The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-06-03
BASE BALL BRIEFS.

The Indianapolis team is winning games by
every method except playing ball It should
get warm reception in St. Paul today, and
gllism and goes to playing the national game.
me team pursues all sorts of disreputabIe
r M;th and then charges the visiting team
annapolis the other day the Hoosier hood
iums said that Gi,len held Hoffmeister at
S Hares IN the ninth inning. The Indianapolis
news news says: ,Kahoe rushed at Gillen and
struck MIN full in the face and the crowd
angered at the attempt to hold Hoffmeister,
closed round Gillen. who, realizing that he
f Mas no. NJ on ehe Lexington park grounds Of
crowd back. and Motz remained at third
M Mn.ie dne J., neld was cleared" If Mr.. Kahoe
Performs PERI m in that way in this town he will
land IN the central police station.
In addition to the deal which it is said
Philadelphia is negotiating for Third Base
man man Bert Myers. who is on Connie Mack 8
list, Is now claimed that the Philadelphia
and Chicago homogeneous are planning a
trade when may involve the transfer of Is
pei or Thornton to Philadelphia and of
eago. II rumor is to be credited, all is not
harmony in the Quakers' camp any more
tnis year than In the past. and it is said that
StalllngS' row is not too easy to hoe Sam
thompson, who is here. is mum ON this sub
Ject but it Is limited that he could tell a
pr bit about at this if he were disposed. and that
ne dld not leave the team entirely on ac-
count of illness.-Detroit Free Press
The day after the Pittsburgs went to Bal
timore story made its appearances concern
ing a Dig deal which Phil Auten and Watty
trled to make during their flying trip TO Cleve-
land on Sunday. May s, ostensibly on the Sun
day game hitch. 1t was declared that the
fad man offered President Robson
$4,000 and four or five Pirates for four Spid
ers-believed to be Young. Burkett. ChiIds
and Wallace. The report remained unsanc-
toned until Saturday, when Watty came
6 6ame eff from 40 the The Monumental City. Yes
dld oner S200O0," said he 81 cannot namc
the players wanted. President Robson de-
ciared that he could not accept the offer at
present, but said that he would hold it over
ball players. We want a winning club in
Pittsburg, and if money can secure it then
watch for high-class team. "-Pittsburg Cor
respondent Sporting Life.
The absence of one man from the New
York team has made very ordinary aggre-
CATION out OF a much-tipped championship
aspirant With George Davis disabled the
Giants are not much above minor league
form. What If the Reds would have weak
ened with one man Off? At different times
this year they have been without the serv-
Ices of three members of the nfield and
still went on winning. Steinfeldt filled in
nicely in three different places.
The st. Paul team has now played thirty
seven games. Although 1t has had a disas-
games, it is still in an excellent position to
win the Western league pennant 1t should
not be forgotten that of the thirty-seven
games, twenty-five have been played on for
eign grounds. where the public and usually
the umpires are hostile to the visitors The
10 b e welcomes Manager Comiskey home
and hopes he will proceed on a steady march
to first place.
Manager Schmelz states that Perry Werden
has written him, assuring him that he will
soon be able to get in the game Should
this be true, which is not probable it would
be necessary to switch George Carey to some
other part OF the field.-Milwaukee Wiscon-
sin.
Catcher Speer announced last night that he
had decided to quit the diamond. He was
notified that he lad fallen heir to an estate
worth sac, 000, Geo. The Kid had Just finished
figuring out how he would dispose of his
share when some one made noise in the
room and he Observation-Disclosures Wiscon-
sin.
There has not been one-fftieth of the
number of protests usually filed against the
unlpiring this year. said Uncle Nick Young.
lin Hurst is doing his kicking in the news
papers, for have not heard from him once
The umpiring | have seen has been good
fhe Brush law has been enforced in Wash
1ngton to the great good of the game"
Bob Caruthers has been appointed an um-
pre- IN the Western association to take the
place OF Ready, who has been let out
Camel. who was expected to help out at
nrst until Diliard gets in shape. is sick with
malarial fever.-Detroit Journal.
Kansas City may soon be at the front.
Ihat team pays its next twenty-five games
at home.