Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-09-22

team he was managing. Hogriever de-
manded transportation to and from the
tow in question, Nashville, Tenn, and
5000 a month Sullivan threw UP his
hands and the deal was off. >
It is understood that several Of the Ma.
tional league magnateS have teinpt
to secure options N American League
players, but with Indifferent success.
They wanted to tie the American
league owners to a conditional agreemnt
in which they promised to take players
at the close of the season, provided their
showing from now on was up to a GER
tain standard, and to have the privileges
of Withdrawing from the contract if they
did not fancy the showing made by thai
players in the last month of the seasofss
The scheme has not been kindly receivedS3
Ted Sullivan who has been scouting.
among American league clubs this sea-.
son, looking for prospective National
league talent, was in Detroit recently
to confer with several of the Indiana
POLLS and Detroit players. He closed a
deal with Manager Stallings by which
Roscoe Miller, the big Detroit pitcher,
will go to Chicago next season. He is af-
ter several other men, and had a talk
with two or three Of the Indianapolis
men.
President Hart of the Chicago club IS
a man of ideas-although the practicable
ity of some of his views is doubted.
Games ave been dragging so in the ma
jor league that Hart suggests a change
in the rules whereby three balls entitle
a batter to a base, instead of four, as at
present. 1t looks as though that would
%lengthen the game, as the pitchers who
could put them over would be hit hard,
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plate would be filling up the bases and
max long games with numerous runs as
common occurrences.
"Pete" Downing is unfortunate in al
ways getting a bad start. After the first
few innings he always settles down, but
it is usually too late then.
The Milwaukee club released Tommy
Dowd. Dowd recently wrenched his
shoulder, but Manager Mack discovered
that it was not the result of ball play,
ing. !
Paul Hines, one Of the finest batsmen
and fielders in baseball with the old
Providence Grays, is connected with the
agricultural department in Washington.
President Young Of the National leauge
has notified Manager Mack that Second
Baseman Gilbert will have to remain
with the Syracuse club until the end of
the season.
A Springfield, ILL.,. mar has invented a
contrivance to enable an umpire to in
form the crowd whether he had called a
ball or strike when the aforesaid crowd
is roofing so that it can not hear.
One remarkable thing about baseball
Players is the way they stick to their
posts from start to finish without a let
up. Take Collins, for example. Here is a
player that does not know what a lay
off means. and he goes along year after
year playing in every game, whether
sick or sore.
Davis steal home in the Lthifd was
a sensational piece of work! Harry is
adding points to his ba~se-running record
each day now, and will reach the 100
mark before the end Of the year, at the
present rate. He is in a class, all by
himself when it comes to purloining ex-
ira sacks.-Providence News.
Pitcher Tommy Hughes of the. Omaha
team, will be wearing a Chicago Nation
al LEAGUE uniform before the ~latter's sea-
son closes. Manager Keith completed the
sale of the twirler, with the understand
ing, however. that Chicago shall not
come into possession of him until the
close of the Western league season. The
purchase price is not announced, but it is
admitted to be several times the size OF
the drafting price, which is $3oo.-Sport-
ing News
Though Jimmy Ryan is now the Grand
Old Man of the National league, he does
not have to take the wash of any of the
youngsters in q fielding way. His catch
of D~alehanty's long fly in the sixth inI
ming of the first game was a corker.-
Philadelphia Record.
Here is one OF the queer things of base
ball. Cincinnati has beaten st. Louis II
games out OF Is. and st. Louis has won
IA games out Of 20 from New York, and
vet New York has beaten Cincinnati ID
times.
The all-rcund work of Third Basernan
Bradley of"tho Chicagos was the feature
of the series lust ended. Bradley. who
is pushing Collins of Boston hard for the
membership, accepted % out OF b
chances during the five games. Many OF
them were Of the sensational order. At
the bat he made 10 hits, including three
home runs and as many doubles, Yes
terday HI made seven hits in 10 times
at bat, quite a record for a single after
noon.-Brooklyn Eagle.