Telegram-herald., 1888-05-13

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whels tezaa, are vka1ing he games
Indianapolis n.z1s 10 = helx-es Players
-Ae0ezcAy. Hseksts and Arpa4ei-swe~<
bisod LIS spFl2x fhs me1 refused ~ aga
a. liberal salaries. 4zd Eow tso q them are
Lso<lns for loeS. wkAfs Aeoesehy - ready
tc s-sn - the elssh's terms The game II
: freeze cut workel the wresg NAY tA4s
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On MsF re League eoubin2fiea pre-
seated . sinx'zgaF freak in figures. TIE
chiease. New Vera. Pittsburgh ana Det<oit
clubs followed each ether IN happy So
snezes With percentages 0f TIT, oo6. SIS
and "a respectively. PAa4eelphis followed
wiEh 80 ss2a tkea cane fndl4nspelis with
- snd Washington VITA III Bostea lad
th1s eaeer combination u figures with so.
II Is no use tor club 70 keep changing
its players aroanc, and when once nan is
pat IN posizisa be should Do kept there.
The New York club has lot Of youag men.
bat sfln the cd stars are pat Ia 70 DO the
work TIE youngsters can NOT use poorer
judgment Ia runEIng bases or IN batting
tn2n some Of the old Hlsn. and ths sooner .
change takes place the eettsr.-G. Y. ssa.
Shock has accomplished the feat twice
this season Of hitting for home run when
there were three men on bases. Few bats
men possess the faculty of keeping cool ard
OF having the patience % pick out = good
ball az such times, and, on account Of being
oyer-anxious. very few succeed Ia hitting
the baa even for one base when the bases
are ful He viii be played regularly ~
right field hereafter.
Christ Grabsr, OF Oshkosh, wants 10 be
the Chicago teams mascot. Ee saws that
he wen the pennant for Oshkosh last sea-
son Christ says in u letter 20 Auson: II
am eighteen years old and my height is for
ty-five inches ana double jointkd, having
two knees and two joints in my fingers.
can pick nickel up with my teeth, with
nv legs out straight, and can line out three
baggers faster than they can pick up the
ball"
Jim Whitney did not accompany the
Washingtons on their Western trip. He
has a severe attack OF pleurisy, and was
compelled 10 leave the team in Philadelphia
on Thursday, aud 20 70 his home In Wash
ington. He viii probably not be able to
play for q month He signed W ashing-
ton contract on March $50 says Secretary
Walter f. Hewett and Whitney himself.
They claim they can not understand why
President Young has not IS yet promuL
gated the contract
The ST. Louis papers are getting very
tired Of the Indian war-whoop style OF
coaching affected by certain teams Of the
American Association. nmc was when ST.
Louis thought it funny TO see a coacher
dancing up and down and emitting blood
curling yells, but that day has passed. Gin
cinnal, Louisville and the Browns are no.
torious for bowling coachers.
Joe Hornung refuses TO be photographed
and 90 IN the group OF the Boston nine now
| being prepared Joe feels a bit sore about
| his treatment this year, and thinks that in
| business matters the management has
| treated him very unfairly. he says he viii
| have revenge by playing great game OF
| ball, but his obligations viii end when he
leaves the ball field.
The Washington players are complaining
bitterly about The roasting" they are get
| ting from the Washington newspapers. II
| the capital press wants to completely de
moralize the Washington team. all it needs
to do is 10 keep on criticising the men, do
| manding the rolease OF certain players, etc.
and il will soon accomplish its purpose
| Players find no fault with legitimate criti
cisn, but they do object to being roasted
or dictated 10 by people who have NO fnan
cial interest in the club they are playing
j for.
| In one of the Cincinnati games, afte1
Latham had reached first base on g saf'
hit, he commenced coaching and talking II
a lively manner McQuade told him TO keeI
still, that he was not on the coachsr S line
I4atham's only answer was: a. guess car
coach myself, can't II" Again in th'
sixth inning McQuade had to speak =
Latham wnen he was on third, and tell hin
to stop his noise. Ar,e remarked: Nak'
them stop talking to me, then. They cam
fool Arlie, you know. Jack, old boy: Tn
full Of ginger" and with tnls exclamation
he caught liner.