Show I I National League News Catcher Harry Smith has joined the Pirates Catcher Eddie Phelps expects to play ball at least fifteen years more The New York club has secured Pitcher Carter from the Syracuse club Infielder Charles Babb and WltcliUr Mitchell have been released by Brooklyn Brook-lyn The Brooklyn club has signed Pitcher Pitch-er Pastorlus of Albany for 190506 at his terms Ted Sullivan Is reported as having signed Pitcher Druhot of Belllngham for Cincinnati Reulbach modestly attributes a large share of his success to Frank Chances coaching Report has it that Infielder Hoffman has been loaned by Chicago to the Portland club of the Pacific Coast league Des Moines outfielder Bob Ganloy joined the Plltsburgs on tho 30th Tho Haverhlll outfielder Wallace was thereupon released Treasurer Stanley Robison of St LouIs Is looking over the players in the outlaw TrIStato league with a view to signing some of the best President Farrell of the New York league says Cincinnati picked up a promising lad In Pitcher Vowlnkel He also speaks well of Outfielder Siege Sie-ge geThe The Plttsburg club has purchased the release of Steamer Flanagan outfielder for Springfield and the leading lead-Ing batsman of the Connecticut Connecti-cut league Pitcher Reulbach slept nearly all of the day succeeding the great twen tyInning ChicagoPhiladelphia game He actually lost seven pounds of flesh in that long battle American League Notes Cleveland has purchased Third Baseman Base-man Louis Barbenu from Columbus Manager Collins denies having purr chased Catcher Butler of Kansas City The St Louis club has purchased Third Baseman Roy Hartsell from the Denver club In spite of his long layoff Umpire Tim Hurst is still able to hand a few remarks to the players Louisvilles star catcher Alfred Shaw has been purchased by Boston In addition to Outfielder Clay Dave Fultz is going to begin the practice of law this fall and will play no more professional baseball The Cleveland club has turned Pitchers Jack Halla and varies Jackson Jack-son over to Milwaukee for balance of season The Chicago White Sox have seven sev-en firstclass pitchers on the payroll In Altrock Owens Walsh Smith Patterson Pat-terson White and Callahan William Goods New Yorks new lefthanded pitcher stands 5 feet 11 Inches and In condition weighs 170 pounds He lives In Leetsdnle Pa Frank Donnelly the best judge of players In the ThreeI league says that Bostons new man Godwin is a grand allround player and fast enough for any team In tho business The two young pitchers Ed Barry of Decatur and Edward Hughes of Davenport joined the Boston team In the West This Hughes Is a brother of Washingtons Long Tom ThreeI League The Decatur club has sold Pitcher Grothe the Milwaukee boy to the Columbus Co-lumbus club for 300 cash The Boston club has purchased Pitcher Michael QToole from the Nashua Na-shua club of the Now England league President Keeley of the Dubuque will bo oust club denies thnt Dubuque ° I ed from the league Dubuquo intends to stick The Springfield club has released Pitcher Rothormel outright and has sold Buttser and Welsborger to Minneapolis Min-neapolis President Holland has accepted tho resignation of Umpire Charles Weston West-on and appointed Patrick Flarety of St Louis as his successor Rock Island has sold William Sweeney for two years shortstop with the local club Dave Million of the Canton team has been signed to take his place The St Louis American league team Is endeavoring to buy the release of Pitcher Swnlm from Dubuquo tor 750 The management refuses to sell him for less than 1000 I Outfielder Egolf from the St Louis Trolley league was tried by Peoria I and found wanting Indiana Wilson iI i will be taken bock and played If hIs name can be removed from the blacklist black-list Pitcher Edward Barry who wall sold by Decatur to Boston Americans for 750 Joined tho Bostons at Chicago Chi-cago Aug 25 President Taylor giving 500 extra to have Barry Join before the end of III league season Not n week has passed this season without somo new faces In the Peoria lineUp Moro than sixty players have been used and still the management manage-ment Js Just as industriously and apparently ap-parently just as hopelessly engaged In hiring new talent and releasing tryouts try-outs Western League The St Louis American Club has bought third baseman Roy Hnrtzoll from Denver Second baseman Frank Martin after a quarrel with Manager Rourke has quit tho Ohama team Des Moines has signed pitcher Julius Ju-lius Crangle He played Independent ball in Iowa for a time The Plttsburg Club has secured outfielder out-fielder Bob Ganley from the Des Moines Clubland ho has been ordered to report at once St Joseph Is dickering for Bnyless and Durkln of the Joplin team but thoHiianngement refuses to sell them until the season closes Tommy Hefts who caught last year has had inprtj than his share of hard luck this Bjptfson He has been in the hospltnbtmist of the time Jack Shea tho Fremont catcher Is doing well with Sioux City and has made a decided lilt with the fans there He is an expert on foul flies Herman Long who Is now managing the Des Moines team announces that this Is his last year In base ball He has an opportunity to go In business in Chicago Much has been said about the rein tiyo merits of Hertz 011 and Shlpke the two star third baseman the Western West-ern League Both men are remarkably remark-ably clever ball players American Association Joe Cantlllon says he will stick to Milwaukee next season President Bryco of the Columbus club Is out again after a severe illness Umpire Steve Kane of this league Is said to be slated for a position on the National league staff of umpires The Louisville club has sold Outfielder Out-fielder Fred Clay to the Boston American Amer-ican club Two other American league clubs are negotiating for pitchers pitch-ers Kenna and Steelier President George E Lennon of the St Paul club announced that ho has sold Fielder Phil Geler and Third Baseman Eddie Wheeler to the Philadelphia Phila-delphia American league club just to be hurled for the winter The strongest infield that could be picked from the American association according to an expert who has witnessed wit-nessed the games In that league this sCason would be Freeman first base Marcan second base Morlar Ity third base and OBrien shortstop Central League Walter Wheelock pitcher for Canton Can-ton has been appointed umpire Infielder Austin nnd outfielder Pick I otj of Dayton will be with MInne I applls next season I 6stuen of Springfield leads the Central league hatters Connors Is second and Jimmy Ryan Is third Manager Dennis released Asher and Dunbar last week In order to cut down expenses for the rest of tho season Ganzel Is after Ostdlek of Canton He Is free to go where he chooses after this season Meyers will make an attempt to retain him Ostdlek is considered ono of the test backstops In this league Manager Jimmy Ryan of Evansvlllo has received notice from Secretary J II Farrell of the National Association Associa-tion authorizing him to pitch Percy Wilder In tho Central League although al-though he will not be allowed to sign him Southern League Pitcher Becker of Little Rock has retired for the season owing to malaria ma-laria The Atlanta Club has released Smiley Anderson to Birmingham golf Shea to Jacksonville and Indefinite suspended pitcher C Smith for Irjli ferent work and lack of condition |