The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-07-24
BASEBALL
BREVIT|ES.

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rates i'm batting.
| Pitcher Coleman Of Mason, o.. has
been signed by st. Louis.
| Stahl and Collins are among the most
| timely hitters on the Boston nine.
| Three times this season Jones OF the
Brooklyns has made four hits in a
game.
| Washington has won IL out of IA
| games since Tom Brown has taken the
| reins.
! Freedman says the National league
race will be between Boston and New
| York.
or "a games played at the Polo
grounds the New Yorks won Is and lost
A. and resulted in tie
| The Philadelphia club has three OF
its strongest players. Nash, Mcfarland
and Thompson. on the hospital list.
Boston evidently has a prize I'm young
Lewis. He is easily the most successful
| of the young twirlers i'm the League
Manager Stallings made all kinds OF
propositions for the release of Wrigley
| Of the Washingtons, but without avail
| Weakness with the bat and I'm the
| box is the cause of Lousvilles slump.
| In the field it is as fast as anybody's
| team.
President Young says that after this
no umpire that has not had minor
league experience need apply 10 him for
! a job.
| Cincinnati has won more games by
one run and Chicago has lost more by
the same narrow margin than any 9TH
| er club in the League.
. Tim Hurst is searching the records to
find pitcher who ever objected to an
umpire calling a strike on batsman
4 when the ball was bad one.
| Anson is said to be on n still hunt for
| the maker of a new baseball mitt which
| is alleged TO be an infringement on one
| i'm which he is said to have a substan-
| tial interest.
| Tom Tucker is playing his old time
| first for Washington II also looks as
| IL the eXBostonian was something OF
a mascot, for the Senators have lost
but few games since he Joined them.
| Joyce at third appears to be covering
| less ground than ever. "He third
| base mani" remarked Tim Hurst the
| other day. "Why. he doesn't cover
enough ground TO plant a geranium
| on"
When Jimmie Callahan stepped up to
| the plate at Boston, he was given big
bouquet and a gold watch and chain
| He smelled the flowers. looked TO see
| a single.
Study the modern game" said Tim
| Murnane the other day. "and you will
| find that unless a team has fast in
| field II has little chance TO win. With
| out a good third base man a nine might
| as we'll he off the field"
Tail end teams seem TO be stumbling
| blocks for the Brooklyns. They have
| lost s out of f5Sgames with Louisville.
Chicago and st. Louis, while, on the
other hand, they have won II out OF is
with such teams as Baltimore. Cincin-
natl. Cleveland and Pittsburg.
! If some day the Louisville club should
issue invitations 10 all it's ex-presidents.
ex-directors, ex-stockholders and ex-
managers to attend a game there and
all should respond in person. few bay
windows would have to be built to the
grand stand to accommodate the crush.
| Anson has a great collection OF New
Englanders on the team. Kittridge.
| Connor, Callahan and Donohue all come
| from Fitchburg and were taken from
| the New England ranks some years
| ago. Anse has been very successful
with the youngsters he has drafted from
the New England league.
The Baltimores are said TO be ar
| ranging for trip into Mexico after the
close OF the League season, providing
| they finish first in the race again.
picked team to be called the "All Amer
| leans" will be taken along, and exhibit
ton games will be played in all tho
! principal cities.
McJames, the Washington pitcher.
| SAYS every batsman has some vulnera-
| BILE spot. some weakness in going after
an impossible pitch. except Keeler. No
| ball fools him. He faces all pitchers
with the same confidence and the same
success. He hits any ball. high or low.
! fast or slow, in spite of the best eff
| forts Of the best pitchers to beat him.
The ex-Baltimore pitcher, Brown,
now with the Cincinnatis, amuses him.
| self by telling funny stories about the
champions. He says they are nearly all
| society men," Doyle. Quinn and Rob-
| inson being about the only exceptions.
| and that Kelley, Keeler, Jennings anc
! Clark part their hair between each
! inning. That may or may not be true,
| but they are good players nevertheless.
The manager or magnate who is re-
| sponsible for forfeited game when MS
| team is on the ballfield is an gorgeous
ass. saws The Sporting News. The point
at issue can be saved and presented TO
| tho League directors for settlement by
! flying n protest without imperiling the
rights of the clubs or disappointing and
| antagonizing the public. This serious
| offense Is too frequent this season, ana
radical steps should be taken TO stop IL
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