The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-05-10
Baseball Notes.

Milwaukee went into second place yester-
day by defeating st. Paul.
Pitchers Love and Filley have been re-
leased by the Dayton management.
The New York Americans dropped to
fifth place by losing yesterdays game.
Chicago replaced Pittsburg yesterday in
second place in the National League race.
Jack Dunn makes a valuable utility man
for the Giants, he fitting in anywhere on a
pinch.
Manager Joe Kelly is quoted as saying
that there is too much poker playing among
the Reds.
Outfielder Knox has deserted Evansville
and joined the Wilmington Oel) Independ-
ent club.
Arrangements have been completed to
play the Detroit and Cleveland Sunday
games at Canton, o.
Comiskey tried to get In1elder Frantz. of
Harvard, but the latter does not want to
become professional.
With fair weather at Cincinnati to-day a
large crowd will attend the game between
the Reds and Pittsburg.
The two Chicago teams defeated the two
ST. Louis teams yesterday, to be-
ing the score in both games.
James b. Austin, released by South Bend,
will be given trial at second base by
Manager Myers, of Fort Wayne
A feature of the National League pitching
so far this season has been the unusual
number of batsmen hit by pitched balls
American League games yesterday at
tracted enormous crowds, Philadelphia
showing the best attendance, with 11O46.
Four Brooklyn players have been benched
this season for talking too much. This may
explain their reluctance to coach base run
ners.
Pitcher Leon Fuchs, released by South
Bend, has been signed by Dayton. He
played few games with Rockford last
season.
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Scanlon, of Toledo, o., and Outfielder De
Scheme, of Detroit, have Joined the South
Bend team.
Fred Jacklitsch is working hard to make
good with Brooklyn. He realizes that any
relapse into laziness means Punishment to
the minors.
President Pulliam is trying to strengthen
his umpire corps, but is meeting with little
success on account of the scarcity of good
baseball judges.
signed Charles Grouse of Detroit, for third
base, to fill the vacancy made by the jump
ing of Gilligan.
The New York players are being given
by President Brush percentage of all ex-
hibition games played during the cham
pionship season.
The carpenters working under Contractor
Foster at the New York ball park have
struck without any grievance on account OF
the general strike.
Barney DTeyluSS says. uOH CdTe IL
the Pirates don't regain first place until
Sept. 1. 1 know they will wind up the sea-
son in first place, and that is enough"
Shortstop Fred Ely has jumped the San
Francisco Pacific National League club and
joined the Portland outlaw club owing to
personal differences with Manager McClos-
key.
Manager Griffith hopes that both New
|. York teams will finish one-two-three in their
respective leagues, that interesting
post-season series between them may be
played
Cincinnati has so far experienced a hard
time trying to keep above the 500 mark.
The Reds seem to have struck their gait,
however, and should soon jump into the
first division.
If Mr.. Brush's New York team holds on
to its luck for a month so the Giants
will make enough to put the club to the
good financially, no matter what reverses
follow. The attendance at yesterdays game
was 1880 and that will help some" Mr..
Brush's Indianapolis friends wish him TIE
best of luck.