Arizona republican., 1899-07-18
BASE BALL GOSSIP

Chicago has made Louisville splen-
did offer for Pitcher Phillippi. As the
Louisville management is badly in
need of money the deal may be made.
Exchange.
With Clingman back Louisville
stock has gone up.
Jack Doyle says he prefers to play
in Chicago to any other city.
The Pittsburg Daily News man can
not understand why the Orphans are
ahead of the Pirates. He says: IT is
singular that the Chicago team is SO
far up in the race and the Pittsburg
so low. The only apparent reason
that can be assigned IS that the pro-
verbal luck that characteriZes the ma
tionaI game has been d0led oue to the
Windy city players in exceedingly
large quantities. The Pittsburg team
Is q better team than that OF Chicago,
despite the fact of their respective po-
stions in the race"
Billy Rhines' ten days notice OF re-
lease has expired and he has Joined the
Boston team. He ought to be able to
do good work with so strong a fielding
team as the champions to back him up.
New York Telegraph
The Cincinnati team and the Cinc:n-
natl scribes are at loggerheads. a
number of the players d. not speak to
any of she PorkopoEtan writers as
they pass by, and even Manager Ewing
has closed the information book to
several scribes.
Muggsy McGraw is the best run-get-
ter in the business. He has reached
first base 154 times n 81 games. In
only one game did he fail to reach
first He got So bases on balls and
was hit five times.
Says a wire from indianapolis:
Amos Rusie. the erstwhile New YORK
ball pitcher, is spending the hot
months camping N the woods a few
miles above the city. Since the season
opened he has heard nothing from
Freedman, neither does he expect to;
but he has determined upon no def
mite line of action beyond the grim fact
that he will not play ball for Freed
man; neither does he expect to under
the conditions imposed. Rus:e would
gladly purchase his release if Freed
man would consent to sale.
Kansas City critics claim that Gett-
man has more shan filed the place Of
Slagle, who crowded the Russian off
the Washingtons.
A Cleveland paper asks: Can it be
possible that Jake Stencil was frozen
Jul at 81 LOu1o OON1uSe Ills SOCu OdSS
running made the other men look Ike
SO many ice wagons?' Jakey's base
purloining record in the Mound city
wasn't brilliant enough to cause Bill
Lange or lIuggsy McGraw any bad
dreams.
Jack Taylor, the celebrated but err
ratio twirler of the Cincinnati club,
and who has been suspended fer the
past month, has joined the Reds at
Washington.
The Giants have taken to the new
management in cordial style. Hoey
will not have much to say about the
playing end of the team, but will see
that the players are on hand when
needed, and that none viii lay off
without sufficient cause. Days re
lease IS said to have been to the play
ers' liking News.
1t was a mistake to allow Latham
10 umpire alone. AS a base umpire
he has no superior, but when he at
temDts to work both ends he makes
some sad mistakes-Pittsburg Com
mercial.
Bill Lange, the Chicago elephant,
who was the fastest base runner Of
1897, IS restored to his own again, and
holds the lead of the sprinters with
percentage of $50, McGraw ranking
second.-Washingto Star.