The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-04-17

9 TO 0.'a ~ $50 -
mat Is rather peculiar decision asked
~, ~, py the Pennsylvania team, yet they |
nv, grounds for good argument II the 1
OIL, passed cut OF sisht Of the umpire. he
Sosiu not know what became of II, surely; I
a su mat Is the reason a ball over the T
lence entities man to a home run. for /
oftentiTes Il bali over the fence could bal
NEEDED IN time to prevent more than three
bases But IL is very seldom that n |
nelder carries a baseball concealed about |
him these days, though Il was once n |
lavorite trick; in fact, II would cost him
Ihere are always two sides 10 every
question, The Savannah correspondent OF
the sporting Life has an entirely differ
ent account OF the rows with McGraw
and several other Of the Baltimore uiay
ers in the former city. This correspondent
says.
1T is true lnat McGraw was struck
In tile face during the game on March IS
by Devinney, ana again IN the sixth In
ming of the game. March 20. by Herbert,
and in each instance he rightly deserved
the punishment he received. There is a
vast difference between aggressive bali
playing and blackguardism, between good-
hamored chan" and blasphemy. McGraw
stopped TO hlackguardism and insult He
so far forgot himself as to curse Devtnney,
calling him name that not even the vel
low journals would think of printing.
II was name that ne manly nun With
n spark of feeling or courage would swal-
low, and Devnncy Ga small mani, hit him
good and hard, and had not the orioles
rushed in and got between the "scrappers'
1t is moral certainty that McGraw would
have Jared badly.
The matter was patched up that night,
t2Sthl and the next day everything went
along nicely until the sixth inning, when
he uttered the game insult to Herbert twho
by the way, 4 not very big mani, and
he struck MSiraw Imagine the worst IN
suit that it Is possible for one mag TO cuZse
another and you will readily undcrstSnd
what McGraw was guilty OF.
There is not q man on the Savannah
team or the patrons of the game here who
does not deplnre the occurrence, but l
have vet TO hear or know of y single per
son toutsde OF few friends OF McCraw's)
who do not say openly that McGraw de-
served the punching he got, Even Ned
Haulon said, in the presence of two gentle
men, that McGraw's language was uncalle1
for insulting, and he did not blame QUE
players for resenting 1t forcihly."
"of course Pete Browning had his betteis
Il
the association never produced fner
natural hitter" says Gus Weyhng In the
Washington Post. Pete seemed TO have
prejudice in favor OF hitting to right
field Though Tom Mccarthy. ilughey
Nicol arxi the other right gardeners OF the
association invariably placed themselves
every time Pete came to the bat, old
Lamps generally fooled them by tearing
off hard, sharp bounder good for single
or two sacks. | always attributed Pele
natural hitting abilities to his mania iot
batting continually during-1he practice.
Every morning in our practice on the
home grounds Pete would be found at the
home plate bat in hand, tossing and hit
ting the ball. He never cared about ram
ming puny grounders to the inhelders, hut
pushed all his muscle against the ball ana
sent to the deem outheld On the trip Pete
would sneak off to the grounds OF the Vislt-
ing clubs early OF mornings and practice
with the players OF tie opposing teams
Had he devoted reasonable share OF MS
time TO fielding and bunting he wonId nave
been one OF the most valuable oil AROUND
outRelders In the association
The leather medal favorite among the
baisruen OF the league Il Few years ago was
Gilmore. who twired for the old senators
says Earl Wagner in the Washington fost.
Mike Kelly is authority Tor the statement
that Gilmore couldn't hit an elephant WIN
a base fiddle at two PAGES, ana kel also
went on record with the astonishing IN
forma,ion that Gil couldn't hit the ground
with n payins stone The most eccentric
.,aint about his batting was that he conidh !
he driven away from the plate by the speeh
of Mark Baldwin, Martin Duke, AMOS
Rusie or any Of the twirlers OF ms tlfne
He stood anchored at the plate ana hiinos1
chung TO It, like Bnl Joyce. He held ms
hst across his shoulder like an old lazy
With broomstlck awaiting the exit Of a
mouse from y trap. The center OF gravity
fer Cn's bat vas a point opposite his waist.
IL the hall was pitched on line opposite ms
shoulder or knee he would insist on pron-
ding the atmosphere opposite the ""i9,
line. And he holds the record against ~,
corners in striking out lie went lor e,Nn,,
streigth games without hitting the baii
a,,en Cor a foul. OF course tho pitchers
uore onto his weakness and kept inc
hall knee or shoulder high. But Gil clcaVed
,ba loo one dav nv winning out game
,rith his hat Two hands were out anu
,wo on the bases, and Washington needeu
three to tic the score, Johnnie Clarksoh,
who was twrling for Boston In nom NJ
=. r.shnoss sent the ball M waist hieh
ard Al, oolliaed for home run over the
~ feIl fence Some one followed MIN 70
,ho bal and lifted another homer winning
H. game fnr washington. THAT homer of
cilIv.s sot baseball society asog all over
he circuit. 1t was the sensation OF inc
sensou n Washington
Fred Tenney. the star first baseman Of
Inc Boston club, who was in Washington
for tew days on his way to join the
Beaueaters, tells the following story to
r,portcr Of the Washington Post
early IN the nineties caught for the
brown University team. one of our games
rlayed at Providence had US lined up
against the New York University nine II
reouired an expert accountant or u ilghl-
| ming calculator TO keep the correct iao on
maj game The score sheet OF oh -ot' ,
| vas n cross between q laundry t-@ss -
he weather chart when ihe gam Nouna
~ Nc had thirty-five bases stolen, thir,
,y.three base hits aud forty nine runs. ana i
he varsity team figured In the piaehpali
| caiumn to the tune OF twenty nine errors
ard fourteen passed balls for one eatcncF
and ten for the baekstop, TO whom ne re-
sirned Inc wind-paa after five innings. me
! %sw York varsity twirler couldn't shope
/ No srhere over q washtub. He had aDou,