The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-05-19
baseball Notes.


Columbus holds one of the seasons rec
ords-ffteen errors in single game.
Socks" rested yesterday on previous bat
ting laurels. He didn't make a hit.
x-Hoosier Dammann is not disappoint-
ing his Indianapolis friends.
A little more of this sort of hitting and
Indianapolis will acquire the proper sort
of an average.
Second Baseman Gleason, of the Giants
Yesterday had sixteen chances, and took
care of all but one.
Notz seemed to have Carney's measure
yesterday The big first baseman laced the
ball out in great shape.
In the Pittsburg-New York game yester-
day Joyce of the Giants, lined out four
triples-a great batting record.
Trolley Dodger' Jones is something of
a batter. His percentage yesterday was
.S00-a homer and three singles
John Burdock, the once great second
baSeman, is now foreman Of a squad of
Prospect Park (Brooklyn) laborers.
Tebeau carried off the honors for the
Cleveland intield yesterday. His record
was: -Four times at bat, one rum two hits
for three bases, three putouts nine assists,
one stolen base and no errors.
Mcfarland is at last in the good graces
of the fans. His home run yesterday did
1t. He hit like top-notcher yesterday sure
enough and the rooters at the Grand gave
him a great send-oH whenever he came to
bat after that homer.
Mccarthy was an interested follower of
the game at the Grand yesterday. His leg
IS pretty nearly right and three or four
days of warm weather will he says make
it strong again. He is all over his cold and
will leave for Milwaukee Sunday.
Once upon time Thomas (Parson) Mich
olson had the reputation of being some
shucks as a ball player. 1t is different
now. He plays like a wooden man at Sec
ond and displays no more energy than
man who is in the last stages of conSump-
tion.-Detroit Tribune.
Hogriever, commonly called "Hoggie'' by
the Columbus bleachers, has played in bad
luck in Columbus, so far his batting
record is concerned, but he is a terror to
the bleachers if he manages to get on first
He is a daring base stealer and if the
side is not retired one, two, "Hoggie" gen
orally lands a run.-Columbus Press.
The statement is made by the st. Louis
Post-Dispatch that President Freedman, of
the New York Baseball Club, recently Of
fered four men from his team in exchange
for Tommy Dowd, manager and center
fielder of the st. Louis Browns, and Nc
Farland, the crack catcher of the same
make the transfer. 1t is not stated which
men Freedman contemplated exchanging.
President Johnson at Grand Rapids the
other day said he thought the. eastern
western 1t is to be hoped this is true
Those western trips have always been a
hoodoo for the, eastern clubs, which fall
down lamentably on the grounds in Mis-
souri, and Minnesota Grand Rapids and
Detroit are due to make a better showing,
and with Columbus and Indianapolis in
shane the campaign in the wild and woolly
country will be q hot one.
When Mcfarland hit the ball over the
fence yesterday for a home run the crowd
at the Grand cut loose and howled their
joy. One man threw his hat high in the
air and half the people were on their feet
waving their hands and shouting as if the
real game was before them. There was Il
continual run of enthusiasm through yes
terday's game at the theater, as there al
ways is when Indianapolis is hitting the
ball and winning. To-day will be ladies'
day and the Indianapolis and Minneapolis
teams will play at p: m.
Latham is very sore at Tom LOTUS for
holding him until last week and then turn
ing him adrift. He says it is now so late
that he will have trouble catching on for
the season and that mis- two days appoint
ment as umpire was only a move to let
LOTUS down easy. Latham claims he had
an understanding with the Columbus man
ager last season that he was not to be
reserved but that in spite ofait his name
was on the list and 5he could not negotiate
with any other. team, He claims it was
never intended he should continue on the
regular staff of umpires.
An unpleasant feature of yesterdays
game was the injury to Spies in the eighth
inning. Miller attempted to reach home
lided with Spies, who stood on the base
line about foot to the left of the plate,
"Doggie'' struck him he went down like a
log and in the fall cut his face on his
m Pe1Eed dnS %bgS a fu ba PffG {o the he
friends of both teams. ''Doggie" Miller is
as clean a ball player as there is in the
business and there was no one who re
GREETED the occurrence more than he did
1t was his business to reach home and
Spies took chances of being injured when
he attempted to block hm.-Minneapolis
Tribune
Hub" Knoll is very angry at Van Der
beck because the latter refused him one
days, pay he CLAIMED was due him. II
Ito demand payment for my third day.
Payment was refused and an officer was
called when I made q protest. ] was al
lowed to go out to the clubhouse and gath
er up my belongings When l came back
/ again asked for the money due me. This
time I was elected from the park by an
officer L have made an affidavit to the fact
that the Detroit club owes me one days
pay and forwarded it to President john
son. l am determined to collect my dues.
1 may never play ball again. 1 have job
waiting for me at home. l am a brick
layer by trade and can make "a a day.
This baseball business is too much like
slavery. 1 may possibly go with Grand
Rapids. but the question is not settled yet.
I will take a run to Cleveland next week
and call upon my friend Stallings. He may
have something in view for me-.