The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-05-20
NEWS FOR THE FANS.
Des Moines capital is scheming to pet th
Omaha club w eo' '-'

The "loafer" rules have net entirely
squeicned Tebeau. but have worked a. prom
ising Improvement in his behavior upon tho
diamond. He Kicked once because Mannas
IS kick - "s
The Grand Rapids public is not takfno to
its Interstate club any kinder than to Lead
ley's western team last season. and Manager
iorreyson Is threatening to go elsewhere un-
less the attendance improves at once He
says he has invested $4,000, and only s1O0 of
1t has yet come back to his pockets
Knepper has been released by indianapolis.
and columbus is after him. One day last
TALL Lotus took his team to Knightstown
Ind, to show the country boys how the game
pitcher. and Columbus was shut out. Lotus
wants to see the youth do the trick again.
but when pitching for Columbus.
Nordyke. of Detroit. has been released to
Grand Rapids. and Richter can go where he
ilsteth Ncrdyke is promising third base
man; but he lacks g; experience. year in a
raster company. keuhne Is playing ihird
nike the veteran he is. and there is no opsn-
ing here for the youngster. Richter too.
Nicholl and Davis for the outfie!d, his
chsnces would be slim.
The New York players tell wonderful tales
OF Murphy, one of the new Philadelphia
pitchers. 1t seems that the youngster waves
both arms like windmill when delivering
shoots over the plate before the batter gets
over the mesmeric spell of the gyration An
| other plan Of Murphy's. it is alleged. is to
double himself up in a bunch. with back
turned to the plate. and ''let 'er go" from this
position. The batsman is too busy watching
the pitcher to think about batting.
| Manager Fisher has given out that ne has
| signed four exNational league PLAYERS q
pitcher. baseman and two outf elders.
| Chauncey must have been sending contracts
to some base ball boneyard.
vanderbeck says he has signed Charley
! Nyee.
Lester German has been released by Roches-
ter
The pitching oS Griffith and Young this sea-
son has been marked by their perfect control.
Doyle has declined the captaincy of the
the talking and bossing.
| Cleveland has more men who can bunt sue
| cessfully than any other team in the league
| so they claim in that city.
Wood is the only foreigner on the Cncin-
| natl team, and one of the few in the league
| He was born in Glasgow. Scotland.
| Joe Herndon. after a years absence from
this season. pitching better than ever.
Some funny man has made the announce
| ment that President MuckenfuSS will divide
| 81. DOC. 900 among the st. Louis players if they
land in first place.
/ Earl Wagner says that Gus Weyhing should
have all three games in which he took
| part this season.
| Catcher George Yeager. of Boston. spends
most of his leisure time in reading scientific
books.
| Pittsburg. His fielding has been very bad
| and he is not hitting up to his minor league
| mark. Bunt hits are great trouble to him.
| Three hits of them double and nine
| chances, several of them difficult, without an
| error shows what a great man Steinfeldt
] Is to have sitting around ready to lump in
| and fill any vacancy that may occur. He's
| the best utility man in the country-Cincin-
| natl Enquirer.
There have been twenty games in which one
| of the two clubs PLAYED without an error. The
| list is as follows: st. Louis is dividing hon.
ors with Boston. with four games each; Gin.
cinnatf three Brooklyn two, Pittsburg two
and the rest of the clubs only one. Only one
| errorless game has been played so far; that
! was between the Giants and Beaneaters.
! Manager Mack completed the deal last
Thursday whereby Pitcher Vollendorf Of the
| Brewers was sold to the New Haven club. oil
the Connecticut State league, managed by
| "Chip' McGarr, the old Cleveland and Co
lumbus third baseman.
$50 Van Derbeck has sent Kuehpe to his
st. Thomas farm to develop him. soliloquized
Comiskey yesterday, when he heard of The
| Counts" disposition by the Detroit magnate
"Now that may be good thing the leader
of the Saints continued. "and perhaps 1 may
try that on Glasscock, Spies and Mu!lane ant
have them developed in some minor league
Milwaukee Sentinel.
ivan Derbeck formerly suspended lis bal
players on rainy days when he managed
team In California years ago." said Glenalvil
4 yesterday in THerring to the Detroit mag