The Saint Paul globe., 1896-08-16

was that which befell Pitcher Hunt. Of
Chlcago amateur team. While in the
| act or delivering the ball he made .,
Wild pitch At the same time he fell
10 the ground with cry of pain. hold
| ing his right wrist in his left hand.
When his fellow players reached him.
Hunt was insensible-had- tainted hv
| reason of the pain. An .examination
| showed that one of the small bones i'm
the forearm had been fractured bv the
motlon or lunge of the delivery. Several
similar accidents are on record. the
most notable being that of Pitcher
George Wfnkelman, Of Cincinnati who
oroKe the large bone of his right arm
Wh1le pitching ball. 1t was such a.
bad fracture that he never fully re-
covered the use of the member
Inc most notable deals in plavers
curing the last month were those which
placed Jake Beckley and Scrappy Joyce
with the New York team. Had pre-
ulctlon been made last spring that
those two star players would be MEM
bers of the New York team before the
season ended it would have been
laughed at. Last year the New York
club made an effort to purchase the re-
lease of both players, but could NOT
even get price put upon either of
them. This year disagreements between
the two player captains and their NAV
ayers made it necessary to disnen,as.
with one or the other parties to the
quarrel. In each instance the choice
IeL upon the player as the one to he
sacrlf1ced. The New York club. by
Judicious trading, secured both men.
1t will be interesting to watch the
result or the opposite courses being
pursued by the New York and Philadei-
phia clubs. The former, after vainly
experimenting with young players.
gave 1t up and secured seasoned re-
cru1ts In the two veterans-Becklev
and Joyce. On the contrary, the PhiIa-
delphias have gone into the young
blood" craze by the wholesale Not
contented with putting Mertes, Keener
and Heulen on their team and trading
Tor Cooley, they have purchased the
releases of Lajoie and Grier. Of the
Fail River club, and still have Mama
ger Nash on the road looking up more
young timber. Which policy will be the
biggest winner?
%. P. Caylor.
=, It's wonderful" says Harry Pullman.
how the Louisville public stands by its
cago had club that stayed at the taillend
year after year you would have to zo out of
the business Yet, with one-sixth as large
aap apopuiation, we keep our little tail-end club
ahoat season after season."
Bill Lange, Of the Chicagos, will play with
-1NoAS 1oJ OA tHe bdrIn LnlS winter.
did you ever hear" asked the old-time
ball crank Of Billy Phelon at Chicago "how
a striped coat once won a game Counting
tremendously toward championship honors3
1t was back In the Associations 6ays when
the St Louis Browns were fighting hsrd
for their string of four championships and
afternoon. 0A0 Hoe
"Arlie Latham had reached third: there
were two out, and the amount of kicking
tnat went on concerning balls and strikes an
the last batter would have disgraced a church
cnoir Down by third Robinson was coach
ing. Robbie had on a blazer--one OF fhoqa
fearful and wonderful coats, covered WIFI
stripes and much affected by the uItra-aes-
thetic in athletic circles.
ball was called that should have been
a strike, and the whole Cincinnati team
ran In to argue about it. The third base
man ran in, too, and nobody paid any atten-
ton to Latham and Robinson. Throw ma
the coat, culli Throw me the coatr souealed
Arlie, and Robbie threw him the blazer
Latham put 1t on, and when play was re-
sumed coolly walked in toward the plate
Ihe catcher thought it was Robbie coming in
70 make kick. and gave no heed to him
until ne walked over the plate with the win
ming rum" ~ vim
Catcher Dexter thought he had thrown Cross
out at second yesterday, and when Hetts
declared him safe. he knelt down at the nSats
and prayed In holy terror His sunnIianS
attitude cost him $40. Belts must ha
Post-Dispatch. -Aouis
The Philadelphia Times is very sore On tba
Quakers. and refers to the team as tia