The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-02-14
BARNEY IS BELIEVED
TO Be A GOOD PITCHER
Toledo Semi-ProfeSsional VIII Be
Given a Trial by Indian
apolis.
CONTRACTS ARE SENT OUT
Manager Phillips Is Now Trying
to Sign the Hoosier Players
Gossip.

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Charles Ruschaupt, president of the In
dianapolis baseball club, believes ne has a
conner in E. j. Barney, a semi-professional
right-hand pitcher he has signed. Barney
halls from Toledo, o., and last fall w. II.
Watkins, who was then manager of the In
dianapolis team, saw him work at the To-
ledo park. He thought so well of the
pitcher he decided to sign him for Indian
apols. The player belongs to indianapolis.
as he was not traded to Minneapolis. Bar
ney will report in indianapolis about April
l, when the other players will be ordered to
report for early spring practice.
w. II. Watkins will leave Indianapolis on
Wednesday for Minneapolis and will not re-
turn to this city until he brings his MilIers
here in the spring Watkins says he will
build up a. strong team to represent Mime
apolis, and. while he is making no winter
predictions to speak of, he would bet just a
little that Minneapolis finishes in the first
division Watty is very mum concerning
the men he has corralled for his Minneapo-
lis team, and 1t will be several weeks before
he will let the public know the proposed
lineup of the Millers.
William Phillips. manager of the Indian
pert. Pa, and will remain there until about
March 1. He notified President Ruschaupt
yesterday that he has sent out batch OF
contracts to men on the reserve list and
hopes that most of them will reach the
players by to-day, just because he wants
them 10 think they are getting valentines.
The personnel of Indianapolis, as far as can
Otto Newlin, Jacob Volz, Harry Allemang,
I. L. Crowley, Tom Williams, John Fisher,
Z. j. Barney and Clarence Dunbar; catch
Woodruff outfielders. George Hogriever,
Cy Coulter. Steward Strader and John Hen
bricks; infielders, Arthur Hess, Guy Dickey,
George p. kim, Bert Haas and Dutch
Schaefer.
Charles Ruschaupt will attend the meet
ing of the National Association of Minor
Leagues at Columbus. Feb. %, when the re-
cent agreement made with the PACING Coast
League will come up for ratification.
The acquisition of Grady by the st. Louis
Cardinals created favorable comment
among the st. Louis fans. He will COM
plete the Cardinals infeld, With Grady at
first, Donahue or Farrell at second, Shay
or Brain at short and Jimmy Burke at
third, the Cardinals will present well-bal-
anced front. Grady will increase the bat
ting of the infield at least 10 per cent and
this alone will win many games. Last sea-
son first base was one of the weak spots OF
the Cardinals. Hackett was unused to the
place. and, while he was a conscientious
worker no one ever accused him of being
in Tenney's class. He filed the position in
an emergency very well, but then the Car
dinals will not be an emergency team this
year
Bob Hedges, owner of the Browns,
while not as enthusiastic this spring as he
was last over the chances of his aggrega-
ton, believes that the team will make a
ac-f cold Ir
Hedges, 1--WE were a little weak at hitting.
The foul-strike rule worked a hardship on
some of our best batters. If the American
League repeats the foul-strike rule our team
should hit at a much improved clip, and
then, too, we did not have a HuelSmann or
a Jones last year. This pair of sluggsrs
should help matters along in great shape.
Huelsmann was by far the best man on the
Pacific coast and IL required much trouble
to land him. Jones Is another player who
can hit. He batted exceedingly well in the
Eastern League. If this pair can hit at a
300 clip the patrons of Sportsman's Park
will see some frst-cIass baseball"
Mr.. Hedges thinks the Browns will sur
prise many of the wise ones" this year.
While he does not look for them to win the
pennant he like many other good judges of
their proper form last season. With Jones
at first and Padden on second, the Browns
will have a stronger infield than they had
last season.
Although the Baltimore ball park is not
reported as destroyed by the great fire,
there can be but little chance for the ma
tional game this season, and one of the
best cities on the Eastern League circuit,
as well as one of the most famous centers
of the diamond sport, is off the map for at
least one year. Baseball's best patrons are
office men, clerks and the myriads who
make their livings in the business section
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erased from existence these people will be
too busy struggling for livelihood to care
about diversion. Baltimore, although fallen
TO the level of a minor league town last
deep fascination TO the student of baseball
history. Good ball clubs have been numer-
Gus at Baltimore, and the diet OF oysters
and terrapin, 10 say nothing of Baltimore
rye, seems to have made the players fast,
gingery and scrappy. Greatest of all. the
Baltimore teams was the one which won
and 1896. This club was not only the great
est ever seen in Baltimore uniform, but one
of the grandest in the records of the game.
Manager Cantillon, of Milwaukee, accord
ing TO his own admission, has little hope Of
retaining either Bob Ganley, Dunleavy or
Larry Schalfiy for his Milwaukee team
next year, now that the trouble with the
Coast League is seemingly TO be settled
Each of these men has either seen service on
the coast or at one time or another ac-
cepted enough advance money 10 make the
claim Of the clubs on the coast as good
practically as those of the Milwaukee team
The loss of these three men greatly weak
ems the Brewers and Will set odd joe
thinking hard. He has already given up
Schalfiy for good and has il in mind TO
bring Hemphill in from the field TO officiate
at second base. Who will take the place of
Outfielders Dunleavy and Ganley is not
known. IL means an entirely new outfield
There is much truth in the story that Gan
ley is rather tightly wound up with = GER
tain Coast League team. 1t is known, de-
spite reports that he had signed that he
has not yet affixed his signature 10 a Mil
waukee contract. He received such a con-
tract few days before he left for the East
TO visit his parents. but he told baseball
player friend that he intended 10 carry that
contract awhile before he would take a cut
when his salary was already as low as that
of any man on the Milwaukee team. He
also intimated 10 the same player that he
had accepted $50 advance money at one
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