The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-03-14
BALL SEASON VERY NEAR
IN TWO WEEKS THE INDIANAPOLIS
MEN WILL REPORT.
Watkins'S Team VIII Travel 0,s61
MtIes-The Championship Games
VIII Open Here April II.

the indianapolis ball club Will report TO
Manager Watkins here for preliminary
practice. Most Of them have been heard
from and there Will be comparatively few
"hold-outs" this season. The players will
begin active training at once. The first
game will be played April l. with the team
made up Of professional players who live
here. on Saturday. April 3. the De PAW
University club will play here. Then comes
Springfield for April and s. Cincinnati for
the sth and 10TH The Cincinnati games will
be the first actual test of the playing
strength Of this years Indianapolis team.
On April II and L indianapolis plays at Gin
clnnatI, returning home on the 18th for a
series OF three games with Cleveland.
These three games will give the public
line on what may be expected from Wat
kins's men in the Western League this
season. on April Is and IL Toledo plays
here and on the 18th indianapolis plays at
Louisville. On the 18th and 10Th the Chi
Cages, with the mighty Arson at their head
Will be here to wind up the exhibition Sc
ries. The championship season begins on
April q, when Grand Rapids and Indian
apols viii play the only game scheduled
FOR that day. These two clubs open the
season here one day earlier than the rest
because of the inability of Indianapolis to
play Sunday games. This makes il neces-
sary To start one day in advance in order to
get In the four games games which constitute the
opening on Monday April Is, and playing
four ganes- Then Indianapolis goes To
Grand RAPIDS. Detroit ana columbus, re-
| turning here for four games with the last
named team before starting Oh the first
Western trip.
The mileage Of the indianapolis club for
this season will be 1851. This is a fair
amount of travel being about the average
in the Western League. OF the Sunday
games which Indianapolis will play abroad
three are at Columbus, two at Grand Rap
ids. two at Kansas City, one at Milwaukee,
a NJ lie
This makes eleven Sunday games in all for
Watkins's men. Indianapolis has eight
games at home in April. three in May, four
teen in June, twelve in July, seventeen I'm
August and sixteen i'm September. The
first holiday game is of course Decoration
day. which will have TO be played this year
on May 81. In fact the team is at Kansas
City Saturday. Sunday and Monday. May
20, 30 and 81. On Independence day, when
will be celebrated this year on July ., CO.
| lumbus plays here. Minneapolis is the at
traction here on Labor day. Monday. Sept
8. The games away from home which In
| dianapolis will play are divided as follows:
| Twenty-six in May, ten in June, sixteen IN
| July, twelve in August and six In Septem-
Der.
The travelling uniforms of the several
| teams this season will be as follows: In
dianapols,' gray with brown. trimmings:
| Milwaukee, gray with light blue trimmings;
| ST. Paul dark blue with black trimmings:
| Minneapolis gray with black trimmings:
| Kansas City, dark blue throughout: CO.
| lumbus and Detroit, gray with maroon
| trimmings; Grand Rapids, gray with black
| trimmings. All the clubs will wear white at
| home. with the same colored trimmings used
on the road uniform. 1t is possible that In
| dianapolis may wear "a solid white uniform,
| stockings and all. this season at home.
| Such suit would make the boys loom up
| as big as possible.
1t Is altogether likely that Gonding, who
| is now IN New Orleans, will sign an Indian
| polls contract this week and report with
| the rest two weeks hence. There Is no dir-
| ference between him and the management
concerning salary, his terms having been
| accepted. The only drawback is his re-
| quest for advance money, which the club
| Is not granting this season TO any player
| TO exception is made 10 this rule. Trars-
| portation will be furnished each player If
| he desires 1t, but no money VIII be ad-
| vanced Gonding and Kahoe are about Of
| equal strength as back-stops. The latter is
a shade better hitter than the New Orleans
| man. They will make fine pair of catch
| ers for Indianapolis, as good or better than
| those of any cub in the league. kahoe Will
| report here April l. He is at present hard
| at work with the Cincinnati team in New
| Orleans.
| Eustace has been heard from. He is quite
willing to sign an indianapolis contract
| Just as soon as he gets his affairs with
Louisville Strengthened out to his own salts
faction. This will not be long for Harry
Pulliam wrote Manager Watkins yesterday
|
| player. in a few days. Frank Motz is at his
| home i'm Akron. He will captain the team
this year and as the new rules forbid q cap
tain to leave his position to dispute a decf-
sion of the umpire, IL is just as well that
EIotz is TO act in that capacity. His posi-
ton at first base is about as near as a play
er can get TO the umpire, unless it would
be the catcher, and a man playing that po-
sition is rarely ever made captain because
| of his liability at any time to require a
substitute Hogriever will call on Manager
watkins tomorrow and the chances are he
will sign his contract. Stewart has written
| again from Terre Haute that he Is going 10
he i'm fine shape by the opening or the sea-
| measurements to Spaulding at Chicago Tor
uniforms.
The rules this season bar coaching when
nobody is on base. With one man on base
one coacher is allowed at either first or
third When two or three men on base
two coachers are permitted
While at the Detroit meeting last week,
Manager Watkins had talk with Frank
Shiebeck. VINO is anxious TO play with
Grand Rapids this season. He was with
Leadley when the latter was connected
with the Detroit League team years ago,
and wants to play under him again. Then,
too, Shiebeck lives in Detroit and is anxious
TO be nearer home. He told Watkins tina,
he was determined to play nowhere but at
short this season, as that was his strong
suit and he could not do himself justice
in any other position.
Baseball Notes.
1t looks as if St. Paul would get Jim Con-
norS for second. and there is none better
in the western League.
President Young says two hundred appli-
cations have been filed for the seven UNI
fK ~ fks ID