The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-05-10
Baseball Notes.

No more baseball until May Is.
Monroe will pitch at Columbus to-day
Shiebeck is undoubtedly d fixture at third.
LOTUS said he expected to get even at
Columbus to-day.
Columbus will turn out big crowd to see
the game there to-day.
Marty Hogan hit well yesterday. He was
next to Stewart in batting.
Larry Twitchell's Brewers are the next
ball tossers to appear here.
McGreevy and Gray are easy for the
champions. Now let Boswell come up for
another hearing.
Billy McGunnigle will manage the Colonies
hereafter. He was given absolute control or
the club yesterday.
Information has been received that the
Southern League will drop from earth be-
fore this month is over.
Davis and Shiebeck were applauded when
they first came to bat. Both hit well in the
game and caught the crowd by their work.
1t Is said that the Chicago club wants
Pfeffer, and that If a certain price Is agreed
upon Fred will once more join Ansons
forces.
The champions will not play tomorrow.
There are no games scheduled. They open
at Milwaukee Tuesday and go from there
to Kansas City, thence to Minneapolis and
st. Paul.
That "chump'' playing by Columbus in
the eighth created a lot Of r amusement
compelled to smile as he donned his mask.
He did his part all right. Mccormack is the
lad who lost his head.
Cantillon is dirty ball player He resorts
to all sorts of Questionable tricks to block
runners at first. The crowd howied IT'S ap,
prevail yesterday when Mccarthy jumped
ON over ri and IN ov ve in the eId There IS only
one way to deal with players OF the Can
tillon stripe, and that is to go at them feet
first.
Shiebeck hasn't played third since 1888.
He is fine all-around player, but has
been at short for years. He can play the
bag all right. however. Yesterday was MS
would prove a mascot. as when he Joined
Washington last season the Senator's won
eleven straight games-a good many for
them just then. He can play any place in
the field, and as soon as he gets worked in
and thoroughly seasoned will be very fast
on the bases.
Stewart, the second baseman for the In
dianapolis team, is a star OF the first mag
nitude in baseball circles. He is good
enough for the big league right now, and
will probably break in there before long.
base hits, going up in the air after them
and firing them over to first base or where
| they were most needed before he returned
| to earth He is by far the best man in the
position seen here this year. and, in the
opinion of more than one good judge who
nee a Taby oy many oSeTs
the big league men on the second bag.-Co-
| lumbus Press.
Grand Rapids VIII not get second base
man Connors after all, President Johnson
to the contrary Notwithstanding President
Young has ruled that Pittsburg's transfer
| to Minneapolis Is perfectly legal, and must
stand, and that Grand Rapids has no right
| to the man, and shall not have him. He
| says, furthermore, that IL President John
| son does not like this the National League
| will withdraw its protection, and let him
| run his machine alone. Whereupon Bannse,
| old boy, subsidized, and gave up the four
| flush he had been playing with. There are
others who are more powerful than john
| son.-Columbus Press.
1t has been case thus far of Eastern
clubs arrayed against each other and West
| ern clubs likewise. After the present series
| the Eastern teams all go into the enemy IS
country, and then a comparison of the rela-
| tive strength of the different divisions can
| be made. 1t must be taken into considera-
| tion, however, that the Westerners will be
on their own battlefields, and the Eastern
teams will do well TO return with from one
half to one-third of the games to their
credit. On May Is the Indianapolis team
arrives home, and will tackle the Western
clubs, beginning with Milwaukee. Then the
fight will be far enough along TO keep the
fans" on edge all the time.