The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1907-05-14
Report of Sundays Contest at
MunCie Was Responsible
For This Action.
MUNCIE TEAM Is COMING.
THURSDAY AND FRIDAY THE
PORTLAND TEAM WILL PLAY
AT ATHLETIC PARK - SOME
GOSSIP OF THE SPORT.

When Manager Jessup learned that
the Cincinnati Muldoons had been
parboiled SO to in an eight-inning
game by a Muncie outfit, he re-
marked: The game here next Sun
day with the Muldoons is hereby can
celled" Negotiations were at once
opened with the crack Muncie, Ind,
team to show here in place of the
Muldoons and it is very probable the
locals will take on this team Sunday.
The Muncies were a great attraction
in Richmond in the past and they
should be the same this year.
Portland Team Coming.
The games Thursday and Friday
with the Portland team should attract
large crowds. The Portland team,
like the locals, is a salaried team and
said to be one of the fastest in the
state. Horn will probably pitch the
Thursday game and Rodenback will
be in the box, Friday.
The Reds May Play Here.
Manager Jessup today learned that
the Cincinnati Reds were very anx-
ious to secure exhibition games and
that the team had two open dates in
the schedule on June and A. The
Reds are now playing in the east and
at the present time are engaged In a
series with the New Yorks. Today
Manager Jessup sent telegram to
Business Manager Frank Mancroft of
the Reds asking for an exhibition
game in this city on Wednesday, June
H. 1t is practically certain that the
game will be arranged and hundreds
of local fans will turn out to get a
look at Hanlon's colt team, which
seems to be about the fastest that has
Cincinnati in recent
years.
Baseball Gossip.
Thomas Plummer, swattist and
prominent Marion resident. has failed
to make a putout or assist in the three
games played at Athletic park this
season for the simple reason that none
of the stingy batters on the visiting
teams have seen fit to lift the sphere
into his beat Two weeks ago Tom
might have had putout but L. Ritter
who does picket duty in center, ran
over and-well it is no use reopening
a closed incident. Plummer has more
than earned his salt at the batting
end of the game.
After inspecting the CRATES at the
Barnum and Bailey circus, Jim Cam
eron informed the inquiring Mr.. Rit-
ter that he did not know what species |
of the animal kingdom they belonged
to, but that they were probably some
kind of a foreign grasshopper.
When Durham stung Mr.. Butler, |
Sunday, for a four-bagger, Roy Peck,
who does Lew Dockstader stunt for
the Barlow Minstrels during the snow
season, chewed through the wire
which holds the crowd back from the |
umpire.
The dinky stand used by the Giants
during their occupancy of Athletic
park was conspicuous by its absence,
Sunday. SO was the wire backstop
Stakes driven here and there gave an
idea to the crowd where the new
will be located.
Red Ireton Sunday assumed his
new role as guardian of the official
water bucket. Red holds down this /
position with becoming grace and
ability At the end of the game he
was able to account for every drop of
water used.
Cunningham played a star fielding
game for the locals Sunday, accepting
light chances without a wabble. He
peat down line drives, scooped up
1inky bunts and ate alive all the
FOULS that came his way. Cunny was
at the bat, always hitting
directly at some Sox infielder or out
ielder.
T. Ritter ran bases Sunday with the
speed of frightened chicken thief.
The rabbit pulled off some clever
ielding stunts