Kansas City journal., 1897-05-24
Bases ON Balls.


one run.
Wilson IS playing a strong game behind
the bat for Louisville.
Washington made ten errors at Chicago
yesterday and yet won the game.
Not base was stolen Off Anson in three
games in which Callahan piiched.-Boston
Herald.
Damman came very near the Klobedanz
record the other day. He gave nine DdseS
on balls and hit man.
Cincinnati is about as strong In pitchers
as any other team in the league, the fill-
lies, perhaps. excepted.
Shortstop Corcoran, who was released by
Detroit, will probably be signed by Mil
waukee for utility man.
Jim Bannon's throw from center to third,
cutting off a runner was beauty. BAN
non is one OF the ruest throWers on the
team.
Count Campau made five hits out Of six
times at bat at Minneapolis Friday-two OF
which were doubles and one was three
baEger.
President Power denies that the New
castle club will jump to the National
League and that st. Louis will be taken
into the Interstate.
The Minneapolis Times walls: Why
dCr't they take down the pennant? The
team has not won game since the pretty
rag was hoisted last Monday.
DeIehanty. who was not good enough for
Milwaukee, is doing phenomenally fine work
for Kansas City. both with the bat ana on
second base.-MinneapOliS Journal
A New York critic says that the New
Yorks are winning on merit. That accounts
for their having lost more games than they
have won.-Cincinnau Times-Star.
Sam Thompson. the hard-hitting right
fielder of the Philadelphia team, Is at
Mount Clemens, Mich. He is suffering with
n kidney ailment, but expects TO JOIN the
team before long
Dad" Clarke is not travelling with the
Giants this trip. He is said TO have had
trouble with Freedman and TO have
sass 80 the New York magnate 10 his
face. -larkes release IS now for sale.
Per Werden has a queer way Of trying
TO pu. the ball on base runner; lie snaps
it back between his legs as he Is crouched
at first. Some day he will either throw a
splint or turn somersault.-Baltimore
News.
Terry. the Chicago pitcher loaned to Mil
waukee says he has no desire to return TO
the National League; that the Western is
fast enough for him, and that there Is. IS
really very little difference in the quality
of ball played in the two organizations.
The Cincinnati Enquirer has found one
unquestionable champion among the Gin-
Cinnati players. 1t figures out that Red
Ehret. the pitcher. is the champion bat
breaker of the profession. While with
Pittsburg he broke six bats in one time at
bat.
A rare "out'' is that on a foul strike.
Sheridan sent Iajoie to the bench on such
a play in the Observation-Disclosures game
Yesterday There was a big rumpus, tOr a
hit meant victory and the watch had TO be
pulled on the excited PhilieS. StallinSS Is
said to have protested the game on the de
Cision.
George V Hobart explodes i'm this wise:
Poor old Philadelphia Poor old Phillies.
Porky old Phillies, The same old story.
Same Old Chumpy-de chump team Bang
ing the cover off the bali Playing like
wooden indians shaped up from North
Carolina pine logs. Fine team on paper.
Fine team everywhere except on the dia-
mond.'
There was no attempt TO play baseball
Cleveland Yesterday.
nounced. the managers of the club evident
~ preferring to await the outcome OF the
case of the arrested players in the police
court 1t would have been impossible 10
play even if there had been desire 10 do
so. for it rainei nearly all the afternoon
The Chicago Tribune gives the following
as the reason for the poor showing of the
| Chica Eos: The team as a whole has been
plaving poor team ball. running bases with
| iittie Judgment, and has not been hitting.
| Although the opponents did not DO much
| better, the tendency Of the Colts, TO break
| in critical stages, combined with their men,
toned weakness, lost the games
If Kansas City can take three straight
| from the Columbus team. which can make
| monkeys out of the Hoosiers. why can't
! the Minneapolis team get at least one game
from the eN-champions? II st. Paul and
Minneapolis break even on their series why
is the former way on top and the latter
| near the tail end? VIII some one please iig-
| ure it out Minneapolis Journal
St. Paul and Minneapolis are great ball
| towns. indianapolis and Grand Rapids did
not get enough there yesterday to pay
| their hotel bills. The attendance at each
place was less than 200. Were Detroit i'm
the front of the race there would have
| been 1000 at Bennett park, even though
there were iCiCles on the caves of the
| grand stand. The st. Paul and Mime
| apClis overcoats must be in soak.-DetroIt
Journal
Second Baseman Delehanty has made a
! great impression in Kansas City. He has
/ been hitting like fiend and fielding his pO-
! sition handsomely. This will probably read
unhappily to Connie MaCk.-St. Paul Dis
I patch. Not at all. old boy. There is no one
| more pleased over the good work OF Tom
/ my Delehanty than Mack. Tommy was let
| out by Mack because he was too valuable
| a man 10 be kept out of the game-Mil-
| waukee Evening Wisconsin.
For two days there has been a Cincinnati
| lady at the games. roofing iiendiShly for
her native town. She is large good looking
| and has red hair This latter fact led "a
an amusing misunderstanding while the
| battle ragged. Red Ehret. whose tOpknot is
/ OF sunset dye, came across the field at .
moment when Dwyer was pitching splendid
| ball Whereupon a fat man I'm a checked
| suit sitting just behind the Cincinnati lady
| wEooped at Ehret: Chase that redhead
! Look at the redheaded Cincinnati Red
! And the lady of the Titan tresses wanted
| TO make war right away.-ChicagO News.
! Amateur Baseball Notes.
| The Sunfowers would like games FOR