The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-05-26
THE FIELD AND THE TRACK.
Base Ball.

| Base Ball
| Ed. Cuthbert, one of the old-time players,
has joined the St. Louis club.
McKeon and Keenan,, the new Indianapo-
lis battery, are doing fine work.
The l., B. & w. and Meridian-street clubs
will play on the Vandalia grounds this after
noon.
Weidman, pitcher of the Detroits, It's said,
is worked too steadily to last with his pres
ent pace through the season.
'The Only" Nolan was fined 800 by the
managers of the Alleghenies and suspended
from the club for intoxication.
John L. Sullivan, the champion pugilist,
will pitch for the Metropolitans in game
against picked nine at New York to-day.
The four men with the highest record in
the Cleveland club at the end of the season
will each receive gold medal from firm
in that city.
Clinton, of the Baltimores, who year ago
came down to playing on the thirdclasS At
lantic club, has thus far developed terrific
batting power, and now leads the associa-
ton averages.
1t is ''everybody's race in the matter of
the League championship, Yestesday the
Chicago, Detroit, Providence and Cleveland
clubs were tied for first place, each having
HOu LeH gaines anu lOSC HNe.
The Indianapolis club will play at Port
Huron to-day and at Fort Wayne on Mon
day and Tuesday, returning here to play the
Buckeye club on Wednesday. The directors
are talking about having Sunday games here.
They had better not
American Sports: People are wondering
what has uecome of Goldsmith's skill as
pitcher. He has certainly shown little or
none of it up to this time, and as to batting
| h. oa IL
fact that he was one day this week fined $50
for irregularity of hours, etc. may throw
some light on the subject"
Sporting Life care brass bands 'Jonahs?'
is a question which is agitating the minds of
the fraternity. The 'Phillies' opened the
league season with music, and were beaten.
The Chicagos opened their new ground with
music, and Detroit won. The Nets inaugu-
rated their ground by band and the Ath-
letics got away with them. The Springfield
club opened at home and had band out,
and the Quincy, the weakest club in the
| Northwestern league, scooped the game
! Comment is unnecessary"
New York Clipper: The contest for the
pennant OF the Northwestern League
continues to be close and exciting
| between the Saginaw and Peoria clubs
each having won eight games, while the for
mer has the lead by virtue of two less de-
| feats. The Fort Wayne and Grand Rapids
clubs are also struggling hard for third place.
while the Springfield, Toledo, Bay City and
| Quincy clubs are punched together for the
| fifth place. The most exciting contest of the
| preceding week was the one between the
Grand Rapids and Bay City clubs, May 16, in
| Bay City, Mich, the former team then win
| ming by a score of to 2 in eleven innings.
The championship contests of the Ameri-
can College Association last week were be-
| tween Princeton and Harvard and Yale and
| Brown. In the game played on May IS in
Princeton, N. j., the Harvard nine were de-
feated by the home-team by score of to s.
This defeat renders it next to impossible for
Harvard to gain first place in the champion
ship arena. Superior fielding enabled the
| Yale team to defeat the Brown University
| nine on May 10 in New Haven Conn, the
| figures at the finish being to f. The losers
made their four runs by streak of heavy
batting in the ninth inning. The Yales at
present lead in the race with an unbr0keu
| record of three victories
THE BASEBALL CHAMPIONSHIP.
The following tables show how the base
ball championship contests in the American
and League Associations stand. The Ath-
letics are so far ahead in the American, and
have done such fine playing that there is lit
| tie probability that they will be headed. In
the League race the Chicago, Providence
Detroit and Cleveland clubs are tie for first
| place, with Boston a good second. Some
| fine playing may be looked for from this
| out
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION.