The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-09-07

OF Gen. Grant in the Battle of the Will
derness. He would have looked good
| anointing a spitball. or pitching the
slippery elm ball
Harry Wright, himself. wore side
| boards, and Charley Gould, the first
| baseman, sporte1 goatee after the
fashion set by Gen. Phil Sheridan. The
| rest of the Reds were satisfied to throw
terror into the hearts OF their opponents
with fierce mustachios.
Waterman Drew $1,000.
! But we were speaking of salaries.
The value of good third baseman was
recognized even in those days, for Fred
Waterman, third base, drew 1900. The
remainder of the team were $500 year
boys. This latter class included Charley
| Sweasy, second base; Charley Gould,
second base; Douglas Allison, catcher !;
Andrew Leonard. left field Charles Nc
Vey. right field. and Richard Hurley,
substitute.
| 1t may be well for modern ball
players to note that the roster of ten
men. including the manager, did the
team very nicely, despite the fact that
the players had to catch balls with
their bare hands. Even Old Dug ALI
son, the catcher, had to stop the whis-
! his hands but Mother Natures epider-
mis-, but he was permitted Ia take them
on the first bound. Whenever old Asa's
| arm would get a little tired. either
| George or Harry Wright would help out
| in the pitching department. That was
| team cooperation for you.
The Reds opened their great run in
Cincinnati on May 4, when they defeated
the Great Western team by 45 to 2.
Nh,A .I...~t
| through Indiana and Ohio and even
| tually landing in the East. After clean
| ing up around Boston, where they cas-
! lily defeated the Lowell and Tri-Moun-
| tain clubs and Harvard. they came down
| to New York, where they played game
which at the time was considered one
| OF the seven wonder of the world.
Reds Beat MutuaIs.
The Reds defeated the old Mutuals
of New York at their Brooklyn grounds
on June IA by a score Of to q In
| these days of / to and to / one
may be nothing remarkable In 4 to
Q score, yet in those times II was Il
record for low scoring. With the Reds
averaging flftf runs game, and &C.
casionally going as high as 100. II was
quite a feat 70 hold those old time slug
gers to four runs.
| But old Asa Brainard was in his Lest
form thst day, and the Mutuals. who
also were quite a billing club, were
startled at their inability to hit him.
The satisfaction of holding the great
Reds to four runs was largely lost by
| the fact that the pitcher of this remark
ably pitched game could not be returned
| a winner.
| During their same stay in New York
the Reds defeated the Atlantics OF
Brooklyn by a score Of 80 to IL. IT
was q year later, when the Reds again
were mopping up the East. that they
took their first lacing at the hands of
the same Atlantics.
After returning from the East the
Reds kept up their victorious string
playing around the Middle West, beat
ing the best teams in Chicago, Milwaukee
and Rockford. ILL.,, the latter being
quite a baseball town at that time.
They had the famous Forest Citys.
which next to the Reds was the best
club of that time. The Forest Citys
of Rockford nurtured some of the great
est players of the early days OF the
National Association, and its successor.
the National League, men like AL Spald-
ing, Adrian Arson, Roscoe Barnes and
Fred Cone.
Biz bcbrO at ftocAhOrus
In a game at Rockford. the Forest
Citys gave Cincinnati Its biggest scare,
lbut the Reds won out by score of is
| to II. While the crack Eastern az s
played a return engagement TO Cincin-
natl the Unions OF Lansinburg, also
known as the Haymakers, held the
Reds to. a Ito II tie score. the only
thing TO mar their record.
Later in the year the Reds went out
to California, stopping at ST. Louis on
J their way out, and coming back by way
} OF Omaha, Nebraska City. Quincy and
| Indianapolis In all places the Reds
rolled up victories b. vide margins
They concluded The season on November
9 by playing the Mutuals OF New York
in Cincinnati. the Gothamites being de-
!, feated by a score of II to 8.
In the 81 games played in 1868 they
scored 1896 runs to 574 for their oppo'
, ents The Reds hit 100 home runs
OF the 4.045 members Of the Reds who
, went to bat only 40 got to base on balls
, In those days II wasn't considered gooC
} form to wait out pitcher You hit al
/ anything you possibly could reach, and
E there was no rule about stepping out Of
1 the box. There was no purposely pass
7 ing star batsmen- Even II the rulei
had permitted II, the players of that day
), would have disdained tho use OF sucf
tactics. Only 2Si ReAs were left OF
a base, e4s were put out on bases. and