The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-09-18
Outland, Pennsylvania.

ton Of Fisher. He was to have pitched
yesterday. but refused to do so because
ne ne said he was not in form: Besides this
Fisher created much dissatisfaction among
the men, and did everything but manage
them according to his contract He had been
warned repeatedly that there would Be =
disastrous end to his revelings, but he re-
FUSED to heed, and as a last resort, Mr..
VanBrunt suspended him. Fisher was 30
incensed at this that he assaulted Secretary
Franklin, Of the club, because he thought the
secretary had given Mr.. Vanbrunt informa-
ton Of his shortcomings.
The Kansas City Times has this wall about
the two games which. Columbus won on
Wednesday: IF there is any particular point
In the national game in which the Senators
from Ohio did not outplay Mr.. Manning's
sometime marvels yesterday afternoon, it
would be interesting to know just where that
point is concealed. The Blues fielded like a
lot Of peroxide soubrettes; they batted like
the last nine rows in the primary class, and
as for their pitchers-a bloomer girl club
would have made them look like four checks
on a wrecked and ruined bank 1t was a de-
Hrium of jumbled rainbows. in which there
Of the rose. 1t resolved itself into case of
twenty men wandering through two games IN
a, way. which suggested that each of them had
slept in a dry goods box with the faucet on
the gas pipe turned the wrong way. 1t was
the perfection of dope Dreams
Manager Bancroft, OF the Cincinnati team,
does not believe in the extension of the
leagues championship season to Oct. 10. He
says it is, too cold about that time of the
year to play ball.
Pitcher Gilpatrick, of the Senators, who
is Kansas City boy, was presented with a
fine gold watch and chain just before he
went into the box in the first inning On
behalf of the Kansas City fire department.
who made the gift, Mayor jones presented
the watch and chain to the player-Kansas
City Journal.
Count" Campau is doing some remark
able batting these days. In nine times at
bat yesterday he secured six hits including
two doubles and homer. His home run
was a safe drive over the left field fence
the first time, by the way, that a fair bali
has gone over the fence this season. Jim
mic Williams once put the leather across
the wall IN left field but it was outside the
foul lne.-Kansas City Journal.
Johnnie Clarkson is still running a cigar
store at Bay City. Mich, and keeps his once
famous pitching wing in trim by twirling oc-
casional games for amateur teams He may
Clarkson's effectiveness a pitcher was
killed because he was too free in the use of
the slow ball.
Kid Nichols is monument. He's other
things, too. But he's a living breathing
effective argument to all ball players of what
they might be if they took proper care of
themselves. For nine years he has figured as
the star twirler of the Boston team without
being supplanted, and he seems likely to be
there in 1907, for this is not his worst season
by any means. He is always ready for work,
never out of condition and doesn't know an
ailment. He lives up to the requirements of
his duties, and though not physical giant
being rather under the average build of ball
player-is careful to violate no rule of hygiene
or deviate from the, rightly of his chosen
course.-Ohfo State Journal.