Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-05-12


left Fielder o. Brfen is still in Washing
ton and Manager Irwin may give him an
other trial.
Cy Seymour, the great leftpaw, reported
to Manager Day of the New Yorks yester-
day in Philadelphia and WY go on the rub
Der in his regular turn.
Frank Killen has signed with the Bostons
and Pitchers Klobedanz and STREET. will be
released.
Catins Is playing a great short stop for
the Hartfords. Maybe he is the young man
who will come to Washington. He was
Senator last season, but became ratified 50
easily that his work suffered. He may nave
overcome this defect
Tom Browns Springfelds are dong very
we'll in the race, being second, with toronto
in the lead. Brown is playing center Well
and Bert Myers is smothering hot grounders
around third for the same club.
Captain-M Manager Tebeau of the st. Louis
club has left his team at Cleveland and Is
in Utica trying to persuade Mike grimm
that a St Louis uniform would be very be-
coming. Griffin wants to play in New YORK,
but 81, 900 will land him with the Iebeau-
ties, and he will help out tremendously.
Joe Quinn is the whole show at Cleveland
He is really second in league hitting, but
few points back of Burkett, ana ne leads
the second basemen by a mile, having not
yet made a single error. The Old 81. LOUIS
second sacker is playing ball that entities
him to the respect of every club in the
country, and he is doing 1t without having
had any practice.
A special from Will1esbarre says that
Short Stop Hughey Jennings of Brooklyn is
there to watch the playing of Anterior.
Wilkesbarre's second baseman, VINO mas
been playing great ball since the season
opened, and who made a hne record iaSt
year. Jennings has authority TO puy MIN
if he thinks he is good enough. Anterior
will probably be used by Baltimore
The difference between heady base run
ming and the opposite was SHOWN very
clearly in yesterdays game, ana, strangely
enough, a Washington player carried on
the palm. In the first inning Casey was
caught between third and home ana ran
right up to Mcclure without giving keeler
chance to move up. In the NTH Mercer
was caught in the same way, Dut ne raced
up and down the line like rabbit, delay
ing the inevitable until Mcclure and Free
man had reached third and second, respec-
lively. They scored Observation-Disclosures
Eagle.
Jennings has no one but himself to blame
for the early loss of his throwing gear.
says the former keeper of the baltimore
bali park who Is now in St Louis. When
it was good he never ceased abusing 1t. He
was eternally throwing. Hughle would not
be contented unless he had the pail. lie
wanted the sphere all the time. He was
fiend in practice. Hanlon would order me
to stop morning practice at IL O'CLOCK
Every one would be willing to quit but Jen-
nings. I could not get him off the field
all the bats, turned the hose on the dfa-
mond confscated the balls but could not
succeed in making him desist. He would
keep throwing until his ylandlady called him
for lunch. Hanlon often warned him that
he was wearing out his arm, but 1t was no
USE AZ
1T is a very hard matter to truly say
who is the greatest player in any position
the game has ever seem said Frank Pears,
land it is also difficult to accurately place
the greatest play ever made or the finest
shit ever turned out. There are so many
of each, you know. Yet l think that Her.
man Long was the greatest short stop me
game ever saw. During his year with Kan
sas City in 1880 l pitched for the Cowboys
that season and Herman played behind me-
Now, l consider myself a good fielding
pitcher, yet many a time have l had line
drives smashed through the box that had
no chance on earth for. l felt that they
We're hits from the start, yet as they would
shoot by, l would hear Longs yell OF Let
it go. 1 have it. There he would be in
front of 1t right across the bag. His sharp
yell was sweet music to me. Long could
get balls that no man ever SaW-nO, even
Jennings or Dahlen-ceuld touch. He could
do one thing that no other man ever saw
play could do. Sometimes he would make
mistake and start toward third, while the
batter would hit over second. He could
turn back and get to the ball even when it
was hard hit. This is something no man
l ever saw could do but Long. l often told
him that some day he would tear himself
apart doing this split act. OF course. there
We're many great plays made, but this one