Omaha daily bee., 1892-06-05
I'm and Down tho Lines.

Up and Down the Lines.
The Milwaukee club has called in the
police to step the cushion fights after the
games.
Billy Sharsig has beesn to ply the knife at
Indianapolis. Jack McQuade was the hrst TO
feel its keen edge.
The talk about Anson wanting Frank
Ginins is rot. What could Anson DO with
him IL he got him-stuf himi
The game will be called at the usual hour,
$500, this afternoon. Both teams are on
their mettle and hot contest Is certainty.
the Rnstlers will run the Black Pirates
into the woods this afternoon. Uncle is tired
OF ali this foolin'. A great crowd should be
on hand to see 'em git.
Umpire Sheridan swallows a raw egg be-
fore each game. = Philadelphia Press. Pshawl
that's nothing, out here Corcoran always
swallowed yellow dog, raw
Omaha's ragged outfeld, more than any
thing else, has been the cause OF most OF her
disasters. They can neither field nor throw,
judging BIZ late performances.
Milwaukee threatened to bolt the Western
| today IL "Bridget' Donohue was not assigned
TO the club. The threa, worked and Dona-
| hue has gone to Join the team without back
| stop.-Ben Mulford.
Charlie Dewald, of the Black Pirates. un.
| dertook TO stop a lire drive of old Hick
| Carpenters club the other day with his little
finger. He failed, nor will he twirl another
| ball for q week or two to como.
At a benefit game played at Brooklyn the
| other day for the wife OF the late Hut Collins
something over 5000 was netted. Mrs.
| Collins will spend the summer in this city
with the family OF H. Hartman.
When the Toledo Pirates were here last
| spring Armour created sensation His
| field work was very brilliant. Now he Is
hitting the ball so little that the cranks are
| demanding his release. .-Times-Star.
Hank O'Day disappeared from view at
| Columbus early last week and was not found
for several days. The old story.-Times-
Star. Yes, and Hank'll get lost one Of these
days and nobody'll ever find him.-OMAuA
BEE. And nobody'll weep either.-Columbus
| Journal
1t came Just trifle tougher than usual for
the Hoosiers at Toledo Saturday. They were
knocked down twice. indianapolis has al
ready put in application for the belt of
star losors won IN 80 by Louisville and Pitts
burg in 80, says Ben Mulford In the Cincin-
natl Times-Star
Eddie Burke evidently beiieves that his
days as Red are numbered for he has writ
ten to Milwaukee asking them to put in a
claim for him.-Times-Star Judging by the
rather crooked work Of Milwaukee In the
Donohne case, Cushman will have a good
time getting him.-Columbus Journal.
That was worm ana gallwood the other
day, for Gus Schmelz to swallow, when the
caudal appendage OF the Western league
swiped n game from the Columbus cham
pions. The many ways this could have been
| prevented according TO the Collm bus papers
! | were worthy of place in George Alfred
| Townsend's scrapbook.
Umpire Corker. alias Corcoran, while here
, | Decoration day, received little telegraphiC
pillet-dcux from Chief Maggot, Jimmy win
| Jams, informing him that he might float, and
i | that evening he started, per pedes apostle
. | lorum. over the Northwestern for the city Of
the Worlds fair. He never even SAID goodby
| to Uncle Dave or Jimmy Manning.
If pitchers would only stop to think tha
| there are eight other players besides them
selves on the team and have little confidence
I in them by not trying to strike out every
!. | batter, more games would be won by certain
| clubs.-Ban johnson. And that's right TOO
| But the Omaha pitcher don't ant to trus
too much to the other eight men. not ye
= awhile.
Billy Barnie, the Baldheaded Eagle Of tn
I ! Chesapeake, has assumed the reins at For
I Wayne, and the Western league can con
u gratulate herself en- the acquisition. II vii
5 | require Just such capable men as Mr. Barni,
to solidiy establish the Western league. Tn
u | sporting editor knew Billy when he was be
Q hind the bat for the Columbus Buckeyes wa
8 | back in the dark ages
. E. M. Guenther, Chicago amateur, VIII
= | wrote MIR. Barnes OF New York" and mi
= Potter OF Texas" has given up literatur
. | and accepted Colonel Corker's position o
- | the Western league umpire staff. This WI
- | give Mr.. Gueuther an opportunity to exeu
- | plify some OF the deeds OF his heroes. Jus
- wait until he reels of "Mr. Guenther
~ Omaha" IL you want to read mighty intel
:, estin' novel.
,e Donchue, the old Metropolitan and Kansr
" City bacFstop. has joined the Brewers
" When Milwaukee wants good man sh
is hasn't much trou BILE In getting him. Oman
IA was six weeks in securing Catcher Yves
n lake, aud Is still short man and has bee
De ever since the season opened -Sandy Gri
wolu. Yet Westlake is q better man tha
Donohue, after all.-E. X. Rife 1t do begi
to look that way.
es Old Cy Duryea seems to have come aga
ut | He is pitching great ball for Cincinnati
in Never will forget the day that Old Cy can
- down here with the St Pauls and bet Fran
~ Selee new Dunlap he'd hold the Omahol
d. down to four hits or under. In the fir
u inning they only made six singles, tv
Id doubles and a homer, and scored seven run
Then OLD Cy developed sudden case
Ell collie and retired.
* * Claus Ciausen, the little Swede who h
IL been pitching from sheol TO breakfast f
20 | Columbus, had four-penIy nail torn of b
"a "a pitching finger the other day and will occur
AZ the bench for while. The Buckeyes. hoy
~ ~ ever, don't seem TO miss him much, and u
as as only way they can be checked in their m,
us us career is for some good, strong pitcher
Ius | knock an arm off big Breckenridge and a Il
~ or two of Walsh and Mcclellan.
nj Rem Milford on Billy Earle's release
IRA Pitts burg says: The only reason assign
ar for releasing the crack little catcher was th
mo- the club was carrying too many men. Ear
| SnOulQ not De long WllDOUD All enpaHetnef
NV He is a fine catcher. siashing little titte
no and by odds the best base runner in Z
We P,ttsburg team, while he is strictly tempe
NJ ate and reliable Clubs that can reea
ha such PLAYERS as Earle must be long on fri
~ class players" Why didn't you keep Bill
e Mul.. when you had him in Cincinnati. w
he too good enought
TT Lord Lovett the fath head pitcher wt
rt- when he pitched for Omaha only drew abo
of si5 per game. has got down to work at IL
with professional team at Brideepo
l. Conn Brooklyn offered him 50, 800 this 81
lor SON. but he held out for just 81 900 more, b
see it never came This has been O loss to
/ Lovett of sl5 day and they do saw that
to will finally drive him into an asvlum.
he | there was ever man who loved a doll
he better than his life that man is To
rue Lovett. rhe Bridgeport papers call II
est tom Lovetrs Revenge"
ng The wonderful batting Of First Basem
Ter Breckenridge has caused considerable int
Ct est as 10 just what the big first basem
has done with the stick since the open
OF the championship season. In the thir
| three games played by Columbus lone bel
OF tie) Breckenridge has been at bat
Tn times. de has made eleven home runs,
on | threebase hit. twelve doubles and seven S
giles. His batting average is .274 witt