Kansas City journal., 1898-02-25
Baseball Notes.

Miller. Hawley, Mcbride. Hahn and
Woods are the Reds holdouts.
Baltimore will try out Frank Foutz.
pitcher-outfielder.
Now that Omaha is in the Western
League Grand Rapids ought to be allowed
to join the Interstate.
Bob" Emslie is getting his eyes in shape
to judge shoots and curves by taking part
in cunning events in Canada.
Joyce Tebeau. Brown and Clarke will
be be the only playing managers next seas season.
The other eight will decorate the bench.
Perry Werden dropped into Kansas City
yesterday from St. Louis to have a con-
ference with Manager Schmelz. Must be
sign at the salary limit This is the ad-
vance money season of the year.
Dubuque, Ia. Feb: "A contract has
been closed with the Ted Sullivan. of
buque club in the Western Association and
the franchise has been turned over to
him. He is already engaging players.
Three National League playersILake lay; rs I,aa:
leagues. decline to sign, and Canavan has
accepted the management of the New Bed
that Canavan will not be allowed to go to
the New Bedfords by the arbitration COM
mittee.-Milwaukee Sentinel.
Chauncey Fisher, who was with the Gin
swapped. along with Germany, Smith to
the Brooklyn club, doesn't like the idea OF
going to minor league According to a
report Chauncey is to be released by the
Brooklyn club to the Omaha club, the new
member of the Western League.
Bill Lanse admits that he would like to
the @ 6 6m5 safS aess e he
is transferred to the infield. He thinks th2t
an outtield captain is at too big disad-
vantage, although he takes some hope from
the fact that Mike Griffin has done fairly
we'll as the captain of the Brooklyns.
"Ten Thousand Dollar Breitensten.
'Eagle-Eye" Beckley and Heine Peitz are
Springs. They will go to San Antonio,
where the Reds will take their spring train
ing. down to the last notch In training.
Jake Hoffman, assistant starter to Curly
Brown, who is also something of pugiliSt.
| has joined the ball players and Is training
with them.-St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Manager Tim Hurst says: Some people
don't believe I'll be success as a man,
| ager They don't know me. I've followed
| baseball for a long time, and have lasted
| period I've learned more about ball play
| ers and their methods than one has any
idea of. and I think I'm capable of han
ding at least tailender. The st. Louis
| team can't finish any worse than last
| year. That's comfort.
| Now that the proposed new playing
rules of the National League have been
| made public there is plenty of time to dis
cmss them before the magnates meet next
| week in ST. Louis. The majority report
| of Presidents Hart and Reach will meet
| With the sympathy Oh tne pupiC anu mus
| probably with the approval of the other
magnates. The principal subject OF discus.
sion will be the question Of the power OF
| the referee umpire. Messrs. Hart and
| Reach propose to make him the repre-
sentative of the league. and as such give
him arbitrary powers: SO that he may
not only remove an offensive rowdy play
er from the game, but may suspend him
| from actual service in the league for 50
long a time as he cares. The best criti-
cism of this change has been made by
| President Ban Johnson, of the Western
League. The latter says the only person
who ought to be clothed with the power
| of suspending player from service should
be the president of the league. The UNI
| pire he contends. is apt to act heatedly
| on the spur of the moment. and it scarce,
ly is fair to make him both judge and
| Jury OF course, the new rule is aimed
at so-called 'rowdy' ball. which the mag;
| mates agree must be done away with. Ed
| Hanlon, of the Baltimores. the third
member of the rules committee of the
league. will not agree to this proposed
| amendment to the rules. Some of the
other changes proposed by Hart and Reach
| are. To do away with the earned run
describing more closely an illegal delivery
regarding stolen bases and base hits anC
assists.-Chicago Journal.