The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-06-19

ngton management how the Pirates get away
Meh r Their e mes When ma t, ysts ,o gets
be occasion for surprise.
With good weather at Kansas City to-day the
attendance win be around 1000 and that win
help indianapolis out materially, for the trip has
not been gittering financial success.
Detroit has signed Outheder Lippert Of the
recently disbanded Burlington team of the West
East by Connie Mack in the fail of 1886 but was
decided failure and his release quickly followed
The Indianapolis Drug Company's baseball team
defeated Schnull & Co.'S ball team by a score
of Is to l. The batteries were Casey and Muir
barger, Haynes and Steinley. The feature of the
game was the infield work of the drug company
team.
The Reds will be home for the next fifteen
games, opening tomorrow afternoon with balti-
more. They will thus have a splendid chance to
tighten their hold first place. A victory at
Chicago this afternoon will put them in nice
shape.
Minneapolis is trying Catcher Dixon at second
base since Bali was put out of the business by
an infielder BY the way, that fine for Woverton
is about due. Kahoe did not have to wait long
for his
Cincinnati is likely to release Goar very soon.
His arm shows little improvement, and it looks
as if he would be out of the game all season.
for release or the farm when the cutting
down process begins, and the date for that is
fixed for July 5.
ever since he tramped grass in the vacant lots
of Cleveland some fourteen years ago. is doing for
of the baseball writers of the latter city began
knocking him. The Browns are finding him a
tower of strength.
Fred Clarke is tired of trying to make the
Louisville team win, and wants to be relieved. II
is also asserted that one prominent stockholder
| of the club is going to buy out the others and
thus take the affairs of the team out of the
hands of numerous petty directors who are always
| interfering with the plans of the management
| The slump in attendance at Baltimore has been
astonishing That city now ranks with Cleveland
| in this regard. The gate receipts at a recent
game there with Washington reached the prncey
amount OF $40, and Louisville also favored
with an equally small gate during the recent
| visit of the Colonies there. It's pretty tough
season, sure enough.
Colniskey is said to be after several men who
as that circuit is cut down to six clubs and
the guarantee money taken down, it's demise is
to occur after the Fourth When the league
quits and players free to sign wherever they
| will be tried out by Western League teams, as
the expense will be comparatively light
The baseball teams from the establishments of
Fahnlev & McCrea and Clifford Bros. locked horns
fought contest victory finally fell to the portion
of the former team by the score of to 6. The
batteries were Spahr and Daugherty for the
Fahnley & McCrea team, and Roger and Hart for
their rivals. The feature of the game was the
double play by Heyman and Spahr.
Here is the way the Columbus Post goes after
''Bumpus'' Jones for losing that game at st. Paul
Thursday: Mr.. B. Jones and his wheel club had
one of those old-time wild streaks, where he
aims at the catcher and hits a centerfeder in
the back of the neck. Oh, we know! We've seen
him before When Mr.. Jones begins to lather and
fire balls wildly at the immortal stars the best
thing to do is to lead him off to a lonely wilder
ness and put an ice poulttce on his fevered brow.
enough to know Tom Lotus from a baby
hippOpOtamuS before the md of the game"