The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-05-18
Briefs.

Tom LOTUS is anxious to make Kahoe a
Senator.
Pitcher still Bill" Hill has been released
by the Des Moines Club.
Pitcher Bracken. released by C~1ingman,
has signed with Duffy's Milwaukee club.
Pratt. the Indian pitcher. has been re-
leased by Manager Gear, of Kansas City.
Manager Armour of Cleveland, is nego-
tiating with Columbus for Catcher Durham.
Second Baseman O'Connen, of the Mil
vaukees, will be released and Grant will
cover the base.
Catcher Maloney. of the St. Louis Amer
leans. has been offered $500 by New York
and may accept.
Pitcher Frank Foreman has been pitch
ing professionally for seventeen years. His
arm Is still as strong as ever.
Umpire .CantillOn has made a decided
hit in the National League. All the papers
are very loud in their praises of his work.
Manager WilmOt is still receiving encour-
public, Notwithstanding the bad start of
the Millers.
AS Pitcher Fraser has gone back to the
Philadelphia Nationals, Manager Shetts-
line has hopes of inducing LajOie and Bern
hard TO return.
Fred Clarke is just thirty years old.
Barring those elderly backstops, thinner
and O'ConnOr, he is the oldest member Of
the Pirate band.
President Hart declares there is no truth
IN the reDOrt that Bradley and Mccarthy
are % jump the Clevelands and rejoin the
Chicago Nationals.
Dale Gear seems TO be about all that is
left OF the Players Protective Association,
organized for the benefit of a few star play
ers.-BaltimOre Herald.
RumOr has IL that S~heckard, Duggleby
and Jones intend 70 organize the indie
pendent order OF Hurdlers. How many
members Will they get2
Frank Selee has at last decided upon a
name for his team tie calls them the
Artisans. There is a Tinker, a Taylor, a
Miller and a Gardner on the team.
Cincinnati failed to land Tinker because
Jack Mccarthy weaned him away from
that club. Mccarthy is dead sore on Mr..
Brush for having held him so many years
IN MISUNDERSTANDING Life
Some years ago Buck Ewing turned down
Charlie thinner who had been released by
Cleveland. because he was too old. To-day
thinner is one of the best catchers in the
business-and Ewing Is In 1t no longer
The St. Louis bleacherites are roasting
this early in the season. So far Wallace
and Burkett. OF the new Browns. have been
the subject OF the anvil chorus songs that
have been waited out from the hledcherS.
Word comes from the East that Umpire
Tom Lynch will o~fficiate in a number Of
National League games on the Eastern
circuit. He also has been assigned TO the
majority Of the big college games in the
East.
George White. Ph~iladelphia's star left
hand pitcher. has announced that this is
his last season in baseball, and as soon as
the season is over he will retire from the
diamond and take up the practice OF dem
tiStry.
Michael Donlin. who was sentenced to
six months in tail at Baltimore for assault
ing a young woman last March, is said 10
be dying from grief. He was the sole sup
port OF a sister and young brother. Efforts
will be made 10 secure a pardon for him.
Interest will center in the case TO be
brought by the Baltimore club against
lanes T. Sheckard. the boss contract
Jumper. for obtaining money under false
pretenses. Manager McGraw advanced
Sheckard S1.0O0, and as II has not been re-
turned. McGraw wishes 10 prosecute him
and make IL a test case.
A sporting paper. in a recent issue. says
operations OF Importance will not take place
In the baseball war before next fan, but
the unexpected may happen along in July
and peace be declared. Ii is hardly prob
able that peace VIII be declared at any
time unless JOhnson's aggregation makes
many concessions.
President Ban Johnson, OF the American
League, yesterday announced that no
further EFFORT would be made to keep La
Jofe. ernhard and Frazer from returning
10 the National League. w are willing
10 FIGHT their battles for them, but they
courts. All We can do is 10 let them So,
said Mr.. Johnson.
The Melrose stars will play he Celtic
stars and the ShamrOcks on tn" West IN
dianapoIis grounds to-day. 81 ian and
Ellis will be the battery for Melrose
Stars In the first game and q ing and
Ellis in the second game Melrose
stars challenge any team in tn city under
eftpen years Of age. Address Martin Ellis,
No. soc South West street
A motion for a new tEiai in the cases OF
Heidrick, Harper and Wallace has been de-