The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-07-22
Baseball N otes.

Pete Downing. who was few days ago
let out by the California league, has sign
ed with the Butte (Mont) team
Browne, who has made a big effort to
take Ed. Delehantys place in the Quaker
outfield has been benched and Pitcher
White has taken his place.
During the present season but four triple
plays have been made by the big league
clubs, two by Baltimore and one each by
New York and Pittsburg.
Outfielder Congalton. released by Chi
cago a couple of weeks ago, has at last
signed and will finish the season with the
Colorado Springs team of the Western
League.
Manager Armour took chances with
the legal end of his recent trip with the
Birds TO Boston He SHE'D LaJoie, Flick,
and Bernhard off up through Buffalo and
Canada.
Matthews Killelea, owner of the Milwau-
kee American club of last season, is lying
i'll at his home in that city. The attend
ing physicians have pronounced his case
hopeless.
Jack Chesbro. of the Pirates. has made
a splendid record for himself in three re-
cent games, having won them all, in none
of which did he allow a man to cross the
plate.
Never before in his career has Herman
Long played such game as he is putting
up this season. In the last ten games he
has had 1903 chances and has made only
one error.
The first of the. Fourth of July ex-
plosions in baseball league circles has
come off, The North Carolina League
has shot its bolt and the league has gone
to the wall.
The Athletics have drawn 6000 people
to thirty-two games this season, aver
age of over 1900 to a game. This does
not seem much like white elephant
cendition.-New York SUM-
TapoeS Sbarkey of Toronto has been
added to the Eastern league umpiring
corps. He denies any relationship with
Sailor Tom, making the announcement
for the benefit of timfd players.
Wilson, the Athletics new pitcher,
forcibly reminds one of Kid Carsey.
He is about the same size, is equally cool.
and uses little speed as the former
Phillies' twirler."-North American.
Billy Young: Washington made fourteen
hits off 'sCy' Young in the game at Bos-
ton May Z, the largest number the Sena-
tors have made off him this season.
Washington lost the game through errors.
"Cy' Sanborn's pet scheme of peace be-
| tween the two big leagues has evidently
received it's death blow Poor "Cy,' how
he will mourn, for he was ever of the
| kind that is looking to patch up his neigh
borS differences
| The assembling of a team I'M Baltimore
| by the Americans resourceful leader will
| be short work. The greatest race that
| nothing. The American will be the easy
| gamer by the nefarious bargain
/ "Cy'' Voorhees, has again failed to make
| good and for the second time this season
| has been released. Columbus took him
| when Philadelphia let him go. but had to
| let the big pitcher go. "Cy'' Is evidently
| all In.
| Ban Johnson has ordered that the cover
| ing over players benches in the Ameri-
| can league be made deeper. The reason
| alleged is the profanity of the players
| This story, of course, originates from Ma
| tfonaI league source.
| ICY" Young has won eighteen out of
| twenty-five games pitched this season, a
| record that excels anything in the his
| tory of baseball. Without him Boston
| would be in bad shape, as his winnings
keep the team well up in the race
| Pitcher Adkins has been given his ten
days notice OF release by the Boston
| not time to wait for the fat boy to re-
| duce his weight The fight is too hot and.
besides. he has secured Tom Hughes.
Outfelder Hilebrandt, let out by New
York early in the season and signed by
1 Providence, of the Eastern league team
| later, has jumped that outfit for the Sac
| ramento team of the California league.
having Joined the team Saturday
| Friends of Tip ONeill are making
big hustle to land the management of the
Baltimore team for him. wise move,
for the shrewd Tip" has the game at his
finger ends. and what he doesn't know Of
ball players isn't worth knowing. His ex-
perience OF fifteen years in the game
makes him most desirable man for the
4 place.