The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-07-03

Deadly is shaky on ground hits and
doesn't appear to fancy line flies.
Indianapolis and Columbus lost seven
points each yesterday in the percentage
column.
Weidman, once the idol of the Detroit
bleachers Of the old days, has. got back
into the game again, but this time as the
manager of the ROchesterS.
Indianapolis enjoyed the honor of leading
in the championship race for a few min
utes yesterday--from the end of the first
game to the close Of the second.
Wimot offered to let Milwaukee have
Kuehne, but Myers has braced up and
Mack has promised Wtlmot to reform and
is back in the good graces of his manager.
Catcher Fred Lake formerly of the Kan
City club, reported to Captain Duffy,
of the BostonS yesterday afternoon for
duty. The price paid for Lake was not
stated.
Left Fielder Burkett of Cleveland, yester-
day made a great record-four times at
bat, four runs, four hits and two putouts.
Socks was six times at bat and made
three hits and scored three runs
Butler is on the bench, and LOTUS will
keep him there if the change works all
right. .McGarr played his first games at
ms went to center and Mertes to left.
Perry Werden recently disturbed the
peace in New York with a pair of golf
socks, a pousse cafe sweater, and a wheel.
Perry's face failed to fit the ensemble and
he was released on his personal bond.
Goar,'s home run yesterday cost him a
bruised knee, received in a slide to the
plate. He limped through the rest of the
game but will be all right by tomorrow
and will probably pitch the game at CO.
lumbus.
The batteries this afternoon will be Fore
man and Kahoe, Mcfarland and Fisher.
The game will begin at 345 The two
teams will go to Columbus tonight for
Sunday game. The games here on Monday
will be called at 10 a. m. ana $50 .. m.
Indianapolis now rightly takes first place
in the percentage table, though still tied
with Columbus. The HOLSTERS pushed the
Senators down when they drubbed them so
mercilessly in the first game yesterday. The
percentages then were: Indianapolis, .bSS;
Columbus, 1851.
The Dayton manager has had a card
printed for the entrance gate on Sundays.
. 1t reads mo Ministers Admitted" He
claims q movement among the clergy to
witness Sunday game and then m, make l;t, "a
complaint under the Ohio law against sun
day amusementS.
The owners of the Rochester, N. Y, East
ern League team, with the manager and
nine players, were indicted by the last
grand Jury for Sabbath breaking. Pitcher
kid" Cannon was yesterday convicted on
the charge. Pending appeal the club own
erS will discontinue Sunday games.
]. Earl Wagner, of the Washington Club,
made a cash offer of So, 900 for Pitcher Don
ohue, Of st. Louis. President Won Der Abe
declined the proposition, stating in his tel
egram that he could get 5000 from Pitts
burg for DOnOhue, but that the pitcher was
not on the market either for sale or ex-
change.
Unless a shift is made of the Kalamazoo
club the Michigan state league will fall to
pieces. The manager of the Port Hurons
claims that his share of the receipts in that
city last week were less than 500 per game,
and the guarantee was not made good
Kalamazoo has decided to hang on until
after the glorious Fourth, which comes on
the 5th
Columbus had a barrel of luck in that
second game. Indianapolis hit Rettger for
a total of twelve bases, while Phillips was
touched for but seven singles. Gayle GER
tainly did them one good, substantial turn
before resigning. With an umpire whose
eyesight is all right Indianapolis would
have landed both games and been we'll In
front this morning.
Wadsworth will require an instructor in
the art of swinging to met a ball. AT pres
ent he is very awkward at the trick and
chops at them at random. He is tall and
sturdy, and with proper coaching can soon
begin to help win his own games by swip-
ing the ball to the fence. He looks every
inch a hitter until he comes to the plate
Thomas might give him lessons in the evo-
luton of q batter-Detroit Free Press.
Pappalau says a morning paper, has re-
fused to come to Detroit and the paper
quotes Mr.. Van Derbeck as saying that he
fears Robson has cut the pitchers salary
too much. This must be a joke in short
clothes. The idea that Frank De Haas
Robson is interesting himself about the
amount of salary George De Haas Van
Derbeck shall pay his players is as funny
as comic opera. Pappalau would come
quick enough if Robson had not cut his
Van Derbeck to raise the cut of Mr.. Rob
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