Kansas City daily journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1892-1897, 1895-09-07
THEY COULD NOT PLAY BALL
RAIN CAUSED A posTPoNEMENT OF
YESTERDAYS SCHEDULED GAME.
Opening Game with Tcrre Hautc viii lie
Played This Afternoon C ontested
Game with st. Paul Thrown
Out-Nanning Confident.

The Blues could not play ball yesterday
on account OF the rain, and thus missed not
only the opportunity of winning a game. but
also the hearty welcome which thousands
Of fans were prepared to give them In ap-
probation Of their splendid work in win
ming three out OF four games from the
leaders.
Manager Manning is full of confidence
now that the Blues are going TO win Me
ponnant It will only be necessary to gain
three games on indianapolis to accomplish
the feat, ana there Is certainly a very rosy
chance OF doing that in the present home
series.
beginning with the opening game with
Terre Haute to-day the Blues have fifteen
games TO play on the home grounds, while
after they close the present series with
Milwaukee the Hoosers have TO go away
from home TO play twelve games with the
-FOUR strongest teams IN the league. while
with the exception of the three games to
be played with indianapolis. the Blues viii
he playing with tho tail end clubs OF the
lIaute, three with Grand Rapids and three
Manager Manning figures that II the
played with the Hoosiers, tho pennant will
be certainty, Tor then the Blues will only
games, and they should and viii do a
great ueal better than that In fact Man
games, and the Blues share this belief with
him. They are not afraid OF indianapolis,
but say that the Hoosiers are badly scared
own grounds. Indianapolis will have hard
work work winning 5g games IN 81. Paul and Min;
hard BAH against them when at home all
Manager Manning reports the players all
IN irst-class shape with the exception OF
Frank Connaughton who strained HIM
sell AZ indianapolis in sliding. ConnauEh-
ton may have to lay off a day or two but
u" VIII surely be all right before the In
diauapolis games. The pitchers are all In
splendid trim, and In that department Man
league. Hastings is Keeping W. his great
Morkand both King and Daniels are pitch.
inE the best ball of the season. klusman
picked up in his, hitting while the team was
on the trlp and is now hitting the ball hard
IN, something like his true form.
In regard to the disastrous record made
at Detroit Manning said that it was simply
case of the hardest kind OF luck, coupled
with very partial umpiring which cave
the Blues much the worst Of 1t The rs,nes
Were lost by close scores and two of them
could have been won several times with
While on the trip Manager Manning set
tle4 GelnitelN the disposition Of Hastings
been drafted by Pittsburg, and has already
SiEurd contract for next season, while
Bergen VIII wear BOSTON uniform, Man
ming getting the usual 81 900 ana u Clou~ IT,
lie TO Connaughton IN exchange for him.
ItttshurE offered all kinds of money to get
Hastings before the end of the season but
Manning would not listen 10 any su,-h rrop-
osition, knowing that II would be suicide
for him to do So. Bergen viii be great
needed ever since they lost Charley Ben
nett a strong thrGwins cataher.
O'clock King viii do the pitchins for
Kansas City and Nops will be on the rub
ber for Terre Hauto.
from Kansas City with phyles in the box
has been thrown out by the directors Of
The league, which gains several points for