Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-09-26
THE

Milwaukee papers have been trying to
con Manager Mack into believing. the
Brewers still nae a chance to beat out
the White Stockings for the ennan but
Connie woke up yesterday n wired
PRESIDENT Comiskey: II give up. Con-
gratulations."
Roy Patterson was allowed to go home
for the season after pitching yesterdays
game. He showed his appreciation by
shutting out the Hoosiers. Comiskey has
been approached by three National
league clubs that want Pat.
Second Baseman Fox of the New York
State league has been secured by Man.
ager Watkins to take Magoon's place
when that player leaves to Join the Reds.
The all-round good men are scarce.
Baseball lis a game that is now largely
played by specialists. The .exponents of
the national sport are largely 'onezpart
actors.-Pittsburg Chronicle-Telegraph.
The man who wrote this should look up
the records of the White Stockings.
Waddell was like Seymour of the New
York team, as there is no telling when he
will go "up in the air ."-Philadelphia
Ledger.
Long stands third among the league
shortstops, with a fielding average Of
.946, the best that Herman ever had in
the league.
A small boy, armed with a net, is on
duty back of the stands at Rocky Point,
Rhode Island, where the Reds played
the Clameaters last Sunday. He fishes
fouls out of Narragansett bay.
Release is not usually the reward for a
twirler who can win two-thfrds of his
games, but that was the best George
Cuppy got, and his record with Boston
was a 9-6 one.-Cincinnati Post.
Fred Parent, the eastern league short
stop that LOTUS tried to land, is a good
Judge of the bound of a ball. He has
made a barrel of errors for Providence
this year, but he isn't afraid to tackle
anything that comes his a
Mexico City should be alive with ball
players during the winter months as
several managers have expressed their
intentions of taking strong teams to the
Mexican metropolis. A. Fl. Noyes. who
spent last winter in that city, will also
take an aggregation of strong players
across the border or accompany one of
the other band Of the nomadic players.
Donovan says the players with great
regulations. like leading teams, general
ly get the best of the umpiring In the
| close decisions. For instance" says
able to pick out good balls has given him
| more undeserved bases or balls than
any man in the business ever received.
Same holds good with Doyle in base de-
cisions."
Worcester wants to buy Pittenger.
Nav. nav. Pauline. 'Pit" stands too
strong here just now. Besides, Brook
Ign would pay a pretty price If he could
be had, and there are others. Pittenger
| should never have ben allowed to go on
the Worcester farm, for Boston lost more
than it saved on his salary, plus the $50
extra Worcester gave hfm.-Boston Her
aid.
Arthur Goodwin. the popular pitcher
of the champion Uticas of the New York
| State League. left Utica before the close
of the exhibition series to accept a posi-
ton as treasurer Of Andrew Bobson's
ompany, which is presenting Charles
Coughlan's great play, IA Royal Box
on the road this season. Goodwin viii
Join the compan vat Buffalo week after
next and tour the west.
Tim Donahue was presented with q
box of cigars the first time he went &c
bat in a game at Philadelphia, but he
was afraid to open the package for feal
it was some job on the part of he root
ers who have been making life miserable
for him. When he got back to the bench
the other players on the team had helped
themselves to the smokers and Tin