The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-04-22
ABOUT THE BALL TOSSERS.

The pingpong arm is the latest. Lots of
pitchers have it.
All the Connecticut league umpires hail
as Dan, except one, whose name is Den
mis-.
Joe Quinn has signed an outfielder
named Backoff for his Des Moines team.
Pitcher Dan Kerwin and Outfielder
JAKE Gettman are both claimed by Buff
falo and Louisville.
Kansas City team never did look
natural in anything but blue uniforms.
Columbus has eight pitchers and they
are all good-On paper.
Gus Weighing has decided to quit base
ball. He is going away among the tall
timberS' on the farm.
Memphis has signed Breitenstein. 1t
will be remembered that Cincinnati paid
$4,000 for this pitcher a few years ago
The maximum penalty for playing bah
in Iowa on Sunday is 81 for each man
found guilty of the offense The expense
for two teams would be $50.
The Springfield team is trying to sign
Eddie Burke. He played in the Ameri-
can league last season.
st. Louis had never been shut out with
out hit or run until Mathewson turn
ed the trick. In tWenty-Six years Mathew
son S performance was the twenty-fourth
of its kind recorded.
Capt. Long, of the Nationals is the
best of the famous 1890 team of Boston
stars that is now playing with the tri-
umvir.
There will be IA National league clashes
with the American team in Boston, 2 in
Chicago, II in Philadelphia and 10 in St.
Louis.
Kid Nichols has signed Thomas Her
bert, a star first baseman of the Addys-
ton Sunday league. Herbert is a fine out
fielder, as well as baseman.
Hugh Duffy, Charley Nichols, Joe
Quinn and Bill Everitt are rival mana
gers in the Western league.
The Pittsburg players are very fortu-
nate. They have a special car, where
the players have all the comforts of
home. They also have a chef and ac-
commodations that surpass an ordinary
hotel.
The Philadelphia Nationals had an ap-
portunity to witness a lynching near
Washington, N. c., last week and very
few of the boys missed the chance. A
negro was lynched for attempting to
poison whole family.
Dan Brouthers will not play with New
London after all. Brouthers did not like
the terms under which he was asked to
sign. He was to bat 300 or over or not
daw any salary for the month.
The Pittsburgs have all withdrawn
from the Players Protective association
with the exception Of Jesse Tannehill
II will pay Wright, Gochnauer and Joss
$500 more than Cleveland will this year If
they will keep their contracts with me-"
says Ebbets, of the Brooklyn club. Tho
American league has robbed me of seven
enough trouble for one man?"-New
York World.
Tommy Leach recently got bunt from
his own bat in the eye, discoloring the
optic like work of art. They say that
en- route from the grounds Tommy ask
ed druggist for a leech. "Only one
know of is with the Pittsburg team re-
piled the apothecary. Leach didn't sleen
that night thinking over it.
Charley Nichols pitched his first game
fOr Boston. ADril 26. 1890 against New
York. Rusie was on the slab for the lat
| ter, winning the game by a score OF 3 to
1. In the eleven years that Nichols was
with the Boston team he won 331 games
| lost $50 and tied 8. During his career
with the Beaneaters he pitched $40
| games.
After many years Honus Wagner has
| finally accomplished his famous German
trick. Recently, during PittsburG
training game at Hot Springs, Lynch, Of
'Dutch's'' field. The latter on getting
the ball turned around as If he had
| fumbled. Lynch thought it was a tuggIe
| and kept in for second: IT'S a pity to
| take the money" hoWled Honus as he
| shot the ball to Conroy and nailed his
| man by ten yards.
Frank McPartlin says that fasteners
| who believe ''Rube'' Waddell Will be
found playing ball in the East next sea-
son are all wrong "Rube' viii remain
| on the golden coast so long as he's the
whole thing, and he is pretty much that
now Manager Morley, with whom Wad-
| dell signed, Is having a large photographic
| cut OF "Rube" made. and the pictures
Will adorn all bills advertising the game.
This Is said to tickle "Rube" beyond de-
l scT1ption. he doesn't care for money.