The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-05-14
GOSSIP OF THE DIAMOND.

This Is what the Milwaukee Seminal
mas t.s to say of Connie Mack's WEE ei
pIne only apparently weak spot in the
hh 11t th,s, lies IN the pitching department
out out tn1S Is conceded TO be only temro,
Iary Rettger Is alone in perfect condi-
si1n, and his pitching SO far has been
Hay up up 70 MS last seasons standard.
5 I'D came TO Milwaukee as fine as a fid
gle, put week ago he had the misfoT-
tune to injure the index finger of his
a,st nand heidy seems TO be in and
out THIS spring. and his arm has caussd
MIN considers able uneasiness. He has csn ~
troi and excellent curves, but in sneed
5it hsr Gencient; and in two games he was
1iI ndru. SWalm's lack of headWorI1 and
issuing u ABILITY has been detrimental To
the success of the team, but he is a
speed pi'TTher' possessing both control and
aha Mcdonald, have exhibited lament
aD!e weakness SO far in spite OF the
piVnlse they gave In the practice games
Chariie Comiskey is said TO think that
taEmer fs one of the greatest shortstnTs
IA the business, although the St Paul ma
v per insist that the young fellow has not
Riater The fact Is that Raymcr Is one ~ E
t me herman Long tribe and the probabiI-
t aIs are that he will never have q high
nelolng average, for the reason thai he
goes after balls which other men i'm HE
H Ws would pass up without a culver
y; w n 10. man can do the fielding Raymer
Is showing and bat above 800 Won ma,
saIely put him down as a sh3rtston of .
not common kind-Kansas City Times
low ABOUT those pennant-winning ag-
SnesSaelons from Kansas City and MI
ma tu!! II would seem that they were
getting the small end of the deals at III
Twin Cities of late, but both promise to
gle n for sns Are race and II there isn't strug-
league this year there never will be
from, rom the present outlook about six of
i int easn1 n teams viii be fighting to get
rour-Ohio State Journal
reports indicate that the Kansas CItvs
are nuch stronger than last yea. the
holes In the team caused bv the NJ
tional leagues draft having been nIugoed
Dy manning, whose principal strength
seems to lie In the pitching Department.
milwaukee Sentinel.
PRESIDENT Johnson has informed West
ern league managers that fines assessed
against players must be paid within tbraa
c cays OF mailing the notice Failure to
colhpIy with this rule will necessitate the
is paid. tue me
a Chicago paper says: at would he
raes1iiesung 70 know whether Phyle is
Dali scr1bes pretend, or if he is bsicg ure-
ed forward In his demand by other hitch
eIs VINO think they are being overw rk-
Sam Nichols may wear st. Paul
uniform this. season. He has not Vet
P Peen released by indianapolis, but will
nardiy be needed here Manage, Com
iskey has always admired Nichois's play
IN the outteld-Indianapoiis News
Gold Brick" Butler has been released
Oy columbus. He was too much of a
record player to be popular in that civ
liner dinere never was time during the sea son
Ihat ne could not tell his exact batting
and nelding average.
In one of the games against Toledo
JACK Glasscock, the first baseman of the
FORT Wayne club, made four hits. one of
tnem being for three bags.
Mccarthy, formerly of INDIANAPOLIS 10
a terror to the big league pitchers He
Is more dreaded by the twIrIers than
Burkett, Keller or Delehanty
El6erfeld, OF the Detrolts. is accused
or playing dirty ball this year and using,
pad language on the field.
Bunalo is well equipped with pitchers
Gray. Daub, Brown, Amole and Chamber
IAN make strong staff.
Sharott has started out at a rapid pace
with indianapolis. If he can continue as
he has begun. there will be little regret aft
the loss of Pickering.
The Western league race Is sllre'v one
that ought to please base ball lovers i'm
all OF the cities of the circuit
Newton and Kellum, the two Indian
apolis southpaws, are doing well up to
date. P ~
Tony Mullane thinks he can pitch as
we'll as ever and wants to prove IT.
Detroit will carry three catchers-Shaw.
Buelow and Ryan.