The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-04-11
BASE BALL BRIEFS.

BASE BALL BRIEFS.
The Sunday game between Milwaukee and
st. Louis resulted in favor of st. Louis to
4: Taylor and Rettger did the pitching for
the Brewers, and only two errors were made
behind them.
The Washington Post says: Bert Myers
| fer him from Milwaukee to Washington. Bert
positively refuses to sign the contract for
warded him by PresideIt Ban Johnson, OF the
Western league. This contract demands that
Myers must work for SIS less per month than
his contract CT last season called fer Myers
is sufficiently seasoned to be worthy of
diamond. If he is secured by Earl Wag2er
| for the Senators he will be purchased out
right or figure in an exchange"
| 1t is now stated that Brooklyn took Tuck
er away from Omaha simply to speculate
with. and Manager Barnie has offered to
trade him to st. Louis for Pitcher Taylor or
Shortstop Cross.
Bert Inks has broken into the base ball
arena again and recently held the Bostons
down to three hits during the three innings
he pitched.
Pitcher Foreman is one of the Indianapolis
holdouts who recently succumbed to Man.
ager Aliens arguments and signed con-
tract.
1t is reported that Amos Rusie's pitching
wing is badly strained and weak as the re-
suit CT the spring work in New Jersey.
Buckley. Kuehne, Butler and STREET have
joined the Columbus team. Pitcher VOTERS
has net signed a contract yet.
Chauncey Fisher is at Indianapolis prac-
ticing with the HOLSTERS. and says he has not
signed yet with the Omahas.
Detroit has released Stewart and Lee Dill
ard Van Derbeck has so far been unable to
sign Davis and Hahn.
John Camel met with an accident in prac
tice at Kansas City that puts him out of the
game temporarily. The index finger of his
right hard was split in the practice.
The Reds receipts their practice. trip
have exceeded those of the entire Southern
tour last season
Frank Selee is seconding Nicholas in his
demand for S. 600. The club owners, however,
refuse to grant the Missouri boy his de-
mand.
Toronto is making a strong effort to buy
Shortstop Wagner's release from Washington:
Wagner played with Toronto last season, and
is quite fayorite over the Don.
Pitcher Kaufman has not shown Patsy
Tebeau much form and he will be EARNED
out before the season is very old. There are
others that will suffer the same fate
The general impression among the players
is that Dahlen is about as we'll adapted 1or
the captaincy of the Chicago team as Peter
Maher in the role of secretary of war and
arbiter of the Spanish MISUNDERSTANDING.
Billy Hart who was injured by batted
bali in practice at Little Rock last week, is
resting at his home at Bond Hill. o. The
! ex-Brownie is reported to be in pretty bad
shape and may net be able to begin the sea-
son with the Pirates.
The Baltimore team line up in the batting
| order as follows: McGraw, second; Demont
second; Stencil, center; O'Brien, left; NC
| Cam. first QUINN short: Hughes, right:
| pitchers Kelley and Jennings are holding
out for higher salaries and nave not joined
| the club
Sockalexis says he has the best of all other
| players under the new rule. Il cuss the UNI.
| pire in Penobscot," says the Indian, and II
the call me- I'll say 1 was telling them they
| are just right and that you fellows are dead
lessons from Socks in the latter's native
| tongue and can already say "hickehowgo
| (robbery) ''kanylanyee'' green lobster) and
| several adjectives that fit in quite nicely
Cleveland Leader
| In one Of the Reds tanning fetes the story
| tellers dwell on the FRANKS of McGraw He
| has one CT the wickedest tongues in the
| league" declared Elmer Smith, land when
! he is stirred up he roast you in fear
fully cutting way. | recall, one occasion
when he gave me the shoulder. The trick
| aroused Denny Lyons to comment. and ike
| a flash he turned on Denny and snarled:
| What ails you? Your al. swelled up because
you havnt been drinking for couple Of
| weeks. Why, why If they'd drive spgot
into you and turn on the faucet the park
| and he pleaded Don't sir up the dynamite
| any moreE II"