The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-05-21
Baseball Notes.

The champions will come home next Tues
day for n long stay. Milwaukee opens mere
that day.
Rhines has no peer as pitcher in the big
league. The hard-hitting Quakers found
him only twice yesterday.
'sPhenom" Orth is not coming up to the
expectations Of his Indiana friends ENDS s GnGin
a double and a triple.
1t must be CALLING TO .'Old Anse" 10 have
such "dubs'' as the Giants slaughter ms
G9ls in a ssy Game Ri
probably never be printed
The trustees of the Harry Wright memo
rial fund have received check for <5Vlf
ceeds of the game played at Rockford. Ill.
The total sum in hand now is $S,17103.
Beckley is Cuban sympathizer, and
reads every word of news relative TO the
expedition is under way Jake does not sleep
until the vessel lands and Kills few Span
iards.
President John Brush amt sayin' much
Reds advance notch IN the pennant race
Yesterday his smile broadened when he
learned that his club had shut out the
QuakerS.
When in Louisville the New Yorks spent
their spare time in the bat factory where
the famous ''sluggers'' are made, fondling
tine freshly oed sB sticks Of ana mem aEer
of visiting the works of an oculist.
Parker. who was with Grand Rapids last
year and is now with Ansons team, is the
son of a wealthy physician In Chicago, who
tries to dissuade his son from playing ball.
1t is said that every winter young DR.. Par
ker decides to stop playing and hangs out
his single. But in the spring he goes on
the diamond again
Jack" Doyle, who injured his weak an
kle in Saturdays game between the Chica-
gos and Baltimores, was in bed all day and
had to be carried TO the train when Ii left
for Cleveland 1t is believed he will be as
much out of the game for the rest of this
season as he was last season after the first
injury He hurt himself going feet fore
most into second base to make TRULY drop
the ball.
Hastings and Goar are evidently in toe
them for one or more hits yesterday. OF the
twenty-five hits made by Brooklyn of. the
Pirate pitchers, seven We're douoles, three
hts. four stolen bases seven bases on balls
a init by pitched balf' and a Wild pitch
should also be charged against the ex-West-
ern Leaguers. H.
for a tussle will. Comiskey's men. St. Paul
was always. a 'shoodoo' town for Indian
apolis The spell should be shaken off this
row. with Cantillon out of the umpiring
business the champions should get an even
break in that important particular. unless
il happens that the AWFUL Jeyne IS moved
up to st. Paul.
During that awful first inning at Cincin-
natl there was one man in the Grand stand
who felt that Chauncey Fisher would come
That man was President Brush. ~ know
Fisher" said Mr.. Brush, after the game,
land / was positive that he would come out
all right. He is a good pitcher, and this
talk of his going back to Indianapolis is
all rot.'-Exchange. 81
There are just five OF the twelve National
League teams that could not inside of two
days. through a combination of events, take
first place. Last season the race for the
pennant was the most exciting in the his
tory of the National League. This season
Is due to the great Improvement in the Bos-
tor team, which will cut quite figure in
the scrap right up to the end.
Dahlen, who is doing the best batting of
mis- career, stays at. the head of Chicago's
5 aa5tlns a aSen I nss ER0 e init
who have taken part in many games, his
hitting being really a tremendous joke this
season, but his backstop work was never
better. Mcbride leads in the field, and
Thornton and Briggs are tied for the lead
among the pitchers.
Here is a desperate vail from the Column
bus Press: There was time when the
defeat of the Columbus team stirred the
local pride OF the fans of the city. and they
wept in secret over the defeats that were
administered to the aggregation known to
feeling has passed. No longer do we drape
our doors In sackcloth or pour ashes on our
heads. instead, when fresh and hot there
comes each day the news of another throw
down administered to the Columbus team
we merrily laugh 'ha, na,' and dismiss the
thought. No longer do the woes of the Co
lumbus crowd distress us, though there does
come q feeling of shame at times that such
a miserable collection of msfits should rep
resent this city. If the team should brace
up and go after games as If they had some
idea of winning they would be well sup
ported. Even If they did not win. If they
played good ball everyone would be glad to
see them while here and wait for news from
Gle that they have been putting UP has had
its expected effect. however The fans are
discouraged. AT the two or three places in
this city where the returns are received by
innings there used to be crowd of several
hundred people watching for the news, and
tanning vigorously whenever a gain was