The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-08-22
ter. Fitzmaurice and North; Spartansburg,
Man and Berry.


BaSebaI Notes.
The Detroit Tribune says there is no head
ing indianapolis off and that st. Paul is
likely to finish second
The Washington club has released Pitch
er King. Second Baseman OBrien, Third
Baseman Reilly and Right Fielder Abbey.
The Columbus papers have given up the
fight and will now devote their energies to
helping land their team inside the cup
money.
The Centrals defeated the English Ave
nues yesterday by a score of TO 6. This
is the fifth successive game won from the
English Avenues.
shugart, the Quakers' shortstop, is the
weak spot in their intield. He seems to
be In company too fast for him beside
hustling second baseman like Cross.
Milweukee has signed young third base 5,s.s.
m ma smith by NAME ne, Of 6 the Bay city ny
third corner during Myers's enforced lay
off.
Billy Barnie has developed one catcher,
Aleck Smith, for the Brooklyn team, and
this find is regarded by President Byrne
as equal to the salary paid Billy for man.
aging the team.
The coming champions will have big
Thursday They play twenty-five games on
the home grounds in the next four weeks
and only six away from home.
The Van Camp Hardware Company bali
team defeated the team of d. p Erwin &
Co Saturday by the score of II to g. Bat
teries-Van Camp: Bronson and Bartlett.
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The ball machine at the Grand will not
show the Milwaukee games, as the Indian
apoliS club is so far ahead that the fans
would scarcely find excitement enough over
these three closing games of the trip.
Harry Wright. jr., a son of the man who
did so much to make the national game
famous, is anxious to become ball player
and will start out with some minor league
club next year as a pitcher or infelder.
st. Louis has given Pitcher Con Lucid
ten days notice of release. President Frank
lin, OF the Buffalo club, made Lucid an Of
fer. Lucid, however refused to entertain
| 1t, saying that he had a better one from
Chicago.
While the local club is looking for pitch
ing talent it should not overlook Pitcher
Doty, of the Canadian League. On Monday
he pitched two full nine-inning games, in
each of which he held the opposing batsmen
down to one ht.-Buffalo Paper.
Bunting is an art and not every player
can bunt successfully. Neither can good
hunters work certain pitchers, while others
are easy for the man who likes to dump
| them. A third baseman easily ratified is
another essential to bunting carnival.
The baseball game between the members
of the fire department and a team picked
from the local membership of the Knights
of Pythias, played yesterday. afternoon at
the Ohio-street park, resulted in q victory
for the fire fighters by score of Il to IA.
Manager Watkins has no idea when Phil
lips Will return. Meanwhile Indianapolis
is pesging along with two pitchers-Goar
and Foreman-both winners and good, hard,
Wiling workers. 1T IS TO De nOped Inat
Phillips will join the team at Milwaukee
Nance, the Texas League man. signed by
Louisville, is said 20 have a batting aver
age of ASS and a fielding percentage of
1888 He must be almost as good as the
backwoods wonder who wrote Jim Hart
that he was batting LIS and fielding 2.0S1
The game which was postponed at ST.
Paul last Wednesday was the first of the
season in that city where rain checks We're
used. 1t has rained there and prevented
other games, but it always came at time
when the contest could be declared Off be-
fore the crowd gathered at the ball park.
Indianapolis tried to get Ollie Beard last
winter His temperance in the Western
League this week with Dtroit will make
curves and get ready for him. Beard is a
hard hitter and will play short for Detroit,
Hines going to the outtield. He has been
playing with Scranton. of the Eastern
League, having been traded by Rochester
The New Yorks have the greatest outfit
of left-handed hitters that was ever to-
ggether in one club They have ave, Gleason so,
Haltren, Herman, Wilmot and McCreery,
outfielders; Seymour and Sullivan, pitch
ers; Warner, catcher. When Dad Clarke
was with the club they had twelve left
handlers. In a game with Cincinnati, Sey-
mour pitching, every player batted left
ollie Beard, having secured his release
from the Scranton club of the Eastern
League, has accepted terms with Detroit
and will report for duty some time this
week. Beard is the man Van Derbeck was
after last fall and during the winter. Had
he secured Beard when he wanted him
the clever infielder would have been made
captain and manager of the team in place
of Allen, who proved such failure. Beard
was under contract to Rochester, and there
were several propositions made for trades,
in all of which he figured, but the Rochester
people wanted the earth and some of De
troit's best men, so deals fell through.
The Grand Rapids Herald prints an in
terview with C. K. LOOMS, ex-secretary
of the club, who was in the city Wednes,
day and had a long talk on the affairs
of the club with President Leadley. LOOMS
AYERS that Leadley is very sore over the
poor judgment Glenalvin displayed in the
releasing of players. Redy, Newell, Vince
lock and Buckley were all let go on Glen
alVins motion and against Leadleys judg-
ment He favored suspension for time
without pay or fines when advisable rather
than release or sale. Considerable money
has been thrown away in the needless and
unwise release and exchange of players I'M
der Glenalvin's regime. An effort will be
made to secure Bobby Wheelock, who is
now at the Rapids, to finish the season with
the Bobs.