The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-05-14
baseball Notes.

The Kansas City Journal had a picture
OF a fan falling dead as he glanced at a
score board and read, Grand Rapids, IA;
indianapolis, g."
Pitcher Taylor, of the Quakers, did his
full share towards winning yesterdays
game. He struck out seven Colonies and
made three hits.
Flynn has the crowd in line all right
enough. He was cheered every time he
came to bat yesterday and frequently when
he came in from the field.
Grand Rapids has released Marty Hogan.
He was here yesterday ana watched the
game. He says he couldn't and wouldn't
play the sun field up there.
Beville, who formerly caught for the But
Ter University team, has signed with In
and is big enough to scare hits out of the
opposing pitchers.
While here yesterday President Johnson
expressed himself very forcibly on that De-
troit forfeit and said it would be the last
happening of the kind. 1t was an ~ineXcus-
able action, he said, and one which hurt
the game,
The formal announcement of Latham's
release by Columbu has not been made. He
received his notice some time ago, and will
travel the rocky road of an umpire as long
as he dosen't incur the wrath of too many
western League magnates.
When baseball booms in New York it
prospers all along the line, so old baseball
men say. The National League magnates,
who were so anxious TO have RuSie back in
the game, evidently knew their business, SO
far as the money end of it is concerned.
Quaker Nash is 2 very cunning player.
In the twelfth inning, yesterday, when the
He didn't hit the ball, but he managed to
get hit himself, which was as good as a
batted hit, for it forced a man nome and
won the game.
Luck seemed to be with Cincinnati yester-
day. Dammann gave nine bases on balls
and struck out only one Giant, while Do
heny struck out four Reds and sent only
five mon IN fret on halls UNEn Rods made
seven hits and three errors, and the Giants
five hits and two errors; yet Cincinnati won
Z to 8. >
Wagner made a find, or thought he had.
Down in the New England League at New
port he discovered Steve Ashe, and escorted
him ~triumphantly to Washington. Ashe
week. Milwaukee laid claim to his services,
but Ashe knows where he fits, and has re-
turned to the Newports.
McCarthy's leg still ,bothers him and in
addition he has a hard cold that kept him
indoors a couple of days and discouraged
him greatly. He may be unable to play for
two weeks. This is pretty tough on Indian
apolis as that Western trip is at ,hand
and the team needs McCarthy's hitting.
Flynn is looking after his field all right.
Tom Lotus is disguised with "Bumpus"
good" said the Columbus manager yester-
day, "of a pitcher who may win you one
game and then lose you the next four?
None at ALL" Watkins and LOTUS can trade
d few "reminiscences of "Bumpus." When
with Sioux City he nearly turned Wat
tvs hair white with his pitching eccen-
t~ricities.
. President Johnson says the attack of
Burnett on Umpire Ebright in Detroit will
be brought before the league at the meet
ing in Chicago next Monday: The dispute
as to who should have Pitcher Scott, be-
tween Detroit and Grand Rapids, will also
be brought up. In regard to the Ebright
episode, Johnson says that he advised Van
Derbeck to discipline Burnett in some man
ner fitting the case. but that Van Derbeck
preferred to let the league act.
The only games here until June 1 will be
played to-day, and Tomorrow by Indian
apolis and Columbus: To-day has been
made a special ladies' day. Either Goar or
Foreman will pitch for the home team,
while Keener will probably go in for Co
yesterday because he appeared to lack
speed. keener pitched part of a game for
Detroit here at the opening of the season,
and wasn't a hard proposition. Van Der
beck released him and Lotus is giving him
a trial. The games will be called at 4
o o'clock.
Have Minneapolis baseball fans a yellow
streak? Now they are continually bowling
about the weakness of the Millers, or what
they think is weakness, and yet only 200
or 800 of them get out to the games, and
perhaps one-third of these are on passes.
How on earth do they eXpec any man or
men to hold up a ball team such as the
MinerS had last year when the. manage
ment takes in hardly enough at the gate
to pay salaries. 1t requires money to. run
a ball team successfully. and to bring about
such a result the fans must go to the
games. 1t will be a long time before the
Western League will see such a ball team
as Minneapolis had last year.-Minneapolis
Tribune.
President Ban Johnson saw the game yes
terday and returned to Chicago last night.
He says the umpire problem this year is
harder than ever. The big league has COB
bled all the Westerns good umpires. Arlie
Latham is being tried out. He is good on
balls and strikes but his wobbly decision
on Woods fly in the second inning yester-
day was a blot on the game. Mertes picked
the ball up on the short bound, but even
at that, had Latham been prompt in his
decision, it wouldn't have been so bad. He
waited until half a dozen of the Columbus
players bluffed him into calling Wood out
and the delay was worse than the decision.
President Johnson says the attendance in
every Western League city except Mime
apolis has been good.
Big Sam Thompson, the hard-hitting Phil
adelphia outiielder, arrived in Detroit last
Monday and will take a course of baths
at Mt. Clemens Thompson has not been in
shape to play winning ball, and on the
recommendation of his physician he APP
piled for a layoff from active service. He
does not look a bit like an invalid. It's
the kidneys" said the popular outfielder.
'They have bothered me more or less for
ten years. | tried hard to get into shape
while down South, but could not make the
rifle. l entered the game knowing that /
ings, and but for this fact would not have
played at all. The doctor thinks | strained
the muscles in my back, but / know that
it is my old friends, the kidneys, that are
at fault. | can throw as we'll as ever and
hit the ball as in the past. 1t is in running
that / am off. 1t pains me to stoop over. |
thought it best to take a rest. and have
commenced TO take the baths at Mt. Glenn
least, and hope to be able to rejoin the
team after 1t returns from it's long West