The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-08-15
Sporting Notes.

Ntcol Is batting very hard for Milwau-
kee.
Indianapolis is now forty-one points in
the lead.
pitching for Philadelphia.
st. Paul lost two points yesterday by
playing double header and losing one
game
each time he was at bat yesterday, making
three singles and double
Frank Genins has played five different
positions on the Pittsburg team this sea-
son. He has done well In ALL
Mcguire and Joyce OF Washington, each
made four hits in yesterdays game
Delehanty led the batting for the Qua
kers'' yesterday, making a homer and two
singles Sam Thompson got two singles.
The Marion Club ball team has arranged
TO meet the Connersvile club Aug. "a.
The game will be played at Connersville.
Philadelphia gave Rusie his worst drub-
bling OF the season yesterday. He was found
seventeen times for a total OF twenty-five
bases.
According to the Detroit score, the "Ti-
gers" earned eight of their ten runs. In
dianapols should. be thankful they made
seven errors
Burkett continues to play great ball. His
record yesterday was four times at bat
three runs. three hits, three put outs and
two stolen bases.
Newell carried off the batting honors for
indianapolis yesterday by making dou-
ble a triple and a homer. Motz made a
single and a triple. and Eogriever and
Mccarthy each three singles.
Second baseman Quinn. of ST. Louis. did
more than 'hfs share OF work in yesterdays
game. He scored two runs. made two dou-
bles and two singles, put out six men and
assisted three times. He made one error
however.
When Manager Ellis wired Denny Long
at Terre Haute that he had given back
Petty. Denny telegraphed his brother in
Detroit TO meet Petty at the train and
release him before he left the train.-Mil-
waukee Wisconsin.
Fisher will not accompany the team to
Detroit. He is suffering from a sprained
ankle and yesterday disregarded the advice
Of the physician and attempted to walk
down stairs. The limb is much swollen
and Is very painful.
The injunction proceedings Instituted in
a Cleveland court by Jack O'Connor. the
Cleveland ball player. to prevent the coIlec-
ton by the Nationa League of a fine put on
him by an umpire. was dismissed yester-
day at the request OF the paintiff.
Tot Murphy. the Yale lad now with New
York. has played twenty-one games in the
outheld this season. without an error and
has fielding average Of 1000. Bill Has
saTnaer. Bug Holiday, Brodie of Baltimore.
Griffin of Brooklyn, and Keller of Balti
more all stand we'll up In fielding, as do
Miller. of Cincinnati. and Genins. OF Pitts
burg.
Kansas City is having trouble with
catcher Martin Bergen, who was left at
home this trip Bergen is Mannings best
batter but. II is claimed by the Kansas
City manager. his head Is swelled by the
prospect of going into the National League
next season. Zahner, once of Louisville
and recently with Grand Rapids, has taken
his place behind the bat for Kansas City.
Niles and Stafford have joined Milwaukee
and the team Is 70 per cent. stronger than
1t was week ago. 1t will win many a
game from now on. McAuley, of this city,
and Jim Long have been released, and
Klopf is now playing left field. Niles was
and great one. Pittsburg has had him all
this season as a utility man. Stafford was
New Orleans's first baseman. Both are
heavy Eitters and fast on the bases.
A Detroit paper a week ago said: at
looks very much as II the Detroit pitchers
fish in the league race" There
is no doubt but that they held back fast
enough. but whether they did this of their
, ter. They did about as artistic a lob Of
holding back and losing four games to In
dianapolis in two days as one would care
TO see, and as the Hoosiers open a series
of four games In Detroit this week they
will be given further opportunity to distin-
guish, observation-disclosures City Star.
Baltimore leads the National League
teams both I'm batting and fielding. The
team has batting average OF .324, which
is exceptionally good. Philadelphia is sec
Chicago is third and Boston fourth. Brook
lyn is the weakest batting team in the
league. but in fielding ranks next TO Balti-
more Boston stands third I'm fielding,
closely followed by Pittsburg and Cincin-
natl Cleveland ranks sixth in batting and
seventh In fielding. yet that team is now
leading in the race. New York is elev-
enth In batting and eighth In fielding.
Louisville is the poorest fielding team in