Philadelphia Inquirer, September 3, 1898View transcription
PASSED BALLS
** Tom Burns, in talking of his orphans, said the other day: "I have tried to teach my men that the plate is the place to die when two are out in an inning. Look at Boston. That team has men who are on the jump at all times. They set the pace. We must have a pacemaker in base ball as well as in other sports. Mertes set the pace the moment he came to this team. 'Danny' Green is another fellow who sets the pace. I think there is no player in the League who has the 'foot' of Green in fielding; and look at his judgment in batting. He will give the best of them lessons soon."—Chicago Post. Green is a West Jersey boy and for the past six or eight years has been playing on teams along the eastern bank of the Delaware, such as Bordentown and Camden.
** The Bostons, Cincinnatis and Baltimores, although at the top of the heap, have had more players injured than the other League teams. The Bostons have had these men on the hospital list at different times: Hamilton, Tenney, Stahl, Long, Bergen, Yeager, Stivetts and Lowe. The Baltimores have had these men laid up: Kelley, Keeler, Brodie, McGraw, Jennings and Robinson, while the Cincinnatis have had to get along without Smith, McBride, Irwin, McPhee, Beckley, Vaughn and Steinfeldt at various stages.
** Keep at it, you warm babies. The gallop to the first division isn't such a long way off.
Tom Burns, in talking of his orphans, said the other day: "I have tried to teach my men that the plate is the place to die when two are out in an inning. Look at Boston. That team has men who are on the jump at all times. They set the pace. We must have a pacemaker in base ball as well as in other sports. Mertes set the pace the moment he came to this team. 'Danny' Green is another fellow who sets the pace. I think there is no player in the League who has the 'foot' of Green in fielding; and look at his judgment in batting. He will give the best of them lessons soon."—Chicago Post. Green is a West Jersey boy and for the past six or eight years has been playing on teams along the eastern bank of the Delaware, such as Bordentown and Camden.
The Bostons, Cincinnatis and Baltimores, although at the top of the heap, have had more players injured than the other League teams. The Bostons have had these men on the hospital list at different times: Hamilton, Tenney, Stahl, Long, Bergen, Yeager, Stivetts and Lowe. The Baltimores have had these men laid up: Kelley, Keeler, Brodie, McGraw, Jennings and Robinson, while the Cincinnatis have had to get along without Smith, McBride, Irwin, McPhee, Beckley, Vaughn and Steinfeldt at various stages.
Keep at it, you warm babies. The gallop to the first division isn't such a long way off.
