The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-07-29

eiuo. Should the charges against the player be
sustained. the two games in which he has played
out =
Rodger Conner is batting in hard luck. Five
or six times he knocked the ball down TO the
picket fence Thursday. but in every instance it
struck foul.
Jerry Denny, on Tuesday, was asked By An
son TO Join the Australian trip at $50 q month
ana expenses Jerry thinks he will stay at home
and attend TO his family,
Inc Detroit management has signed second
oAsenen Larocque, OF the Lynn club. He hasa
me needing record. and is a good batsman. His
release cost the Detroit club $500.
Inc ex-champions of the city, the Shamrocks,
sno the Nationals will play the second game Of
their series at BRIGHTON Beach to-day. the Ma
tiorals won the first game. Both clubs are in
good condition.
Two teams of politicians PLAYED at Chicago the
other day. The Democrats called themselves
tho tree-traders. and the Republicans were
known as the Protectionists. The Protection
lists won, IL to /.
When Browning arrived In Cincinnati the
otner DAY ne al once proceeded to hunt up Elmer
Smith. When he found him be extended bis
hand to Cincinnati's pitcher, with the remark,
Its an outrage, Elmer, that we can't drink our
beer occasionally without the papers roasting
u.s."
The man whom Detroit expects to secure is an
a . o6r OF tue LONDON cluO. OK
the International League. His name il Dono-
van, and Scheibeck and Kinslow, OF that club.
assert that he - q wonder. They describe him
as six feet one inch tall, as hitting the ball like
. battering ram. q wonderful out-ielder and
daring base-runner.
The Phillies ara In very bad shape; almost
every player in the team has something the
matter with him. Foearty 10 laid up with a
swollen knee, Mulvey is still weak, and not fully
recovered from his recent indispositiou. Bastian
is laid up with a broken finger, Clements has
sore hands, Delehanty is compelled to play ball
with o bad finger, while Ed Andrews is suffering
with an injured leg.
President Byrne. of the Brooklyns, who is
also secretary Of the arbitration committee, has
received $40. 200 from the various baseball orga-
nizations for the rights of reservation. Five
thousand and one hundred dollars of this sum
will 60 to the Association, and the other half to
the League. This money will go a good ways
towards paying the salaries and expenses of UNI
pires and other Association officials.
The Thos. III. Hall championship cup, which
is to be played for by the clubs winning tho
championship of the National League and Amer.
lean Association, can be seen at the Model It
contains 1861 ounces of silver and is mounted on
On ebony base. On the front Of the cup is pict-
urec q ball-6eld with not only the short stop,
pitcher. catcher and batter, but the down-trod-
den umpire as well. Over the pictured bail field
are the words Hall Championship Cup" and I'M
derneath the picture is '1sS6." On the front OF
the ebony base is a silver shield. upon which is
to be placed the name. record and any other in
s~cription that may be required. On each eide
of the cup and standing on the handles, is a
player in uniform; the one on the right eide is a
pitcher about to deliver the ball, and on the left
is a batsman waiting for the ball.