The Washington times., 1904-08-14
GREAT BALL CLUB
HAS SCATTERED
Famous Brooklyn Players
With Different Teams.
HANLoN IS RETROSPECTIVE
Tells Why McGinnity Is a Great
PitcheT-Beaumont an Ideal Man
Z. Bat, He Says.

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Ion is n back number. Pennant win
ners cannot be made out of poor mate
rial. 1t takes man who not only can
do things, but know what to do. to win
pennants-baseball ability and baseball
brains. HanlOn got together one of the
greatest, If not the greatest, ball team
that ever trod the diamond. the Balti-
mores OF the '90s. That team was not
Il high priced team, and II was put to-
gether from castofs. Hanlon also man
aged the BroOklyns in 1899 and 1900
when they won championships.
or the Brooklyn teams OF 1893 and 1900
il IS a noteworthy fact that Sheckard
( is the only one left in Brooklyn. and
that nearly every other member Of the
TWO Brooklyn championship teams is
playing fully as well today as he played
when in Brooklyn The Brooklyn
champions played baseball in the high
est style Of the art.
A Champion Club.
On the Brooklyn champions Of 1900
were Kitson, McGinnity, Dunn, Howell,
Kennedy. Nops. Dahlen, Z. Jones, Nc
Gam, Keller, Kelley, Sheckard, Casey,
DeMontreville, Farrell, MCGUIRE. Jen-
nings and Aleck Smith. Kitson is with
Detroit. McGinnity. Mccain, Dunn and
Dahlen with the New York Nationals,
Keeler and Mcclure with the New York
Americans. Howell with the St. Louis
Americans. Jones. manager of the
Chicago Americans; Kelley, manager Of
the Cincinnatis; Casey and AlecK
Smith with the Chicago Nationals, Jen-
nings. manager of the Baltimore East
ern League team, and DAILY, manager
OF the Providence team. Scattered to
the four corners of the baseball world,
and all doing well. And perhaps these
men would not make a sweet team
if they were together today.
In the following year there were on
the Brooklyns: Sheckard. Daily, Kelley,
Dahlen. Keller. DOlan, Kitson, Donovan
! McCreery, McGinnity, Newton, Hughes
Irwin and Lave Cross Dolan Is with
Cincinnati. Donovan with Detroit. New
! ton and Hughes In California, and cross
on the Philadelphia Americans
McGinnity Is Brainy.
"MoGInnity is a great pitcher" said
! Hanlon the other day, because from
! the minute the bell rings he knows just
what he's out there for. He uses his
head every minute he's in the game,
! and he has a reason for every move
he makes. Things may not always turn
out as ne plans them, but he knows just
what re Is about
He has baseball intelligence, and
| you've got TO have that to win in base
/ ball. Straight-away ball won't win
You've got TO mix-to do the unexpect-
ed That's what the old Baltimores
did. Bunting with a man on third and
two out hitting the ball with men on
bases with three balls and no strikes
on the batter; those were tactics in
| troduced by the Baltimores, and they
were successful because they were IN
| expected. And those lads that / had
| then could do those things They'd take
] advantage OF a situation Of their own
| or the other sides creating, and they
weren't afraid Of losing a biEgle II they
| could win.
The Baltimores won pennants in a
| league which was stronger than either
| OF the present leagues Those men
] could hit when a hit-and-run play was
in order. They didn't hit at the ball and
miss IT, out hit H. And they could hunt
| when a bunt was iH order. even the
! slOwest Of them Why, once in 81. Louis
we laid down five straight bunts and
/ won the game. Chris Won der Abe said
| il was q poor system, that the Phila-
| delphias would beat us out because they
| could tear the boards OF the back fence
Too High for Chris.
! d" That bunting game is a little high
/ for YOU, but you'n come to IL by and
| by,' ] said TO Chris. He bet me one suit
Of clothes the PhnIes would beat us our
and another they'd win the series from
us Well. we won the pennant. and the
! Phllies didn't win a game from us that
year.
! The year MCGraW was sick ! had
Jimmy Donne!Iy at third base. He bat
J no usae a IN
! who always knew what to DO with thu
| ball. no matter how complicated or tick
/ fish the play. He knew his own speed
/ as a th-5wer and the speed of the run
ner. could think instantly. and could
time his throw 10 foot Good outfeId-
/ ers. too ought 10 be able 10 time a
! throw TO the plate 10 a yard, know in
/ stinctivcly and instantly whether they
/ can get the runner and by how muca
| though Of course the throw may not al
/ ways be accurate. Such things must be
born in players. They cannot be &C
/ qIired.
There never was a header pitcher
/ than John Cla-kson. His wits were al
ways working and many batter ht
! outwitted- Once in Boston he gave m,
/ two slow straight balls over the plat,
in succession. / never thought Cor q
| minute he'd send up another OF IN.
same kind, but he did and famed m,
ON three balls. The nest time / came
up what did ne do but give me three
| straight fast ones i'm succession and far
| me again. He simply caught me ua,.
! ping. did something ] didn't think he
! would do.
/ Tim keefe was another strategist
! He had a fall-awaY ball. "A glow bal
delivered with "a fast motion The bal
! looks a. II II Is going to hit you In tho
side, then II falls away from YOU across
/ the plate. ! used to hit that ball by
/ stepping back from the plate
/ Il was the only man on the old De
I trO!ts who could buut. / was captain
/ Of the team, and those sluggcrs used &c
/ ask me- once I'm a while II they ought
TO bunt. Rowe, Richardson. Bouthcrs
/ Sam Thompson. and Deacon White were
| or the team. What, you bunt2' | tolc
| them Not much. There's the fence
| out there. Knock IL down
Beaumont an Ideal Batsman.
An ideal man at the bat. in my mind
! is Beaumont of the Ptttsburgs He
| steps up TO the ball easily and without
pulling his body away. His easy sreI
! enables him TO keep his eye On the bal
all the time, whereas too quick. sud
/ Den step Is apt to make the batter los,
| lar, maybe a slight duck OF the head
and the eye loses track Of the ball"