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NOTES FROM THE LEAGUE.


Capt Robbie" of Baltimore, is on a
still hunt for young BAH players to patch
up his team of bargain remnants. Just
now Robbie" is out in the West Skin
mlshing around for any baseball genius
which may be hiding under a bushel meas
ure, and 1t is quite likely that in a
to take the place of the tail feathers
pulled out Of the Orioles by Freedman,
McGraw, ct al
Cleveland has released Pitcher Varnev
and signed for trial Pitcher Hess, Of sgd
ney, Ohio.
Pitcher Mullin has been doing excep-
tionally good work for the Detrofts this
season. the games that he has lost being
by narrow margins of one or two runs.
'Its peculiar that a player can go to
Philadelphia or Boston and be a good
hitter, but as soon as he goes to Chica-
go or Detroit to play for those teams he's
Capt. Delehanty, of the Washington team,
the other day.
Billy Maloney says that Burkett ia
thoroughly. dissatisfied with the Mound
City, and he would welcome deal that
would send him to some other city.
Dave Fultz is exempt from playing Sum
day ball by his contract with the Athletic
club. He has never yet played on Sun
days, and. as matter of conscience,
Erve Beck is hitting the ball hard for
s&
Garvin. expects to have a dentists sign
Tapping in the wind down in Texas when
ne is AL in" as a pitcher. Looks as
II ne was better than ever this year.
President Johnson insists that every
club in the American league is making
money Furthermore. the clubs have
purpose whatever.
,! One glance at the record Of Cy Young
Waddell Young has pitched in twenty
nine games and the season is only lit
Tie more than half over. Twenty nine
allotted to pitcher in a whole season.
or these twenty-nine Cy has won TWEEN
ty-two, six have been lost, and once he
was taken out. His average of games
tubes and still he has worked in more
than twice as many comes. Cy has
Says John B; Foster: zone would
think to read what Mr.. Dreyfuss is sun
posed to say that Fred Clarke is al
ner mas had his white robe cut by a
Iasnlonable tailor, and that the other
members mem Of the team are so good that
study their texts for the following Sum
DAY. Wen all agree that Mr.. DTeyfuss
mas rafting good ball team. but if
Win sharper spikes and sharper tongue
IMAM FRED Clarke, bring him forth and
uan4s wagner great big. good atured,
pened."
shields, of the Baltimores possesses all
the earmarks of a great pitcher. He has
had lots Of hard work lately and to this
IN n a measure may be due his poor show
ing against st. Louis on Sunday. With
Billy Robinson for tutor if is safe
to say that he will soon be in the front
ranks. " TIC Aio"s
The talk Of Orth and Townsend ret,,rr-
ing TO the Phillies next season is all bosh.
Botn nave two-year agreement with the
washington club that is mutual and binds
Pitchers should cover first base az
speedily as possible says Cy Young. De-
lay in any. case is dangerous, as it is in
excuSable." -
'Rube' Waddell made me look like Al
aeu S said Jack Mccarthy, of the Cleve-
land team, the other day, in discussing a
recent game in that city, when the big
southpaw went In to rescue the game for
the Athletics in the last inning. II was
last man at bat with two out. y said Nc
Carthy. 'Rube' had two strikes on me.
me crowd was shouting for the big fellow
RUDE waived his arm, and securing ST.
lence, said: Go home, it's ali over And
SO It was, for the next ball struck me
We do not want to- go to law with the
Cincinnati club in this Kelley matter
says resident Exhibits. of the Brooklyn
club, and have taken no action looking
toward enjoining Kelley from playing with
the Reds When eight partners. as we are
n m the oe, league cannot get along without
OF the business"
President Johnson is credited with say
and New. York, while this statement Is
Iollowed by report that capitalists are
ready to back club in Cincinnati to RI
val John 4. Brush's interests.
Manager Barrow, in speaking of the
chance the Toronto ball team has of win
ming the pennant, said that IL they could
played it would about land the honors for
them: He does not consider that this
would be great feat, and looks for such
a result,
Rube Waddell. one Of the most eccentric
characters on the ball field, who was con-
sidered a good radiance to bad rubbish
when he left the Chicago team and made
his way to Frisco, has developed into one
of the best drawing cards in the American
League, says Ed Grillo Incidentally .Rube
large majority of his games 1t is a
queer ter that whenever some eccentric
chap can make good on the ball field he
becomes the idol Of the fans. The star
player of the MePhee- Keeler type, who
never says word, and does his work so
artistically that the crowds never see him
make anything but ordinary plays, never
causes the enthusiasm that does some
fellow who does a few comica1 stunts, dun
ing the game. RUDE is one of this variety,
and when Connie Mack signed him for
the Athletics he showed plainly that he