Omaha daily bee., 1899-05-28
BRIEF BASE BALL GOSSIP
A Few Odds and Ends that May
Prove Interesting to
the Fans.

willie Bill' Hutchinson continues to be
the sensation OF the year in base ball circles
and tho old gray haired fellow acts as
though he intended to pitch Minneapolis into
the one-two, three class. In 1895 Manager
Anson of the Chicago club decided that
Hutch had seen his best days, and he was
allowed to go to Minneapolis, with Walter
Wimot. The 1896 pennant was won by the
Millers, and to no one, man more than
Hutchinson is credit due for landing the
team in first place. The following year the
veteran was only ordinarily successful, but
that can be attributed to the fact that the
team behind him was an inferior one, and
in 1898 Hutchinson retired from the diamond
to accept a position with a western rail-
road. During the last winter, Wilmot, who
again assumed the management of the Mil
lers, prevailed upon Hutchinson to return to
the slab, and he now has the honor and
the pleasure of leading all Western league
pitchers with six games won and not
sign of defeat.
BY the way, the race in the Western
league promises to be as gruelling con-
test as the one last year. Although the
struggle is steadying down somewhat, 1t has
been as hot as could be desired since the
opening of the season. Up to May Buralo
was in the lead, but since that time no less
than six of the clubs have been leading the
procession at one time or another. Colum-
bus and Milwaukee are the only ones that
have not had the place and the Brewers
have been In the second hole. A few games
one way or the other right now with the
season about a month old would make it
possible for the trailing Blues to hop to the
TOP of the first division
The much-vaunted Chinese players of New
York City played their first game of the ma
tional pastime the other day with a colored
| team and the Mongolians went down to ig-
| nomnious defeat at the hands OF the Sene-
gambans. That the Chinese are not built
| for the game is indicated by the Suns report
| OF the game, as follows:
| While the Chinese experts showed that
| they had learned the principles Of the ma
tional pastime, they demonstrated total In
! ability to get in the way OF grounders and
| to make proper throws. If an accurate score
could have beet kept, probably hundred
| errors would have been charged against
| them A soft ball was used, and the pitcher
OF the colored nine tossed in old-fashioned
| dew drops" which were met with some
degree of skill, but no force. The Chinese
pitcher, Lang Wang, had great difficulty In
getting the ball up to the batsman. He en-
Moved an "old maid delivery and fell all
over himself whenever the ball was returned
| to him by the catcher, whose name on the
| score card was Chin On, but who In reality
was a local player Of considerable ability.
Ue looked like Chinaman at distance,
but when Umpire Butler called him out upon
one occasion he appeared in his true colors
with the retort:
'Ah, dig der dust out o. yer blinks and
don't do us dirt. See!"
In the third inning the colored men rolled
up thirteen runs. Ha Ling, Wung Wan and
Chin Hong, the outfelders, chased the ball
until their eyes were bulging and their
tongues were hanging out. After the sew
enth inning the colored men hurried the
game to a finish. Chinese band made a
noise before the game and then sat silently
on the bench. Both teams wore regulation
uniforms 1.-The score was S3 to II In favor
of the other fellows" said the manager OF
the "Chinks" to his men.
Algie Mcbride, the crack outfelder OF
Cincinnati, is expected to be out of the
game for some little time to come. About
three weeks ago he dislocated his ankle.
The injury slowly healed and Mcbride went
into a game last week. In running bases
he hurt the leg again and now he is out
of the game for weeks to come, according to
the statement OF his physicians. His abb
sence from the team will be greatly felt as
his batting, fielding and throwing has been
excellent in the few games he has played.
Tho Nationals" formerly the Hayden