The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-04-05
Baseball Notes.

Baseball Notes.
Many Of the major League players who
took the Southern trip are complaining Of
malaria.
Tom Loftus's Columbus team looks the
weakest team in the Western League on
paper.-Washington Post
Poor old Dave Orr, once the king OF sure
but .i has been placed t. charge Of the 8-cent
seats Of the New York grounds
There ought to be an interesting contest
for leading batsman of the Philadelphia club
this year between Delehanty. Thompson,
Brouthers. Sullivan. Clements Cross and
one or two others.
II any of Clevelands young pitchers have
shown themselves fit for League company
Tebeau has kept the fact strictly under his
hat, and the chances are that the old staff
of twirlers, with the addition of Chamber
lain, will do all the work.
Few baseball magnates have done better
this year than "Rasty'' Wright, the veteran
center fielder of last years "Gold Bugs"
''Rasty" got franchise for nothing In the
Atlantic League and sold it to G. l. Mckee.
of Pittsburg, for $1,000 spot cash.
In Philade,phas exhibition games Lave
Cross was thirty-two times to bat and made
twenty-three hits. an average of 49, Great
batting. this. Other Philadelphia players
who slugged the ball are: Lucid, .622; Glenn
ents, $40; Sullivan, .632, and Thompson, .629.
Doyle tells a good story about Dad Clarke.
Freedman had imposed pretty heavy fine
on Dad, and. in making 1t known. said:
/ don't want to do it." 81 tell you what
it is. Mr.. Freedman" said Dad. with a con-
fidential air, IF 1 felt the way you do
wouldn't take the money!
the same stories of the remarkable work
done at third base for Cleveland by Tom
Delehanty and the great speed shown in
the games by young Gray, who Is playing
right field. If Cleveland has done nothing
else the past season, II has picked up
couple Of stars In these fads
The Industrial Training School baseball!
team defeated that of the Indianapolis High
School Saturday morning. Score. l. t. s.;
%; l. Fl. S., IL. The /. T. S. have organized
for the season and are handsomely uni
Challenges will be considered by G. Kerr,
of the Industrial Training School.
"Rasty'' Wright says that Bergen. of the
n will HE also SPEAKS SsS
Of Connau9hton, OF the New Yorks, as
batter and thinks that Pittsburg has Sc
Goar We'll. "Rasty' should know, as he
watched these men play last season.
While Irwin Is much pleased with his
New Workers.. he is especially enthusiastic
S %earfo oenna psd Clarke and caVe That
the manager Gs "Bat? Well say HEN lead
ths Sea what n that means Frank is also
good base runner, and PLAYS left Held ike
a veteran. He is a wonderful strength 10
the nine, cali III d illSh Va LOW Oon S4ttAAis
well, and should be one of the batting won
ders Of the year..
'"Chris. Won der Abe went to the theater
in st. Louis last season: and , play called
Billy Joyce 'In this show the actor who
plays the old man is having it out with him,
self good and plenty He says ne sowed
tabled that line and tried to spring 1t on
Arthur Clarkson the next day, but got it
twisted. 'Glarkson, he said, I onnerstant
sow sowing a der . cyclone and your bitchins Viii
be full OF seeds and viskers. VIII me
you $10.'"
THAT push over in New York had better
of next season. instead of wasting posies on
themselves before the season begins says
Capt. Billy Joyce. of the Senator'S. There
pot that's strictly Sin the city, and that is
Amos Rusie. And I'll bet Irwin a hat that
his infield win get a hole punched in It be,
Fred Pfeffer won't play half the season out
in New York. And why? Well, those are
his troubles-and Twins, too.
ut was in Minneapolis, and he played for
Jack Barnes" said Jack Crooks: the other
day, in telling Of one of the Millers' catch
ers in 1894 1.-THE last inning was being
played. The visiting team had one man
out, man on third, and a run was needed
to tie the score. The batsnan hit foul
after a long rum He returned the ball to
the pitcher and stood dofIing his hat to the
applause. While he was bowling and dofing
to the grand stand the man on third ran in
and tied the score. In the next inning the
visiting team won out, and Barnes released
the catcher who made the good catch"
Professor Hinton. of Princeton. has Just
Completed an artificial "twirler'' which will
be utilized In training the baseball team.
The invention consists Of an iron barrel,
with a bore the circumference of baseball.
and an apparatus by means OF which bah
may be discharged every twenty seconds.
Professor Hinton gavesthe invention a trial.
Several balls were fired by the dummy"
but were too speedy. for flesh and blood
PLAYERS. After slight modification 1t was
tried again. and more than fulfilled expec-
tafions. Ten raight balls were thrown by
the machine with perfect accuracy. and
later an adjustment was added which
caused the ball to curve before striking the
feet the artificial pitcher, and is confident
of being able to regulate speed. direction
and curves.
An Old Hand.