The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-06-22

Damon may pitch to-day at Grand. Rapids.
The indianapolis team begins its second
series at Detroit on Monday.
There are now twelve players on the In
dianapolis pay roll. They are all with the
club on the trip.
Sam Thompson had his eye on the ball
again. yesterday; to the extent of
homer, double and two singles.
The Spiders are becoming dangerous.
Yesterday they entrapped the Colts in
their nets and took TWO games from them.
Umpire Nicholson was mobbed at Mont
gomery. Ala. the other day for declaring airing
out on fly ball. IL after this harsh treat
ment Nicholson decides to leave the South
ern league he should by all means apply 10
President Johnson for a position on the
Western league staff. He would be likely
to get an appointment and at any rate his
credentials would not be questioned.
Kid Nichols is not pitching up to his usual
standard. The lethargy which seemed TO
affect the whole Boston team this spring
made a victim out of him and he has not
rounded to as rapidly as some OF the others.
Dad Clarke has developed into quite
respectable looking individual and Is now
the idol of the New York cranks. With
Meekin and Rusie out of the game Dad is
the mainstay in the box and is acquitting
himself in good style.
For big, strong, healthy. robust young
man, Taylor is sick good deal this year.
BY strange cointldenee pitchers; as soon o
In health and have great deal of trouble
with their arms.-Philadephia paper.
The st. Paul cranks take off their hats
to Peter Daniels. of Kansas City. He has
pitched five games in that city this season
and won four Of them. The game he lost
was by one run, and in IL hit would have
made his record of victories complete.
Young Corbett" and Eddie Pierce the
pugilists who were arrested for taking part
In knockout fight before the Seaside Attn
under undo 500 bonds each to await the action Of
the grand jury of Kings county, New York.
The Cincinnati team cancelled three ex
hibition games on the trip and in each in
regular championship game the day fol-
lowing. Manager Bancroft has determined
that there shall be no off days for the rest
of the season and Cincinnati will play every
day from nov until Oct. l.
Cincinnati has not played game with
Louisville this season and the Cincinnati
eranks are antieipating a big boom in the
been played with the Colonies. This dis
astrous trip OF the team has made the
Reds friends thankful for anything that
will cast a ray of light into the gloom.
St. Paul is playing good ball on the home
grounds and the predictions made in the
ante-season days that Comiskey would come
that that would make a strong finish give
promise of being verified. II must be re-
membered. however. that the Saints are
the road they are weaklings. They have
had more luck during the past three weeks
than they Will have in the next three
The Kansas Minneapolis game last
Saturday came near causing a riot. The
Minneapolis cranks. becoming disgusted at
the poor showing of the Millers and some
Of Sheridan's decisions, left the bleachers
and swarnIed into the field. Sheridan
dered the field cleared. Manager Barnes re-
fused 10 open the gates and tried to force
the crowd back into it's seats: Play was
suspended while Barnes engaged in series
of fights at the gates with some of the
patrons. The people tried to bluff Sheridan,
but finding him made of sterner stuff than
Hoagland, finally sneaked back into their
seats and throughout the rest of the game
heaped maledictions and abuse on Sheri-
dams head