Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-07-25

that 20 make a strong finish for the pen
mani n, win have to secure anolner
pitcher. and failing 10 get Dad CIaike'
no authorized Captain Duny 10 oHef
. ysGol for the release or either MeiNei
or McJames. OF the Washington tehh''
Although the Senators have no ehahOe
Of figuring IN the national league race
Earl Wagnlr replied that he couiu nor
! aNo,a IN part with any OF his men, no
matter how hattcring tho ohef' anu ~.
gosfons VIII have 10 look elsewhere Ioi
a Nc.U0 beauty. ,,,,.
con Lucid. who has been clubbing
.ro,nd with minor league teams In the
| saat With Indifferent success. has hnaIiy
decided 10 accept the offer made by No"
der Abe. and will twirl for the Browns
Tho postong arc receiving compliment
an owe, tho circuit for their clean scien-
TIC playing ana gen,lemaniy behaNlo'
hon on ana OF the held. The Bostohs'
bv the way, have not protested an unl-
pire this season. .oto
Dc,l bantv. Long, Collins. and La)ole
load me league In long hits. Deiehan.S
has mado q two -baggers' il thIe - -
gers. and home runs; Long, = "OuD 'D,,'
| Collins. Is doubles and j. triples l1"yy'0'
/ 10 doubles. Y triples and nome 49,.
Patersonians are kicking. NJ -,
comes from there that emihK h'S 49,
/ released. and when Johnson 49,,
Keiste- will be played al thlIu' N".Drd
| going 10 short and Johnson 10 se0oi ~.
Visu and Zones have been doing the DUN
~ The pttchine. and doing 1t wei. 70
! neciarv is this true with the 4OIH'ei
tyho was nit safely on thirteen times IL
/ hte tae+ three games. Jones mas peeH
Pl,t4burg's Sporting Life correspond .l, ~
| saws. Jess. Tannenill, outneideI' mo
| fe what the little south-paws hlchS H'
| tho CITY directory will be II matters Keep
on as they have been. There Is every
| reason 10 believe. on the face OF lhliss'
| mat the Pittsburg management IS golhs
| 10 drill the little larboardeI INTO an ou'-
! fielder. lie was long considered 10 De
| batsman much above the average Ioi
] a t0,lrler. He was put I'm rght-fe- last
week. and he seemed 10 DO vel, but the
| change to centre-held has been the sur
prise Of all Jess. has displayed indlca-
! ton of possessing the groundwoTk Oh
talent by getting under hy balls OF nearly
! every kind. barring. possibly, those liners
! over his head lie seldom famed al the
| bat and has usually hit the pan hdtu
| There are lots of people, even now VINO
are willing TO concedc that fanny VIII
do as a regular outiielder
BASEBALL BREVITIEs.
1ndelder Dolan has rejolned the Louis
vile team.
Reading has signed Catcher Heydon'
late Of Norfolk.
The Boston pitchers have let down
somewhat. except Nichols.
Dan Rrouthers was the first Springfield
player to make 100 hits.
Rockford has signed Pitcher Jack DO
Ian. late Of Lancaster.
Jimmy BannOn has been released by
Kansas City at his request.
Paterson has signed Outhelder Ham
burg released by the Athletics.
Klobedanz. the Boston left-hander
seems TO have lost his effectiveness.
George Yeager's broken hand has
healed. and he has rejoined the Bostons.
Chicago leads the National League
teams i'm the matter Of three-base hits.
The mother Of Outfelder Lefty Mari
died at Cincinnati on the 10Th instant.
In facial profile Arson bears great re-
scmblancs to Champion Fitzsimmons.
Duffy. SWEETS. and Long are punched
for batting honors on the Boston team.
The Lancaster club has released the
promising young local pitcher Heptlns.
Ortb Corbett. Mercer and SWEETS are
the best batting pitchers in the league.
Sbeckard was the first batsman in the
New England League to get his Tooth bit
Childs is playing the game now. and
the roasts in the Cleveland papers have
ceased.
All great ball teams have their set
backs. and show their spunk by coming
again
Roach. Of Hartford. has caught more
games than any other Atlantic League
catcher.
Pete Bowling. the new pitcher purchased
by Louisville from Paducah, is big left
handler.
Billy Joyce claims that he is always
either misrepresentcd or misquoted in
the newspapers.
Chauncey Fisher viii not he released
by Brooklyn. lie is gradually recover
ing his health.
Keeler says that Rusic and Breiten-
stein are the two pitchers Baltimore
finds 10 hardest 20 beat
Dammann leads the league pitchers in
percentage of victories, with Bretenstein
a close second.
Christina. the charming daughter Of
Manager Arson. is to we'd wealthy real
estate man OF Chicago.
Captain Robinson, of the OriO.es. ex-
meets 70 get into the game again when
tho team returns to Baltimore.
Tie leagues Inspector Of umpires and
players" Mr.. John 3. Day, is on a tour
OF the league cities.
Joe Quinn is laid up in Chicago with
threatened blood-polsonlns from a wound
In his thigh. due TO Sliding.
\
Pitcher Hickman. Of New Castle, IA,
| 10y paying $500 for his release.
Third Baseman Mike Doherty. OF the
Hartford Club. was married Cast week
to a Miss Adams OF New Haven.
SoclaeNis has been laid of by Cleve-
/ land for indifferent playing. His poor
work is said 10 he due to dissipation.
| Van Haltren has been out OF the game
| for a week owing TO a sprained knee
| The Giants have missed him lately
Charlie Camel. OF the Bostons. is sub
/ ject TO frequent attacks OF Charlie
| horse" Camel no longer is a colt.
| AT Springfield last Saturday Umpire Tim
! Keefes cohar-bone was broken by a hot
| foul tip from Brouther's bat.
Griffin Shinde and Shoch, Of the pres
/ eut Brooklyn team. Were ali playing on
the Utica team away back in 1886.
/
| good bah for Washington. considering his
| years of service on the diamond
Pitcher Nichols is proprietor OF two
/ nourishing laundries in Kansas City. with
7 his brother as partner in the enterprise
Creigef, the young backstop OF the
/ Clevclanas, snaps bail around the in
| field with the accuracy of bullet from
| tho pistol.
What has become of tho speed" that
/ Dusty Miller had last year? He is yards
slower than no was at any time last
/ season.
Stafford has improved greatly in his
/ SHORTS oppng for Louisville, and has
been putting up a very creditable game
/ of late.
/ Dexter has broken a small bone in his
/ left les near the knee, and may not be
able to play again before the close OF the
! season.