The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-11-29
Baseball Notes.

Baseball Notes.
Manager Selee Is opposed to a set or indi-
vidual salary limit
Doyle will, in all probability, again cap
tain Brooklyn next season.
The Columbus club has decided to train
it's team at home next spring.
Menefee says he has pitched his last game
OF ball. He has said that before.
Charley Ebbets's new bowling palace In
Brooklyn has turned out to be a gold mine
The Central League Circuit committee
has closed deal for new grounds In Grand
Rapids.
During the last four years the Pittsburg
team won 363 games and lost 194-a most
wonderful record
1t is reported that the price paid by Mr..
Watkins for his interest in the Minneapolis
club is nearly $4,000.
Manager Hanlon, of the Brooklyns. has
opened negotiation with Jay Hughes and
Doc NewsJon to reJoin his team
The Boston club will use Pat Carney ex-
clusively in the box next season-that Is,
until he is needed in the outheld.
Pitcher Moren, signed by the Pittsburg
club, is a son of one of the biggest coal
mine operators in the Pittsburg district.
Pitcher Ernest Crabill, of the Senators,
will spend the larger part of the winter
in evangelistic work at Binghamton, n. Y.
The Memphis club is negotiating trans
fer of Pitcher Breitenstein, Catcher Fritz
and First baseman Werden TO New Orleans.
According to Tim Murnane, consolidation
proponents are working hard with Mr. Kill
lilea to get him in line with their scheme.
Manager Barrows, of Detroit, has made
Messrs. Burns and Packard cash offer for
Thirdbaseman Cockman, Of the Milwaukee
club.
Manager Rourke has received assurances
from Stanley Robinson that Pitcher War
Sanders will be returned to Omaha next
March.
President william NJ Kavanaugh says
that the regular annual Southern League
meeting will be held on Dec. Is, at New
Orleans.
The New York National League club has
signed for a trying-out Henry Beckendorf,
the crack catcher of the Hudson-river
League.
The Boston club has just adjusted claim
for an injury sustained by a patron in the
bleachers in the right-field corner four sea-
sons ago.
Infielder Erve Beck, who will probably
take Turner'S place on Toledo's first base,
is trying to land Memphis crack for Stro-
bel & Wylie.
Every other season has been a good one
for Bill Phillips, and 1904 is therefore his
year to shine again. He has been first
class twirler.-Sporting Life.
Manager Kelley announces that strict
rules for the Cincinnati players for next
season will be enacted No fines were col
lected during the past season.
John McGraw laughs at a report going
the rounds TO the effect that he was $42, 900
ahead of the Brighton races. Says he:
81 never saw $4,000 In my life."
The Nashville club has purchased from
Evansville Pitcher Willis, from Houston
Pitcher Nelson, from Carlo Infielder Smith
and from Baton Rouge lnfelder Lewis.
According to a Pittsburg dispatch. one
of the Developments of the National
Leagues meeting will be the retirement of
the Robisons from baseball in st. Louis.
The late Harry Wright made the great
record while manager Of the Boston club of
six championships in seven seasons and
six champions and two seconds in nine sea-
sons.
Mike Kelley declares that II would be the
Paul and make his players understand that
they would have to stand heavy cut In
salaries.
Beaumont, of the Pittsburgs. and Grem-
niger, of the Bostons, were the only play
ers in the league who did not miss even
a portion Of game during the season just
closed.
Charlie Nichols declares that he wants
no more major league playing In his: In
case Kansas City is dropped by the West
ern League Nick will try to secure the man
agement of some other team.
President Johnson is outspoken in his
condemnation of the announcement
Boston public in the last worlds cham
pionship game played at Boston.
Jack Morse claims that the salary list of
the Boston American club the past season
was not far from $4,000 This was exceeded
only by the New York Americans, New
York Nationals and Pittsburg clubs.
Sheriff Irwin, of Wheeling, member of
the Central League Circuit committee,
favors the addition of both Youngstown and
Mansfield to the circuit next year. Both
towns are again ripe for league ball.
Joe Corbett declares that the fact that
Brooklyn has claimed him will not bring
him East next season. A salary of 5000
fnr Ell hc' 10 no or
him to return to baseball permanently.
meeting of the Three-I League will be
| held in Chicago about Dec. or to elect
directors and FIX the ne. circuit for next year.
| ford or Cedar Rapids will probably be drop
| ped.
| Harry Bay reports that he and his wife
are making more money with the Uncle
| Northwest, than he has ever made in base
| ball. Harry has large financial interest
| in the company.
| President Sexton. of the Western League,
| is quoted by a Lincoln dispatch stating
| that Milwaukee and Peoria will be dropped
and Kansas City retained in the circuit
next season. unless the American Associa-
! ton pays 5000 for evacuation OF Kansas
! City.
| The Milwaukee papers are strongly urging
| President Havenor in the event of West
ern League withdrawal to use the Lloyd
street Park, used by the Western League,
owing TO its accessibility and long associa-
| tion with baseball In the public mind, COM
pared with Athletic Park.
81 want to play with Cincinnati so long
as / am able to deliver the goods" says
Jake Beckley. mo baseball player
| earth would want TO work for better men
| than the officials of the Cincinnati club.
| August Hermann is the greatest baseball
| man ever known" That ought to hold
| Jake for time.
| Barney Dreyfuss says Ban Johnsons
| latest protest against consolidation, when
| nobody was discussing anything of the kind,
was a case of whistling to keep up cour-
4 age. Mr.. Dreyfuss is of opinion that the
American League is badly in need of con-
solidation. Mr.. Dreyfuss plainly has no
| love for Mr.. Johnson.
The Terre Haute club has signed for try
| ing-out purposes Dottie Prick, second base,
| who comes from Fort Wayne: Frank
| Holmes, first base, a star of the Cincinnati
| Saturday League; Fred Smeltz. a fast
| shortstop, who played with an Independent
| club in Ohio last season; John Ryan. a
| third baseman from the Mississippi Valley
| League: Thomas McCue, another third
| baseman from the Cotton States League
and Lee Venom. who caught for independ-
! ent clubs in Indiana.
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