The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-10-01

MY attitude, however, toward Nne
Western league has not yet been de-
Chicago's demands for a Western
league club is problematical. If the
new league is a myth all the booming
in the world will do it no good and it
will not be worth talking about, while
If 1t Is properly backed by men who
thing that might be done to check it's
progress will prove futile
Editorially the same paper says: The
American Association has effected a
temporary organization and it's promot-
held in New York city on October 20
to complete it's circuit and prepare for
its initial season. Its prospects Of sue
cess are problematical. From the start
the powerful National league and the
allied minor leagues will be arrayed
against it. An immense amount of capt.
tai will be required to equip and main
tain eight teams with players up to the
standard of the National agreement
clubs in the cities of it's circuit. The
reserve rule will not be respected and
there will be strong competition for the
best talent A baseball war means a
division of the patronage and no profit
to those engaged in it. The status of
the new association is not as yet well
enough defined to warrant an opin-
ion as to it's future. Newspaper boost
ing will not make it succeed. and print
ed predictions of failure will not bring
disaster to 1t. When the circuit is Sc
lected, the names of the capitalists be-
hind the movement are divulged, and
the engagement of players completed,
an intelligent forecast can be made.
The assertion that the National league
players will remain loyal to their re-
spective clubs is merely an expression
of opinion. The American association
must get large percentage of its play
ers from the league ranks, to entitle
it to liberal share of the patronage:
The people will buy the best brand of
baseball regardless of the name OF the
organization to which the clubs fur
nshing it belong. The experts at the
game-the drawing cards-are under
contract to the National league clubs
for this season and will be reserved
for 1900. Whether a majority or a re-
spectacle number of them can be
weaned from their allegiance through
the offer of tempting salaries remains
to be seen. If the ranks Of the National
tent that the association teams Will
outclass them, the promoters will have
a fighting, chance for; success. -.
Case Patten, the pitcher purchased by
the Cincinnati club. was the crack
pitcher of the Wilkes-Barre+ club OF; the
Atlantic league going to Kansas Cfty,
and since joining the Western league his
work has been of the phenomenal order.
He has pitched nine full games, Win
ming seven of them. He lost the first
game, being slightly nervous. The other
game he lost was due to his support
he holding the opposing team Gndia-
napols) down to seven hits. He was
again taken out of the box in the
twelfth inning on account of another
player being substituted for him at the
bat His team lost the game in this in
stance in the fourteenth inning to In
diapapolis, but up to the time Patten
was taken out he had the opposing
batsmen at his mercy. The last two
games Patten won were played the
same day. Patten pitching 18 innings
of phenomenal ball against Buffalo.
f. at takes about three seconds for
third baseman to field sharp nit
down to him and make the long throw
to first with a slight recovery after
the pickup says Chicago man.
"Now, il the best time a National
league runner can make for the 80 feet
is 3 2-5 seconds, it is utterly useless
to waste strength and run out on such
a play if it was made perfectly every
time. But when you consider that
there is a chance of two fumbles, that
a first baseman may be disconnected
with a runner coming full speed at
him, especially if the throw pulls him
toward the runner; that the throw may
be wild; that the first baseman may
drop the ball out of the glove, If It's low
to the ground, for fraction of sec
ond, why then the base runner has
chance and should run every ball out
President Keer prevented the pro-
posed foot race between Beaumont and
Leach for 800 a side yesterday. The
money was up. Leach contributed $25
to the fund raised by the Louisville
players, and Beaumont's hackers had
their money in the hands of the stake
holders. Both were confident and
were disappointed when President Keer
vetoed the arrangement of having the
race before the first game. He said it
must be postponed until after the
championship season closed. Harry
Pullman suggested a sweepstakes Oc-
tober 49, and having Mercer of Wash
ington, Callahan of Chicago and other
speedy players enter. Beaumont's
hackers are willing, but the Pittsburg
PLAYERS would prefer a match between
"Reau' and Leach. The local man
could get $500 misunderstanding
Post.
Some remarkably good games were
pitched in the Western league during
and McNeeley of Minneapolis shut out
their opponents each without a hit or
a run. Two pitchers performed this
rare feat during the season just closed.
On May s, Gray of Buffalo BANKED IN
dianapolis without hit or run, ON
June 9, Newton of Indianapolis dupil-
Gated Grays feat, his victims being the
Brewers. There We're three games
played in which the losing side scored
but one hit EACH the successful pitch
ers being Scott of indianapolis against
Minneapolis, Reidy OF Milwaukee
against Indianapolis, and Pardee or
Kansas City, who in five innings al
lowed Grand Rapids Hat one swat.
There were seventeen games in when
the losers were content with two hits:
Denzer of st. Paul pitched three OF
these games, Gray of Buffalo and Wad-
dell of Grand Rapids, two each. and
Newton of Indianapolis. Scott of 1ndi-
annapolis, Briggs of Grand Rapids,
Thomas of Detroit, Hutchinson of Min
neapolis, Foreman of Indianapolis,
Daub of Buffalo: Damman of Indian
apOliS and Schmidt of Kansas CITY one