Omaha daily bee., 1895-11-10

one who will fill the bill. Two new men were
signed last week, Bert Workman of Csrtlage,
o., and q first baseman from Michigan.
Manager Hunt says he will have a winner or
nothing, and he expects to give Omaha the
benefit Of some very liberal advertising
throughout the country. The team will leave
here in time to attend the deaf mute conNen-
ton at Philadelphia in May.
Jack Carney will be at the head OF the
Toledo club in the Western league next
season. Carney is the idol of the Toledo fans
and upon his being with it depends the sue
cess Of the team.
Boston has had but three third basemen
since professional ball was inaugurated there
in 1871. They were Schafer eight years.,
Sutton Cseyen years. and Nash ten years.
Who will be the next, Collins or Harring-
ton?
The Western league circuit next season will
be Kansas City, st. Paul, Minneapolis and
Milwaukee, west, and Indianapolis, Toledo,
Detroit and Columbus, east.
All Irwin wants for New York now is three
new outielders. one infielder and a battery
six men. There are twenty-eight men on the
New Iork's roll now. What a menagerie to
Umpire Gaffney will chalk cues and dust
tables in a hotel billiard room in Springfield,
Mass, this winter.
Arthur Irwin is to receive $4,000 a year for
managing the New Works.
Ten of the seventeen players Of the Boston
team live In or near the Hub.
Thirteen of the seventeen leading batsmen
in the league are "left-handers."
Chris Won der Abe wants umpires in
structed to give decisions in favor of the
home team. He says this will stop kicking.
Chris always was an original gen~ius.-Cleve-
land World.
Manager Selee of Boston says he will trade
Mccarthy. He would fit nicely in the Reds
outfeld-much better than Jimmy Bannon.
Collins will be retained by Boston. So says
Manager Selee, and he ought to know. That
settles Louisville.
After "the old man. had taken his tumble
the Chicago News remarked editOcially:
This year Arson has successfully fallen
down in base ball, billiards and cycling. AS
a natural result he will retire to the stage"
Carey, the Baltimore first baseman, is con-
sidered about the most perfect base ball ma
chine on the diamond today. He took part
in 121 games this season and made eleven
errors. The Baltimore players say that when
they get the ball they simply throw toward
first base, for, whether 1t comes on the
ground or in the air, Carey Is almost sure to
get it.
The Cleveland teams battery Of brothers
for next year will be an Cd iity in league
base ball circles. The battery will be the
Young brothers, Cy and Lem, The latter is
a catcher, and a good one. He has just
signed with the Cleveland club.-Washington
Times.
New York desires to trade Charley Farrell
for thinner, Mcclure or Clements. So far
there has been no rush for the duke Of MARI
boro CMass.)
Jake Beckley can blow a lung-tester to 932.
He does this to refute the charges made by
o.. p. Caylor that he Beckley) is suffering
with lung trouble.
Con Daley, the Brooklyn catcher, is still
in the hospital. The injury he received
while bathing just before the season closed
may keep him off the diamond forever.
Tommy Mccarthy has changed his mind
about retiring, and will play with Boston an
other year. He should have waited till
spring before making this announcement.
Jimmy Caravan, who is on the Reds re
serve list, will not play polo this winter. He
Is one Of the stars OF the game in New En-
gland.
Ed Cartwright, Plan Legs Of the Sena-
tors has fifty-three stolen bases to his credit.
Next year you'll hear of elephants becoming
race horses.
Dan Brouthers is in the same predicament
as Ward and Bob Allen, having been re-
served by Louisville. None of these three
retired" players can in future do business
without the consent of the clubs last en-
ploying them.-Sporting Life.
Every member Of the Washington team
will receive an increase Of salary in 1896.
And they were not compelled TO go on a
strike to get it, either.
Boston has offered Louisville Collins for
"Ducky'' Holmes and another player. 1t is
hardly probable that Louisville will accept.
Since the winning of the Temple cup by
Cleveland, Pat 'Tebeau wears black silk under
wear and refuses to drink large beers. At
ltdSl lndl 10 inc SNOAy Nh"N I'M obsNC SNilei9
out from st. Louis.
A Philadelphia paper says that George
Davis will play third base for New York
next season, unless a "frst-class" third-base-
man can be secured.
Catcher lements has signed a '96 con-
tract with Philadelphia.
The Giants will carry eighteen men on the
salary list next season.
Shortstop Ely of the st. Louis Browns is
Ill at Pittsburg with lung trouble and rheuma-
| tism. His condition is serious,
Milwaukee has secured Jack Thornton, who
played third base in Texas last season. He
will be used as a pitcher.
Comiskey is said to be making all kinds of
money with his team on the Pacific coast.
So are all the other adventures.
Jack Rowe good old Jack, will manage the
Buffalos in the Eastern league next season.
The drafting of Short Stop Shannon OF
Springfield and Third Baseman Reilly Of
Fort Worth has been approved by the direc-
tors of the Louisville club.
Questions and
Barring, Mo-, Nov. S,-To the Sporting
Editor of The Bee: Would you please in
form me who is the longest in the reach,
Corbett CT ~FitzsimmOns, and also who meas
ures the most inches from tip to tip?-Samuel
Kelley.
Ans.-Fitzslmmons.
ALLIANCE, Neb., Nov. S.-To the Sporting
Editor of The Bee: John Smith sent to you
a technical point on base ball some six weeks
D 'hN AAN W. H1' ~ 49, We . NAANA tAA'
7. FlerOle in regards to man running by first
base, and as neither one Of us saw same in
paper, will you please publish it again and
send statement and copy Of paper to me-
NJ. T. GrieT.
Ans,-Yes, when you state question and
send me 6 cents for paper and postage.
NEWCASTLE, Wyo, Oct. 31.-To the Sport
ing Editor of The Bee: vii you kindly
answer the following through the columns OF
The Sunday Bee: A base runner on first
base starts toward second on fly ball which
is caught. The base runner returns to first
base and reaches the base before the ball, but
overruns the base. The baseman makes no
attempt to put runner Out while Off base, but
allows him TO retsrn, Is the base runner out
for over running the base?-F. A.Thole.
Ans.-If baseman Is on the base with the
ball, runner is out, ii not, not.
HARRISON, Neb., Nov. 6.-To the Sport
ing Editor of The Bee: viii you have the
kindness to decide the following question, viz:
Can a man legally be elected to the office of
president Of the United States three or more
times in succession Hiram Smoker.
Ans.-lf he gets enough votes.
If your children are subject to Group watch
for the first symptom Of the d~isease-hoarse-
ness. II Chamberlain's Cough Remedy is
given as soon as the child becomes hoarse II
VIII prevent the attack. Even after the
croupy cough has appeared the attack can
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