The Saint Paul globe., 1898-05-22


gian Smith his walking papers. The collie
gan's greatest weakness was in stick work
Pitcher Sullivan, of the Kansas City team.
weighs. 222 pounds. and looks like the villain
in a play. He has fierce black mustache.
and, with his size, is enough to scare a bats
man to death. Sullivan is one of the brightest
men in the base ball business, as he is
student and recently passed the severe exam
ination which admits him to the bar as
p ppraetiGing : attorney attorney in in Massachusetts, His
for the New York team several seasons
Ohio State Journal.
Kid Gleason, of the New Yorks. saws that
Hughes, Hanlon's wonder, is the best pitcher
he ever batted against. HE has everything
a pitcher needs and he uses them ALL is
The Detroit infield Is the we;eest that has
appeared here this season. At second base
Beard is wholly incompetent. Hines has a
mond, and Nyce is fat that he covers yery
little ground.-Milwaukee Sentinel
Omaha is greatly in need of two outfielders.
Hollingsworth is too light batter to be of
much use to the club in center field. and
Hagerman rs pitcher. Burnett Is playing
batting strength Of the outheld.-Indianapoli
News.
81 came within five minutes of signing
Brotherhood contract in the fall Of '8S,' says
Charley Nichols 81 had pitched that year
for Frank Selee, at Omaha, and in the fall
l promised Frank that / would sign with
any club that would employ him as manager.
The agent for the Cincinnati club was sent
to Omaha with $4,000 check for my release.
While he was dickering with Omaha I was on
vacation up in Iowa. But Selee heard 't that 9rt
the agent was working to secure me for Gin
cinnati. Selee came in the nick O. time and
had me on a Boston contract. Five minutes
after | signed ! received message from
Johnnie Ward offering me $500 more than my
contract with Selee called for. Contracts were
used to light cigarettes with that fall. l be-
lieve, or ct least that was the case with GER
tain players l know. But considered that my
word and signature were my bond I stuck to
Selee and this is my ninth season under his
management. Bobby Lowe and yours truly
signed for go We were kids in the league,
and the Brotherhood players threw an Arctic
frown at us whenever we met. Early that sea-
son we met Hank O'Day in Cleveland and he
actually refused to break bread over the same
mahogany with us."-Washngton Post.
Hawley and Dwyer, Of the Cincinnati club,
lead the league pitchers at the end of the
seasons first month. Both won FIVE games
and lost none -Four of the new men in the
Philadelphia ranks third; Yeager, of Brook
lyn, four; Willis, of Boston, eleventh, and
Hughes, Of Baltimore; nineteenth. Young
cago; Tannehtll, the Pittsburg; Dineen, the
Washington; McJames, the Baltimore: sey-
incur, the New York; Hughey, the st. Louis,
anu LOUISVILLE.
It will be interesting to note just what.
success the Western clubs will meet with
in their engagements with the Eastern cubs
in the intersectional SERIES which begin to-
morrow. The Eastern clubs, as whole,
easily discount those of the West. Cincin-
natl and Cleveland will be able to offer COED
defense to their Eastern rivals Chicago is
playing a greatly improved game under the
leadership of Tom Burns, and Jim Hurst's
Browns play great ball every now and then
Pittsburg and Louisville are very weak.
The inactive ball players fame is short
lived, says the St. Louis Globe Democrat
Ansons name is seldom heard. Last season
Sockalexis was the rage, now he is a no
nentity. Joe Corbett's plans and whereabouts
after the defeat of his brother Jim by Fitz-
simmons caused considerable speculation
now they are of little concern to- the cranks
The Boston Herald recently stated that Han
lon expects to have Joe Corbett in line this
week. Commenting on this Base Ball Editor
Cummings, Of the Baltimore American. re-
marked: "Oh he does, does he? We'll. he
doesn't this week, this month, or this sea-
son. and, what's more doesn't care con-
tinental."
Harry Wright always maintained that it
was mistake to weaken two positions in the
nope OF strengthening one, writes Frank
Eiough IN the Philadelphia Inquirer. with
Lsjoie on fret and Cross at short, the Phil
lies would be nearly as strong in those two
positions as any ether club In the league.