The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-02-05

and he is considered to-day be the best pitch
or Yale ever had.
The Young Hines Club, of Washington. d. c..
has changed its name because Paul Hines has
left the clty to become Hoosler.
An important baseball meeting occurs the
present week-that of the schedule committee,
on Wednesday, ut New York city.
Ex-President Stearns is stiIl quoted as an
authority regarding the Detroit club; only he is
referred to as Director" Stearns.
Ed Andrews, the Philadelphia center fielder,
still declares that he will not play in Philadel-
phia next year. He is at present in business at
Detroit.
John B. Day and Manager Mutrie are opposed
to winter ball playing, and have therefore an
nounced themselves in favor Of all-the-year-
round contracts.
Billy Sunday is Sunday-school teacher in
Chicago. and IL is claimed he knows the New
Testament as thoroughly as he does the base
ball playing rules.
An official of the ST. Louis club makes the
sober statement that Won der tAhe Is planning
to take the Browns to Europe this fall. The
statement may be taken for what it is worth
When in St Louis the other day Manager
Rowe tried to sign big Jim Davis for the Kansas
would either play in Baltimore the coming
season would obtain unconditional release
from that club. Baltimore offered him to Kan
| sas City.
baseball player and his Jealous manager is al
most over Many of the players will go into
active training in the gymnasium on the first OF
the hnal month In winter. By Feb 10 the play
ers will be hard at work reducing superfuous
| flesh, and a month from that date they will have
themselves in condition to 60 on the field.
| Umpire Gaffney is of the opinion that the
threestrike rule will not be a popular one. mas
much as it greatly decreases the opportunities
| for batting. The games will be considerably
shorter from the effects of this rule, and, view
ing the natter N this LIGHT from he
| OF an umpire. he favors the rule, but would be
opposed to it compelled to witness games
| spectator
Manager Bancroft proposes to try q novel plan
| during the summer. He will make tour
through New Jersey, Pennsylvania and proba-
| bly, New York State with a combination team OF
base ball and polo players Base ball will be
played In the afternoon and polo at night, and il
the players do not expire before the time does,
| the tour will probably last a month.
In few weeks the young players of the New
York club will go South, but the old and we'll
seasoned will remain at home and cross
bats with any club that comes along until the
| also remain on home grounds for the early
| spring games. and an interesting series of pre-
hminary contests will be arranged TO be played
| at Washington Park Brooklyn.
The New York Tribune makes this in sinua-
| ton about Kansas City and the Association:
The statement is made that the new club, in
| it's efforts to get into the fold, promises pay
the railroad fares OF all the other clubs to and
from St Louis People who remember the
| frantic efforts Of the managers a few weeks ago
| in their search for successor to the Metropoii-
tan club can take that statement with or with
out grain of salt"
| 1t is said that John B. Sage is at work on
two-sheet poster of Carruthers that will throw
last seasons of Kelley in the shade. 1t will rep
resent Won der Abe and Joe Pritchard in the
| st. Louis Office and Byrne in the Brooklyn Of
| fec OF the Western Union Telegraph Company,
| and President Wikof with Carruthers's release
and an SIS. 500 in his hand. Carrutherss picture
| will grace the center. with photo of hard
ware store in one hand and s., 900 check in the
| other
The New York and st. Louis clubs did not
! play the third and deciding game in San Fran
cisco, and the scores remains tie. with one
| victory each. Rain interfered with the deciding
! game, but nevertheless 5000 people were out 10
the hopes of seeing some playing, which the
] wet conditions of the ground made impossible.
Latham, the St. Louis third bassman, declares
that the owners of rival grounds slipped over
| during the night and poured water the
! diamond on which the St Louis and New York
teams were to play.
The new association club at Kansas CITY
started out in busiress-like way, last week. by
| engaging Dave Rowe for manager. The move
| ment created quite surprise, Rowe had
| already signed to manage the Omaha western
association) team. In securing him, therefore.
the Helm crowd scored a double blow against
| the Menges faction, by taking of the best
managers out of the. Western association.
Rowe managed the League club at Kansas City
two years ago. and is, of course, we'll known
there He is energetic as manager and a
ball player has a happy faculty of doing good
work at critical moments.
New York Tribune: The question has been
! frequently asked where the New York club
| would play after it compelled vacate the
| polo grounds Even the owners of the club do
not appear to have made up their minds just
where the coming grounds will be located. One
hundred and eleven street must go through
these popular athletic grounds before long, for
the march of improvement up Manhattan is
| land is steady and rapid Those interested in
the grounds do not anticipate any changes for
another year, at least. In all probability the
| grand STAND will not have to be removed but
will remain just where 1t is for another year.
1t now remains to be seen how President Won
| der Abe and Manager Dave Rowe will succeed
| in the same boat. For years there has been a
decided animosity between the two. 1t prob
| ably originated when Dave was connected with
! the Union League club in ST. Louis. Last fall
Rowe was present at the meeting at Chicago fer
the organization OF the new Western Associa-
ton. and succeeded in freezing the young st.
| Louis club out of the organization. Won der Abe
| not being present. At subsequent meeting,
however, the St. Louis man got in his work and
the club was admitted. Afterward he and Rowe
| got into dispute about player Beckley. signed
by ST. Louis, and in fact their quarrels have
been almost continuous.
Among the SURPRISES which President Won der
Abe has in store for the patrons of his two clubs
| next season is that of rapid transit Heretofore
| 1t has taken three-quarters OF hour to make
| the trip to Sportsmans park by street car The
new arran cement will reduce that time one
! half He has arranged with President julius
Walsh, of the cable road, to put a special
| train to be known as the Cannon BaT' base
ball train 1t is TO consist of train of as many
the cable will conveniently and safely
| haul, and will start from the downtown
terminus twenty minutes before the time ad-
vertiseo for the game TO commence The speed
| of the cable will be increased during the run,
and stops will be made to receive or discharge
passengers between terminal points. Con-
ductors ticket agents will sell tickets of ad-
mission to the game on the train. thus obviating
delay at the park Office. The train will be
side-tracked until the close of the game.
HE COULDN'T PLAY LIKE OLE BULL.