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

Sporting Notes.
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Detroit plays here this afternoon.
Damon Is now pitching for the Des Moines
team.
The HOLSTERS should keep their eyes on
st. Paul.
Boston and Brooklyn did not play on ac-
count Of rain.
Hogan ran one hundred yards at Grand
Rapids in eleven seconds.
Captain Carroll, of Grand Rapids, has
been released by Manager Ellis.
Canavan. had seven chances at second
base yesterday and accepted ALL
Kansas City was thrown on the toboggan
slide yesterday and started downward.
A Terre Haute paper says that Count
Campau Is the only Italian in the profess
sion
The saints are making a bold rush for
the pennant. Indianapolis. however, blocks
the way.
Washington found Clark only five times.
while New York pounded Anderson for six
teen hits.
Cunningham gave Cleveland thirteen hits
and six bases on balls in the second game
yesterday.
Gillen. DUNCAN and Newman have taken
part In every game in which Detroit has
played this season.
The Hogan-Reeves foot race takes place
at s:4o this afternoon. The game will be
called at 4 o'clock.
The Spiders took a fresh grip on the
top rung OF the ladder yesterday by taking
two games from Louisville.
Motz is covering himself with glory these
days. Yesterday he added to his batting
average by making three hits.
The BROWNS were massacred by the
Pirates yesterday. The latter scored
eleven runs In the third inning.
First baseman Doyle, Of New York. marred
an excellent record yesterday by making
two errors in nineteen chances.
Third baseman Gray made three OF Gin
cinnatfs seven hits yesterday. One was a
t~wo-bagger. Burke got two triples.
Oalie Smith. recently released by st.
with Richmond in the Virginia League.
Colonel weighing was given a warm re-
ception by the Spiders" In the second in
ming OF the first game they scored ten runs
The present week is a Woodworking one
easy next week. when there are two open
dates.
President w. w. Kent. Of the Western
Baseball Association. denies the report OF
the transfer OF the Jacksonville franchise
10 Bloomington.
Colt LANCE is a hitter. Three singles
and a triple was his record yesterday. Ryan
also hit the ball freely. securing two sin
bles and a double.
Hoeriever made two singles. Canavan a
double and a triple, Mccarthy a double and
a single and Hogan two singles.
The millennium must surely be at hand.
NOIilk0i uiu tHC ItVtyi ttG " ~" yAHo
down together. They have ceased warning.
and racing will be resumed at Harlem.
As. the season wanes Kansas Ctty's ha-
tired Of indianapolis Increases; Watkins,s
ning's hackers will go into mourning until
next season.
Tin Hurst says that third-baseman Jud
smith and snortss f -, PsmSn,j OF Toronto
And Smith could not play a little bit for
Buffalo last year.
Gienalvn was made captain Of the Grand
the promotion. his record In yesterdays
game being two runs. three hits. three put
outs. six assists, one stolen base and no
ager Ellis. OF Grand Rapids. a case of
heart failure by disappearing without ask
ing for his salary. has been farmed out
at ST. Paul.
Johnny Van Heest. the 125-pound cham
pion Of the world. Is matched TO meet
Turkey Point George Smith. of Baltimore.
more. Aug. IS. The contest will be twenty
five ounds. men weighing about lbs pounds.
Reeves, the Splinter who is to run Hogan
to-day. has a record of ten seconds for
the ~distance--one hundred yards He made
II at Clinton. Ia, In the Y. NJ. c. A. field
day sports last year. The statement that
Hosan is 70 give hin him q s. fys yards, of; start
Buschman that much margin to race him
again.
National League Umpire George w.
Burnham. formerly of this city. has one
claim TO fame that a Gafney reputation
as an umpire would not overshadow. IL
vas he who discovered and gave TO the
world Amos Rusie. This was In 1889, when
BCrnham was manager OF the Indianapo-
lis team In the National League. He
signed Rusie for $50 a month, and Dick
Buckley took the youngster in hand and
helped make him what he Is.
The transfer OF the Terre Haute series
TO Kansas City has raised a storm in In
dianapolis. Manager Watkins and the To-
cal directors are bowling Justify, and can
see all kinds OF dark and nefarious
schemes In the move. all meant 10 deprive
indianapolis OF the pennant. II Is simply
q case OF financial policy. as the Terre
Haute and Kansas City club arrangements
and the leagues reserve fund will be all
benefited by the change.-Kansas City
Star. Yet Manager Manning objected 50
vigorously to the transfer to Indianapolis
OF the Grand Rapids series just played
that he defeated the project, which was
also 4 financial moe solely. Kansas City
Is utterly fncouSiStenf.