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and is highly elated over the Colonies fine
and is highly elated oyer the Colonies fine
success on the road. 800. see
Tom Hughes. the tall twirler of the Bos-
ton American league team,l is prle OF the
few pitchers who have been affective after
sustaining broken arm. f-.sf,..
Manager Powell, of the Atlanta team,
has offered his men $1,000 fthey win the
Southern league pennant $500 If the team
finishes in second place and $3.50 for third
place. IN 80
Algy Mcbride has retired from base
ball and is in business at Punxsutawny,
Pa, which also claims Claude lRitchey.
There are 1876 clubs of anlaverage of fif-
teen players eaehI 1t is conservative to
estimate that each one of these players
will draw salary for the season Of ST..
900, which makes the grand aggregate of
baseball salaries in Americas organized
professional ball $2,04o.00O. itsiI.g..
/. If Gear keeps up his present gait he will
easily lead the team in batting at the end
of the season.
Early this season Detroit expected to
drop Between $4,000 and $4,000, but if
the second half of the season is as good
as the first, the team will finish several
thousand ahead.
Jimmy Bannon is one of the hardest
workers in the baseball business. He
never quits, and is continually encourag-
ing the younger players -ee
NAL Eason, who wasIwith Detroit early
in the season and then came to Louisville,
where his arm went to the bad, has been
In Toledo for some time resting his in
jured arm. g
Toledo has signed Pitcher Pearson, who
was released by Cleveland for what the
Detroits did to him.
Waddell's record for strikeouts In one
season has never been eqdaled in the his
tory of the game; 270 batsmen have
punched holes in the atmosphere trying to
connect with the delivery of that cratic
tWirler.
Manager Bobby Quinn, of Columbus,
thinks that not only will the Western
Milwaukee after this season, but that all
the minor leagues will be at peace after
the coming meeting. The California
league is the only organization at present
not member of the National association
and has practically won it's fight on the
coast. Quinn thinks that the war will
be dropped when the magnates of the
Quinn thinks that the Western league
magnates have grown tired of dropping
money in Kansas City and Milwaukee,
and now, with Burns the chief hacker of
out shortly.
Selee's Chicagos are the only players
in the National who have won the ma
series now stands nine to six in favor of
the ChfcagoS.
President Gordon, of the New York
Brush's attitude is to my mind most ridic-
ulous. 1t looks as If he were lodging
contest Concerning our methods, which
he SAYS ne doesn't like, I might say they
times
New York holds remarkable record.
unique In modern diamond annals. We
have today, said Secretary Fred Knowles,
the same sixteen players that went South
In the spring. We have not signed or re-
leased man since. the season opened.
Usually New York has seen a, constant
parade of talent. Manager McGraw has
certainly got good baseball out of his
team. New York is not making any an
nouncembents just noW about next year.
The Seattle Times says; 1.-The unions
are raising a rumpus against Pitcher Car
rick, of the Seattle Coast league team. 1t
seems that Carrick, while playing with
s Masn mefa workers Mas HE in due
time opened shop of his own and joined
the Employers union9 During strike
s the trades union accused him or carrying
information back and forth. The. truth
Of the accusation is, of course unknown
to the writer but suffice. to say that they
made it hot for him in. Washington, re-
peated their tactics in Toledo. and are
after him now. We don tspropose to say
who is right or wrongyubut one thing is
certain, if Seattle losesp Earrick she will
lose one of the best baseball pitchers on
the Pacific coast in either league.
McAndrews the Blues third baseman.
is to go to Birmingham. a. According 10
the local management of the Blues. he
was neither loaned nor sold to Birming-
ham; he simply went there. Gear refused