The Topeka state journal., 1899-12-07
with the Bail Players.

Indoor baseball is enjoying a little boom
in Philadelphia and d slump at Chicago,
the games nativity.
Joe Corbett was thrown from a car
rage some time ago and suffered brok-
Billy Hallman, the veteran second base
man, is sliding into popularity by the
spiked-foot gear and is the senior mem
Der OF a song and dance team
Ihose historical landmarks OF a bril-
Johnnie Ward, are golf faddists. Wright
Is a Iamlllar figure on the INKS aroun9
ABOUT Boston. and Ward IS member OF
a Brooklyn golf club.
When John AIcGraw played his first
game in Baltimore in the american asSo-
eiation in 81 an old uniform worn by
sam Wise was given him to wear It was
a case of all clothes and no player so far
as appearance went, but in playing. ability
suit.
Tom Brown and Duke Farrell are hunt
ING IN the businesses OF Maryland WITH q
party OF sporty Washingtonians Tom
and the duke are expert nimrods and the
Quke DelIeVeS that q winters outing IN
the woods is the finest kind of training to
pitch during the offseasOn.
Ned Hanlon at the time. he. accepted
Dunn, stated that in his estimation Dunn
was the best twirler in the circuit to sup
necessary to cRsnpe \ nirchers during a
game His good judgment was fully war
ranted, and in addition Dunn proved a
winner for the Superbas.--Wiikesba
Record.
Death has created universal havoc in
the present year. Charley Nichols father
died at Kansas City recently, and his
and W p Rhines While Jimmy Callahan
lost MS mother, and Lave Cross mOurnS
a sister.
Many times during the past season con-
stant spectators wondered why it was
that Tebeau did not make O'Connor catch
the pitchers of poor judgment, such as
ger in to catch. g. ConnoT is famous as a
clever COACH Of pitchers and an unequalled
workers of batters. Jacks shrewd head
and oily tongue can induce many a batter
10 strike out when the balls thrown him
agile thinker back of the wind pad. Cri-
ger IS young and not worker of batters
matter the a. IN IRIS 1S5iee+ 20 Con-
saiw said Pat hut T"g r5Scaigar 5flig ef
slow and wild pitches he is not Criger's
equal IN one respect, and no man in the
league is that. That is, throwing to bases.
that is over to his right and above the
knee, and he will out throw Louie, that
quicker and easier for the baseman to
h$andIe; BUT when the pitcher IS slow IN
pitcher let's him take a long lead. and he
can pick the ball out Of the the dust. the the air
throw successful Criger som etines throws
a ball that is hard to handle. that is it
comes like bullet and often has a shoot
a yard wide upon it, as all hard thrown
from him faster than Criger and does not
have to throw SC, hard Hence it comes
nice and light and true and the baseman
has no trouble handling it. I saw poor
Childs get many hiss and roast last
year because he did not make a put out
on some of Criger's hard throws that
came with a shoot. Kid would run into
the bag and the ball would come straight
until it got about ten feet from him and
then it would shoot to away to his left.
Naturally he would be running the other
way and he could not go back The people
in the stand would think that he Overran
a dummy. :
observe the shoot. Criger is the grea test
thToWer ever saw" concluded Oliver
While he looked all over the lawn and
even then threw his man out by ten feet.
When he gets rid Of it a bit faster he can
throw TO third and let the third baseman
relay it to second for the put out"