The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-05-08
m THE WORLD OF SPORT.


expressed himself to Washington Post re-
, porter 10 the effect that those pltehsls
with great powers OF endurance, WHOSE
campaigns extend beyond the ball playing
, ! He OF the average twifler, are on me WY
style OF architecture. built after the b'yiv
of Caesius. He said "The lean, almost
thin chaps with the long strlngy tatIeSs
muycles, are the pitchers that wear wen
And, perhaps. they are built on the same
| prjnc,ble as the lean hound for the long
chase.
"Gus Wcyhing TO my mind. has every
thing today In the pitching line that stocked
lis cunning sleeve when he was one OF the
pitching stara OF the association ten years
ago. Jack Clarkson, another OF the Casaius
build, had ten years of service in his pltch-
Ing gear. and he was ny no means at the
end of his string when he retired. Char
Icy Radbourn who will stand In baseball
history as one OF the masters OF the diti-
cult art Of pitching, was another OF inc
lean wiry school, and Dave Scissors foulz,
tho lamentcd popular player OF the ola
Brooklyns and champion st. Louis Browns,
was In active service for twelve years.
Charley Nichols Is raw OF bone, with steel
wire for muscles. Charley, the ideal pitch
err of the last decade. IS In his tenth year
| OF activity. Crasshopper Jim Whitney,
who had the speed OF Rusie or Stivetts was
anc, her of the hound-like architecture,
and Bobby Caruthers. Charley Buffintoh
and Tony Mullane are In the same class OF
physiology My physician in Philadelphia
| tells me that the pitcher of the frame OF
| We classic Casslus has those clean cut, long
stringy muscles that are better adapted for
the strain OF pitching than tho hrmor of
| fatty Drawn in the twlrlng wings of the
plump pitchers. or course. there are eX-
captions. such as Amos Rusie and Jack
Stivotts.''
Philadelphia may lose the services OF
"Kid" Elberfield, who II Is remembered,
played with Dallas in 1896. The clever lit
tie third baseman Is now lying flat on his
bnck with his legs firmly fixed In a plaster
Of paris cast. and there Is no knowing
when he viii be in condition to play. Ell
berfield Is crippled In both legs. He hurt
| his right knee In practice game at cape
| Nav about March 25 In fielding an awk-
ward grounder--not in a bath tub as was
reported at the time After returning TO
Philadelphia the little third baseman, al
| though quite lame. continued practice, ana
soon spraned the left knee In pretty much
the same way as he had the right.
| Pitcher Hughes. Baltimore's California
wonder was recommended to Mike o'Con
nor for the Bronchos by Matt Stanley last
season when Tom Hays was let out
Hughes wanted 10 come at a moderate sal
airy. He now gets $4,000.
Young backstops from the minor leagues
should be watched carefully by thelr cap
tains and managers" saw Tim Murpauc,
the Boston sporting writer The majority
OF these youngsters have arms Of steel
| and are so mashed on their throwing that
| they stand in danger OF separating from
| their wing In tie snap throws they make
around the infield. Many promising back
stop has thrown his throwing gear out of
whack by his chesty tendency to show off.
| ! also find that there Is often room for int
provement in the fielding OF foul flies. The
newcomers are SLOW in starting for flies
that sail behind tho home rubber towcrd
| tho backstop fence, While they are break
Ing away from their mask and pad the ball
hns long start. and Wins in a walk Al
least so per cent OF the foul flies carom oil
the bat toward the batkstop The young
catcher should remember a play on Il foul
end II Is this: As coon as the ball de-
fleets off tho bat he should tear off his har-
ness in Ilffy, and figure that the hall Is
bound for somewhere in the direction Of
the hackstop, unless, of course the play
Is before him and the sphere has beer
fouled off toward the foul lines"
This now Brush rule gives me a pain II
tho chest" was the gem that filtered from
the corner Of Johnnie McGraw's face. "Hal
tho time | fool myself into the belief tla
, I'm doing crochet sketch with an ole
} maid in the parlor, Why. | don't know hal
/ IL m talI
there is such thing as putting premium
on real iady-iike department on the dia
mord. Tho Brush rule isn't popular viii
the public. II has taken the hearts bloc,
out of the game and the life out of tn,
players. | have heard scores OF fans com
plain this season even after close scor
game They seem to think that the player
are drowsy, mechanical and play like a 10
OF union hod- carriers"
ANY old weather and all kinds OF i
i look alike to my wing" said Gus wcyhlus
Q Az the fingers of his left hand beat fon,
!, tattoo on the historic wing that dnngle
q by the right side of Augustus. There ar
g warm weather pitchers and then agail
n you hear OF the hot weather boys who he
lieve the perspiration acis as Intricate
: for the muscles and tsndons In their arm
L. sHi' az" nave always hccn, WlulnS 10 8
Y in and pitch II the Thermometer is nesting
It with the zero mark or doing perch act a
the 30 figure, have heard lots OF theorie
a. 10 the warm weather twirlers thongh
$ never could understand why werm weathe
II had any special influence ON pitcher
arm II strikes me that the twirlors OF tn
: plump style az architecture, such as Amo
Rus!e, are longer in rounding TO shap
than the lean and hungry chaps, such a
yours truly
| Il wonder how many players In the ma
jor league belong TO these volunteer militi
! companies said Jack DOYLE to the Wash
ngton Post young man, "A few years az
: | was sergeant OF National Guard CON
pany at Holyoke. but resigned when IN
time expired. There isn't a Nations
, Guardsmeu among the Senators. IL tao
: the only player In the league know OF WI
l may be called on 20 take up arms againl
: the famale demolishers Is Cy Seymour
the Giants, Cy belongs 10 company
5 naval reserves at his hone In Albany Zeb
Wrigley was In the merchant marine SCI
s vice for the State OF PENNSYLVANIA, bt
n zeke has resigned. and would prefer
q take a chance on those shots that CONE la
the infield from the ba,smen. Al selbaa
was . National iuardsman AZ Columou
3 Ohio, but AL Is out o! IT, II somc o. n