Omaha daily bee., 1889-06-23

much brain as a jay bird, and Sam is about
right.
1t may not be generally known, but it is a
fact nevertheless, that Al Spaldng owns the
Minneapolis team
ST. Joe gets both McGarr and Porter of
the Cowboys. "Chlppey' has been made
captain of the team.
Milwaukee next Tuesday, Wednesday and
Thursday. AS yet the Beer Jerkers haven't
taken game from Omaha.
Walter Goldsby, well-known western
ball player, was stricken with paralysis at
Evansville, Ind, one day last week.
The sporting editor acknowledges the re-
cept of Fred Pfeffer's book, Scientific
Ball" 1t is an entertaining and instructive
little volume.
Sowders, recently sold to Kansas City,
pitched thirteen games for ST. Paul this sea-
son. eleven of which were victories. The
two he lost went to Minneapolis.
Crooks has made ten home runs this sea-
son. Strauss five Cleveland five, Canavan
and Maggie four, Messett and Conney three,
Walsh and Andrews two and Willis one.
Kid Nichols is one of the coming pitchers
of the day. He has a splendid head on his
shoulders, never gets ratified, and pitches at
one stage OF the game just as effectively as at
another.
The Milwaukee club has signed a new
catcher named Murphy. He comes from the
Frankllns, of Chicago; also a southern
pitcher named Nelson, ana Pitcher Doyle, of
Lowell.
Few of the players when working regu-
larly fatten up; the continual going on the
road, and the two hours work each day, with
the brain exercise, is about enough to keep a
player, in condition when he once gets there.
Columbus, Ohio is still after Jack Crooks.
II Omaha lets him go they'll also part with
the bulk OF their attendance at the ball park.
Crooks is the life and salvation of the local
team, and Columbus can no more afford to
keep him than can Omaha.
There will be game Of ball played this
afternoon at Hascall's grounds, corner F'if-
teenth and Vinton streets, between the West
Omaha base ball club and Hascall's Re-
serves. This game will be for blood as both
clubs as anxious to meet and decide which
is the superior
the dumbest staff of umpires of any base ball
association in the country Sandy McDer-
mott Is the only competent man of the entire
outfit, and he is the equal of the best in the
business. Cusick, Hurley, Kelley and old
Dayey Force, are simply vile.
Young Sowders is an ambidextrous
pitcher, he is a south-paw, but throws to
first base to catch runners mapping with his
right hand. Several weeks ago he pitched
four innings with his right hand when his
club way ahead and he held his opponents
down well. Sowders practices pitching
right-handed almost daily.
The Milwaukee club wants meeting of
the western association called for the pur-
pose of deposing Secretary Sam Morton.
Denver and Sioux City will back Milwaukee,
and the move may amount TO a good deal.
Morton surely has never been a beneht TO
this association, and IL was an ill-advsed
piece OF work that made him secretary.
Secretary Quinn, of the Milwaukee club,
has begun crusade against Secretary Sam
Morton, whom he charges with being either
incompetent or grossly negligent. MIR. Quinn
has asked President Mccormick to call q
special meeting of the Western association TO
elect new secretary. Denver and st. JOS
eph have joined in the request.
Long, the Kansas Citys' shortstop, is about
as brilliant, If not more so, than Smith, of
the Brooklyns, but just as erratic as the lat
ter. He is young player and will no doubt
gradually steady down. If he does, he Will
be hard to beat in his position, as he plays
very deep field and covers large amount of
territory.
With the hope Of obviating food of ques-
tions that are constantly pouring in
on the base ball editor with ref
erence to the present system of scoring. the
following information is proffered: Don't
give pitcher helding assist for striking
out man. He is entitled to that credit in
the summary only. Dont score a man Sat
bat'' If he gets his base on balls or is hit by