Evening star., 1900-09-17
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Base Ball Notes.
Looks like Pittsburg is out of the rum.
ming. .-.Af
Brooklyn's pitchers have regained their
| second wind, and tie men back of them
are not cutters.
Pittsburg might haYe had splendid show
for the pennant if the other western clubs
could have ddHe anything against the
champs"
| the new American Association evidently
| mean business as they have opened the
campaign earlyIo all
Third Baseman Hickman home run drive
in the ninth inning won Saturdays game
for New Yorks ,fromsth Pirates. He was
given an ovation when he reached the home
plate. st
Slage of the Phillies leads the Phila-
delphia team in sacrifice hitting. 1t is
natural that he should have many oppor-
| tuEities to employ that science, as he fol-
| lows the man who reaches first oftener
than any player in the league-Roy
Thomas.
Edward Knauff. a once famous base ball
pitcher. died of a broken back in a Phila-
delphia hospital Saturday. After retiring
from the ball field he became a fireman.
| and three and a half years ago. while
duty at a fire. was crushed by falling
BEAM. Knauff once pitched for Baltimore.
| and he was with the Athletics when that
club won the American Association cham
| pionship. He also played on the st. Louis
| club of the Association.
Brooklyn again demonstrated the fact
| Saturday that it is not National
League city: Less than 1900 people turned
| out to see the two gameS-a bargain sale
| for one admission. member of the
| Brooklyn team says that the city should
have club in some league where admission
| would not be over 10, 20 and 80 cents.
| The New York Base Ball Club has bought
| for 81 500 the services of Dan Murphy, the
heavy hitting second baseman of the Nor
wich Comm club. Murphy. who is but
| 1853 pounds, and is remarkably fast.
The Chicago, Boston and Cleveland clubs
| were also after him.
1t turns out that Wolverton. the Phfadel
| phia third baseman, was not so badly hurt
In his collision with a trolley pole last week.
The North American says of the accident:
while Wolverton Is somewhat dazed and
shaken as the outcome of his trolley pole
adventure, he Is not seriously hurt, and will
soon be able to cavort again. The incident
recalls similar one on the line between
| Minneapolis and st. Paul few seasons ago.
Tom Mcclure, "a gigantic shortstop from
Vallejo Cal. while enjoying nickers
worth of scenery. stuck his head out of
| the car. going forty miles an hour. and
| bumped a trolley pole. The impact broke
the circuit, blew out the switchboard in
both power houses and tied up the system
between ST. Paul and Minneapolis for thir-
| ty-five minutes. AS Mcguire got off to
look for his hat he said the company should
have more sense than to build the poles
so close to the track.
Visiting clubs report the attendance of
Brooklyn games the smallest of any city
In the league this season. notwithstanding
the fact that the champions are holding
forth there as an attraction. The present
Brooklyn aggregation has proved a failure
| financially ever since it's transfer from Bal
timore. The Brooklyn people either failed
to warm up to them or Brooklyn is not
National League city. On Labor day the
Cincinnati team got twice as much money
at the Polo grounds with the New Yorks,
who are taii-enders, as the Chicagos did
playing the champions at Brooklyn. Wash
ington Is very anxious for National
League team 1t need not surprise any
one to see the Brookyns transferred to
that city next season.-Cincinnati Enquirer.
Latest records. OF The big league teams,
compiled up to last, Thursday, show the
Cincinnatis far 1n tffe lead in the matter
of plain slugging. Aliens men have piled
up 130 doubles, - triples and "a home runs
total of 572 e&tra1 bases. as against 532
for Pittsburg. sCincinnatis, however,
show up pitifuIlyt in base runnng-117 steals
to 214 for Brooklyn Individual smuggling
sconced In the lead, with no danger of
downfall. HanIs has raped out 13S extras,
and Elmer Flick-112!1 Flick, with ten home
| runs, leads the league in this particular.
| Sam Crawford, with ninety-seven extras,
ranks fourth in the procession.
| The most wonderful play OF the game
| at. New York Friday, and one that never
| has been equaied inys the, history of pro-
| fessioHal base bail. was a. triple steal by
! three New York Players. Doyle was on
| third, Davis second and Grady at first.
| The crafty Doyle" began to edge toward
| home when Cartwright ready to pitch and
| had lead Of half the distance when the
| pitcher finally started the ball for the
| plate.
! Like fash New York's first baseman
| came down the line, scoring his run. while
| Davis stole third and Grady second. The
| crowd, as small as it was gave vent to
| succession of Wild West cheers that might
! have induced the neighbors to believe that
| it was the days of 1889 and New York was
| once more on the high road to the pennant.
1t will probably be long, long time before
| the figures ever record another triple steal.