Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-09-15
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1t might shorten the games. an hour
or so to introduce a lot of monographs,
filled with assorted language and ges-
lures, and let the machines do the talk
Ing while the men who are paid for
playing ball give the people their
moneys NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. North
American.
Persistence in playing a man at short
stop on the Indianapolis team, when the
man has demonstrated that he can not
play the position, kept the Indians from
recovering second place from Milwaukee
yesterday. Phil Geier is a great ball
player and one of the mast valuable men
On the indianapolis team-when ,
played at short. He doesn't like the no.
Sition n more than the crowd likes
to see him there, but for some reason he
Is kept at the place, and games are going
wrong. Another week and the team will
be fighting for third, or maybe fourth
place.-Indianapolis Press.
Umpire Davis has made a great many
plumbers, several because he is unfor-
tunate. In yesterdays game, Brashear
puSHGu IOyu OIL the nrSs
nag after he had been sent down with
a base on balls. Davis had walked down
TO the pitchers box from behind the bat
and turned to look toward first base ius.
as Brashear had pushed Boyd off, Bras
near touched him with the ball and
laws declared Boyd out. 1t was awful
Ahe crowd was furious and several per-
sons IN the grandstand started to leave
the grounds in disgust. Davis was called
thief and "robber,' but he did not zee
the play.-Wheeling, West Virginia
Register.
Jiggs Donahue is to catch for the Day.
ton, Ohio, nine.
The Thinning Q to 0 game between
sioux City and Denver, played recently.
was the best game Of the season. Pitch
er Schmidt held Sioux City down to
three hits, and Denver only made six
safeties off of Ferguson. 1t took 2:35
minutes to play he game, and only three
men reached third base.
a prominent player is authority for the
statement that the Players Protective
Association has accomplished SO little
beyond perfeuting its organization that
even the members are soeculating
among themselves as to what are the
OF the promoters. This wiis>Na
fully explained at a meeting to be held
In New York city while National league
Clubs are in he east on their last trip.
The leaders in the movement will be
given free reign unless there is an eff
1oit to commit the players to a policy
that Will cause trouble beuweeE the men
and the club owners. The hotheads will
not be allowed to co1n-.lOfnise the con-
sentative element. The player in ques-
ton further said that he and others were
m favor OF the players putting an
to roWdyis1n, and that the associ tion
would be asked to art in tho ,,o+ton -.
prevent the profession from being in
cured by individuals.
Father Chadwick thinks that the game
would be greatly Improved. if the at
tack and defense were euualized. and
suggests that this can be accomplished
10y decreasing the number of balls to
three, or by increasing the number of
strikes to four. Theoretically, Mr..
Chadwick may. be right, but there
is no occasion for the change he sug-
gests. The 1900 game as it is is attrac-
tive, and should be left as it is except
as to minor points until there is a BOD
ular demand for innovations. Changes
IN the code do not always bring improve
ment. The less the rules committee
thinkers with the game the better off our
national pastime will be. If the regula-
tions for the conduct of the game were
observed to the letter, patrons would be
satisfied. Let the magnates devote
themselves to Kidding the diamond of
roWdyism and their time will be spent
to the best advantage. Two suggestions
made by Manager Hanlon, who is a
member OF the rules committee, should
be incorporated in the rules. He pro-
poses to penalize a batsqnan who makes
two fouls in succession. whether inten-
tIonal or not, by a strike, and insists
that a limit should be placed on the
time a pitcher is allowed to hold the
ball before delivering it. Both amend
ments, if adopted, would lave the merit
Of shortening the time of a game.
Theodore Breitenstein has been pitch
Ing the best ball of his career of late.
Clubs that formerly slaughtered his de-
livery now find him rather a tough prop
in his share of winners during the season
and bids fair to do good work for many
seasons to come. B~rei,.nstein is still a
young man, and with a fast team behind
him would never have fallen off in his
work. His recent work against top
I notch smuggling teams was all that could
have been asked. The public cares not
his shore of winners. Brett has done
this. and, in addition to being a member
of the pitching staff, has filled the role
of utility outfielder. He knows the
game, has a good head, and can hit "a
few" If Breitenstein's arm should go
>ba,ck on him he would fill the bill ac-
back on him as an o~utfielder. He was
recently given a rough turning over in
these columns for apparently indiff erent
work. but since then no tMirler has ac-
quilted himself with more credit to his
club or honor to himself. Theodore will
undoubtedly be here again next year
and will deliver his share OF the goods
from the pitching box.