Show A team easily rattled there la to one thing I 1 notice in par nicular this hit in ill the national league teama teams and that ie is that most of them are apt to get rattled quite east ly IY ay bare tim tint in bla his bae base bal bat gossip they will play an lively as a crickets until they strike a duag and then away goo the bunch pitcher pitchers and all the club clubs with the levelheaded level heeded pitcher pitchers hare have the beit beat of 0 it away amay from borne home few ot at the young pitchers pit chere cn can tand stand the howling of the bleacher ites and are ver apt to jump their trolley nd hanlon hat has 1 teen en ale ise to this fact and hag has maile made a special effort to have seasoned pitchers on hie his staff 0 no o man can get more work out of a pitcher than bid hd hanlon and anti no mam mani ser er Is more careful to seo that hie pitcher la Is on edge beaole he goe goes in the box if it you look up ane old scores you will find that fewer femer runs are made oft off brooklyn than an other dub club this may not be the fact this season up tip to date aa as he has been working with a very jcak aggregation but hh hn object ot eject has been to keep the opponents opi score down and he starts out to do this with ith his pitchers this Is where all teams must be strong these days especially in the american league where the hitters aavo have congregated and make life mis erable for the pitcher without brains brainy pitchers are hard to find but when you get one he lie is sure to win out with a fairly good team I 1 have seen all the teams of both leagues play except cleveland and can and nothing that looks any bet ter than the chicago americans they have the brains the speed and the nerve and with charley comiskey to do the outside work there Is no good reason why the white coxs should not be first choice tor for the table stakes this fall I 1 would mould not be surprised to see the fight come down to the same clubs that fought it out last sea son boston and chicago outside of dineen and young col una lins has little in the way of pitchers to tie to and i t club without four first lass clasa pitchers in the american league Js weak this season cleveland Is doing well the financial support that cleveland la Is giving a losing team under increased tariff Is amazing and stamps the city as a sure enough major league town so far cincinnati has adt been one two ten with cleveland and if the latter could be assured of the sunday playing privilege at home the forest city would not need in future to fear comparison or competition with th the s once queen city tor k or the sake salte of all parties in interest it is to be hoped that the cleveland club may ultimately enjoy the came rame sunday advantage aa as her sister ohio city it hardly seems fair that what Is permitted in cincinnati sh khlil lil be prohibited in cleveland A successful manager W F iines 11 the manager of the I 1 club ot of tho the pennsylvania league was aas born at philadelphia on augi at 15 1870 lie began his ball player career as a pitcher and expects to show that his arm has not lost its cunning by going into the box for hia his team he lie has been playing ball since his eighteenth year and has been connected with in all parts of the country ill aln most important engagements were at tit san francisco cal quincy ill bangor me terre haute ind and petersburg va he ile is a it W R strict disciplinary in and insists on teamwork at the bat and in tho field from his players official measurements necessary Nece cary As a result of the two games that chicago won from new york but which were declared no cori contests tests by the exec executive ulve committee of the na lional league lemie the men who peek through odoll tes may get a lot of work president hart of the orphans who was brently grei itly disgusted pd with the cislon di dm slon of ile ie committee haj has eug sug that t a league order every club to lave ave its ball field surveyed and a certificate to that effect died flied with the executive committee matters stand now said mr hart I 1 there may bo little cles in any number of the national league diamonds the distance to first base may not be just right or one of the foul lines may be an inch or so off oft suppose same one suddenly discover discovers one of these errors of rait aules there Is a flied with the executive no one can form any ida idea of f h how 1 w ionic the flold baa has ben been illegal when hl n it wa was laid out it duay havi haw been measured incorrectly it this were eo so taca every game same played in n it should according to a strict in terp of the rule rules be declared dc cared no contest if it all the fields were measured the com would at leat least have some thing to work on they would mould have some data on which the measure mente menta were known to iw right ae As it ie is now if it a mistake ts is discovered dier no one knows how long the error haa has ex isted it surveys were required every to 0 o often say any once a year better is chalons coll coull be reach I 1 in cases like the one bere here no oni knows kno how long 1 our pitching distance wa was short whether it aas short all season or only waa was shortened the evening before the game in raising or lo loverl mering nR the slab it would be a gool plan it the ground grounds of the dif feren clubs were and tach club required to k kee a steel tape measure at hand so Is thai that the umpire could measure any distance die tance at any time either before or during a feame hame ICY cy young youngs i long career cy loung the th pitching marvel ol 01 the year Is ain agnost ost cit response ree I 1 cy young tha tho veteran twirler of the boston american league dub lilb ble tor for the boston american league team being in the first division the average pitcher begins to lose his good points after years of service but in fit young youngs s case it Is just the reverse lie broke into fast company in 1890 as a member of the cleveland nc nr lional league team during tho the broth war he lie had great speed and a fast breaking brea klEg curve and old chief zimmer helped put the finishing touches on his art then when te beau and the other others went back to the cleveland club he was its main stay in the lox box and until he went to st louis in 1899 thia this Is s second year in the american arague ague and he has thus tar far won a greater majority of games pitched than any other man he lie ha has gnat control as much speed and a as quick a turye as ever and cow now seems to have added a splendid slow ball to his repertoire limit rule suspended the national leagues epam limit rulo rule has been indefinitely suspended by tho the 1 autive Commit tto tho the ac tion was taken in defer cace to the protests of a majority of the clubs it being held that tho the rule wis not only injudicious in a slate state ot of war but an art injustice to the many young play era now being developed by the var loui 1 clubs under the circumstances tho the executive committee acted wisely in suspending a rule fit only for peace times originally the rula was a blow at the farming system which has fallen into desuetude painter pointer for johnon johnson president johnson announces that the american league will make no further effort to hold the enjoined philadelphia players this la to well as by its course the american league was placing itself in a false position as opposed to law and order in pennsylvania at least now let mr johnson go a step further and get the american league to issue a decree for the perpetual disbarment of 0 all players who jump american league contacts from this time forth diamond scintillations pitcher joss of cleveland 1001 like the real thing lave cross has purchased n cigar store in philadelphia cy young leads the american league pitchers in strikeouts strike outa outs virgil garvin seems to have overcome that six sixth inning thinning mcora declares it if he Is put out of a game again he will retire ryan and kelster hare have changed positions on the washington team blickman has one of the best batting ays eys of any player in the country elberfield is the only right handed batt batter r among regular infielders president kilfoyl of cleveland hai has lodged a protest against umpire cir ruthers ru there pitcher mal eason latof hart chicago club has been signed by comaskey first baseman aid and change catcher haj has been released by cleveland topsy hartsell Is lit batting about he lie has streak streaks of hitting on a alternate yea dan green and herman mcfarland of tl have exchanged outfield positions lachance LaL tunce has thus far proved to be the poorest batter on the boston american league team ills average Is 15 |