The Indianapolis journal., 1896-08-20

Davis's shoulder is still lame.
McJames is now doing the best pitching
for Washington.
Syracuse is trying to borrow infielder Ul-
rich from New York.
Dowd has made nine home-run hits for
st. Louis this season.
Hugh Nicol Familiarity known 'LAttle
Nick wants 10 be an umpire.
The Spiders have four Macs-McKean.
McAleer. McGarr and McAllister.
Spies is no longer in high favor at st.
Paul and patrons are calling for Kraus-
The Detroit attendance was good-1.9o
paid admissions Monday and 200 Tuesday
The Boston baseball management has
paid 1900 for Klobedanz, Fall Rivers big
pitcher
More tie games have been played at Chi
cago than in any other city I'm the coun-
try this year
Anson announces that he will play ball
till his club wins league championship.
Does he think he is immortal?-Soorting
Life.
What a reception the .rooters'' would
give Fisher II he returned TO indianapolis.
The grounds would scarcely hold the people
the first game he pitched.
Indianapolis coens at Columbus to-day
for four games Monroe received orders
yesterday 10 report there At once he VIII
pitch one and possibly two of the gaines
Philadelphia hasn't won game from
Baltimore this season and Lo1i5sille has
not won from Cincinnati or Pittsourg. The
Reds captured the entire series from ~.
Louis.
The Danville baseball team met defeat at
StilesviHe Tuesday by a score OF - 10 T.
Batterics-Stilesville Clark and McCrack-
en- Danville. Kellehyer. Stutchman, Ayers
and Bell
Jim" Peep.es who used TO catch for
Brooklyn and wro u.np.rtd very bad ball
i'm the Western League two years ago. mas
Just been appointed city marshal of the
Thirteenth District Civil Court. Ne" fofH-
Farrell who has been with the Cedar
RAPIDS and So Joseph teams of the West
ern Association has signed with Indanapo-
lis and will take Hogans place In center.
Hogan's hitting has been lamentably weak
for a long time
The highest percentage ever held at the
end of the season by pennant-winning
club was .79s. which was the record OF the
Chicago club under Anson in 1870. In that
year the Colts lost but seventeen out OF
eighty-four games.
Frank Genins Is suffering with an attack
of pleurisy, and being unable TO play, ne
went home from Detroit and Is taking the
best care of himcetf I'm the hope OF get
ting in the game again when the team
starts out on its last Western trip.
Cleveland carries no sub. In case OF an
accident TO any inne DER lspeau oaaf n,f,se,. !.
called upon 10 play first. Should both Tie.
beau and Mexican. for instance: be disabled
al the same time. the Cleveland cluD would
be as helpless as ship on the rocks
"An urapire could be perfect and then
not please There never was a perfect um-
pire and never will be one. But wnen =
handler of the Indicator makes an error
that is seen by everyone he Is guyed ana
made the sport and toy OF the fans and
plavers IL "A player makes an error notn-
ing is said" says Tim hurst.
..chris Won der Abe was interviewed last
season by St Louis newspaper man. VINO
said that the Mound City fans were sick
and tired of the repeated fatures OF ne
Browns" says Tom Brown chris . arKu-
ment was funny. Il dell YOU. he SAID
dor Browns are tail-enders. but vat ( ell.
somebody must be tail-enders. amt IT.
Judging from the game the Hoosiers have
heen ut,ffing up OF late. IL looks as though
the co,umbus aggregation ought TO take
their measure quite handily. especially
when IL is considered that Columbus. at
her weakest was always able 10 make
better showing against the h9osiers .nan
against any other team I'm the League.
IndianapoIis never played in harder luck
than of late. while Loftus has the Deot
| team ne has had this season al the present
,ime so there should be something In favor
~ Columbus during the final series with
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McDermott the pitcher recently pun
chased from Louisville by Cleveland. hao
| the appearance OF a man who might be .
great pitcher. He Il well built and APP
| pears 10 be possessed OF great strength
| dence i'm his ability as twirler and e.
poets TO do some good work for the Glove
| land club. In Louisville he says he WoD
badly handicapped by the wretched woeR
| of the other members OF the team. and ~
| this reason could not make q good show
| ing there. He In anxiously awaiting -
opportunity to pitch for cleyslanA