The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-04-19
Diamond Dnst

The West is not represented in the Leagus
corps cf umpires.
An effort is again being made to organize
club in Evansville.
That the Chioagos ought to take the pen.
ant is conceded By the best judges who look
on and from unpreludiced opinion. III they
settle down to work they will surely stand
at tie top.
TIE Indianapolis Club begins stronger
this year than ii fnithed last season. II
Yeti the American Association II would
DOUBTLESS have made 1t warm for many of
the clubs.-SportiDg Life.
Nil spolis Is all cut up over being re.
fused mission TO the Western League after
they &C. up good team with assurance of
ben g admitted, and Is making a strong
kick il the hope OF yet being taken in.
NcArthur, who has been engaged by Dan
O'Lesry 10 send men 10 bases on balls, still
has in his possession that little walnut bat
which he used here last year. Dan predicts
bright future for Nc and bis diminutivs
stick.
Lynch has not signed to play with the
Metropolitans as yet. He is suffering from
an attack OF rheumatism. There is misIln.
derstandiBg az regards his salary for the
coming season, but the manager of the Met
rcpolitans Gays that ii will be settled whom he
is able to play.
The impression prevails that before the
season is half ended the Western League
will lake in two more clubs, one of which
will undoubtedly be the Keokuk nine. That
city boasts OF very strong team this year,
snd they are clamoring for admittance to
the Western organization. The Western
League, with eight clubs, would be much
mere powerful than at present.
They hsye some very giddy base b Ill re-
porters in the sunny South"-youag en-
tbUsissts, who are 70 AT aid to make broad
statements once III q while. One OF the
Georgia papers of recent date has sn elabor
ate account Of game between two amateur
mines and dwells at great length upo1 the
wonderful work of one of the twirlers, con
GLIDING TINS: 1T can be safely said that he
is one of the greatest pitchers in the country
in fact be has no peer in the world"
This talented but obscure t)sser should
make hsnself known 10 the "b)ss" Of the
Nation al League, II. Y. Lucus, without
further delay.
The Detroit Free Press ssys: "Soalding is
a very shrewd man, and is remarkably MIN
ple in chasing the dollar OF his daddies, or
any other fellows daddy's dollars. st. LOUIS
and Chicago are rival cities. III SpaldiDg
helps Lucas to q strong team ST. Louis will
be grateful, and everybody will go to see the
Chicsgos when they are there. Rivalry
will become intense, and every body will 60
to see the 81. Louis team when it plays upon
Spaldings new grounds And, by the way.
Chicago is 10 open the season In st. Louis,
and St. Louis is to open the season in Chi
cago. Many shekelsl Happy Spslding'
The Providence correspondent of the Sport
ing Lie has the following to say about the
new pitching rules: That the new pitch
ing rule is sad failure and calculated to
result in the physical prostration OF the best
pitchers in the League seems to be the gen.
eral verdict OF those who have watched the
experiments in the April contests thus far.
Rsdbourne and Lovett complsined OF lane
bt cks after weeks trial in warm AID con-
gsnal climate. Buff gton, of Boston. has
arrived At the conclusion that a change
pitcher would be very acceptable upon the
regular Line. Harry Wright arranges two
pitchers in his practice games. an 1t is re-
porttd that Larry Corcorau don't want any
more of il. Most assuredly Radbourne and
Burlington have been battsd more freely
than under the old style, IS shown in the
score of games thus far played, and 1t stands
to reason that they can not, under the con-
fnement to the fixed and restricted position
CT the body and feet be so effective or sus-
tain the increased physical strain which is
ia the nature OF muscular torture"