The Anaconda standard., 1899-09-03

zer are tied for first honors in the mat
ter of pitching shutout games. each
having occupied the slab in four
events of this kind. But Waddell has
a shade the best of it. as Denzer must
divide the honor with another pitcher
in one of his games. Newton of In
dianapolis comes next with three shut
outs to his credit while Friend,
Briggs, Rettger, Gray and Barker are
all lucky enough to have let their OPP
ponents down without run on two
different occasions.-Columbus Dis
patch.
There is quite a bit of agitation ia
voring the abolition Of the rule that
gives a batsman his, base for being hit
by pitched ball. The movement
started in Boston. writes H. G. Mer-
rill on the Wilkesbarre Record. This
would be, if carried out, an unjust
rule, as the pitcher need take little
heed of the manner in which he de-
livers the ball to the batsman, and the
latter would have no protection against
intentional efforts to cripple him. The
rule is sensible and should not be tam
pered with under any circumstances.
The pitcher who hits batsman de-
serves to be thus penalized.
The Boston cranks are complaining
that their clubs pennant prospects are
being sacrificed for the interests of the
farm team at Worcester A National
league club should not have an annex.
Young Frisbee advanced in his profess
sion" when he graduated from the Kan
sas City to the Boston club last fall,
and yet he is compelled to play with
Glass A league. The farming evil is
growing. 1t so permeates the Western
league that it is difficult to say how
many players belong to the club with
oh nln h
has to bear the odlum of being farm
for Cincinnati, although it carries few
er farmed players than a majority of
it's rivals. Manager Allen claims, with
justice, that the baseball writer's treat
his team unfairly in this matter. The
minor leagues should insist on the abol-
ishment of the farm system.
The best proof of the utter worthless
ness of the pitching records, based up
on a percentage of victories, as cri-
terion of merit, is found in the fact
that Hickman stands first IN the list
with six straight victories and no de-
: feats His work, instead of emitting
him to rank first among the pitchers
of the league, has been SO unsatisfac
tory that the Boston club has given him
his release. He esta blished the base on
balls record by sending IA men to first
in eight innings, and on several occa-
SlO1lS mas Iliitu the 'DaSeS ldcK
of control Fortunately for. his rec
ord the superior work of his teammates
at the bat and in the field have saved
him from being charged with defeat.
The best test of a pitchers ability
that can be reduced to figures is the
percentage of earned runs off his de-
livery through base hits and bases on
balls, wild pitches and balks. Hick-
man has been failure as a National
League pitcher but his splendid bat
ting and fielding while playing lef,
field in Captain Duffys place entitle
him to remain in the major league.
Bullet Proof Ned Garvin went into
game without eating any dinner.
After the third inning he was sitting
on the bench, and all of a sudden he
put his hand on his stomach and ex-
claimed: Gee! / forgot to eat my
dinner. Say, but Tn hungry" He
was in dead earnest, the Chicago play
ers say, and yet he won his game.
You see" said Mertes, hes so long
from his stomach to his head he didn't
know he was hungry till the third in
ming"
Each season the Louisvilles close
with a nine that everybody says will
make a giant team the next year. This
summer is no exception to the rule.
Each year, however, always finds the
Louisvilles plugging away down at the
bottom of the heap, no better than
they We're the season before. If some
body would cut the toe weights off the
Colonels in the spring they might
catch a good racing gait and be up
with some of the big fellows before
the Fourth of July.
The attendance is better and the en-
thusiasm greater in Baltimore than in
Brooklyn and yet the syndicate which
n1c n1,,hc f,,st a;t lA
a deliberate attempt to strengthen the
Superbas by weakening the Orioles.
Manager Allen of the Indianapolis
club is, according to the latest advices,
slated to succeed Thomas E. Burns in
the management of the Chicago team.
Aliens splendid record in the West
ern League is proof of his fitness for
the position.
oDay is the only umpire this sea-
son who has stood by the rules in re-
gard to the fake foul trick. McGraw
and Hamilton are pair of foxes who
will bear watching in this play.
The Baltimore grandstand does not
extend much beyond a point opposite
first base. and throws that escape the
first baseman are usually as good as
home runs for the locals, as they have
plenty of room to roll, and when they
stop are always cared for by Baltimore
partisans, who see that they don't re-
u,
There were three cases of this kind
this afternoon. McGinnity went all
the way around on one, McGinnity and
Robinson on the other, and on the
third McGraw logged as far as third.
Chicago Record.
Flick is a candidate for champion
ship batting honors this year, says
Horace Fogel. He now stands sew
enth in the list, and might be even
with Delahanty, who leads the league,
were it not for the way he is handi-
capped by the sun in right field on the
home grounds, where half the
games are played. Away from home
Flick bats as WELL If not better than
any man on the Philadelphia team.
Keeler made his 150th hit on Aug.
3. His batting average is 1886. Della
hanty made his 150th Aug. 10. His
average is .419. He has hit safely in
p straight games in 3S out of 40
games.
McJames has proved bitter disap-
pointment to Han1on this summer.
The father of President n. E. Young
died recently at Amsterdam n, Y,