The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-06-26
HAPPENINGS in THE WORLD OF SPORT

pitcher of the New York Giants, was
rel2sed last week by Manager Leonard
of the Worcesters. He has won only
two out of six games pitched, and his
batting has been very poor.
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1t costs $500 per day to run the Bos-
tons.
/ Demontreville leads the Chicagos in
batting, Everitt second.
IF the pennant lies between Brook
Ign and Boston this season." says Nc
Phee, the Reds veteran second base
man, 4 would rather bet on Selee's
aggregation than on the push presided
over by Hanlon.'
Louisville is after a new shortstop in
the person of Rice of the Minneapolis
nine. Rice refuses to play with the
Western league team because he can
not get $1,000, and he is now at his home
in Pennsylvania His parents are
wealthy and he does not play ball for
living.
The name of the Louisville pitcher is
PHILIPPE, pronounced Fillipy, with the
accent on the second syllable.
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Baseball has caught on well in Hav-
ana The Spanish scribes, however. are
having trouble in reporting the games,
almost every other word being in Eng
lish. The American baseball writer has
a language of his own, which is very
expressive and which finds substitution
hard, no matter in what cline the game
is played.
In every department Jack Dunn of
Brooklyn has thus far outdistanced all
the pitchers in the league. Up to Tues
day he had won twelve out of thirteen
games, had a batting average of .316,
had still to make fielding error, and
had stolen base TO his credit.
Manager Tebeau says he prefers mar
ried players to bachelors. because the
yoked ones are the steadiest and most
tractable players. Tebeau admits, how
ever, that the bachelor players for some
reason are the best drawing cards, even
men preferring them.
The number of players with which
the twelve league clubs begin the sea-
son is as follows: New York, Is, Brook
lyn, 20; Philadelphia, 10: Pittsburg, IS;
st. Louis, 10; Washington, Il: BGlti-
more, IS; Boston, 16; Chicago, II: Gin
cinnati, 10; Cleveland, II. and Louis
Vile, 10.
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This is the twenty-eighth season of
organized professional baseball. The
first organization was the old Profess
sional association, which started the
ball rolling in II. Uncle Nick Young
being the secretary. Uncle Nick has
stuck to his billet through the see-saw
existence of the game and adoWn the
long vista of years
big Bill' Everitt has resigned the
captaincy of the Chicago team and the
nine will probably go unexplained for
a time, Manager Burns assuming the
burdens of the office temporarily.
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Miller and Setback have not been
pleasing the Cincinnati critics of late
Jack Taylor is also under the ban at
present.
WaShington's infield is now composed
of second basemen. Padden, Atherton.
Cassidy and Bonner are all ex-second
baSemen.
Jake Gettman hopes to regain his bat
ting eye in the Western league. He
says: There is a lot of luck in this |
science of batting. but il must !
be a science after all, else why do such !
batsmen as Willie Keller. Jesse Burkett
and Delehanty stand among the lead |
ars season after season."
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Pitchers Stivetts, Hill and Carsey /
and Catcher thinner have been released !
by Cleveland. Joe Quinn has been ap- !
pointed manager and McAllister as
signed to third base. thinner has been /
signed by Louisville and Baltimore |
claims Hill. whose release was with /
Drawn by the Cleveland club when it !
was learned that Brooklyn wanted him. /