The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-09-21
A Narrow Margin.
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TOLEDO, o., Sept. 20.-Score:
Baseball Notes.

This is the last week Of baseball here
until next April.
Corbett. the brother of the champion. is
doing good work for Baltimore.
Baltimore has eight batters in the first
forty in the league all above 300
If Patsy Tebeau wants to get rid of Nc
Aleer there are several teams that could
use him.
Hanlon has drafted pitcher Amole, of the
Wilmington club, at cost of 5000. He has
given up all idea of Slagle, the Texas out
fielder.
Captain Bill Joyce thinks Hot Springs is
the best place for ball players to get into
condition, and wants to take the Giants
there next spring.
Detroit and Kansas City will begin a
series of four games to-day. They viii play
exhibition game by electric light to-nor-
row night or Wednesday night.
play a series ieii for the championship of Of
Michigan, and is confident that his rein
forced Gold Bugs beat the Tigers out
nouncements in the Western League, ar
rangements for the transfer of players hav-
ing been made to escape the unjust draft.
Detroit Free Press.
Lajoie led the New England League in
batting, with .429 to his credit and Hanni-
van whom Detroit ii, was trying glg to secure,
short stops, with .Si6
Il am not saying much said Manager
Stallings recently but wait until you see
on the Detroit team who run in eleven
seconds, and there will be some tall base
running next year at Bennett Park. And
the best of it is, the new ones are hitters
1T gives me a pain to read in the papers
that such and such a player isn't doing the
work he is capable of, and that he is play
ing for his release, says Ed Hanlon. Dur
ing my experience in baseball l never have
yet encountered player who deliberately
tried to gain his release by Sinking his
work. OF course there are strikers the
ball field. but they the kind who are
playing Tor a record.
Secretary Harry Puliam, of the Louis
Vile club, says that, with all the poor work
of the Colonies and the amounts expended
in getting new material and providing
FARMS" the owners will not lose any
money on the season. although they won't
need to hire any express wagons to cart
off what has been made. It's a case of
quitting about even, which speaks well for
the town from which the tail-enders hail.
Charley Miller, the Reds dusty right
fielder will go to his home at Cygnet o..
vote the winter TO his oil interests, which
are growing steadily. Early in the spring
farms and all have been spouting at d
profitable rate ever since. But these run
ming wells are not Dusty's one care these
| days. He is doing q little speculation on
his own hook, and expects to realize a
handsome profit on his venture before an
other baseball season comes around.
| The Detroit players have about given up
| hope of being in the Free Press cup series,
/ but Mr.. Vanderbeck and Manager Stall
| lings say they have carried out their prom
Use to finish one two. three But for the
| services of Corcoran, and the injuries sus-
tanned by Whistler, staliings.. Burnett,
/ frost and others the club would have been
/ a safer second than is indianapolis now
| Detroit Free Press. Ii ii had not been for
/ the accident which. deprived Indianapolis
i of the services of Phillips since July %, and
the injuries sustained by Davis. Buckley.
| Shannon. Shiebeck, Monroe. Mccarthy.
Roat. Wood and others, the club would