The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-08-29
Ba sebaIl Notes.

st. Louis has signed Earle to help Morgan
Murphy out.
Goar will probably pitch the opening
game against the Brewers tomorrow.
Baltimore paid Burlington 5000 for Pitch
er k1tson, instead of 81 800, as reported.
Tom Delehanty has gone to Newark, NJ
j., to hnish the season with Deacon Ellis's
Atlantic League team.
1t looks as if Cincinnati were going to
finish fourth. The Reds have not yet
learned how to win away from home.
The Western League season closes three
weeks from Tuesday. There is a good deal
weeks.
Fridays game was the first and only one
the Brewers have won on the Columbus
grounds this season. They have captured
but one here
st: Paul and Grand Rapids will play a
comprehension to-day, one of the games be-
ing that thrown out by President Johnson
on account of Umpire Haskell's mistake in
decision.
Connie Mack's men will be here to-mor-
row FOR four games, and St. Paul follows
the last half of the week, playing a sim
liar number, so that the leaders will have
busy week of 1t.
Baltimore takes Silver" King Pittsburg
has signed O'Brien and Philadelphia took
Abbey. These are the three men claimed
by Milwaukee when released a few days
ago by Washington.
Sonier, who was tried by Indianapolis two
years ago, and who has made quite a rec
son. would not accept the terms offered by
Minneapolis, and is at home in Rock Island
When Comiskey traded shugart to Phil
aaeiphla Tor Glllen ne stipulated that he
of the season. One of the Philadelphia
players suggests that the other player be
Shugart
The Chicago Inter Ocean has made pub
lie the reason why Arson persits in re-
naming in the game. 1t says the old mans
daughter is soon to be married. and he
fn NInxy
grandfather.
1t was late last Sunday evening before
Connie Mack read the newspapers and
leased Pitcher King, Baseman . Brien and
Fielder Abbey, and it was after midnight
before he reused out President Johnson at
the Republican House and filed his claim
70 those players, but he was ahead of any
Monday morning claimants.
The Buffalo Express picks the following
men to be drafted from the Eastern League
this fall Gilboy, Greminger, Gray and
Clymer, of Buffalo; Jud Smith, Shaw, Ry-
an and Willis, of SYRACUSE; Green, Woods
Weigand, of Providence; Diggins and Gond-
ing, of Wilkesbarre: Richter, of Montreal
and Walters and Egan Of Scranton.
6, Minneapolis will play four games here
Columbus for two games, Sept. and 9,
returning to meet Detroit for three games
Sept. 10 and H. They play Grand Rapids
here Sept. 10 and IA and with Columbus
Sept. IS and 16. Then Grand Rapids comes
back for Sept II and IS these games being
the ones transferred from the Furniture
City. Indianapolis will then go to Detroit
for the wind-up, Sept. 20 ard p.
George Henry. the former indianapolis
fielder, is captain of the Brocton (Mass)
team, of the New England League and
comes pretty near owning that town His
picture was in last Mondays Brocton
Times, and his wonderful fielding was high
~ praised. Henry is batting 1865 in the
New England League, and his team is sec
ond in the race, with a good chance of
overhauling the leaders-Newport. Henry
has a good many friends in INDIANAPOLIS
which is his home.
the LouiSyiles, has got something to re-
member all the days he spends on the dia-
mcnd, and it is not likely his fellow players
will permit him to forget it. One of his
fist games in the National League was
played against the Cincinnatis at Louis
Vile, and as Wagner was coming in from
the center garden he met Hoy, the Gin
cnnau center fielder, going out, and asked
him for a chew of tobacco. Hoy merely
grnned but made no reply This nettled
Wagner, and, turning back. he CURLY said;
Say, old man. are you going to give me a
chew or amt you? If you want II all
yourself just say the word, and I'll chew
me tongue. but dor't put on so much stvIe
pen to belong 10 them Cincinnati dubs" How
neither turned his head. replied nor paused
upon his way to the field. and when Wag-
ner reached the bench he was mad an
through and asked Werden: Who's that
stiff who plays center for the Reds? He's
the worst stuck-up guy ever met. l as1ef
him twice for chew of tobacco. and a.,
never opened his mouth to tell me he would
or he would not. What's the matter with
the stiffH' Perry replied that the player was
named Hoy. and that he never talked back
to a person in his life. and then Perry rolled
off the bench and roared with laughter.