The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-08-20
NOTES FROM ALLLEAGUE

:, Hartsell is hitting more consistently
than any man on the Athletic team. Man,
ager Mack's judgment in continuing to
pay pay I0psy despite his poor hitting in
Gated
Director Billings, of the Boston club.
says that he will not keep a player in
the Boston outfield hereafter unless he
can bat at 300 clip.
President Ebbets says that the rumor Of
an amalgamation of the rival leagues evil
dentiy came from the American league
as the National was not at All anxious
TO promote any such deal.
This. year the Pittsburgs have every
team team IN the National league skinned to
strength in the box. At that the Pirates
are not as good an all-round combination
as the the, champion Baltimores. the Bostons
1898 and 1885,. any one Of which teams
could have whipped them out of their
ooots.-New York Press:
No man in the National league spent
more money for players than Mr.. Brush.
he offered top prices for young talent,
o ont, unfortunately for the club-owner.
older heads on the team formed a CLIQUE
and prevented the youngsters from get
ting show. A dozen men once control
led by Mr. Brush and released by various
managers are now stars in other teams
Milwaukee Wisconsin
Manager LOTUS has not yet attempted
to talk business with any of the Senators
but his popularity is such that he will
nave little difficulty in signing them for
next season.
Philadelphia has been unable to secure
the signature of DR.. White to a contract,
winch leads to suspicion that he is
wanted by others.
Manager Watkins has signed John Grim
TO play first base for the club in the alb
sence of Woodruff. whose shoulder is
shattered sl1 kim viii go. to left field. and
intact Grim was with Columbus until
few weeks ago.
First Baseman MelIor, Of the Ralti-
mores, Is again troubled with his ankles.
and has been obliged to go to his home.
Frank Donahue says the reason that
several old players are willing to 20 back
to the old league is because of the hard
work one must do to keep up his end
in the strong American league. There
are no easy marks in the American" says
Donahoe.
The success of young Smith for Cleve-
land shows that there is plenty of splen-
did pitching material to be had for the
asking, If an effort is made to secure it.
"Ducky' Holmes is again out of the
game on account of a bad knee. He has
agreed to coach Detroit college next sea-
son.
Shortstop Charley Wagner. of the Co
lumbus team was paid his salary in fun
w to Aug. % and permitted to GO home.
Wagner was just beginning to be of some
use, when he met with an accident that
put him out of the game for the balance
of the season.
That story of the offer of Detroit to
sell out is absolutely correct," said a Ma
the players instead of Baltimore. the IT.
gers would have been bought instead of
the Orioles. The small fry stockholders
there have laid down on ANGUS, just as
they did on Mahon in Baltimore
The National league has no great num-
Der of men whom the American needs
outside of the Pittsburg club, which seems
to be forbidden ground TO the Johnson
forces on account of their desire to tempt
Barney Dreyfuss into their own ranks.
Many of the American leagues best men
are signed to contracts which bind them
for next season. and the day of the actual
through the opprobrium attached to
"grasshoping by public and press Chi
cago Tribune.
Pat Flaherty may not be Rednext year
despite the Tebeauesque action in giving
Cincinnati a claim on his services. Louis
NlllS > SOulHpdW WdUlS 10 JOll the bOSlOu
Nationals and has written director Bill
ings to that effect.
John T. Brush is to be a director OF
the New York club, but he will have no
active part In the management of the
team. Mr.. Freedman proposes to continue
at the head of the organization until the
Giants win the pennant.
According to President Shibe, of the
Athletics. the American league is being
importuned by Cincinnati capitalists for
a franchise for that city, Cincinnati to
be the extra town in the West on the
ten-club circuit Ban johnson has been
limiting at.
The Cleveland team is still having all
kinds of hard luck with its twirling staff.
Bernhard is once more back with the
team, but he is not in shape and Joss.
and Wright are still on the retired listc
Moore is the only regular on duty, and
the balance of the pitching staff is COM
posed of a couple of amateurs, who have
done remarkably well, all things consid-
cred. The bad luck with pitchers has
caused Cleveland to slacken it's pace some
what and IL will probably shut the Blue
Birds out OF any chance to fight for the
pennant.