Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-06-10
NEW PITCHER FOR THE BLUES
JACK BARNETT TRADED TO ST.
PAUL FOR DIR. HARLEY PARKER.
President Manning Declares the Team
Weak in Every Department and
He Is HustIing for New Ma
terfaI-Basebau News.

Detroit, Mich, June S-Cspecial.) Jimmy
Manning drifted into town to-day in quest
of talent for his badly demoraliZed team.
He made propositions TO Messrs. Comiskey.
Vanderbeck and Leadley, but so far as
known only one deal went through. Man
ming traded pitcher Barnett for DR.. Harley
Parker, who is on Comiskey's reserve list.
Parker refuses to sign with st. Paul, claim
ing that his services are worth more
money. Manning will visit the windy city
and thinks that he can offer Parker the
proper inducement to sign.
Il am hustling for new men" said Man
ming. but they are hard at this season
10 get. 1 took part in two games to help
out, but had to give up playing. 1 did not
prepare for work by training, and am,
therefore. in no condition for playing. 1 do
not know when we will strike a winning
streak. We only won twelve out of forty
three games, and are losing right along.
First 1 think the team is weak in one spot,
then when I size it up again 1 find it weak
IN every other department"
President Vanderbeck announces that ar
rangements have been perfected for play
ing a championship game at Athletic park.
Mount Clemens. ext Sunday with Kansas
City.
Columbus, O., June 9-CSpeciai.) Keen
ers wildness and errors by the Columbus
players enabled Kansas City to make a
splendid start in the game this afternoon.
but after that the Senators struck their
gait and batted Bevis freely, eleven Of
their thirteen hits being knocked in three
innings.
Bevis was not the steadiest twirler ever
seen, as he gave six passes to first base,
and these. with the misplays OF the down.
hearted and dcwn-trodden Blues. enabled
the Columbus team TO win the game by a
very large majority. When Keener steadied
down, he was practically irvincible, and
only seven hits were made by the Blues,
who were never in the game after the
third inning. when the Senators rushed to
the front and kept right on increasing their
lead until the end of the exhibition.
~Connaughton had a great day with the
stick, hitting safely four out of five times
at bat, and he also did some clever field
ing, cutting of a couple Of base hits, his
errors being wild throws.
Charley Franks hitting was a feature,
as was a catch by Mertes in the third inn
ing Of a line drive of McYicker's bat.
the F srst snn was 6 hl5 by yS1 a pitched he'd ball in
Genins let Delehanty's grounder get by
him, scoring on ~Connaughton's safe bunt.
The bases were filled when McVicker was
given four wide ones and two men scored
when Frank muffed Gettinger's hy. Hulen's
error gave Lake a life, and Bannon's liner
into ,Genins hands enabled the latter to
double McVicker up at third. Menefee end
ed the inning with an out at first.
Columbus scored in the second on a base
on DaIs, a sacrifice and a single, and in
the third two bases on balls. three sin
giles and bad throws by Lake and Bannon
added four more. Bannon's pass TO FIRST,
steal or second and Advancement to third
on Buckley's overthrow enabled him TO
score on an infeld out in the fourth. and
IN the NTH the Kansas City balloon went
III ThEnn Etn1lna a zU.I
run, coupled with McVicker's mum of a
difncuIt line drive, gave Columbus five
runs. Connaughton's single and Gettinger's
double earned a run in the same inning.
and that ended scoring for the Blues. A
base on balls, a sacrifice and Connaugh-
tons bad throw to first allowed Crooks to
score in the seventh, and two singles and
a double added two in the eighth. The
score: