BASEBALL MONTHLY
June 1891
Changes Rise; Colts Swoon
"The action on the field isnt very entertaining at all" said a man leaving the ball park this month while another young lad simply said it best, "these guys stink!"
Charlie Comsiskey and the Chicago Colts continued their slide down the National League standings this momth after finishing June with a 8-18 record. The Colts fell to 14 games out of first place and are very close to joining the Cincinnati Reds as the worse team in the league. No one on the team is batting over .300 and other then Charlie Geggus who has already won 20 games, more then half of the teams overall wins, the pitching has not been any better.
The Colts did start making changes to their side. Billy Sunday's second stint with the club came to an abrupt end as the leadoff man was traded out of town. Sunday was shipped to Baltimore for second baseman Hub Collins who comes in hoping to shore up the infield. Collins is a career .268 hitter but is very good with his glove.
Hadry Richardson had his contract extended as the left fielder, although advanced in age seems to be the only one willing to hit and be a factor on the field.
Next the team dove right into the June amatuer draft and chose 21 year old prospect Nig Cuppy. Cuppy is from nearby Logansport Indiana and is the first player drafted by the team that was born after the franchise was established. Much is expected from the young man who was given no time to develop but thrown right into the Chicago rotation.
Nig Cuppy
Showing flashes of skill the young man did get hit hard on occasion. He made 5 starts going 0-4 but holding a respectable 3.21 ERA. He has only struck out one man however. Production is needed desperately from the club as they can ill afford another busted young prospect.
More changes are sure to follow. The press suprozingly have been very kind to Charlie Comiskey. Comiskey does have numerous friends in the media and is such a pure Chicago man that few if anyone is shifting the blame or is even talking about a change at the top. There have been some slight rumors of a return by Al Spalding to the front office since he is looking to get back into the game since his retirement.
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Top Picks June Amatuer Draft George Cobb SP - Pittsburgh Pirates
Fritz Clausen SP - Philadelphia Athletics
Brickyard Kennedy SP - Chicago White Sox
Bert Abbey SP - Washington Statesmen
Bill Hawke SP - St. Louis Browns
Nig Cuppy SP - Chicago Colts
Pink Hawley SP - Philadelphia Phillies
Lew Camp 3B - Louisville Colonels
Willie Keeler - Washington Statesmen
Heinie Petz C - Baltimore Orioles
As usual the top picks were all starting pitchers with Pittsburgh taking a chance on yet another arm, one would think after so many years that they would get it right this time with George Cobb. Lew Camp is all power for Louisville with the 8th pick. Finally a little known young talent names Willie Keeler will be joining the Washinton Statesmen.
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League Notes
Dave Orr has yet another new home as the first basemen was sent to Philadelphia in exchange for three players. Brooklyn only had Orr for 24 games and many wonder why a player so talented cant stick with a team for any real stretch.
Dan Brouthers is hot again batting .524 in his last 5 games and sitting on top of the hitting board with a .343 average.