The Topeka state journal., 1899-12-04

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| hits by one side in a game may be
| rated as extremely good. An unofficial
record shows that this feat was accom-
/ pnShed no less than u1ne times TINS
! year, and, moreover, was surpassed
| number of times. Nineteen hits by one
| of the cOnteSting teams in a game were
made eight times, 20 hits 10 times, q
| hits Z times, hits twice, and "A hits
| twice.
The teams that figured in the accun-
| ulation of IS safe swatssin a game were
! Philadelphia, twice; Boston, twice; Chi
cago, twice; New York, Louisville and
| Cincinnati. The New Yorks, Chicagos,
BroOklyns, Pittsburgs, BaltimOres and
| Philadelphias hit safely 19 times in a
| game, the Brooklyns and Baltimores
| each doing so twice. The teams that
made 20 hits in one game We're: Chi
cago, Pittsburg, New York, Baltimore,
! Boston and St. Louis. The last named
| club tore off a score of hits three times
and the Orioles three times Twenty
! one hits to a game We're made by BOs-
! ton, Cleveland, Philadelphia, twice;
| Chicago, twice, and Washington. The
Louisvilles and Cincinnatis each made
| 81 hits in one game, and the Phillies,
| who are prominent in big hitting feats,
| made "a hits in one game, and the Bal
| timOres did the same trick.
The American League folks are wild
| at Tom Lotus quitting them to man
age the Chicago League club. Comiskey,
Johnson and that crowd wanted Tom
to put a club in Chicago for them, but
Tom could not see anything in that.
President Dreyfuss of the Louisville
club now admits that he is going to
/ sell out his Louisville players He says
I am almost certain that at it's coming
meeting the National League will cut
down its circuit to eight clubs 1t is
ridiculous to talk about Cleveland run
ming another year 1t is a big bluff.
Cleveland can not go another season.
Earl Wagner sees that it is best for
him to get out and he is making a big
I n 1lrNr He
national agreement expires and the
league would then certainly reorganize
into an eight-club circuit and leave
Louisville out. My star players would
be free to sign with any club they
might want to. One thing is certain
am not going to be caught mapping"
The National League folks will meet
on Dec II, and then watch the fur fly.
The new combine, including Freedman,
Soden, Brush and Rogers, have it in for
Hart and the RObisOns and they will
make things very warm for the latter
gentlemen.
The trip of the Reds south was not
| bad one. The players did not lose any
money. They just about broke even
on the trip. The game at New Orleans
was not fair test of the baseball pulse
of the Crescent City. Bancroft said
it was a miserable day, that is. T. was
miserable for New Orleans at this time
of the year.
TT was pretty cold" said Bannfe,
'and it rained all day. We might have
done better had we stayed over for an
other Sunday But, as we could get
out even by giving up the trip at that
time, concluded to go home while we
were not losers. rs.''-Cincinnati Enquirer.
Vicksburg. Miss, is a possibility as
a training quarters for the Reds next
spring. THE people of that, city are
next spring" said Manager Bancroft.
They treated US royalty, and made the
stay there the best on our trip. They
have a nice grass diamond in VickS-
burg. I am going to write to President
Brush, and call his attention to Vicks-
burg as a training quarters. '-Cincin-
natl Enquirer.
Shorty Fuller. the one-time sensa-
tional shortstop of the New York and
St. Louis teams, expects to go out next
season. FulAr will possibly be under
the management of Charlie Comiskey.
1t was while under the latter that Fuller
The news that President Andrew
Freedman, of New York, proposes to
make President Harts stay in New
York pleasant at the league meeting
by nominating Anson for some official
position in the National League is not
regarded seriously by local followers of
baseball. There is no doubt that Arson
could get a soft berth in the league if
he was so inclined, but the "'old man"
has time and again declined hOnOrS III
advance. Mr.. Arson has a prosperous
business in Chicago and will have moth
ing to do with baseball unless he could
be located right here.
Various stories are floating around |
as to the prospective war between the |
American and National Leagues. Pres /
ident Johnson still adhereS to his orig
inaI statement that there will be moth |
ing but harmony when the situation is |
finally cleared up. The special meet |
ing will probably be held in a few days |
of the American League magnates, at |
which a full statement covering all the |
points in dispute will be made public |
On the whole local baseball politics |
are in a. more or less cOmatOse cOndi- |
tion at present President johnson and |
President Hart are resting on their oars |
and incidentally watching each other |
pretty closely. Charles COmiskey, the |
astute manager of the Saints, was
down town yesterday, but refused to |
say what his mission at Indianapolis |
was.-Chicago Times Herald.
Rubin Defeats Mccormick