Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1901-04-13

day. THE college chaps will kill them
today said he. ''They will be so stiff
and sore that they will be picnic for any
team.'-Chicago Journal.
~
The care of the hands has always been
a problem for the ball players, and
they try every possible way 10 keep them
in good condition. Bennett, the famous
catcher of the Detroit and Boston teams.
while connected with the champion De-
troits, once worked a whole winter in
wire mill at his home in Newcastle. Pa.
for the express purpose of hardening his
hands for the seasons campaign. He
succeeded so well that he put in the
hardest summer of his experience on the
diamond. Almost every swift ball from
the pitcher would crack Benefits hands
until frequently at the end of game
his gloves were saturated with blood,
and it would require careful nursing OF
| his hands overnight to enable him to
catch the next day.
The Los Angeles, California. League
base ball team has been finally COM
pleted by the signing of Charles Reilly.
! and it is believed Manager Morley has
got together an aggregation of pennant
| winners. Reilly was the captain of last
played third base for Philadelphia in tn"
National League. He is a good batter
and clear fielder, which is apparent to
fans when it is known that his batting
average is .294 for last and his fielding
average .905. The signing Of Reilly will
change the infield makeup. Kelley win
| go to short Brockhoff to second, Hut CHI
| inson to first, Spies and Swind"ls as
catchers: Jones, Hale and Johnson as
pitchers; Bowman, Johnson and House
| holder and one of the catchers in the
outfield.--Los Angeles, California, Her.
| aid.
| But he's not Jack" any more. he's
John c. Chapman now and instead
! of manager preceding his name CONNER
cial traveller" should follow it. In other
words, he has now one of the biggest cir
cults in the country and when he travels
over it, it's not in the interest of ball
team, but in the interests of a wholesale
liquor house Of Mex York While MIR.
Chapman fills the role of drummer as
efficiently and successfully as any knight
of the grip now en- route, yet one can not
help but think he would be more in his
element and more lin the picture" il he
was in base ball. Asked in in regard
thereto, he said: well, l don't know,
1 must say that it would have to be a
pretty tempting offer that would get me
back into the game" And yet it was
easy to see that the very thought was
pleasant, for his countenance lighted up
and he smiled one of those broad smiles
of his.-Rochester Chronicle.
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Zeke Wrigley will play second base for
the Worcester team this season. A story
of good-natured jolly is attached tc
Wrigleys apparent Indifference. few
weeks ago member of the local team
knowing Zeke's anxiety to become fathe
Of a scheme that was intended to ge
the Philadelphia up in the air. A loca
printer set up a story Zeke's futur
as ball player. The mechanical geriu
of the printed resulted in the productio
of something that SO closely resemble
! newspaper clipping as to deceive an
enc. This was pasted on sheet of pa
per and forwarded to Wrigley with an
nouncement: This is what the loca
public thinks of you" The article sim
ply friccaseed Wrigley. and he was ag
srieved. Not until Wrigley received 6
letter from Manager Sharrott explaining
the joke did he get out of the dumps
Wrigley's reply has been received HI
promised to get even with the wags ant
} promised to report for practice-Wor
} cester Spy.
San Francisco has a right fielder name
Jaeger He ought to play upon a brew
cry team.
The equality of salaries in the Chica q
American League club is so conspicucu
as to attract notice. Griffith, for ex
ample, gets 81 200. and the remainder O
, the pitching tribe had to work hard I
) average $1,000 each. That's why Denze
and Fisher cult.
One of Jimmie Burns most intimat
1 | friends says that when the Detroit mag
2 nate heard that an agent of the Cincin
, matt cub was in the city with the avow
r ed intention of offering Barrett a bi,
, brlbe to jump his contract. Burns am
Stallings rounded up their players an,
1 took them to Ypslanti for the day. Thi
1 was Monday Tuesday morning, learn
2 ing that the Cincinnati fellow was sti
here. J.mmi> declared that he would b
3 dashed if he would be run out of tow
;, by any Brush galoot, came down tow
/ hun ed the fellow up at a hotel, and in
= lfOGuteu HlmGelt ana MS business in tn
t. following manner: I'm Jimmie Burns
e don't know "a you ever saw me before
and | don't care a dash whether YOU di
y or not. Perhaps you have heard of m
a and If you have you know that what
S say. I'll do. Now, I've got a gun dow
T. here in my Pocket, and I give you fai
h warning, that if | catch you even speak
1 ing 10 one of my players III send 20
+ back to Cincinnati full of button hole
e and the coroner will have a big job pick
: ing out lead buttons! See?-Detroit Jou.
Z nal
n Supporters of base hall in this city wer
4 delighted by the announcement that Jac
o ONeill has signed a contract to play neN
e season with the Uticas. There will pre-
s hahlY be DO better man behind the bal