The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-10-06
field for Quincy. and seems like a fast man
In that position. lie played good ball yes

field for Quincy. and seems like a fast man
In that position. lie played good Dai yes
Big Perry werden. OF the Minneapolis
team, Is to be on the stage this winter. He
will play tile part OF starter in "The Derby
winner He can talk TO his hearts con-
tent and there win be no umpires about 10
put him out Of the game
Rusie looks as big as a woodshed. He has
the same old ri1e-shot delivery, fields MS
box in great shape ard gives base runners
pear TO handicap him much in running. for
he gets over ground pretty rapidly.
Brewers urapiring yesterday was rather
unsatisfactory, Rusie getting much the pest
of Damon on balls and strikes. Mcfarland
hit a hard one along the right foul line In
the seventh inning. which everybody
thought fair, but the umpire called 1t foul.
out Of their benefit game yesterday. R1sie
shares with them They will make a good
thing out OF the two Cincinnati games this
afternoon. The indianapolis share of the
receipts goes TO them for equal distribution.
The base ball season is over here. but the
interest in the future OF the home team will
continue until after the November meeting
will be completed and 1t will be learned
who is to manage the champions next year.
What would Fred Roat do in the Cincin-
nati Quilted? he Is Sal, not an o %ts npa ana ana
the talk of playing him there is absurd;
Irwin might be tried there and Roat used
at third or snort. he Will strengthen the
Reds In their hitting department.
Harper, of Milwaukee, who has been
signed by Brooklyn for next year, pitched
in half of the games won by Rochester this
year. He will play On the Pacific coast
this winter. He holds the record for strike
outs for the Eastern League this season,
striking out fourteen in one game.
If the champions take one of the two
games from Cincinnati this afternoon they
will capture the series. The Big Four will
run an excursion down this morning, the
train returning tonight, and quite a big
crowd will the team. The dou-
ble-header will draw out an army of Gin
cinnati fans If the weather is right.
The fielding averages of the National
ranking at the top among the first basemen
is George Carey, In whom the Western
League patrons are more or less interested
through his connection with Milwaukee In
1894. Carey did not hit the ball into safe
quarters often this year. but more than one
the champions of two seasons by the phe-
nomenal fielding of Carey at first base.
That his remarkable field work saved the
game for Baltimore was the comment many
games for Baltimore during the season and
made but eleven errors, something remark
able when the statements of the Baltimore
infelders to the effect that they simply got
hold Of the ball and threw 1t toward"
Carey, never caring where 1T went, is re-
membered. He made 1,11s put-outs, As as
sists and his fielding average is .991. Arson
ranks second to Carey among the regular
first basemen with an average OF 1888 and
LaChsnce. of Brooklyn, fifth with an aver
batting, and Manager Hanlon was recently
quoted to the effect that he believed that
Carey would hit the ball next season.
Carey Is but tweniy-three years OF age.