The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-05-16

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Tor. Jones, Barnes and Terry-a formidable
quartet that.
No wonder the Orioles are champions,
when every man or the team makes from
one TO four hits in a game.
Hub Knoll is not hitting we'll, and the
Detroit fans are not SATISFIED with MN.
Hines is high in their favor just now.
The May issue of Spalding's Athletic Lii
brary contains an interesting compilation of
technical terms of baseball by Henry Chad
wick.
The craze for left-hand pitchers is prac-
tically over. They have been proved poor
helders, and are usually slow and awk-
ward.
Decker, Terry and Griffith, of the Chicago
club, have mining claims at Randsburg,
Cal, which they intend TO work next
winter.
The way the Cleveland crowd follows
every move of SockaleXis and cheers every
hit and stolen base is more noticeable day
by day.
The manager of the Franklin Juniors
baseball team says he would like to COM
municate with AN Indianapolis team OF
sixteen years or under"
1T should be apparent to Allen says
the Detroit Journal; !. that ne is not IN con n
be the captain of the team"
Umpire Lally was right n putting SPIES
out of the game for striking Blantord.
There is no provocation great enough to
warrant any player in striking another on
the field, says the st. Paul Globe.
At the meeting in Chicago the Western
League directors will deal with the cases
of Burnett and Fred Lake, who have dis
graced their teams by assaulting umpires.
The outcome will be awaited with interest.
1t begins to look as if it will be but a
field, formerly of Detroit. will be seen back
in the Western League. Philadelphia has
lost all the games in which Fiield has
pitched.
Donald is: THAT man is either dishonest
or a coward, and | would not be surprised
if he were both. What can / do about it?
All can do is to ask Young never to send
him to this city again"
Said Louis Bierbauer, when he deserted
the Browns: Il never worked for a man
like this Won der Abe. He's the worst on
earth. and l am not going to work for him.
This st. Louis team is rotten, anyway, and
l will not be a member of it,
The Industrial Training School ball team
went down to Franklin yesterday and de-
feated the Franklin College team by a
score of z to l. 1t was a good exhibition of
ball playing. QueiSSer brothers played in
the points for the Training School nine.
A Cincinnati man who attended one of
me cincinnati games at Chicago. asked
playing nobody had drafted Jack GIasscock,
who is on Comiskey'S pay roll. Don't you
know" replied Comiskey, seriously, that
d player cannot be drafted after he is thir-
ty-five years old?'
Hill and Herman, of the L.ouisvilles, both
dropped a wad on the Derby. On the other
hand, Perry Werden and Wilson picked the
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the old method of beating the races by
Keeping their money in their pockets. Pick
eTlng was a loser. In fact, all of them but
Werden. and Wilson said that they came
out behind.
If Capt. Arson catches the season through
1t is anticipated that he will resemble thin
Mr.. thornton by the time snow flies. A
pneumatic pad covering his bosom and adj
Jacent anatomy is guaranteed TO knock a
Few pounds eff a fat man every five min
utes. There Is the consolation, however,
that II the captain becomes thin the grand
stand VIII then have an unobstructed view
OF the game when he goes up under the bat.
Hub" Knoll, of Detroit, left for his home
IN evansville, Ind, Friday. He may never
play ball again. Before he joined the team
he wrote to Mr.. Van Derbeck that his eyes
might trouble him. 1t will be remembered
that while out shooting last fall he received
a charge of buckshot in his face. One of
the little pellets struck him liz the eve and
is still embedded in the ball. There has
been something wrong with Knolls work.
He seemed to have lost his nerve, felded
indifferently, and hit poorly.
A Milwaukee exchange saws that Man
ager Manning put a little red-headed boy
out of the grounds Thursday at st. Paul
for sneaking in over the fence. A minute
later the boy was back, and this time a
policeman put him out. One minute later
by the watch and he was back, and to save
their lives none of the men could tell how
he accomplished it. Manning stared hard
at him on the third entrance, and then
said: Take a seat in the stand, my boy;
you're entitled to it," And the boy went
in and sat down.
The little Indianapolis players at the
Grand will play all the games on the trip
Just as Watkins's men are playing them
far away. The opening game Tuesday at
Minneapolis will begin at 4 o'clock-the
time for calling them up in Wilmot's town.
The few days rest has put the wooden
fellows in fine shape and they can now run
the bases without a squeak. There Will
be plenty of roofing at the Grand this week
| for these Western games will stir the fans
up as they have not been stirred thus far
TINS season. Wednesday will be ladies' day.
| AL Mani whose pitobinO arpa hoe ciuox,
out completely, may return to the diamond
IN the capacity OF umpire. j. Earl Wagner,
Manager Gus Schmelz, Captain Brown of
the Washington team, and Manager Pat
Donovan of the ~Pittsburgs, are confident
that the with the anarchistic
WafdrODeS ana b"eacon-llght necktieS pos
sesses the tact, temperament and backbone
that would fit him for a berth on Nick
Young's staff of umpires. Messrs. Wagner
and Donovan, with the hearty support of
MauIs legion of friends in major league
circles, Will place his name In nomination
for such a position.
The Indianapolis grounds are the finest
IN the league without doubt. The entire
held is as level as a floor, while the dia-
cred with grass. The park is so large that
a fast runner could complete the circuit on
a long hit anywhere inside the grounds with
the exception of left field, and the fielderS
look lonesome there is so much territory
between them and the fence. The stand is
an oid-time affair but very convenient, and
the scorers have a box up above the crowd,
where they can do their work without being
interrupted or interfered with. Splendid
street-car facilities are offered. and. no
matter how large the crowd, there are al
ways cars in plenty to carry the patrons
away within fifteen minutes from the time
a game is over.-Columbus Journal.
Pitcher Bobby Gayle was given his
three-days' notice of release Thursday. ac-
cording to the Detroit Tribune. GaYle is
not in shape TO pitch winning ball. 1t is true
that he won a game from Indianapolis, but
1t was due largely to luck and headwork
Last Monday he was sent to relieve Tired
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speed or control, and even his slow bail
failed to fool the Bobolinks. Gayle realizes
that he is not in condition to take his turn
in the box. He had a talk with Manager
Allen and President Vanderbeck and adj
mitted that he was not in form. but he re-
pay and get into trim. Gayle is a hot
weather pitcher, and it may be July before
ne rounds to. He asked for his release,
saying that he would go to his home in
Springfield and rest up. Grand Rapids, it is
understood, has sent in a claim for Bob
a notlon that umpiring would suit him bet
ter, than pitching, and now that he is free
VIII make application to President Johnson
for a berth on his staff. The action of the
Detroit club in releasing Gayle will not
meet with the approval of the cranks.
turn adrift. The fact that he is not in
from is due to his own negligence.
President Van Derbeck, of Detroit. when
he reads the reports of the Cleveland
games, feels like hiring an African to kick
him around the block. Had Van hustled
in March last, Sockalexis, the Indian
player who has made such a hit on the
Cleveland team with his terrific hitting,
would to-day be wearing a Detroit uniform.
| SOaka Lewis 5C a whale in fhn NotsnnnJ