The Fort Wayne Journal-Gazette from Fort Wayne, Indiana • Page 2

WTIS VW.T 'i V.f ...1 1 wni im msmm tide. A lOT WTIE STUFF TO HELP DIGEST THE JCBAHtC'S: CliniSTMAS TUfiCEY WIIEH CASEY STRUCK OUT. Baltimore people do, not Ilka (he trade between Baltimore and seerarngto think that Washington got way. best of the deal Elmer Mott, In his fetter to Life.Ma particular, bemoans the loss: of Boyle and cries aloud In this fash loo: 1th Idea of trading. Jack Doyle for anything leu than the whole WaA Ington club, with Earle Wagner thrown In as counterweight, fepeHaat to the Baltimore mind, but, ot coarse, we wouldn't, know.

what to do with Eerie unless put him. In the flower show. McJsmes I a mac dandy When he feele good and baa breakfasted im Quaker oata, and De montrevllle may tie toned Intobarmony with Oriole methoda, and Baltimore ball. But down went McOlnty to the bottom ot the sea and we thought Me aaim was down there with him. Hut Jack Doyle, Just think of It, the only csdlest modern flret baseman, ex changed for anything Ieaa than Patrick Dei Maes and Elmer Dates.

Oh, Jack, Jack, Jack, to think of your playing before President McKlnley and the senate and the house of rep reseaUtlres congress assembled, Instead tt the crowned heads of the royal Oriole rooters. Is enough to drire us to ChaUslanee water anxious to hare that league's magnates know It He Is continually breaking out In interviews concerning the population of Toledo and' exhibits his bank account tn all oftihese In' terviews. The last report from the mouth of the Maumee.ls to the effect' despite all statements to the contrary the affairs of the Inter state league are, in am unsettled It Is pot. yet decMed whether Toledo, wtll be Included la the organisation or not next year. All of the Western league managers are agreed in that the Western organisation would be In better shape next year if Toledo were to take Grand, Rapids" place in the circuit." I That's all very nice on paper, but let's look at it from a historical point of Toledo Is the bummlest hall town on earth with a losing team and nobody kmowa thai) any better than Btrofbel.

No dub ever made money tn Toledo but the Inter state team there last season, and that fact seems to hare raised a hump on the average Toledo cranium that would do justice to the grandest toad stool that erer stole Us nourishment; from an 'Ohio farmers' pasture land. And It Toledo Won't play in She Inter etate yard. It iwtn "bust do whoto ting." poets to keep bis pitching Bwlnrf saysi' 'It, has boon saM that bowling was the proper exercise for a pitcher to Indulge in in the winter lima. Kid Nlohola, ot the! Is a beHever In this sort ot exercise, lie says, that bowling keeps the arm strong 'and I don't believe that' It I were pitcher that I dot much or any bowling. I hare watched the effect) of it oa pitcher and I think that It has a tendency'1 to.

stiffen 'the muscles that are brought into play "while pitching. I know three 'pitchers who admitted to me last season that bowling had Injured their 'arms. Take the case.4f Red Bhret, for thought that bowling daring the' off season would strengthen fals! lie was mistaken, as he snowed before the season was ery old. lie admitted to me that his curve" ball was no longer et fecUre. Breltenstetn was.

"another pitcher who bowled a great deal in the winter. The result was' that "Brett" could not pitch, many curve, balls last season. He attributes his failure In this regard to bowHngv Hart told me the same. thing. Bowling can' not boned a pitching Nichols will llnd It out long.

A' man who pitches all summer ought not to use his arm at all In the winter. He should rest it, and then about the middle of February lie should go to some gj mnasltrm, or fcal( Where there Is no danger of catching cold and toss the ball easily. Let him, Increase his work a little every day, and when he goes south or out in the open air to train he, will be In. pretty good shape. and; yellow notw)ahstaiM)Ina! says aChioagd paper.

Texas Is a pleasant country for a ball toesor enthusiastic crowds, plenty of fira end travel, and, all tn all, generally, superior inducements to i those' by the Southern league pr1 "Western' Of course; the boys would I all like to break Into the Western, or Eastern leagues, but those; Jobs are hard to get There Is much questioning as lb the salaries paM young players at the present time. It may i be. stated that, the salaries in various leagues ran as 'National league (per month) $175. to $250 or young players, all the way; up 1500 foe veterans, (' EaMem lesguetlOO to'iaa fer youngsters, I J00 to') 250 for Western league $75 to $154) toryoung nominal Mmlt real Hmlt about v' league 75 to' $125, novices, $200 to $250 tor veterans, Western association 18 to 1115. Boutihern league $75 to $100, New England league 475 to $125.

Interstate league S5. to $160. Theae figures will very fairly express the rates of pay. It Is; customary to speak of the high salaries easy lives of the National league players, but the kickers seldom realise that th? man who now supports his little family In comfort on $200 a month proba bly had to slave two years for perhaps $75 a mouth 1150 a year less than $2 a. week for bis comforts and necessities, and a probable loss of salary at that Whenever the little league he played with disbanded In arrears.

HERB AND THERE. It is almost an assured fact that Boh Woods, Indianapolis' great catcher, i I. iln Bportlng.Ufe. eats, how courd they do it unuer me national agreement even If they were "willing to make such a craty break' S3! rumor' now comes from Grand Rapids that rPeaoon" B1U, who recently sold his ball club at Newark, In the Atlantic league, would like to again own a franchise tn the Western league and has bis optics on Grand (tepid, ElHs was In Qraad the other day and he told th fans that there are certain condition nnder whldh: ha might take the franchise, provided he can get it The condition are that he would not have to pay too much of the present Indebtedness of 'th club himself, Inotiher he would peel thftttiUsens ot the Funalturt City to "chip In" and help Hft the H''mm The newspapers down east were full of? i pretty things, about Brown, wno played rrlth New' Caatle the Inter etate league, and who wa. drafted Into eastern league along with "Reddy," Ollboy and Speaking of the farmer reminds me of a story that' was told on th "Farmer" in one.

of stops in this city. The New Castle 'club was here for a series of three games with Te feeau's stalwarts and were stopping at We New Aveltne, Carrlck boarded at the Avellne and Brown and he went to dinner together. Now according to reports, the "Fanner" has an appetite that knew the pwngs of dyspepsia or experienced the pain of forget fumess. Ills eating qualities were, In fact, so well known to the management of the New Castle club, that on the days the "Farmer" was expected to pitch he was usually accompanied to the table by an appointed guardian, whose duty ft was to see that the big fellow was properly dieted. On this I ,) mrr wll( to look elsrWberr(for a shore! stop, as he cannot tare Frank Torreyson, manager and own er, of the Wheeltog club, la not ptfj signing players for his.

dab tight and left, hut he is also yhlHng away some of Ms edle 'winter moments' Uanagtag a' couple of ntUburg prise fighter. I OA.BSST AT TIliB DAT. An enthusiast: aroond town quested to prrnt "Casey at 'VhaBsZ'l and her It is. It It. doesn't make ubH hair of the dyed te Uw woo tingle with xcttetnent tn antlclpatle of the' scene, then it's our treatt There was ae In Xsey's inawuer ai he stepped Into his place, There was pride In Casey's bearing sail a smile on Casey's face; And when responding to the 'cheer, he MtglbUy doffod Us No' stranger In the crowd eouht 'doukl 'twas Casey at the Ten thousand eyes were on him.

as he rubbed his hands wWh dirt, Five thousand hands applauded wheg jhe wiped them on his Then when the writhing pitcher grout the ball into his Mp, Ji Defiance 'glanced in Casey eyea eneer curled Casey's lip. A 1 And now the' )eat'hercovercd sphere came hurtling through the air, And Casey stood a watchlag it.iJ haughty grandeur there; I itnv oj vne suiray rauma vnenes unheeded sped, "That ain't my Myle." said Ca Strike one," the umpire saM. I From the benches Mack with, there went up a muffled roar, I use me neaong or una storm wave a the stern sod distant show; The OIdA.ay arid the NeAv J' litmVmfMfmiWn But now how old ft makes feel v'1 lJJ 1 ff MinlrninflsjBBn 1 l'iflljllljlll We used to spend an hour together, My New Tear girl and I. Out in the crisp December weather; Making the nnownekes fly, But now' how old ft makes fed The New Tear gin up to date, Receives me with her chaperon, And a handshake for '88 1 As 'to Ainoie, he Is a conundrum, and the boys haven't guessed him yet. He hai pecullartty of delivering the same aeemawgirwidey aever'TarlM from a given course." Obt ervUg this the prediction' was mads that when the league batsmen ones got onto that curve It would be thoroughly straightened out But it Nd It wasn't.

There was an awful nttmot ony ta Amoie's. delivery, of stepping off to thenortheast corner of the slab and sending Us ball so that It cut the southwest anl nordheast corners of the plate all at one and the same time. This looked puxslhig'at lirst and on tinned so to the Isst He has an old hair trunk full ot these curves and thy are all of his earthly possessions. What he has laid, up in the land that Is fairer, than day only Earle Wagner and Tom Drown know, But Jack Doyle will Jerk some Jig water into those Senators, anyway, and as they ar only' forty miles off from Baltimore and the pennant la 1S98, why we ran go over there occasionally and see a modern first baseman play, ball. When Ned Hanlon begtns to rail about being buncoed in a baa ball deal H's about time for all the Other fellows to cash in their chips and Quit the game.

Oh, ye ot little faith I And it is tve months off to the first game. STROBBuYS AMBITION. Charley Btrobel, ot the Toledo, still has the Western league fiver and he That's a calamity, that the magnate and cranks In the rest of the Interstate cities (had not thought of. And then is going to go right ahead and 'win that' Western league pennant That's 'what the Toledo day' dreamer and he knows Just be esuas Charlie Btrobel told him' Indianapolis and the rest of the "push" are given fair. warning to get out of the road, 'for Charley will get 'em! sore pop.

But the queerest thing about the Whole bnloess is that with all the In' terriews and all the pretty things that Btrobel has said, and all the hints he has thrown out, not a word of Invitation has been said to falm and he la at a loss to understand why It Is that. Bon Johnson and the rest ot tie Western league fellows sleep on. be candid and short about the matter, a well known crank in this city says that Toledo would last about as long id the Western league, aa an Indiana snow bail wmid "In a land that la potter than this." PITCHERS BUOTJUJ NOT BOWI There are two meanings to the word bowl. One Is to "howl" up with in and the other is to bowl In a bowling alley. That they are both bad practices for a pitching arnt'aeem to be a fact.

The former Is perhaps the worst, hut "Buck" Swing, the cap tain manager of the OlndnnaU Reds Is of the opinion that the latter shonld not be. Indulged la by a pitcher It ex and ought to In a few weeks have his arm good and (Many a pitcher has lost his arm la the wtutef Without pitching a ball, but simply because be did not give. It the proper reU Pitchin gbase ball is a terrible strain en the ing base ball Is a terrible strain on the' gives bis arm the necessary rest In the winter he Is apt to put himelf put' of the game forever." HOW THBt BTOOD. The batting and playing averages of the Western 'Association are Just out and the standing of Fisher and Ester both of whom played In that league' last season, may be of interest to local lovers, of the game. In bat I ting, Eatsrqueut, who played with Rock 1 lord, waa lm.

lie played in II games, waa at bat scored 102 114 base, bits, having a per cent, ot .292. FUher. who' played with Cedar PapMs, In 12t games, was at bat 482 time, scored ,109 runs, made 125 base hit and had a batting average ot 278. He was Hod for 82nd place. II stole 21 bases and 'Esterquest 'stole Fisher' ltd the second.

basemen la fielding having a per cent, of .918., Dsterquest was second In Holding In third basemen, hav ing a per cent, of .129. WHAT THEIR SALARIES ARE. There seems to be. a great desire among young players to get Into thei i Texas league next year, low salaries) will wear a Cincinnati uniform next The Brooklyn club has drafted front the Syracuse club. Horton.

who did such good pitching for the BalU mora on the California tour, Each member of thi Baltlmore All AmerUan comMnatloa 'cleared about $360 and eipenses on the The dub has sold first baseman. Toot Tucker and outfielder Ralph 6ybold to Kansas City, and third baseman 'Charley Rellly to Mln neapoiu; Chief 'Slimmer has opened a store In cigar The season of 1898 promises to see more Sunday, base ball than any season in the history of the natloial game. There is' Utile doubt that Louisville wHi finally determine to pUy, Carey oa first base, release, Werden to Detroit, and give Lewee and Btafford back to Milwaukee. A Buffalo paper la trying to startle the east with an alleged combine between Toronto, Buffalo and Syracuse club owners to Jump the Eastern league tor the Western after next season. The particular day, however, BroWn was "oft duty" sod was at liberty to eat as much as bo idslred.T, He spent morning In' the hotel lobby telling the boys that lie was going to order a dinner "out of sight? and for once in hi life he would go out to a ball ground with a full stomacb.

Drown "was not overly bleuaed and often bad great dlfflcnlty ta ordering a dinner from a printed bill of fare, and usually ordered "the same" aa the person with him. thereby, escaping the ar doua task of studying out the greek ot an up to date hotel Mil of tara He knew, that Carrlck waa a good Hver. and as he was a regular boarder at the hostlery. evidently knew Just what to order for a good' 6o Brown aooompaniedf the' Fort Wayne twirler to the table, ready with hi "the same" for the waiting Now, It happen ed that It, was varnca osyto pius and ali he ordered 'was a piece of water a djah' of ice tream and a cup of tea, 'Brown was dumb founded, the girt was at his side awaiting nl It WouM take blm1 ten minutes to decipher the bill of fare and he could do nothing but: gasp He ate bis water 'W cream and drank his tea, and was the hungriest man at Lakeside park that afternoon. Wonder if Alloway's rooster woaT Jf ew Castle says that Charley Btrobel "Ktlt blmf kill the umpire some one in th aUnd.i 1' And It's 'easy; they'd hare kBIe tin had not Casey, raised hi heiJ'i With a smile of Ohrtetlan charity I "Casey's visage shone! He stilled tilir rising, tunmlt, be the same an on! Ha signaled, to 'pitcher, aid more the spheroid flew: But Casey stilt ignored It; sod the I nips' said "strike tod." ::1, "Fraud" cried the maddened 1 sands, and the echo answered 'f Tint Lba rnrniil bnktlOner.

and 1 audience was awed; They saw his face grow stern ana Uwy saw hU.Tnusolea sUrala, And they knew that Casey wouldn't the ban go by again. The sneer Is gone fronr. his teeth are cHnched la lie pounds wita cruel vlolenoe bis IJR upon the plate; And now the pitcher holds the ball, sflq twv lna 14 ma. rJV't And now the air. Is shattered yv force of Casey's blow, "H1 i t1 Oh, Bomewhervin this tavored land I aun Is sUntng bright, The band 1 playing sumonbere.

sjtj and somewhere heart an Usll. And somewhere men are langUag, 011 aomewhere children shoot, "ift't, Dot there la no Joy (a Di Casey has struck out. tAifl X.i:.