The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-04-13

their first game this afternoon on the West
Walnut-street grounds.
Rube Waddelrs wife has secured a di-
VOrce on the grounds of deSertiOn and
failure to provide.
Black, who signed as an outfielder by
Cincinnati, will not draw salary from that
club He is fielder, but no hitter.
The West Sides beat the East Sides yes
terday on starch works grounds, "a to 4.
Both teams represent the Boys Club.
Archie Stimmel says he knew the option
he signed would keep him in Cincinnati,
but thought he was worth more money and
tried to get it. He will play with Cincin-
natl, however.
Americans will not finish i'm the first dfvi-
sion. He thinks first honors will be shared
by Chicago and Philadelphia with St.
Louis and Baltimore following.
Charles Nichols. Kansas City Western
League club owner. is not very optimistic
regarding the prospects for that organiza-
ton this year. He says the league is
backed by moneyed men and may not be
any too successful this year, but it will be
making big money in time. But will the
"moneyed" men keep producing until that
time" might arrive?
Pitcher Mock, whom Toledo has secured,
made good with the Bristol team, of the
Connecticut League, and is a dangerous
man i'm the box. He is a big fellow, fields
his position well and is better hitter than
the average pitcher. While Strobel is tout
ne will find his left-hand pitcher from
Lancaster. o., one of his most reliable men.
Columbus Press.
Manager Stallings, of the Buffalo Eastern
League club, is still trying to induce Amer
lean Association players to jump to the
Eastern League. Stallingss latest offer
was 1925 to higgins. of St. Paul, but that
player has wisely refused to jump. If Stall
| ings and a few others had their way the
American Association would turn out as
many hurdlers as the National League, but
! Association players are like the men from
| the lead districts.
Charles Comiskey says lot of good ball
| PLAYERS have been spoiled by the practice
| of clubs carrying a lot of extra men. When
substitutes are with club "A regular play
| err can keep out of the game if he is slight
| ~ injured and they acquire habit of doing
| bench warming, while if there are no sub
| stitutes a player knows he has got to play
| ball if he is able. 1t is a noticeable fact
that Comiskey has plenty of substitutes to
| be used in case any of his regular men
| suffer injury.
| If the yarn is true about clubs of the IL
| I League Western Association, Pacific,
| Northwest and other minor leagues chip
ping in $125 per club to fund to be used
| by agents of Spalding TO rob the American
| Association of its stars ii seems as If the
minor league club owners are out about a
| century and a quarter each. According to
| the story the minors were to furnish the
| money to pay salaries for the Eastern and
! Western leagues to strengthen those or
PLANTATIONS. That is about the limit of gen.
/ erosity, but some people can be inveigled
/ into about anything.
! Bufalos pitching staff has been rounded
| out in great shape by the acquisition OF
| Emerson pink Hawley, who has accepted
| terms for the coming season, and will be a
| Bison. Manager Stallings said, last night
| that he had been at work on Hawley S
/ case for some time, and was delighted
| with the result He is not the only one who
| will be pleased over the successful negOtia-
| tiOns HaWley'S services come high. the
| exact figure not being told for general
| publication but 1t can be set down as facts
| that his salary will be the highest received
| by any member of the Eastern League, evi-
! dence that the present owners of the club
| are looking for the best talent, and to the
/ bOX-office receipts later. At a rough guess
| at the present time. ii can be stated that
! the salary list of the Buffalo club will be
| increased fully 900 to $4,000 over that OF
| any previous year That means there must
! be some attraction to draw the fanS.-Buf
| faIo Express. Hawley has been joke fol
| more than the last year. The Express might
| have added that Buffalo will have hare
/ work 10 pay the salaries each month. a:
| that town is numbered among the "wOrs
| ever" Stallings is nursing his pet schem,
| TO sign players at fancy salaries and wher
| pay day rolls around To hand them a checl
| for considerably less than the contract:
! stipulate But this IS not all that's cOmins
/ To me-" each player will say. Il know YOU
| contract calls for more" Stallings will an
| swer but we find you are not worth more
than we want to give you. Take this OF
| don't play ball" Then what will the pool
| PLAYERS be able 70 do but invent a self-act
| ing kicking machine and use II vigorously