The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-10-16

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"Johnny" Evers, the polished little
second baseman of the Chicago Cubs,
believes that Frank Chance is the
greatest inside" baseball player In
the game to-day. Speaking OF last
years struggle for supremacy In the
National league, Evers says: "When
you take into consideration base run
ming, fielding and at the bat most OF
Chances plays seem to have gone IN
noticed, and many inside plays,
worked on the opposing teams by the
champions were at his instigation.
Tinker is a very tricky inside man,
his fooling the base runner on an out
field fly being a good one. remember
how he caught Magee OF Phlla-
delphia three times in as many days
on this same play. Magee was on
first each time and each time started
to steal second when the batsman hit
fly to our outfield. Tinker scram-
bled for an imaginary grounder or ap-
parently took Kings throw at second,
and when Magee learned of his mis-
take he was an easy out before ne
could get back to first base
Evers tells another good story OF
head" work, and Schultz of the Cubs
is the hero 1t seems there was man
on third and Schultz was on first
base, with one man out. The Chicago
club was playing Cincinnati. Capt.
Chance told Schultz to block double
play if possible so that the man on
third might score. The ball was hit
to Second Baseman Higgins and he
tossed the ball to tom" Corcoran,
who in attempting to complete a
double play, hit Schultz straight in the
forehead, knocking him unconscious.
When Schultz came to he simply said:
Il was told to block a double play
and guess used my head this time"
But Chicago won the game and sub
seuuently the worlds championship.
There is a whole lot of time saved in
throwing the ball down low, for II the
second baseman has to take the throw
on a line with his head the runner
slides into the base while he is pulling
it down. Tommy Evers, one time a
second baseman on the Washington
club and swell one in his time, who
is an uncle of the Chicago candy kid,
Johnny Evers, says that Street has all
the motions and the same kind of
throwing arm as had Buck Ewing.
When the st. Louis champions were
sweeping everything before them, says
Mr.. Evers, and running crazy on the
bases, beating the backstops to 1t at
every point, they blew into New York
with the idea of making Buck Ewing
look as foolish as they had the other
catchers on the circuit. The first man
up for the ST. Louis club was Arlie
Latham, the third baseman and a
champion base purloiner of his day.
raced for first, and never stopped
when the right fielder threw the ball
over the first baseman's head in re-
turning it, and Ewing had to race
back of the stands to recover it. Lath-
am, much to the amaZement OF the
Giants, tore for third, yelling loudly
that no Giant could put him out. Then
Buck, with that terrific whip of his,
shot the ball across the diamond, and
he had Latham by five feet. During
the rest of that game Buck Ewing
threw out IL men who tried to
steal on him, and when the Mound
City lads finally woke up to the fact
that they were up against real back
stop they were the saddest lot OF ball
PLAYERS that New York had seen in
many day. Yet Mr.. Evers thinks
Ewing, in his best days, never had
anything on Charley Street in the
throwing line.
In the National league the feat
ure pitching performances have been
turned by a trio of south paws, Nap
Rucker of Brooklyn, Johnny Lush of
st. Louis, and George Wiltse of New
York. The work of Rucker was per-
haps the most noteworthy. He shut
the Boston team out without hit or
run and struck out IA men, creating a
record for the older organization. The
only two men who reached first did so
by grace of errors on the part of the
infield. According to Umpire Jim
tombstone it was the greatest bit of
pitching he has seen since joining the
National league staff. George Wiltse
shut out the Phillies for ten innings
without a hit or run, the only man
reaching first being hit by pitched
ball.
The peculiar names of the various
star twirlers and catchers of the fast
leagues offer many a play on words.
1t is only natural to suppose that Upp
and Doom ought to be the liveliest bat
terry. Upp is south paw with Colum
bus, while Doom receives for the
Phillies Lush and Bliss would be
the happiest battery. Both are mem
bers of the st. Louis Cardinals. Hogg
and Sweeney, of the New York Amer
leans, would be the funniest. Their
names sound like couple of knock
about comedians.