The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-08-19

bic quietly told Mexican that il was . foul ball.
aud that player started back to first base. King
threw the ball to Robinson, and the batter was
retired"
Worcester wants Clevelan Dis place IN the As
sociauon il the latter club retires. It has come
TO pass that q membership 10 eli ther one OF the
big baseball organizations is a thing very bard
70 obtain.
The old Chicago players are still longing TO
have Clarksou and Kelly back into the fold.
They 60 60 far as to predict that with those two
players in the team they would win tperhapsI
the championship with ease.
The Washington Post admits that Washing
ton is not q ftty-cent base ball town. deplores
the fact that that the team Is not drawing
crowds to winning games. and says the club Will
leave the League. Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Won der Abe says that he knew that Beckley
and Staley were good players. but that he had
no room for them in his own team when they
were released. He could use the latter to good
advantage at this stage of the proceedings, how
ever.
IL the game played by the Grinders and
Hsrdeners of Atkinss saw- yesterday, the
score was ID TO 9 in favor OF the Hardeners. The
batteries were Dagner aud Preston for the
Grinders and Preston and Server for the Hard
eners.
Did you ever reflect what a powerful argu-
ment there Is always to be urged in favor OF
any changes whatsoever in q tail-end club A
uunu Cdu 5uksCoh IL cllIt6t kIDQ u al
ton in the team, and if you dissent he will say.
well, 1t can't make matters worse, can itP
President Smith, after waiting three months
for Baldwin TO get into condition, made up his
mind that the ~latter's pitching days, for this
season az least, are over, aud yesterday gave
him the required ten days notice of his release.
Baldwin will retire to his farm near Hastings
Detroit News.
Arson says that Irwin, Wood and Fogarty, of
the PhilaGel phia club. Hanlon. of Detroit. Ward.
Herman and Slattery. of New York. and Comis-
Z key, Robinson and O'Neill, of the 81. Louis
Browns, are among the latest applicants for po-
sitions on Spalding's Australian team. Comis-
key will captain one team and Ward the other,
E. L. Breckenridge, the pitcher Of the Logans-
port club. is in great demand. Arson, OF the
Chicagos, has been telgraphing him every day
for the past ten days. Morton, OF the Maroons,
wants him, and the Canton TO- club offer him a
big salary. He Is under contract with the Lo-
gansport club. and has helped to make the
splendid record that club has made this season.
Breckenridge is nineteen yenrs old, over six feet
tall, and throws with terrific speed.
'I am supersritious about Sunday baseball
games remarked kid Cross. catcher for the
Louisvilles, the other day. Ever since Cham
berlain and l have been together s. a battery
We have won but three games on Sunday. al
though we have. played in twenty or thirty
games. In addition, have played in other po-
sitions a number of times on Sunday, as I did
to-day, and the club has always lost. 1 think It
would be a good Idea 10 lay me off every Sun
day. but l don't care how much they work me
on week days"
The question is often asked: "How long does
a pitchers arm lastl" Ten years ago. Spaldiug.
Mcbride. Cummings. knight, Bond, Bradley.
Calvin. Fisher, Zettlein. Matthews, Nichols.
Stearns and Parks were the leading pitchers OF
America. Five years later only Bond. Bradley.
Calvin and Matthews were left of this goodly
company, and five years after that Calvin Is
the only one remaining. So 10 ten years the
whole body Of pitchers that fourished then
has disappeared from the face OF the
| baseball field, and, save Calvin. there is moth
ing left TO prove that they ever existed. Boston
Globe.
League players with a batting average of 300
or over. including ali games played up to yester-
day, were as follows: Beckley, .341; Ryan, 1897;
Conner, 1896; Kelly. .30l: White and Duffy. 300.
Buckley led the Indianapolis with .2SS; Andrews
the Philadelphias. .268; Hoy the Washingtons,
.270. In Unfolding Beckley led the 6rst basemen
with 1888; Bastian the second basemen, $40;
Nash the third basemen, 800; Hornuog, left
field. 1862; Sunday. center field, 1888; Campau,
right field .951; Smith. short-stop, 1903. In
ing, 43; Kelly. Al; Fogsrty, 80; Pfcfsr, SO; Hoy.
"a; Hsnlon, 24
There's one honest man in the land. aud he
can be found without a lantern. With the
bases full in the fifth inning OF last Tuesday
Chicago game, Burns hit in front
Of the plate. The ball struck him, though
Lynch didn't see it, and it bounded into the
field. No one made an effort to get it. and Van
Hsltren scored, Burns running to first. Irwin
protested that the boil was dead. Umpire Lynch
then called Burns, and asked him on his honor
whether the ball struck him, and Burns frankly
said it did, whdreupon Van Haltren was sent
back to third base and Burns resumed the bat.
striking out. Umpire Lynch complimented
Burns on his honest admission, but Captain
Arson. willing to take any advantage. chided
him for it