Kansas City daily journal., 1896-11-16
Baseball Gossip.

The election may affect baseball, as Pres
ideut Mckinley may give Robinson a good
job. He and the Canton major are quite
chummy. I
The Senatorial corps of twirlers unani-
mously agree that they would rather pitch
to Farrell than to any other backstop in
the league.
Iness he will be the fifth prominent player
to give up the diamond for the turf Jim
mie Mccormick. Tip G'Neill, Orator George
Schaefer and Billy Purcell being the others.
Alex Kress, the Pittsburg boy who played
with the Westmont, n. Y, team under the
management of Fred Scker, has been
signed by the Buffalo club for next season.
He will take Claude Ritchey's place at
short.
The last baseball games Of the year were
definitely played last Sunday. The season
opened in Chicago with a game March o,
and closed November Ia remarkable
length of time for a Northern city.-Chica-
go News.
Buck Ewing had a narrow escape from
injury and probable death recently. He
had just come up from a cistern which was
under construction in the rear of his new
residence in Cincinnati when the entire top
cavcd in.
The stalwart Decker, whose left arm was
broken in one OF the games of the Colts in
Washington has recovered. though his
wrist is stiff, and he complains OF a pain
in the injured member. His physician as
sllres him that the damaged wrist will be
as good as new next season.
Sammy Samuels. who played third for
ST. Louis in 1895, has signed with Indianap-
oils for next season and expects to make
record. He is studying dentistry, and con-
stant exercise in batting molars and catch
ing teeth on the fly has improved his eye
both for fielding and slugging.
Il met Tim Hurst in New York last
week" says Jimmy Rogers, ''and he is
mingling In swagger sporting society. Said
Tim: Last night l took skirt to the the
ater and after the show refereed bout
between a couple of clouds A skirt and
two clouds I queried. Why. you Popu-
list. a skirt Is a soubrette. and the two
clouds We're a :air of colored lightweight
pugs.' said Tim"
The blase Mr.. Dahlen, OF Chicago, IS per-
haps the most independent ball tosser in
the major league. Dahiea wants to break
away from Chicago. and doesn't mind tell
ing Your Uncle that he IS sick 81 the City
OF Wind With a batting average Of 1862,
with 80 stolen bases, y sacrifice hits. and
lS7 runs to his credit. Dahlen is a Moham-
med and the mountain must sprint his way.
Professor Hinton. of Princeton. who in
vented the pitching machine last year,
| looks into the far future of baseball. He
holds that the time will come when the
diamond Will bc wholly TO the right of the
batsrnan and the pitcher VIII stand to the
/ left Of the baisman and outside the dia-
mono. This position now seems ridiculous.
for everybody Is satisfied with the present
| arrangement OF the field
Anson has been hunting with Banker
/ Bickel. of ST. Paul. and Manager Walter
Wilmot at a Minnesota lake. Mrs. Anson
IS also with the party. but she will return
TO Chicago in n day or two. and then the
men, il is said. go to the Dakotas for A
deer hunt. The Colts captain is n good
hunter. and a member of his family said
the household remaining in Chicago had
feasted on ducks, geese and other good
| fowl and game ever since the captain went
North.
Comiskey's team for 1897 is practically
signed. with the exception OF a new short
| stop and 4 new third baseman. 1t is un-
| derstood that he Is engineering a deal
| which looks TO the trading OF O'Rourke for
| a fast man on the third bag. While Co
| mlskey considers O'Rourke a good man. a
| hard worker and timely hitter still he
| thinks that. perhaps, he can secure Il man
| like Hartman. who covers an immense
| amount of territory and makes a break
| for everything in sight.