The age-herald., 1902-04-19
Food for the Fans.


 The Chattanooga Times sizes up the
 team which will represent that town this
 season as follows Nearly every one of l this years men are youngsters with an
 eagerness to play ball, and the Chatta-
 nooga team can be counted on to put up
 a snappy game that will please the pub | lie and win the victories The five pitch 1 CTS here had chance to use their arms a little and keep up the training One of the features of the Chattanooga team this year will be the admirable pitching staff, as the slab men are much better than last year. Dolan and Bruner are in
 much better form. and the four new men
 that Kreig has to choose from are all
 better than any of the other men who
 were on the team last year.
 "Spratt will get in this morning and Hopkins will probably come on the same train. Spratt was here last year and
 made such a fine man that the fans will be glad to welcome him back to the city.
 Hopkins a south-paw, comes with a
 pocket full of credentials and seems sure
 to make good. He refused a better offer
 with Buffalo to come to Chattanooga be- cause he felt that under the management of Kreig Chattanooga would have win ming team, and he was anxious to be with the champions.
 "The fans are greatly pleased with Peas. He will undoubtedly be the fast
 est shortstop in the league and will add
 much strength to the team. Daugherty is in excellent form and covers first ad- mirably, and at the same time is strong batter. Moran Is doing some nice pitch ing and seems promising. Brennan Is likely to be one of the star pitchers or the league and pleases every one Snooks behind the bat is all O. K. and as good as aoir AT0J had a chance to show what he can do, but from all appearances he Is strong pitcher Hanks does well at the second bag and at the bat he does good stick work There Is no need of saying any thing about the old men except that eV- cry one of them is a shade better than last year. and that Is saying good deal description of the last Little ROCK
 Dallas game Is as follows
 "A marvellous exhibition of how not to
 play the great national game was given at West End Park yesterday by the Lit tie Rock and Dallas teams. Just as the
 police were about to be called the down.
 pour of rain caused the game to be called.
 No one was sorry, for it was a comedy of errors. Three baggers by Gilbert, Wal ters and Berry were the features Of the game Little Rock stole seven bases. Con- nie Murphy worked like an old hand be- hind the bat and made good impression
 on the fans. He throws true to second and works very much like Captain Lynch,
 which is as high tribute as can be paid.
 Poor Newt Fisher How did he feel
 when he read this about his team in yes terday's American. It looks like roast The American says:
 "The Fishermen were extremely weak in the field and at the bat. Wiseman
 was given his initial trial on the inield.
 He took George Reitzs place at third,
 the latter being on the shelf with a bad
 leg The Doctor demonstrated to the
 fans that he is good anywhere. He ac- cepted every chance, and there was only one error chalked opposite his name.
 This was wild throw, which he made to first after making a pretty stop of hot grounder Wiseman's arm was not in the best of shape for infield work, but with a little more experience he should
 develop into star. Knoll relieved Doe"
 in the mountains and Hill filled the bill In left The latter made several sensa-
 tionaI catches, besides his stick work was
 above the average. His playing was the feature of the contest.
 Fisher will have to go on a hunt for
 stronger hitters If he expects to finish
 in the first division this season His
 men all came up to expectations in the l Vanderbilt games but in the two games | in which they have met the Bluebirds 1 their work has been anything but good;
 in fact. they play inferior ball in every
 department The men do not work to- l gether, are slow in fielding the ball and
 have very little life In them. Their judg-
 ment, too, Is not up to the standard. and l they exhibit the yellow in close places. "The Nashville pitching staff does not | appear to be as strong as 1t was at this | time last year. Mcfarland has a slow | ball that looks good for four or five in 1 nings. Breitenstein possesses speedy
 ball, but displays signs of stage fright !" Ned Hanlon is as full of hope as most
 people now are of spring onions. Abe | Yager. who was with the Trolley Dodgers | at Columbia, s. C., pays the Brooklyn manager this tribute:
 He knows the game from cover to cover, and can give a young player more
 practical advice in ten minutes than the
 youth could learn himself in ten years.
 Hanlon is the genral. The players are priyates completely under his control.
 They know his ability and are willing to profit by his knowledge. He knows inn
 mediately their good points and their
 weaknesses, and like good commander,
 does not hesitate to applaud the first and
 correct the latter. If the ability is there they will develop into stars under his tutelage. If not, he will cast them aside. Hanlon never held on to a dead one Is it any wonder that he has captured five championships in seven years and com msnds a salary of s10,0oo?'
 When a man will sit on the marble-cold bleachers throughout nine innings at this time of the year, with the wind so high that it blows the love letters and
 I.t bot H,x see baseball, and wants to see it bad At least that Is the way the word paint CT of