Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1904-07-13
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STANDING OF THE CLUBS.


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81. faul.... 4S - 63I Indian'p lis 81 80 .4S7
Commbns.. A. 20 sos Minneapolis 50 30 47}
Milwaukee. ~ 81 575 Kansas C'y q 81 .422
Louisville. "A 30 557 Toledo. % 50 297
American League
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BOSTON ~ - .6l2 Philadel'ia. 81 81 .515
New York. 40 26 sos st. Louis 70 IS 10,
Chicago. AZ % $50 Detroit % SO .424
Cleveland. 30 % 800 Wash GIN. u So .1s5
National League
W L. Pc: w. L. Pc
New York % IS ,742 st. Louis :. "a "a 800
chicago. Al 26 .6lz Boston. 80. 81 43 1876
Cincinnati. 80 % .5S2 BROOKLYN 2S AZ 3S4
flttsDurg 80 80 .o4o Phladel'ia. IL 80 .25i
Major league clubs are hot on the trail
of some of the Milwaukee players. An
agent of two National league clubs. prob
ably Brooklyn and Cincinnati, was in
Milwaukee Monday and wanted to get
George Stone, the star outfelder of the
association, and offered a sum that star
tied Magnate HavenOr. The agent Of
fered over $1,000 cash if he could get
Stone at once, but the Brewers owner
refused to sell at this time, preferring
to wait till the end Of the season. 1t is
understood that the Cincinnati club is
securing the country for a star to take
Mike Doniin's place, and it is very prob
able that the offer came from Gerry
Hermann.
In addition to Stone the big league clubs
would like to get Catcher Jack Slattery.
Cleveland especially would pay fancy
price just new for Slattery, but Owner
HavenOr will not let go the strings that
hold him to Milwaukee. 1t was Slattery
whom Manager Armour wanted when he
visited Manager Cantilon over three
weeks ago, and not Schaefer nor Stone
Manager Cantillon says he would not
like to lose either Stone or Slattery, but
that he would not blame HayenOr if he
sold them when it would bring in over
$4,000 in cash. Philadelphia of the Ma
tional league IS also hot after Stone, and
the fans would like to see him with his
Old manager, Hughay Duffy.
Catcher BOwerman intends. to retire
from baseball at the end of the present
season and engage i'll the lumber busl-
ness at Romeo, Mich, where he owns
considerable timber land.
Manager Hugh Jennings of Baltimore
was suspended few days ago by Presi-
dent Powers for getting gay with the
umpires.
Ross Thornton has resigned the man
agement of the Rock Island Three-I
league team, but will remain with the
team. Koyley Miller, who has been play
ing second, succeeds him.
Pittsburg wants Lefty McIlveen, the
big slab artist from Pennsylvania state
college. President Dreyfuss has offered
to lift McIlveen from that college and
pay his way through any other college in
the country if he will join the Pittsbur9
team ut once. Ii is announced that Dea-
cen Phillip may not be able to pitch
again this season His eyes have failed
him.
Charlie Chech is easily the leading
pitcher in the American association. with
Elmer Stricklett OF Milwaukee second,
and Fisher Of indianapolis. third. Camp
bell. Of the Coonels. ranks fourth, with
Sessions and Malarkey. Of the Senators,
fifth; Glendon. Hickey and Dorner are
tied for sixth place. Ford. Of Mime
apolis. holds seventh position Lund-
bloom. eighth. and Ferguson comes ninth
Campbell of Louisville has pitched the
greatest number Of games. twenty-four
and Chech and Egan are tied with TWEEN
ty-Cne each. Stricklett won ten and lost
three. Mckay won nine and lost seven:
Dougherty won four and lost four; Cur
It's won eleven and lost eleven.
Ban Johnson. president of the Ameri-
can league. was in New York Sunday.
was going to move his headquarters to
New York, but positive in his assertion
that the New York Americans would eat
up the New York Nationals if the two
ever come together. However, McGraw
said the Giants would not play the New
\ Ork Americans, but would meet any
other team in the league if they won the
pennant.
Two men in the American association
have secured more than 100 hits to date,
Stone of Milwaukee and I\ihm of Co
lumbus being the lucky men. These two
are the league leaders, too, by COM
Portable margin Stone has taken a
jump in the figures and now leads with
held his own and is batting at .375. Jack
son still holds the base-stealing record,
although his hitting has slightly fallen
off. There are seventeen batsmen in the
300 class with Hemphill, Hill and Nancy
just outside the pale
The baseball game at Henderson, Ky
between Henderse~ and Hopkinsyille
broke up in a riot in which one man was
wounded.
Manager DOnnelly of the Springfield
club of the Three Eye league has re-
ceived an offer from Clarke of Pittsburg
for Pitcher Case of the Springfield team.
DOnnelly has not vet given a positive
answer. but the deal is believed to be
assured.
Minneapolis did something Saturday
that has never been done in the history
of the association when it twice shut out
Louisville on the same day. 1t was a
feat rare in baseball.
Lajoie has dropped back few points
in percentage, but he still leads the Amer
lean league in batting by good margin.
He is but point below the 400 mark.
and Fultz has jumped up into second po-
siton, with 800.
President Hermann Of the Cincinnati.
club says Mike Donlin will be released
after serving out his fine and suspension
There has been a curious sequel te
the wrestling match between Hacken
schmidt the Russian lion," and Tom
Jenkins, the American, at London II
turns out that The oromotprs of the If
fair never posted the $4,000 purse, but
agreed TO hand REGENTS TO that amount