The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1889-09-04

and last Eastern tour, and will not be
seen on the home grounds for nearly three,
weeks. The games of the past week be-.
tween the league teams have partially re-.
nodded the percentage column. The
Bostons have pushed themselves back in
to the lead again and are comparatively
safe for some time 10 come. The lubberly
game they played on their Western trip.
has been braced up into good champion
baseball. Their batteres are in good,
shape again and the whole te I'm is hit
ting the ball with something like its old
vigor. The New Yorks have taken o
great tumble and their great work Of
the previous week has degenerated
into sluggish town ball. They took
something like brscer against the
Phillies, but the Boston games set them.
back 30 far that any of their present de-
signs on first place are entirely unwar-
ranted. The Phillies are still in third
place, but are being dangerously pressed
by the Chicagos. Arson and the colts
have not been idle, but have chased them
selves up beyond the Cleyelands aud Into
fourth place. The "old mans" boast that
his club was out for the pennant seems,
by no means so ridiculous as when it
was first made. Fourth place is practically
assured him, and the Quakers are but
two games in the lead for the third. The
trip East places the team under a temper
airy disadvantage, but this will be more.
than counterbalanced by the long series on.
the home grounds at the end Of the sea-
son. The Babies" are still slipping.
down the list in spite of occasional good
ball playing, and none of the twigs they
hang TO seem suffi cient TO hold them up.
The team wasted its wind in it's too live
ly squirt at the beginning Of the season
al tz lof a1n Ntyafh &c ..., l..
on its sides watching one after another
of its competitors pass into the home
stretch. The Pittshurgs We're in town last
week long enough to take a good series
from "Old Anse" and seriously trample.
on his good nature. The Jonahs of last 4
year are Jonahs still, and they pluck OF
game here and there where no one else.
is able 10 find one. The Hoosiers and the
Senators still keep close guard over the
re + end of the League and occasionally
sally out upon some supposed usurper Of
their position.
Good judges of the game in Chicago.
begin to believe that had Clarkson not
been sold the Chicagos would now be in
to the pennant fight. What the team
needs is one good pitcher and less in-and-
cutters. It's batting, fielding, and base
running are good enough.
linn keefe, the famous pitcher of the
New Yorks, has turned Benedict He
W married few days ago at Worcester,
Mass, to Mrs Helm, u sister of Mrs Helen
Dauvray Ward.
Arlie Latham is back in his old place
on the st Louis Browns, after a suspen-
sion of two weeks Latham said that he
wouldlnever again give the club manage
ment any cause for complaint, and it was
on these conditions that he again enters
f.lu he Ha Il :.
ing suspension.
1t is reported that President Brush, of
indianapolis, is urging the adoption of a
plan to get the Cleveland, indianapolis,
Columbus and Cincinnati clubs into q
contest after the championship season
closes. He proposes that each of these
four clubs put up $3.50, and that the
purse of : 900 thus obtained shall be
divided into two prizes, the frs. of $3.50
and the second of $3.50, to be played for
by the two Association and two League
clubs. the series to consist of two games
in each city by each club, to be played
between Oct IA and Is; the winner 10 he
awarded first prize and a pennant en-
blematic of the interstate championship.
The Indianapolis directors have not con-
sidered the matter fully, but will likely
decide in favor of it. Cincinnati is said
to favor the proposition.
Manager Mutrie tells story of how, in
order to avoid game with the Giants on
wet day, to make things worse, the
Hoos er groundkeeper had brought oct O.
hose and sprinkled the base lines, pitch
or box, and home plate TO such an ex-
tel as TO make game wholly impossi-
bio. jim insisted on a game, as 1T wac
not raining. The Hoosier people hummed
and hawed, and finally agreed to play at
$50. They did play and defeated tina
Giants, much to Mutrie's chagrin.
The Association has another club fight
on its hands. Louisville opened negotia-
tons for the purchase of Catcher Doyle
of the Cantons and had him at Louis
Vile, when Columbus stepped in, outbid
Louisville, and got the man. The row
over him will be spectacle for ciyiliza-
ton.
Pitcher Krock, formerly of the Chi,
Cages, has been signed b. the Ailwaukees.
Earl Will catch him.
The plan of equally dividing the gate
receipts to future league championship
games is being quietly discussed by the
clubs. Chicago, Cleveland, Pittsburg,
Washington, and Indian polls are said
10 favor such division, and New York,
Boston, and Philadelphia TO oppose it.
Mailman of the Philadelphia team is
praying the most pnenomenal game that
any new man has ever played out Of
position in a league championship club.
Tom Esterbrook, who has played in ten
clubs this season and quarreled with the
directors of each, now threatens to sue
London, Ont, for his seasons salary.
Pittsburg would sell the once brilliant
Dunlap if it could find a club foolish
enough to buy. Dunlap cost So, coo and
will not bring $1,000. His $1,000 salary
is one of his unpopular attachments.
1t seems as though the double umpire
system was destined to have a thorough
trial next season. Ii deserves one. All
other systems have failed.
Arthur Clarkson, Johns brother. who
has been promising for three or four sea-
sons, will not do" Buffalo tried and
has released him.
Pat Tebeau, another of Chicago's cast
offs, is playing the most regular first
class game OF the season on Cleveland's
third base.
Buck" Ewing is the heart and head of
the New York team, and if he is ever
disabled the So called Giints will descend
the championship chute faster than tho
Clevelands.
Fat and Foxy Calvin, of the Pitts
he l,ou II.