Show RAU MATTERS F CURRENT NEWS AND NOTES 9 GAME la ansill itose bit lr moab may 17 aeple pt IB to indiana Vi little trl S ifa 11 delft ITC tree WO tn n diat adur a uw duj d thing ties I 1 arbell all you folks who live outside ut of indu alu the the great state ot of indiana blau booster to a chicago chical go inter 0 ocean c can scribe and are foolish eno enough u gh to take an interest Inte reit in this baseball business will be glad to bear that iry fry friend john T I 1 brush rush who live lives in fit indian own owns the clabin cincinnati catl ball club and dd dictate dictates thi th i policy ot of the Nati national oDAI league stands a good chance ut of going the reason why john li Is to angres un gres not taking si at ch an act ve interest Inte reit la in baseball jut just now li Is tha bat t he is I 1 busy erecting bli his political fences john ba has alway always ben been a republican and mod the bandies handles uan inan you ever law saw to open up his pocketbook at the right time 1 ell there la is a chance n now ow for or john to to get bla his reward front rom the party and if you know the man as ell e xi as I 1 do you know that he makes it a point to never refute refuse a good thing john baa has dot not got the nomination et but he be la Is putting in twelve ur or fourteen hours ever er day ir trang ing to get it and I 1 think he will anally finally succeed in lar landing ding the prize A republican nomination in that congressional dietr ct Is I 1 just about aa as good ai as in an election I 1 would lot be a bit surprised it john passed up baseball after this season and deleted all his time to real politics of ot the nation if it this startling bit ot of news from the heart of 0 indiana proves true and the chances are that it will there will ill be a blend of joy and sorrow in tho h hearts of the worthy orth y and unworthy ct of the national league the good ar mr brush Is beyond dispute the cle cleverest erest politician in bate bare ball today lie ile has forgotten more about political intrigue and diplomacy dipo macy than his fellow fellom knew or ever will know knew thi this really good man broke into Wi baseball leball on a shoestring for when he nt flit t purchased stock in the old Indiana indianapolis pulls club he did not een know the playing rules of the game but john being a natural politician made the most of his opportunities tuni tunit ties lee and in a few brief years became the most talked about te ue most feared and the most powerful man in baseball it if the good and wise booster ho osler abo ho Is in bebell simply tor for the money and tie tle poser he gains rains from it despite the eloquent assertions to th hi contrary does succeed in breaking congress it Is safe to i relict that ther thera will be leely times at the capital of the nation the clances are that before the good sir drush brush has feathered sea ea one full fuit session of congress he will a bill creating a national reserve list and a salary limit tor for decrepit magnates who have run against bis his baseball game and tailed failed to beat it A passing glance at the good mr sir drush brusha s career in baseball reveals but two failures the first was his recent humiliation by the bad andrew freedman of I 1 N ne e I 1 kork ork end and the second his inability to place a pennant inning team in cincinnati despite years ot of faithful effort A cla 11 martyr thunderous echoes from athletic park the other afternoon ater noon were martial enough to lead tle iri irl abitanta abl abi tants of the vicinity to imagine that duffalo buffalo dill bill had bad dropped into town ton for a dell delineation nea of the battle OL 01 san juan hill bill it was 8 alythe only the los long ring ering umpire who had been cussed and discussed in several languages by ever colt and regular on the bold field U I 1 h a borrowed cannon strapped 81 under his h coat ca tall jed n grillo who carried a broken watch and a sore rib as souvenirs of one live ly debate sent ent into action loaded with blanks for tuo t innings tle the gime moved along as peaceful peacefully as a fusion meeting on walnut hills then beckley led a charge on the lucli lucicus leps acting autor cat of the diamond NN hen lien that worthy orthy pulled his gun old ragle iagle eye flinched and during the first fusi fusillade lade he was the poet poetry y of motion a la ogelalla Oga lalla bill in n his hi fire dance atac p tice ce makes perfect and it also entails many physical ills ia 1 smith has a rat tat thumb and a small charley horbe horse bilks kahoe a lame elbow and jimmy aitt barrett a beauty spot that re s1 sa calls cannad a hard post soak ith the ball cin arclever ciar flyr I 1 layer cliff 1 V latimer one of ot the ritts pitts burg club a catchers was as rn in 1 11 ohio NOT nor 30 20 1873 1875 he lie learned the rudiments of the ie game in cincinnati Us ills first protes dional enborn ca ga gement as ts with the austin club ot of f w LATIsi cit me the texas league in 1898 which dis til banded in stay latimer then signed with the dayton club of the interstate league which won the pennant at the close of the season new lark signed him last season he was with the youngstown club of the interstate ind and caught games he lie bitted bs ta Lou louisville laville signed him at the ih close ot the interstate league a 1900 sent on and c handled the de dealvy llvy of atcher NN addell in good style and b cited well lie has it good arm and Is an earnest ambitious player stands 6 feet weighs ay pounds and does not smoke s chew or drink assisi a abaft t george coree a 0 davis his been one 0 of t the stand bye of the new I 1 ja york team since its I 1 first appeared I 1 1 in n the uniform of a A LL au in a 1803 till this iri aw go hV evwin Wille win act mon more be b found in position st batt alela george balls from irom chhom N Y kad lad Is 29 lie aa played ball in o 0 iss the albany club whir hi a food good work led to hta his being signed y the th a LI land 1 a nd s of 0 f the th e national nl a bacue ere b be e p played la y ed r right ig h t fleetly 14 lie o 0 with the clevelan Clev elands da during 61 91 and t IQ in the latter year manager being injured davis took big place at third playing the bag in superb syl the following year he went to new N I 1 ork lie ile baa ban played at third and at 0 hort short for or the giant giants and can pit eliy either position in pt manner that pit not be excelled lt last eun season he be stool at the head of the hit list 0 of shoU top in thi league besides bang 1 a 1 tn fielder he Is I 1 s z good battor and bai base runner man stan ball player players regard AP L it A T is t GEORGE 8 S DAVIS darf as the bent beat shortstop in the th of his hi nil fill I 1 etther lt arr pitcher Is thirty thres ears old welpha pound pounds AZA stands five I 1 fiet let six and one kd if inches he ile was as born in tolL del lie ile first played ball with ith semi professional team teams in 1885 aril ISM in 1887 be he joined the brooklyn team of the kine rican association and thi th two following years played with bal bit ilmore tn la the same association th the brotherhood year ear cunningham wn was with philadelphia and duffalo buffalo in th placers players lea al J in ln 1891 he returned to the haiti tare team lie ile fell back into minor I 1 ague slue ranks in 1 ing with bt paul the next year he played in three leagues with N city cit in the western in to the tou bouthern thern and scranton in the th pennsylvania state the sioux city western learue club had the dirler in 1894 in 1895 he took hie his second lease of life and entered on his sue kerful calcei with the louisville club to kl I 1 or not to kid whether it be merely or of hypnotic influences that arc are brought to bear upon the player it must bt be said that man ager bob alien allen bai has clearly demonstrated the possession of the faculty ot of instilling a belief in the th value of bust i in the minda minds of his ned red charge charges it if NIl mallam llam buckingham ewing were to a soliloquy la tended to ue lie paired with lia mitts he bcd d probably start off with a recon strutted ted sentence to kid or not tc to kid free and easy government gon oe on the diamond Is the managerial idea of the old tild red lender wider cincinnati may be licked as often in 1900 as the red were ere during the dark day days of 99 bet but if they are destined again to so suf fer ter they will not move around ilk liko pallbearers taking a last look at their best beat friend alien allen Is the personifies tion of good natured business and la in this new era even ably mcbri ic le ie Is s hustler from he ile came lo 10 frou brou the field like a motor paced cyclist the other afternoon to chew che oer mer a mix up at second base cin CIA cannati erthus lasts w would 0 uld have h ave en joyed the spectacle which Is cited to show the personal interest taken in the new school of instruction cin cla cinnoti post 1 awing aing bays that ansle Is the speed lest feat pitcher that ever sent a ball over the plate the CIncIn cincinnatus natis have on their list three twirlers scott newton and cronin in who are away the largest mn men playing baseball be ball many of the rooters bellev bellevo thu that when tom lynch was taken out of the game the league lot the service services of the best beat umpire in the country the baltimore team of 91 93 95 96 and 97 was the best beat that ever played a member of that famous band of horsehide hardgers hard lers said recently loa 1011 had to play at top form all tho time with that galax galaxy to keep up wah the procession with warner wilson and bower man to officiate tehina the bat and rusle seymour doheny carrick and gettig to do the twirling tw iring the giants are pretty well off in the matter ot of pitcher pitchers and catchers there ere are oth cr er posit ons though in the make up of f the team that would stand improvement the phillies have a trio of speedy lightweights in their outer garden thil this year til viz hoy ray thomas elmer flick and jimmy the last named player did good work for last ceason season considering bis his condition and gives rare promise ot of devel develop oplAS fAt into a second keer he lie Is a wonderful judge of fly balls there Is jot in gotham now DOW that amos austo has roine come back into abe lb told the presence ot of the famous ral er ou tho he diamond 1 Is a goo gool I 1 ihirg for the sport all around rusl remained out ot of the game last year ai as be he did 12 1 97 on account of the balarr question but now everything Is ed up al the new york rooters see visions vision of the pennant hosting floating lefore their gaze awley who played with til the brooklynn Drook Brook lyna during the latter part of a season and who was wax responsible foi for the club being fined by the NA N atonal league dwir owhy 9 to the fact that he wa was still under contract to the nf new york club when he signed with ills brooklyn haa has been released leased ra to of syracuse callb of 0 tbt au lectern league where he be played when he wn was at aej by the giants |