The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-10-11

Quincy is making a bid for a place in the
Three-I League next year.
The annual meeting of the Three-I League
will be held on Oct 13, at Bloomington
Umpire Hurst says third baseman De
Almond will do for fast company.
Tommy Corcoran will hunt deer in Maine
when the season opens there.
The Boston National League club has
drafted outfielder Phil Geier, OF the st. Paul
club.
The Cleveland club has reserved thirty
players for next season, one more than Gin
cinnati.
Washington is said TO have lost $4,000
on the season, and Cleveland has cleared
at least that sum.
There is a strong probability that Peoria
will drop out OF the Western League and
enter the Three-I League.
Long Bob Ewing has sunk his baseball
savings in farm land. and when he quits the
game he will a merry granger be.
Collins's father was policeman. No
wonder Jimmy is so handy with the stick
and can run SO fast. Blood will tell
1t is said that the Terre Haute players
few of the team will play there again.
Tim Murnane rises to remark: THE 13os-
ton baseball public has no FAULT TO find
with the foul-strike rule since IL brought
pennant TO Boston.
st. Louis has grabbed catcher O'Neill.
thinking ii over. Cincinnati is now looking
for another backstop.
Noodles Hahn holds the seasons record
for effectiveness against New York. lie
beat McGraw's men five games and lost one,
and scored three shutouts.
Fort Wayne played practically the entire
season with only three pitchers, Curtis.
Gardener and Alberts all OF whom go 10
the big league next year.
Manager Babe Meyers, OF Fort Wayne,
is said to be negotiating with the Sidney
(O) Club relative to taking that amateur
organization for next year.
President Hermann has notified his play
ers that half of the Cincinnati clubs re-
ceipts In the post-seasOn series with Cleve-
land will be divided among them.
The indianapolis Reserves and the Dues
seldorfers meet i'm the second game OF the
series at Brighton Beach to-day. There will
also be a game between the A. b. C.s and
the Peoples.
Mike Powers physician. admits sadly that
he made a mistake In taking up baseball
as a side line. Football would have given
me twice the surgical Practice" says the
Athletic catcher.
Gerhard Suthon. father of the Cincinnati
pitcher John Suthon. died In Cincinnati.
Sept. 10. In his seventy years OF life the
deceased had never seen professional
game Of baseball.
The Indianap polls DuesseldOrfers will play
its second game OF series OF three with
the Indianapolis Reserves this afternoon al
Brighton Beach. Myers will do the slab
work for the Brewers.
The three candidates for the presidency
OF the Three-I League 10 succeed NJ. H.
Sexton are Ed Holland. of Bloomington.
Belden Hill. of Cedar Rapids, and James
Il. Hayes. OF Davenport.
The Pittsburg club employed bone-settef
John D. Reese for two weeks at an expense
of $500. 20 look after the Pistsonrg PLAYERS
fuss certainly never does anything by
halves.
There will be a double-header at Capital
CITY Park to-day. The Parks and nia-
monds will play the first game. The fn-
slianapolis Grays and Washingtons viii
meet In the second. First game will be
- Il 100 aud second at $50