The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-04-09

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death with them.
The Springfield. O., team will play the
home team here, on April 20.
Whitney will not pitch in any of the
games to be played this week.
Rusie held the big batters of Captain
Glasscock's team down to four hits in an
equal number of innings, n of them being
a home run, however.
The local players complain that the
pecially about Glasscock's position. The
outfeld is also rough, it is said.
1t has been settled that Michael J. Kelly
will captain the Boston team. 1t was a
unanimous selection. 1t has also been de-
cided that Hart viii be manager.
Harry Lands. who played right field for
GlasscOck's nine, was in rather fast cOmpa-
ny, and did not play very well. He used to
be a first-class amateur, however.
Manager Bancroft claims that he has no
negotiations pending with players. and
that it is not probable that any changes
Will be made in the local team nov
Carroll, outfielder of the st. Paul team
who has been here for some time, left last
night to join his club. Murphy, of the
same team, also started for that city yester-
DAY morning.
In the major league cities the approach
ing season will be marked by the special
feature of novelty all round. as all the As
ISOLATION clubs and nearly every League
club will have new faces.
In regard to the challenge issued by the
White Caps to the Young Hustlers, the lat
ter claim that certain members of the
former are over eighteen years of age, and
thev will play no team the players of which
are older than that.
Sporting Life: A considerable reduction
in the number of strike-outs is most prob
able under the new rules, but the bases on
halls olrQ0du Innm nm nunInnuClU lorna
There is no choice between these draw
backs to good baseball, as one is as bad as
the other.
The Pikers ball team have issued a chal-
lenge to the Grand Avenues to play that
club a game for S25. on their grounds near
the Big Four crossing at the Belt. The
mana ger of the Grand Avenues is requested
to address Manager McGinnis, at No. 491
Virginia avenue.
Victor Jose, who umpired Yesterdays
game, will probably be one of the staff of
three umpires to be appointed by President
the regular man fails to report. He showed
good judgement yesterday, and with prac-
tice will make a capable official.
GlasscOck says that one Of Denny's
agents tried to tamper with Getzein. before
the game yesterday, but the eX-DetrOiter
thinks, too, that the umpire had been seen.
The game will not be protested, however,
as the captain does not smoke and cares
nothing about President Brush's cigars.
The Western Association has adopted a
new schedule. The season will open April
20 and close Sept. 80. The clubs are we'll
suited with the new arrangements, as hOli-
days are evenly distributed and the travel
ing is well divided. The season will open
as follows: Milwaukee at st. Joseph, st.
Paul at Sioux City, Minneapolis at Omaha
and Des MOines at Denver.
The Michigan State League has been
formed with Grand Rapids, Kalamazoo,
Greenyille, Jackson, Lansing and Saginaw.
The board of directors made the change for
the season, to start May Ii and play a
schedule of 100 games, closing Sept. 80. Mr..
Byrne telegraphed the meeting of the adj
mittance of the league into the national
agreement. The schedule committee meets
at Kalamazoo next Saturday.
During the past week two well-known
players have died in DetrOit-Thomas Smith
and f. j. McKinnie. Smith played in 1876
and 1877 with the Maple Leafs, of Guelph,
Canada. He also played with the Syracuse
Stars and the Tecumsehs, of London, and
was a member of the Empires, of Detroit.
T.. j. McKinnie, catcher of the Cass club,
of Detroit, was a promising player, and
quite popular with the members of his
team. The Cass club attended his funeral
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