The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-06-04

with a colured team, and the Mongol-
ians went down to SYNONYMOUS defeat
nj the hands of the Senegambians. 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 national pastme. they demonstrat-
ed a total inability to get in the way
of sroundere and to make proper throws.
If an accurate score could have been
kept. probably a 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 Chi
nese pitcher, Lang Wang. had great
difficulty in getting the ball up to the
batsman. He employed an odd maid
delivery and fell all over himself when
ever 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 abil-
ity He looked like a Chinaman at a
distance. but when Umpire Butler
called him out upon one occasion he
appeared in his true colors with the
retort:
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 out
fielders, chased the ball until their eyes
were bullying and their tongues were
hanging out. After the seventh inning
the colored men hurried the game to
a finish. A Chinese band made a noise
before the game and then sat silently
on the bench Both teams wore regu
lation uniforms. The score was 33 to
II in favor of the other fellows" said
the manager of the "Chinks' to his
men.
Willie Bill' Hutchinson continues to
be the sensation of the year in baseball
circles, and the old gray-haired fellow
acts as though he intended to pitch
Minneapolis into the one two three
class. In 1895 Manager Arson of the
Chicago club decided that Hutch had
seen his best days. and he was allowed
to go to Minnea polls, with Walter Will
mot 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 Hutch
inson retired from the diamond to &C
Cept a position with western railroad.
During the last winter, Wilmot, who
again assumed the management of the
Millers. 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 single defeat.
Algie Mcbride, the crack outtielder
of Cincinnati, is expected to be out
of the game for some little time to
come. About three weeks ago he dis
located 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
absence from the team will be greatly
felt. as his batting, fielding and throw
ing has been excellent in the few games
he has played.
Seymour is reported to be in good
shape, but he is hardly in the condition
| that is necessary to win. He allows
| opposing teams very few hits but Their
he gives too many bases on balls. and
these count as good as hits. particu
| larly when Seymour becomes erratic
| His record this season is five consecu
| tive bases on balls. There is mucf
| speculation among local enthusiasts as
| to why Seymour makes so many WilC
| pitches. The best argument offered is
| that his hand is too small to get the
/ proper grip on the ball when pitching
, an in-curve. His hand is certainly
| smaller than that of the average
| pitcher.
There is no denying the fact" OBJ
served Frank Bandle last evening il
| speaking about the National league
that baseball is in a wretched condi
ton in Cleveland, Washington ant
| New York. The owners in these thre,
cities have done nothing to stir up tn,
players, and disaster stares them in thu
face. When the players were dumped
| overheard from the st. Louis club, afte
| finishing last in the race, the owner
| at Cleveland must have been, awar
that 1t was case of swim in the Fores
| City this season, or else sink into com
plete oblivion, yet these same player
have been given little or no encour
agement. 1t is small wonder that the,
are unable to play ball under the con
ditionS that existed in ST. Louis las
year, but so far as that goes their pres
ent. surroundings in the city on tn
lakes are not improved to any appre
ciable extent. Under the circumstance
If they succeed in playing any kind q
ball they will be worthy of eXtrem
credit. Just now they are entitled t
large sobs of sympathy, but they d
not seem to be getting much of tina
either, and things up there look mis-
erably discouraging