The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1893-05-25

NEWS. UE IHE
NATIONAL GAME.
phil Reecius has been signed BY Buffalo.
rha 81. Louis inAcld 10 doing excellsns
work. $780,
Auton's new man. Lang. 10 showing up
we'll.
Catcher Gunson has been released By Bal
tlmo;e.
Tom Tucker 10 playing = wonderful aame
this season.
The eastern league season opened ve'y
auspieiously.
Chtds. Of Cleveland. made the frst home
run Of the season.
Out wslcA 10 up 10 his old srisks again.
in getting HIT with the ball.
II Baltimore and Louisville Will only
brace up it will be q great race.
sam Wise and Charley Farrell are doing
excellent work for Washington.
Won der Abe has consented 70 PAY AoF
"snndy" Grifin's release from Buffalo.
Harry Wright has decided to play Boyle
at frst base and in no other position.
The bunt hit ia not being tried - often
as was expected unde the new rules.
Pitcher Schsllerman. recently released by
Cleveland. has signed with bunaio'
Charlie Bassett 10 practicinR with the
Providence club and may be signed BY II.
Tommy Dowd is playing better ball with
St, Louis than with the senators last sea-
son.
Alien has been appointed captain OF the
Phillies. Clements declined a zeappoint-
Ment.
"Bnc" Holiday made up for his cut IN
ssla y BY winning 1920 on a horse race lass
week.
Three umpirea have already been Noble
In the south. The game 10 booming oo"n
thore.
Chieero's young pitchers are doing good
~orL Roth Mauck and McGinnis won
their first game.
Murphy. the Yale short stop. will proha-
bly, adopt base ball a. q profession ei'ef
this season.
Cincinnati has only tried twenty-three
men this season. About half OK tnsm Will
escape tho AZ. ~
Joe Hornune's return 70 the providence
olab was hailed with delight by 'ne ofanAS
OF that city. Il
Psitz ia enc OF the most promising OF
Young bloods. Won der Abe 10 perleoslS
satisfied with him.
They are throwing bouquets al Manager
Watkins in 81. Louis. In another week IL
may be bricks.
Morgan Murphy has been offered only
50. 100 by Cincinnati. Little enough 1or
such q crack player.
Al johnson thinks the New YORK "
need Mike Kelley in their Duslness. MANY
others think the Same as Al.
Red, Ehret, of the Pittsburas, Is nov a
Benedict. He was married last week, put
kept the matter very quiet.
President N. E. Young has rendered to
President Cleveland and his cabinet season
passes to the ball games at Washington.
Stafford. Of the C~hattanoogas. OF the
southern league. last Thursday threw IRON
deep center to the homo plate. l1o YARDS,
putting out HIS man.
Mc(Iiu. of tho Chicaeos, was the first
PITCHER Of the season to be bsttsd out OF
this box. and Buckley. of the ST. Louis
team, was the first player to be injured.
The best base running team in the league
would be Doyle, catcher; Stratton, pitcher;
Backlsy, Ward and Latham, basement; Dan
lon, shortstop; Brown. Hamilton ana E"-
ing. In the fold.
Tho new pitchers of the league this year
are Garry, Hastings, Williams, Mauck,
McGinnis, Jones, Darby. Hill. Taylor.
Donshue, Clerkson and Sullivan-all good
men and all likely to hold their positions.
stivetts and stratton are the heaviest
batting pitchers in the league. Doyle the
! best batting catcher, and Brouthers. Cnilds.
LYONS, Dahlen, Hamilton, Burns and Duty
tho best batsmen in the other positions.
Manager Jack Chapman IL putting on
Erin-co-Bragh stvle at Buffalo this year.
He will Qa,b his bisons in a uniform OF
dark green with white trimmings. white
bolt and white stockings. The cap Will
also have two white bands.
John L. Sullivan considers Mix Kelly
the greatest ball player in the world, and
thinks New York can't get along without
him. The ex-chanpion fails TO understand
whv Boston should have let the king" go,
thus weakening herself.
Umpirs Reeder, Of the Southern league
is already in trouble. He recently left in
tho middle of a game and refused to con-
tinue. He was ordered to umpire in the
same place the next day and refused to do
SO. President Hart ia now looking for =
new umpire.
Manager McGunnigle has secured the
following players for his Lowell team:
Guinasso and McCauley, catchers; Ruddsr-
ham and Burns. pitchers; Hawea nrss base,
Maher second base, Arthur Whitney thru
base. Mack left field. Cudworth center
field. Ward right field.
The old-timers this year dating service
back to 1883 are Bennett, Brouthers. DALEY,
Richardson. Stovey, Stricken, Ewing. An
son, Mullane, Comiskey, McPhee. Latham,
Keefe, Clements, Thompson, Conner. Ward,
htSlfs 1fhClt "olSh AhbpSSSA ~ AAA
Radtord. O'Rourks and Wise.
The first manager to lose his SCALP this
wear was George BurbridRe, of the Macon
club. Simply because his team started off
poorly he was d~ecapitated a. soon as the
season was a week old. His successor is
Dan Shannon. Of last years Buffalo club.
Dan will manage and captain the team.
The house. stable and land which were
presented to ''KinQ'' Kelly, the base ball
player, in 1890 by his friends and admirers
ARE advertised for sale for unpaid taxes for
tie years 1891 and 1892, amounting to 1928.
There is said to be a mortgage on the place
of 81, 600. Better sign, Kelly, old boy.
Chicago is now carrying sixteen men. and
two will be released. Boston has fourteen,
and ore will probably 60. New York has
fifteen. Brooklyn fourteen. Philadelphia
fourteen, Cincinnati sixteen, BaltimorS six-
teen. Pittsburg fifteen, Cleveland sixteen.
louisville fourteen, st. Louis fifteen and
Washington fourteen.
Manager Barnie, of the Louisyilles, is
proud of his aggregation, and predicts that
the colonies will show up we'll among the
leaders. He states that the new Louisville
park will be ready for the opening game.
He allowed Stratton to stay with Arson
until he needed his services and then de
manded him. Thus Stratton received ths
benefit of practice in the south at Anson'!
expense.