The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-05-07


with Kansas City this year. It has won four
out Of Ave. and there are fifteen yet to play.
The indianapolis managers figure that they
have already lost 1920 through games post
pOned by rain.
Charles. or Decker" Newman. who played
one year In center for Milwaukee, joins the
rockford team In st. Joseph. He was with
rockford last year. ........
If Comedian Arlie Latham's wing persists
in being starchy, Lath can be used as props
erty man or bat carrier, and double with
Jack Crooks in comedy turn on the coach
line.
Gems from the Kansas City Times:
Lou Johnson is holding himself in readi-
ness to join the Blues II wired for. Presi-
dent Manning and Manager Carney may want
him before the trip is over.
The real trouble with Kansas City has been
that the men are not hitting the ball. Car
ney and Connaugbton are the only ones who
nave been batting up to form.
Iony Mullane ought to resent this. per-
son mas been allowed to refer to him in print
under the following nom de diamond: Count
Antonio di Mulligatawney.
Beginning tomorrow. the ball games at Lex
ington park, Saturday and Sunday afternoons,
will be called at o'clock promptly in order
that the lake sojourners may catch their
trains
Ball players are wonders" says Jim Hart.
Years ago. when l was at Louisville, we
tton of his batting. l presented Pete tho
watch; he took it.. gazed at it a moment, and
said: Where's the chain?"
It costs IS this year to discolor new ball
Intentionally, but there are other ways be-
sides standing on it. as Mcmahon used to do,
and carrying a pocketfull of lamp black, la
Gleason. Two Illustrations of how it may
be done occurred in Baltimore game. Cor
bet threw to Quinn, who straightaway
dropped 1t. In picking it up scrape along
story. The throw to Corbett was miles too
high and the cover lost its pallor in every
bound as it sped toward Reitz. Henry again
'scraped it and slammed it down hard when
he started it back to Corbett. Later in the
game anotheE ball had to be manipulated, -
and Jennings; had hand in it.
"Shut up, you monkey" was the very I'M
digniied way Umpire Lynch addressed dad"
clark when the pitcher yelled Get EN-
down. on a wretchedly called strike. Dad
is net handsome and never posed beauty,
but he is going to protest to Nick Young
against such uncalled-for language from an
official who is supposed to act in gen
tlemanly fashion and suppress anything of
that sort. Failing satisfaction in that quar-
ter Dad Will probably take the matter in
his own hands and show Mr.. Lynch that there
is some way of avenging an insult.
Papa said Rollo. why do they call them
'.Giants?" They're kidding them, my son.
They're kidding Them said the fond parent,
word Kidding in the new dictionary his
Aunt Jemima had sent him.-Coiumbus Dis
patch.
It used to be that when pitcher hit a.,
batter he would rush up to him in apparent
Alarm rub the confusion and accompany him
Gown to the first bag, uttering solicitudes all
the while That was in the palmy days of old
fashioned courtesy. Now your twirler kills
man. has bored look while waiting an in
slant FOR the ambulance, rubs a little more
dirt on the ball and asks for the next bat
ter.
Billy Earle has decided to quit the diamond
ne mas been coaching Princeton this spring,
ever was in his life. 81 have decided to quit
the game, because do not intend to give an
9 9one1 ,, manager ma age e.. chance to turn me
every team that I was ever with yet
am released because they think
am hoodoo, and the other
players de ear; me because at one time dabbled
IN nypnotism. l am going to my farm back
IN kentucky. and remain there. like to play
pail, but 1T seems that am forever uueered
NO! NO matter how well play cannot give sat
ers oegin to knock me just soon as they
learn that am a hypnotist Naturally I am
o alss us e. and in way am glad to get
out OF the profession. Base ball does not owe
me living, and as long as have my health
will never starve.''
Cincinnati has brand new rooter this year
In the person of -whiskered man. who
must have celebrated his 10th birthday some
time ago. The old man wears straw hat
and handkerchief, besides the other gar
carries dilapidated umbrella and always sits
in one corner of the bleachers Upon the
slightest provocation he gets up and shouts
anu lhe Dleacherltes make the chorus strong.
;
The release Of Mcmahon by Manager Hanlon
OF Baltimore, breaks up the oldest battery in
the business, Mcmahon and Robinson. Nc
Mahon joined the. Athletics, of Philadelphia.
in 1889, and Robinson was his catcher from
the start They have never been Separated
since. In 1880 they Joined the Baltmores to-
work did much to put the Orioles where they
are. In 1894 McMahon's fine pitching undoubt-
edly landed the pennant in Baltimore.
When the Hoosiers play away from home the
game is reproduced in Indianapolis by an
electrical base ball machine. The motor sea-
son in Hoosiertown is open.
Jimmy Rogers will depend on Still Bill Hill
his south paddle, and the Foxy Fraser for
Leading heavy roles on the rubber this year.
Cunningham will play second heavies, as it
were, to Silence-in-Fun-B and the adro.t
Fraser.-Kansas City Times.
Three members of past generation of ball
PAe1ySiS al piShiA6 up uNlLS III the m6ClaQ-
ical departments of the show business. Nolan,
surnamed 1.-THE Only" an ex-partner of the
firm of Nolan and Flint, the famous Hoosier
battery, is employed as scene sh:fter in a
On caso theater. JACK Seagrist, minor league
backstop of promise, once tried by Uncle An
son and hailed a budding phenom, is a
stage carpenter with a road attraction, and
Householder, the smuggling first baseman of
the Orioles, in the old National association
days, is shifting scenery in Philadelphia
theater. Dickey Pearce after his retirement
from the diamond. was for years employed in
New York theater as a stage mechanic, and
was considered an artist in his line.
George Davies, who was the Milwaukee
practicing physician at Waterloo, Wis. If
Davies could pitch today as he was able to
in 1891 he would be welcome addition to the
team at the present time.-Milwaukee Sen
tinel.
The Detroit club has signed "Parson" Mich
olson and Pitcher Bobby Gay.e. The Par
son" will be held in reserve. and will get into
shape at Detroit. Gayle had a short talk
with Allen and signed:
The Detroit Journal says: 1t should be ap-
parent to Allen that he is not in condition
to play shortstop, even though he be the
captain of the team.
Pat Tebeau says: 'tMy team is not in form
yet, but one of these days We'll get our eyes
on the bal, and then you will hear Of few
pitchers dropping dead. We have not struck
our stride yet, but when we do we will get
to the front in hurry. Our team is much
stronger this year than 1t was last and we
expect to win the pennant."
Con Strouthers is getting out we'll with his
Mansfield team, and when be can go to
Wheeling and win two out CT three games
with a team that has not had days practice
together, it iis time for the other Interstate
league managers to wonder what he will do
to their teams when his men get in condi-
ton.
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