The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-08-23
Eagle Baseball Notes.

The LOulSVilIeS' best run OF defeats lis
seventeen.
Washington now has two ladies' days
per week-Tuesday and Friday.
It is now announced that Willie Nc
Gill will hardly pitch again this season
President Hart of Chicago is a bicycle
crank. He rides about twenty miles
daily.
Delehanty made one home run in each
of four out five games played last
week.
Where is Harry Staley, released by
st. Louis? Has he dropped out Of
sight?
In New York they are beginning to
feel sorry that Catcher Bill Schriver
was released.
Western leaguers are saying that the
Indianapolis team is too strong for its
present company.
Walter Wilmot wants to get away
from Chicago. He may be accommo-
dated, if Mcbride shows up well.
Hughey Jennings has been hit by
pitcher eighteen times in ninety games
an average Of one soaker in five
games.
Last week the team batting average
OF the Phlilies was Az A total of 90
hits and rs runs were made in five
games.
The Boston inf1elders do not like Tom
my Tucker and the way they shoot 'em
over to the noisy man makes Tom
stagger.
Jonah in Louisville. The Colonies have
lost games when they were minus his
services.
10 DC L.,
his base running. In consequence his
record for stolen bases has taken on a
slower upward move.
The reports of trouble between Mana
ger Manning and Catcher Bergen are
denied in Kansas City. Bergen is again
catching for the team.
They play baseball in Paris now, with
a can-can and a naughty song thrown
in between innings. The national game
is having quite boom in the French
capital.
Owing to the injury to "Ducky"
Holmes, Shugart has been compelled to
rejoin the Colonels, although he is far
from well. Holmes will be able to join
the team about September 1.
Sam Crane. sporting editor Of the
New York Advertiser, who was denied
admission to the Polo grounds on Sat-
exclusion in the courts. John Mont
gomery Ward will be Cranes attorney.
While the question of fining is dis
turbing the slumbers of the magnates
it would be will for them to weigh Tim.
keefe'S plan. An eastern critic who in
terviewed the umpire on the question
of fines has this to say: Umpire Keefe
says that the only effective remedy for
senseless kicking and rowdyism is to re-
move the offender from the game at
once. He does not believe that filming
does any good, for he has come TO the
conclusion that most of the clubs pay
the fines. He has had but two occasions
to remove players this season, McGraw
at Pittsburg and Jennings a Cleveland,
and each time it was the cause of Balti-
more losing a game. and Manager Han
lon is now one of the strongest advo-
Gates of the plan. When the playing
strength of the team Is weakened the
magnateS will themselves begin to
squirm." If this was done the mana
gers would soon take hand in diseip-
lining their players and the result
would be the baseball games wauld as
sumo the orderly character which they
should have However, in order to carry
this idea into effect, it would be neces-
sary to have for umpireS men of sound
judgment, for others would allow their
to get the better of their
sense of right and wrong and so might
cripple team on the slightest provoca-