The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-08-15

with Louisville for Pitcher waddelI.
who was loaned by Louisville to Grand
Rapids.
Patsy Tebeau says that he would like
to see Boston get the pennant again,
because it is the fastest aggregation
in the league.
Kittridge is quite seriously hurt. a
bruised thigh keeping him in the house.
and it may be a week or more before
he resumes play.
Sparks, who is doing so well for the
Pittsburgs, is no stranger to league
company. He was tried out two years
ago by the Philadelphia club.
In rendering decisions on base plays
John Gaffney is wild, weird, and saff-
ron, but as a battery referee he is not
excelled by any umpire on the staff.
Donlin of st. Louis, is trying to get all
the California players playing in the
east to start for home with him next
October overland to play exhibition
games all the way home.
Tom Brown predicted two years ago
that DR.. McJames' treacherous break
or drop curve would tell on his arm
and put him out of the game unless he
could master another shoot just as ef-
fective.
The Philadelphia club is dickering for
the release of the star second baseman
of the Atlantic league, and he may be
signed today. The only hitch is said
to be that he does not care to sign a
temperance contract.
Jennings has been practicing first base
in Brooklyn every day since his return
from Baltimore, and in all probability
he will be put in that position in place
of Anderson. It is also likely that Casey
will be put back at the top of the bat
ting list.
Mike Donlin, the St. Louis first base
man, is out in an interview saying that
the reported fight between him and
Shreckengost was a fake Donlin says
that the ghost and he are the best OF
friends and have never thought OF
scrapping.
Twirler Howell is now the winning
pitcher of the Orioles, and would prove
a valuable asset to the HanlOn pitch
ing corps in Brooklyn. But he viii con-
tinue to win for NcGraw, in spite of the
clamor of the Brooklyn fans for his
transferral to the Superbas.
Edward Hanlon. manager Of the Su-
perbaS, acknowledged yesterday that
unless the pitching department does bet
ter work Brooklyn cannot hope to re-
tain first place. He is looking around
for two good twirlers, and he hopes to
get them In few days.-New York
Herald.
The Louisville club developed Collins.
the best third baseman the game has
ever seen, and the claim is now made
that Leach, the ColOnels' latest guar
dian of the third sack, is his equal
Leach will be watched. A man valued
at more than Superba Casey and $500
is well worth watching
Boston is said to be dicsering with
Tom Lotus for Catcher Sullivan, the
young man who has made such a good
record with the Senators this season.
New York will play in Cleveland Au-
gust "a, % and 26, and Boston August
%, % and 80, as these clubs positively
refuse to allow the games to be trans
ferred-
In response to a query a Boston pa
per says: Biddy McPhee, of the Cin-
cinnatis has been playing pail beyond
the memory of the oldest inhabitant-
He played in st. Louis with the Akron.
o., team twenty years ago be was
about As then, so that he must be about
60 now. Please don't ask such delicate
questions in the future.
Willie Sudhoff is in a fair way to get
a railroad ticket to the next hang-out
of the Cleveland club. Before leaving
on the present trip Captain Tebeau ex-
pressed his dissatisfaction with the
young st. Louis twirler He has pitched
but one really good game since joining
the Perfectos, and that was against the
Baltimores, on Decoration day.
''Some folks think that the battle for
the flag lies between the pitchers, but
the Boston infield viii turn more clever
tricks than the Brooklyn inner circle.
and that's why I have Boston for my
pick as a pennant winner. The Selee-
Duffy pitchers are also improving as the
season wanes, but Hanlon's twirlers
have been very much in and out lately
says Jimmy Ryan.
Though President Scden has allowed it
to be understood that a big bonus was
paid for the release of Pitcher Meekin,
it is known that not a cent was paid for
him. He was a gift of Andy Freedman
to Boston. Freedman knows that he can
not make any money with his team
and that he can not hope for any bet
ter position than he now occupies, so he
gave Soden first chance to get Meekins
and Soden accepted. When MeeAdn ar
rives Hickman viii be undoubtedly re-
leased The club has carried him for
two seasons, and is about sick Of hav-
ing him on its lists.