate change for the better would follow. This style of play, coming rom such good man, tends more to demoralize a team than to inspire it on to nObler deeds. If Barley were fined s or $l0 every time he disregarded the rules pertaining to the proper way to catch a ball ii, no doubt, would have the desired effect. He, however, is not the only of fender in this line, H. Krug of the San Franciscos being a very close second. To be more exact, [ would say that Barley and hTug are about on a par when it comes to being fancy. One-handed catches are fascinating in the extreme when aC- complished under circumstances that call for such work: but enchanted catches when there is really no occasion for them are bout as disgusting as they are in the other case fascinating. I cannot recall one instance while playing in the National League where a player put one hand to ball when he could have put two. If he should so far forget himself there is no doubt in the world but what the crowd would hiss him off the field. Some day in close S and GIT critical eo1I play Messrs. Earley be pretty. 4 game will be lost. and no one knows what bearing that game might have on the teams championship chances, for every game counts, be it at the begin ming or end of the season. What strikes me so peculiarly is the fact that Barley sort or work cannot account for 1t; yet every time l see them promenading visions similar in every detail to those which appear to confront me when gag ing upon those 'blue ribbon darlings" pass in rapid review before my very eyes.
 Surely the boys have not become in- bued with the idea that they are in class by themselves. If so there is sad mistake somewhere, for the league con- tains many good players and delights in disposing of those who have no control over their "Chest" surroundings. This was evidenced in the case of MT. Pyne, who, by the way. has not been heard of since the combining of Bert, Rauer and McNeil. From the turn affairs have taken I guess that Pyne Is congratula ing himself on being suspended before the curtain rose disclosing the secret workings of that big three. What a pretty trap they did set for those numer- ,O Ous managersi
 l wonder which one of them engineered the affair? He should be complimented for never did scheme work so beauti- fully. The end, however. is to come. No doubt at the next meeting a general mix up will follow, and l would advise Rauer and Bert to go prepared for the worst Things are becoming rather warm, and if that collection of duped baseball mag mates cut loose l would not be a bit sur prised to see something drOp@ What charming mark Rauer would make for a fellow like Truck Egan. who, l under stand has been engaged for the occasion. Work on the new park is to begin very soon, although information in regard to it comes very slow.
 To-days game between the San Fran ciscos and the Florists" from San Jose will be a good one. as both teams are in excellent shape and are verv evenly bal anced Iberg will pitch for San Jose and Wheeler for San Francisco. The lineup Is as follows: