The Topeka state journal., 1899-08-25
BASEBALL NOTES.


man, n but SO FAR has been unable to sign
{ any, although OvertureS have been made
/ to at least one good man.
The New rk-Philadelphia games
! scheduled for Philadelphia in the last
week of September will probably be trans
! ferred to New York that the financial
| derived.
/ Dusty Miller's batting eye is still foggy.
and his failure to transact for timely nuts
at least one loss to the Perfectos.
! The only umpire who has refused to
/ bend to McGraw this season in the games
! at Baltimore is Tom Lynch, SO a certain
! Orioletown newspaper man without pre-
Tebeau's left handed first baseman.
Donin. has habit of removing his foot
/ ball. This fault. however can be cor
rected in a few games.
If we won eight out of nine in the trip
| the St. Louis fans wouldn't mind receiv-
ing US a the union station on our return
Won one. a uniform Of feathers With tar
would be too good for US That's base
says the sage -Tebeau.
A mystery surrounds that reported
transfer of Honus Wagner from Louis
Vile to Brooklyn. Honus wrote his broth
er Al. of the Toronto club last week that
the deal had been made strictly the
quiet. and that the news of the transfer
would be given to the press on a certain
bears the earmarks of truth, but Hanlon
has not yet given the New \ ork papers
the Louisville third baseman says was
made two weeks ago.
The westerners did not make n very
good record in the east They won twenty
two and lost thirty-nine games. OF the.
won the greatest percentage of games
against the visiting. westerners. The
the Reds had beaten both Brooklyn and
Boston badly-BroOklyn two straight and
York. the Orioles made the best record.
winning seven and losing two. Philadel-
1yn won 8 lost: Boston won lost,
and Washington, won and lost.
Robert Allen, the. present captain and
manager of the indianapolis team in the
western league, will succeed Tom Burns
as manager of the Chicago club next sea-
son, unless the officials of the Philadel-
phia club are able to show Allen that it
will be to his benefit to take charge of the
len has received offers from each club,
and is now giving the matter his cGnsid-
cept the Chicago offer, as Bob does not
forget the time thaf he vas put { out }I 9f
at Philadelphia, and how the management
OF the club refused to continue ms salary
during his absence from the game, al
though he was incapacitated for work
while in their employ.
Charlie Hickman has made such a hit
with the Boston patrons during the last
few days while he has been playing left
field in the PLACE OF captain Duny, who IS
laid up. that directors of the Boston club
was given his 10 days notice of release,
but as he has been fielding well and bat
ting at a 600 clip and better. the Hub
people have decided to keep him. Elmer
Smith, Jesse Burkett, Al Selbach Chick
Stahl, Mike Tiernon, George Van Hal
tren, Buck Freeman and Ducky Holmes
are among the leagues batting luminaries
whose career at the start was in the mid
die of the diamond McCreery of the Pi-
rates. was signed by McCIosl1ey of the
Colonels, as a pitcher, and ditto Dueky
Holmes
From April Is. the opening date. up to
the present time Uncle Nick Young has
shipped 1926 balls to the y clubs in the
major league. Chicago said Uncle Nick,
gets rid of more balls than any other
city in the league; yes. twice as many.
Why. in one of those big Sunday games
at Chicago this season 81 balls We're used.
The bleac chers We're crowded and the null
titude was packed in one SWeltering mass
in the outheld. Whenever a ball found its
way into the midst of these standing
was made. to discover it The bleachers
the Chicago grounds are occupied by
11oeks of regulars. who take in every
game, and also take in every ball that
sails over the bleacher fence