The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-05-09
GENERAL sPoRr1No NOTES.

Interesting Items for Ball Cranks and
Others.
Griffin is still in it with the best of the
outhelders.
Tt must break Latham's heart to have
to warm the bench.
Hamilton has changed positions with
Duffy in the Boston outfeld.
Hamilton, of the Boston club, is pur-
Joining bases in his usual style.
Donovan of the Pittsburg Pirates, is
going out for a stolen base record this
year.
1t is a singular fact that Pitcher
Stivettts has never yet won a game in
Philadelphia, no matter how hard he
pitched
Shortstops may come and shortstops
may go, but Eddie Mexican, of the
Cleveland club, remains right in the
front rank.
Bostonians already claim for Bergen,
the ex-Kansas City catcher. that he is
the finest throwing catcher in the lea
que.
Anson's willie BilP' Hutchinson is
pitching great ball for Minneapolis If
he continues his good work he may be
recalled.
Pittsburg only made one error in the
three games with Cleveland. That was
a wild throw by Merritt in trying to
catch a man at second. 1t did not at
feet the score.
No pitcher has an easy thing with
the upper half of the Washington bat
ting list. He must keep pitching ball
all the time unless he wants to see a
+ floating over the fence.-BaltimOre sun.
Wetterer, AIilwaukee's new shOrtstOp,
had fourteen chances in the opening
game and accepted all except one. His
work was the finest ever seen in Mil
waul1ee, and he owns the town.
'Lange is one of the great ball play
ers of the profession says Harry Vel
/ don. He viii make the same kind of a
/ dent in base ball history that King
Kelly, Buck Ewing, Adrian c. Arson
and that kind Of stars have made
Heir Medium, 2:35sz, is being con-
I ditioned on the LeavenWOrth track by
I Robertson John Lonberg says his 4
/ year-old trotter is all right and will
/ win some money this year in the 26
4 class. She will start the season at the
/ Leavenworth meeting, June H. and go
/ down the circuit.
Notes Giants started the local base
/ ball season a year ago. May Is.
The members of the Olympic Race as
4 ISOLATION that gave fall meeting atthe
/ fair grounds in "a were paid a profit
+ of $3.50 on an investment of $40. This
was on four days meeting. Does
horse racing pay in Topeka?
DR.. George Pritchard, who was one
I of the judges in the horse show during
/ the races last fall, is enthusiastic over
I horse show feature for the falls meet
/ ing but he is not wildly anxious to act
as a judge again
Speaking of a recent game in which
the Browns and Cooley We're engaged
the Republic says:
The Browns scored one run in the
1 first inning, and took Occa sion to re-
( peat the trick several times as the
game progressed. As it turned out ii
was fortunate they had foresight
enough to do so. Richard Cooley, Esq
had a private audience with Der
Boss" of the whole shooting match
/ including the chutes, in the morning
and was informed in pointed and man
gled English that something was ex-
pected of him. He exerted all his en-
ergy when he faced ContOrtionist Meek
in His energies have had a good resi-
since the season opened, and they stood
him well in hand when the crucia
point was reached, a base on balls be
ing his reward. DOWd sacrificed and
Cooley rested at halfway inn. Bert
Meyers, who is getting his little hit
right along, bobbed UP with a boundel
between George Davis and W. Shorty
Fuller, which enabled Cooley to tally
one. In the second Douglas raped 6
liner over the right field fence for foul
bases Hart put a long fly to left
Stafford got under it. waited for some
moments and when it descended al
lowed it to slip through his fingers
Hart took a couple of bases on the
muff- Cooley put a double into left
/ scoring the pitcher