The Indianapolis journal., 1888-05-25


Indianapolis Is but one game behind the Phil
adelphiss-
Indianapolis plays twentyfour successive
games away, instead of twenty.
The season at Boston will open to-day. and
the new 49, 600 grand stand will be used for the
first time.
Bassett fielded well yesterday. and made Pitts
burgers wonder why they were paying Dunlap
such big salary.
The Crawfordsville club has signed john
Shepherd as pitcher. Hoskins, another pitch
or Is still disabled.
Chicago has been winning her victories at the
bat Even Getzsin was treated badly by An
sons willow -wielders.
Pitcher Clarke, who came so near breaking
Illness head, has been released TO the Omaha
Western Association club by the Chicagos He
LETT last night TO join the team.
Moffet and Morris will probably face each
other at Pittsburg to-day. Mofet will be anx-
ious TO do well, inasmuch as some of his friends
from Wheeling will be looking on.
Valentine gave the Hoosiers bad start yes
terday when he called Hines out at second 10
the first inning. 1t is to be hoped he will not
repeat the work he did against them in Chicago.
St Louis has the best batting team in the as.
sociation and. Is liable to give Cincinnati and
Brooklyn hard work to keep her down. She is
now ahead of Brooklyn and only two or three
games behind Cincinnati.
Games to-day: Indianapolis at Pittsburg,
Detroit at Chicago, Philadelphia at Boston,
Washington at New Yo.k. st. Louis at Glove
land, Cincinnati at Baltimore, Louisville at
Brooklyn, Kansas City at Philadelphia.
Chicago Tribune Burns's second hit was made
in the eighth. It was slow bouuder, which
twisted at right IN gle from Mulvey as he ad-
vanced to pick il up. Mulvey was so astonished
that he stood and tried to study the cause of the
peculiar turn and forgot all about the ball until
Farrar velled to him to 90 after it
When the Charlottesville base-ba club played
at Davenport. last Monday. they were not only
defeated by score Of TO 4. but were pelted
with rocks as they were returning to the city
Fisher. were struck. The next day they were
defeated again by score of IL to !.
or the ball-players reserved or under contract
with League teams. George and Weidman of
the New Yorks. N. Wise Of the Bostons. Hoover,
Brynan. Duffy and Tebesu OF the Chicagos
Beatin Of the Detroits, Tying and Sanders of the
Philadelphias, Mccormick and Whitney of
PittsburR have not yet played . championship
game this season.
Brouthers Gays he tell old-time ball.
player by the manner in which he runs to first
"Ths youngsters" he says. .'wabble on both
sides of the path-why / don't know. May be
they think it bothers the baseman, but we are
seldom looking at them George Myers is the
only old-time player who doesn't come straight
ct me. so far as can recall Myers Is tricky,
and he does 1t purposeiy."
IL never want another club composed entirely
Of old men, the so-called veterans tried and
true" said Captain Ansou, Of the Chicago club,
to friend the other day. II have had club
composed entirely of old men, and then again I
have had. as at present a club composed Of part
old men and part comparative kids. 1 much
prefer the latter. 1t is hard to learn an old dog
new tricks. aud most Of the vets are too set in
their ways to catch on to q new thing right
away. They must have il hammered into them.
i find my young mer anxious to learn"