Evening star., 1898-08-02
Base Ball Notes.

Senators in Pittsburg today
A hard rain prevented yesterdays game.
Mercer will pitch two games against the
Pirates
|. The Senators have also become Wander
ing Wilies," playing in Philadelphia with
Cleveland next Friday, Saturday, Monday
and Tuesday.
Maybe the fur will not fly in Cincinnati
for the next three days. New York will be
pitted against the Reds, and it will be
case of fighting for everything in sight.
The boarding house of ten of the Phila-
ceiphla players was burned out the ether
morning at o'clock. But two men, Cooley
and Fifield, were home to fight the flames.
Now the Philadelphia papers want to know
where the other players were at the time
the fire broke out. The PhiIlies shut the
CleVelandS out the next day, nevertheless
Any of the National League clubs in need
of bench manager should not overlook
Dan Shannon, who has managed the
Wilkesbarre club for the past two years.
Shannon was a failure in Washington some
years back, but he has learned a great deal
since then and now he is touted as the best
manager In the Eastern League.
Link Lowe, the Boston second base
man, made his first error yesterday in
thirty-seven straight games, one of the
most remarkable records ever attained by
an lnfielder. Similar records have been
made by outfielders, but loves record will
stand for years to come His assists and
put outs were over 300.
Wrigley made an odd catch in the eighth
The shortstop sprinted into foul territory
near the north bleachers, after Woods high
fly. The ball hit his uDturned palm and
then bounced high in the air 1t came
down and went into the air again and re-
peated the antics for third time Wriglay
was on the run all the time, but the ball
finally stuck to his fingers. Chicago
Tribune.
In the eighth inning, with Gettman on
tlrst, Wrigley Knocked high fly to center
Lange, after a hard run, captured the ball
but did not notice that Gettman had start
ed around the bases and had already pass
ed second AS is his won't he tossed the
ball to Thornton, who noticed that some
thing was wrong in the infeld and shot the
ball to Dahlen, who lost no time in for
warding it to first, completing a double
play.-Chicago Tribune.
President E6bitts of the BROOKLYN club is
opposed to the transferring of scheduled
games from one city to another. at is a
mistake to do it," said he yesterday 'It
huIts base ball, for it is really showing a
White feather President Hart of Chicago
wanted to transfer the games Chicago Will
play IN Brooklyn in August to Chicago, but
refused to do it, though by not complying
with ms request take about s., 900 out of
the cluD treasury. We not drawing at
home because we are not playing good ball
While Chicago is drawing the people, but
nevertheless, L will not transfer a single
SstHie, even IL tnere is nobody in the
grounds but the players and the ground at
taches. Other clubs would do well to fol-
low this example. ."-Cincinnat Enquirer.
'Who do you think was the greatest bat
ter that ever played ball?' asked Jake
Beckley of Frank Dwyer yesterday.
why, that's an easy one to answer
here never was player in the same class
with old Anson hitter when he was in
ms prime. Anson could gauge a ball better
than any man in the business. He would
take two strikes most of the time and then
Just when the pitcher thought he had him
in the hole, he would tighten his grip on the
Dat and hit it mile. Yes, Jake you can't
name man that could hit harder than
old Anse.
well, maybe 1 can't; but let me tell you
that Jimmy Ryan is not far behind any of
them. Ryan hits hard all the time He
seldom gets fiuke hit. And while we are
talking about hard hitters, don't overlook
Elmer Smith. Jimmy Ryan hits much
harder than does either Keeler or Burkett
Those fellows sneak in a whole lot of fluky
boys, but Ryan doesn't have that chance
He hits them all alike
WELL few years back Anson and Buck
Ewing were the hardest men in the league
to pitch to- observed Dwyer TT matter
ed little to them where you pitched, they
would slam IT out. Ewing was another cne
OF those fellows who was apt to hit wild
pitch out Of the lot. While III admit that
Ryan Is hard hitter, he is not in the
same class with LaJoie. LaJoie is nm
doubtedly the hardest hitter playing in the
league today. He can hit a ball harder
than any of the big batters in the league I"
Cincinnati Commercial.