The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-07-20
BASE BALL BRIEFS.

Barnes stopped a fast inshoot in the
ninth inning with his elbow, which was
badly swollen last night. The injury was
extremely painful:-MliWaukee Sehtlhei'
Jimmy Callahan, Chicagos winning
pitcher is suffering from an attack OF
However, it is not thought to be serious,
and he will probably get into the game
again in a short time.
Delehanty, the mighty slugger of the
Quakers, stands on top of all the league
heavy batsmen, with ninety-siX extra
bases so far this season. Ders fat record
includes twenty-eight doubles, four
triples and seven home runs.
It now transpires that both Brooklyn
and ST. Louis claim to have purchased
the release of Frank Parent, the New
Haven shortstop. St. Louis offered $500
and Brooklyn $1,000 Parent has gone 10
the City of Churches, and ne will begin
Tebeau will protest Hanlon's right to his
services, as Parent has played several
games with the Perfectos.
President Ban Johnson, of the Western
base ball league IS lying seriously i'll at
the St. Luke's hospital, Chicago. He has
been indisposed for some time, due in
measure to overwork. The physicians at
the hospital said he suffered from COM
plication of diseases, but that there was
no immediate danger:
Manager Mack received telegram from
Second Baseman FUltz in which the for
mer Quaker informed him that he would
not play ball on Sundays Under those
accept his terms, as the people who
patronize the Sunday games would eX-
pect to see the regular team play, but he
wrote to Fultz that Sunday playing was
regarded different in Milwaukee than
elsewhere and he is expecting that the
second baseman will Telent and join the
Brewers in short time
Latham makes lots of fun of the com
pick system of signs which he says is in
vogue on the Washington team, where
this spring. They're all tied up with
Signals said Latham. ga man doesn't
know what to do unless he sees some red
lights somewhere. A man sticks on first
base and let's chances go by because
somebody doesn't flag him from the
bench"
Referring tc Elberfeld,s being fired OFT
of two games recently, Van Derbeck said !:
sent Stftll1ngs hot wire about E.
berfeld. l told him if E1berfeld was put
would cost him SIS. And I mean what I
say. L can see no sense in having our
best men put out of the game for kick
ing. Their kicking almost Invariably
costs US the game. I have heard only
Stallingss side of the Eagan case He
lustifies Eagan and says that had Presi-
NSill CJ4lllSOll IlGdl VI II0 IeIIldTKS the Min
neapolfs pitcher fired at Bill, he would
not let him play another game this year
As l understand It, we lost both games
in which IGlberfeld was put out That
kind Of business don't pay"
Old Billy George has broken into the
Interstate league. The once. famous pitch
er, whose picture used to be In cigarette
boxes, is with the Wheeling ,outfeld. He
will be remembered as a former member
of the Grand Rapids Battle Ak team.
when Toledo and Grand Rapids were in
the Western league, and later with ST.
Paul-Milwaukee Wisconsin.
An interview with President Franklin
as to what he thinks of the strength of
the Western league would be interest ing
reading, but it would be a dangerous bit
of newsgathering. At Milwaukee last
spring every magnate cautioned Franklin
not to underestimate the strength of the
league, and to get a team that would be
in the same class with the others. He
suggested that they look after their own
interests, as he could take care Of his
After the first series here last spring the
only thing in Indianapolis that approach