Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-05-26
ABOUT THE HOOSIERS.
An Interesting Account of Indianap-
oils Baseball Affairs.
FALSE RUMORS POINTED OUT.
How the Babies Are Getting Along and
Their Prospects.
MAKING READY FOB PITTsBURG
CORRESPONDENCE OF THE p1spArcH.I !

CORRESPONDENCE OF THE DIsPATcH.l
INDIANAPOLIS, May 25.-The local
baseball public has about recovered from
the shock received when the indianapolis
team sustained three defeats in Cleveland
and failed to get but one game in Washing
ton, and by winning fair percentage of
the contests yet to be played before they re-
turn, the Hoosiers will be welcomed home
in the most cordial manner. 1t Is true the
club has not accomplished what was really
expected of ii, but at the same time the fact
is very generally recognized and admitted
that the team has played good ball, having
lost several games through that mysterious
agency
HARD LUCK,
rather than poor work. The men are all in
good physical condition. and the management
cal culates that both Whitney and Getzein viii
improve in their pitching from now on. Boyle
has done splendid service, and with the other
two doing as well, the Hoosiers will be about
as strong in the box as any team in the League.
1t is claimed that Whitney will do better as
the season advances and the weather grows
warmer. and the old man himself asserts that
he will stand up among the leaders at no dis
tant day. Getzein, too shows signs of getting
back to his form of 1887, when he practically
won the championship for Detroit.
If these things come to pass and the Hoosiers
continue their present batting and fielding
standard they ought to pull well to the front
during their next series of games at home AT.
ter the contests with the Eastern clubs the
team will not have such hard fight ahead.
The Chicago aggregation is mob as formidable
as in days gone by and Pittsburgh IS not in shape
Just now to make much trouble. These games
finished, the Hoosiers will come home for
three weeks stay. and with the advantage of
home grounds and home crowds the team WILL
DO doubt make it pleasant for all corners. 1t is
theintention to head Cleveland off and Chicago
is not out of reach. The former started off at
a pace beyond its real strength and will hardly
be able to hold the place now occupied. Chica
go, like nearly every other club in the League
is weak in the box and will have to struggle to
keep up with the procession.
SOME FALSE RUMoRs.
The story, first published by the Philadelphia
Inquirer, that Glasscock had been released to
the club of that city and that Denny would
soon be found in New York was too absurd and
unreasonable to attract serious attention. The
publication was fake, pure and simple, and
Immediately fell of its own weight. The local
management never thought of such a thing
and Reach claims that the first he knew of the
matter was when he read it in the papers. 1t
has not been long since the Philadelphia club
President tried to make deal for Denny, but
abandoned it when Manager Bancroft tele-
graphed back that he would not trade Denny
for the whole Philadelphia team. There is one
thing certain in connection with the Indian
apolis club, and that is, that Glasscock and
Denny will be members of the team as long as
it remains in the League and is owned by the
present proprietors. President Brush regards
these men as the greatest ball players in the
profession, and as he is looking for good men,
it is not likely that he will sell any.
President Brush is at Hot Springs having
gone there to boil out a bad attack of rheuma-
tsm, but will return home within week or ten
days. He has been on crutches for month or
more.
Schoeneck, first baseman, and Rusie and
Burdick, pitchers, members of the local team,
are at home. What the management expects
to do with the former is not known. Hines was
put on first as an experiment and seems to be
playing the base in a creditabe manner. As
he is SchOeneck's superior with the stick, 1t is
quite probable that he will be kept in that 20.
stion. In that case the latter is not needed,
and, though the management has not said so,
it is quite likely that he will be released. Bur-
dick is for sale, but Rusie Will be retained and
developed. 1t is not probable that any further
changes will be made in the team. A. q. o.