Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-02-17

prospect of anybody getting it but Messrs.
Becker and Robson.
Cincinnati base bail enthusiasts believe
| that their team will finish nearer the top
of the list than eyer before, because of
| the addition of Setback and Jack Taylor
and the possible engagement of Lave
| Cross, the St. Louis third baseman If the
latter is secured the Cincinnati team will
be greatly strengthened in stick work.
The Cincinnatis were in the lead a greater
part Of last season, which they managed
to maintain because of fine fielding and
good pitching. But when the homestretch
was reached and the heavy hitters of the
i Boston and Baltimore teams began to get
in their work the pace proved too fast for
Ewing's men. Buck believes now that
with Beckley, McPhee, Corcoran and
Cross for infielders, with Selbach, Elmer
Smith and Miller for outfielders, his team
! can keep up a fast gait to the end. He
| also says that few teams can show a bet
| ter corps of pitchers than HaWiey, Taylor.
B~rietenstein, Dwyer and Dammann. Tay-
lor is expected to show his real form,
which it was impossible for him to do
| when with the Philadelphia and st. Louis
teams because of dissatisfaction with his
surroundings. He has as much speed as
Hawley, and is about the best batting
pitcher in the league. If Ewing could
make some deal with the New York club
for Rusie, whose services are wanted in
Cincinnati, the latter's pennant chances
would ne materially increased.
Bid" McPhee, the veteran second base
man of the Cincinnatis, has notified Man
ager Ewing that he is ready for business
as soon as the club decides to go south.
McPhee is the Oldest player in the league,
and yet he is regarded by many as the
king of second basemen. From year to
year his old timer has preserved himself
so well hat there appears to be little diff
ference between his ability of the present
and the skill shown by him fifteen years
! ago. McPhee is always in good condition,
probably because he does not dissipate
during the winter months, as many star
players do. Though 10 years old he out
classes many players in base running.
| McPhee plays second base from a scien-
tific point of view. He studies batsmen
and has their peculiar.ties down SO fine
that he knows pretty nearly where to play
for each opponent as he steps to the plate.
McPhee fell off in his hitting last season,
| just as all old veterans do in time, but at
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Cincinnati team to do this. He has been
subject to unfortunate injuries during the
past three years which hav prevented
him from playing in every game, as he
has done in more than one season. Nc
| Phee has never been fined by any umpire
| or by his club for INSTRUMENTATION. He is
| we'll educated and is a credit to the pro-
fession.
l Tho ~aH Draol-ITpO will h0x-a. fha son
/ vices of Dahlen, the former Chicago cap
| tain, who continually broke the rules last
year and was ordered out of the games
more than anybody. Manager Hanlon is
expected to keep Dahuen we'll in hand,
especially as he will not be the captain of
the team. Kelly INC Jennings have done
lots of kicking for the Baltimores, but the
other members of the Washington Park
team are, as a rule, quiet and inoffensive.
If the two teams in Greater New York
, can set an example of clean base ball,
! they will do much to aid the reformers in
the fight that has not been given up.
AT the Interstate league meeting, at
New Castle. Pa, Tuesday, Youngstown
asked permission to pitch Mcbride, who
was sold TO Cleveland, in two games, and
that the games be legalized. The league
voted against granting the request, as it
is against the league rules to play league
players and the magnates were afraid of
the precedent.