The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-02-14
Baseball Notes

Inc 81. PauIs Will try krauS on second
base again this year and play Nyce at
short, as the Chicago club has decided to
retain the services of Corners.
President Killilea and Ban Johnson will
go to West Baden, Ind. the latter part of
this month and spend a week there prior
to attending the schedule meeting of the
Western League in Detroit. March s.
Ten days will comprise the training period
of the Colonies, after which they will re-
turn home to meet the Western League
clubs. The players will report March %
and leave for West Baden two days later.
Perry Werden's averages in the Western
as follows Batting, AZ, 42S, 81; heldlng,
1913. .9s1, .979: games. ia, 123, 14O runs, 14O,
179, 1i5. These are the averages in order
for the years named.
All the Western League teams will wear
white uniforms at home this year. The
uniforms of the Brewers will be trimmed
with light blue, and caps and stockings Of
the same hue will complete their apparel
at Milwaukee park games.
Fred Clarke has announced over his own
signature that he is holding out for the
limit. Fred did not even take the trouble
TO notify President Pulliam of the fact
before he published his ultimatum to the
world. Clarke is offered S,lOO TO play in
Louisville.
to be q Colonel next season. President Pull
liam is in receipt of a letter from him. He
wants to have his release purchased from
Kansas City. President Pulliam wrote
back to him that he would not be able TO
do business with him.
It transpires that Jimmy Manning had a
different motive than the looking over of
the schedule when he went TO Chicago.
While there he made a deal with Jim Hart
for the services of Pitcher Thornton. He is
a left-hander, and a good one. Manning
has also signed Kid Bevis. who pitched
fast ball for the Blues the early part of last
season Bevis wanted two weeks vacation
on salary. Manning thereupon wrote him
his release. This broke the young man S
heart He is quite a pitcher, but needed
just that sort of discipline.
Connors may be kept by Chicago to play
in Chicago. Not in the early part of the
season, perhaps, for public sentiment is too
strongly in favor of Pfeffer. and the fans
there will brook no change th; at the the second e;
BILE to go TO pieces at any moment, and
Arson wants somebody on hand to slip
right into his shoes when the break occurs.
Arson is long-headed, and thinks Pfeffer is
about due. st. Paul may not get Connors,
and Comiskey may just as well look else
where for Il second baseman.
Under the new rule the common players
are not allowed to unhinge their jaws in
the presence of the umpire under penalty
of fine and dismissal from the game. This
will be a severe strain on the voluble young
men who have enlivened games in the past
by talking continually at the umpire. No
doubt they will now devote their energies
to perfecting system of indirect comment
calculated to make the umpire's life a bur-
den and It the same time evade the pen
atty imposed for addressing the official.
Lively times are sure to be seen on the dia-
mond next spring.
Van Derbeck has announced that he has
changed the training quarters for the De-
troits from Nashville to Knoxville Tenn.
The grounds of the Knoxville ball club
will be used and the team will report at
the hotel on March 15 Nashville is being
abandoned because of the danger of wet
grounds. Last spring this knocked the De-
troits out of most of their work. The
Knoxville park is right in the town, which
lies in a valley and is shielded from March
wi q surrounding ntaip nc
Twineham, who trained there with the
Sioux City club in 1894, says it is the finest
place he ever struck. and Burnett speaks
very highly Of the place, the two agreeing
that ii discounts Nashville for the purpose
Bob Allen, Detroit'S new manager, has an
nounced that a week o.. two more will find
him in good condition, as he is hard at
work limberinS up.
Joe Cantillon, who was with the Colum :
bus team last year. Will shine as one of the
stars of the Western Association the COM
ing season. Joe was in the city Wednesday
and had short conference with Connie
Mack and President Killilea. He is looking
as healthy a little babe. and says he is
younger than ever. Joe can be right in the
push when it comes 10 playing ball, despite
the fact that he has been the diamond
since the days of NOah'S ark. He will cap
tain the Dubuque team. and says he has
some of the most promoSing youngsters in
the business. He thinks that under tn /.
pick up and get away from the rear of the
procession Joe says that Tom Lotus is
liable to fool some of the wise ones as he
has the making of a strong team, notwith-
standing that some of them have seen
better days.-Milwaukee Wisconsin.