The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-07-29
Baseball Notes.


1t looks like tout of the frying pan into
the fire" again at Baltimore. George Yea
ger is said to have been signed by the
new Oriole management.
Dineen's victory in Wednesdays game
over St. Louis is the first close one he has
taken this season. Everybody hopes this
is the break to the hoodoo
Red Donohue has come to be recog-
nized as the long-game pitcher of the
league. He has worked in more extra-in-
ming games than any two pitchers in the
game this season.
Barney Dreyfuss roast of the National
Leaguers who were concerned in the Bal
timore deal has aroused false hopes in the
breasts of the American league enthus-
iasts.-Detroit Free Press.
Billy Maloney, in breaking with the
American league. announced his deep re-
greet He said that it was decidedly faster
than the National and that it was COM
posed of some splendid fellows.
Pitcher George Winters, of the Boston
Americans, is threatened with appendi-
citis- Ma1arkey, the Boston National Slab
man, has just left the hospital in that
city after a severe attack of typhoid fever.
Under a st. Louis date line it is said
that Robinson threatens to put Mccain On
the blacklist of the National league.
Frank says Mccain quit him raw and he
will not stand for his presence in the Ma
tional.
Buffalo Is making almost as big rum
away race of it in the Eastern as Pitts
burg is in the National OF the last eigh-
teen games it has won fourteen, losing
three and playing the fourth to thir-
teen-inning tie.
1t is difficult to understand how any of
his players can quit President Hurley. of
the Worcester Eastern League team And
yet 1t is said that Jimmy Sebring, his
hard-hitting right fielder, has taken the
hurdles to join the Detroit team.
McGraw has made another raid on Bal
timore. This time he has secured Ground
keeper Murphy. The latter says he is 60
ing to make picture In turf, on the New
York grounds, of McGraw, and Freedman
as 1.-THE Heavenly Twins
With Selbach, Mcfarland and Picker
ing in the outfie1d, BaItimore's new team
looks pretty strong in gardeners. Setback
and Pickering are heavy stickers and
splendid felders, in which line Mcfarland
is also good, besides being a fast man on
the bases.
Charley Ebbitts, of the Brooklyns,
didn't find brass band and torch light
procession waiting for him when he land
ed in Baltimore Wednesday on his hunt
for players Daily says he has had all
he wants of the National and Jones says
he'll have none of it.
Ball players returning to the National
will not find their path in that league
strewn with roses, albeit they may have it
covered WITH the COINS OF the realm his
will be their only salve, however, as the
National players look upon them as in
truders, and none can blame them.
Johnny Dobbs has been released by Gin
cinnati. When released he was informed
that he could go to New York at any time
at increased salary. May not this be
an indication that Brush contemplates
selling out after ALL and going to New
York. hitching up tandem with Freed
man?
How any scribe could dream that there
were fractional disturbances in the Wash
ington team passes understanding. And
yet the Philadelphia Times states there
are such, saying that Jimmy Ryan leads
one clique. Delehanty the other Tom
Lotus extends invitation to the Times
man to visit his team and make close
investigation.
Manager Armour is quoted as having
called Pickering a gutter for not having
reported to the team at Philadelphia. The
facts in the case are that Charley Somers
advised Pickering to remain in. Cleveland
until his ankle was well and to take no
chances. Pickering has missed only one
game in three years, which doesn't look
like cutters record.
sRube' Waddell made me look like q
deuce" said Jack McCarty, of the Cleve-
land team, last night Id discussing Tues
days game in that city when the big
southpaw went in to rescut the game for
the Athletics in the last inning. 81 was
last man at bat, with two out" said Nc
Carthy 'Rube had two strikes on me.
The crowd was shouting for the big fell
low to fan me. Turning to the bleachers
Rube waved his arm and. securing 81
SO it was. for the next bah struck me