The evening times., 1898-10-13

President Ebbetts is so thoroughly dis
gusted with the showing of the old-tim-
erS TINS season that he has made a big
uraft on the minor leagues. The follow
ing youngsters will appear in the Brook
Iyn uniforms next season: Kelly, first
base, Ottawa: Cockman, n shortstop,
Reading; Cassiday, third base, Provi-
dence; and the following pitchers: Nc
Farland, Montreal; Feetseh, Reading:
Morst, Ottawa; Gray, Buffalo; CASTOR.
Toronto, and Hopper of the Ridgewood
club, OF Bayonne, n. J. Keister, a third
baseman, may also be secured He was
released by Boston on August 10 and
claimed by Brooklyn on August 16 He
was also claimed by Ottawa, and the
case Is now before the board of arbitra-
tion.
Those who predicted short and dis
astrous life for Tom Burns as manager
of Chicago now see their mistake His
managership of the Springfields taught
him a number of things about the ma
tional game, and to his leadership is due
the Orphans present standing. II Chi
cago had won half of the games IT lost
by the Illness of its men in the middle
OF the season II would now be far in the
lead for the coveted flag. Aside from
the handicap Cleveland has had TO en-
dure, no club in the league has had the
i'll luck of the local team just when
they struck their winning streak.-Chi-
cago Inter Ocean.
Deacon Anderson, the whiskered
sage Of Baltimore, declares: 1T looks
very much as if Meekin had 1t In for the
Baltimore team. On the last trip he hit
McGraw, and in his latest game he start
ed out with hitting McGraw, and then
followed it up by putting Jennings out Of
no har rI
make against a pitcher, but appearances
are all against Meekin. A we!l-known
Cincinnati baseball player said tonig ht {:
Il don't see Meekin hitting anybody but
the players on your team" player for
merly connected with the New York team
said: When l was with the Giants |
used TO hear Bill Joyce often remark to
Meekin before game: Don't forget TO
cop off couple today Meek and Meekin
would say, You know me, Bill" Any
pitcher who is up to tricks of this kind
deserves to be blacklisted.
regular schedule for the umpires, by
which every umpire was TO officiate ap-
proXimately the same number of times
for every club, was one of the reforms
determined upon at the League meeting
last spring. President Young was di-
rected to make such a schedule and ad-
here TO IL, regardless OF protests. by tnat
means every club would have an equal
chance at the good and the bad umpires.
Like many other reforms instituted by
the baseball solons the umpires schedule
proved an ''iridescent dream" President
Young shifted the umpires about just as
In other years. Lynch, Connolly and
other New England men and friends of
Boston were most of the time In the
Hub and the umpires who were accus-
ed of being special friends of Brush Ew-
ing and the Reds, and the weakened
brethren whom Ewing could influence
were long in Cincinnati. Baltimore got
the incompetents many times. The UNI
pire staff for the greater part of the sea-
son was the best by long odds that the
League ever had, and that fact and the
double-umpire system gave all the clubs.
Baltimore included, decidedly the best
umpiring for many years.-Baltimore Sun.