| Show amer can league notes new york has become reconciled to silk 0 loughin the senators appear to bit weakly when jack townsend is on the asb her did iou ever see such a race for first placed it Is a case of up again down again charley farrell broke the middle finger of his right hand m the second game in boston on sept 6 gilbert who is claimed by the washington club from little rock is an and quite a hard hitter on the recommendation of ex dent eullilea lul lilea the boston american club has drafted pitcher morton of toledo the batting of labie is more re than ever this season for while the finest batsmen are having trouble in reaching the mark the napoleon of players is sticking over joe cassidy 1 beeps up h s clever work for washington and in another season will be one of the stars ot the amer can league he es his present berth to cub stacker who induced tom loftus to sign him manager captain bobby lowe of the tigers is not only popular with the players of his own team but biti everybody be comes in contact with he has filled up second base in asplen did style and the veteran is baiting as well as ever president herrman of cincinnati really made a bona fide offer to dent johnson of 25 for two amer ican league stars of his own selection and he stipulated that labie would not be p cl ed president johnson has given him no encouragement nat onal league news charlie nichols will manage the st louis cardinals again next season official announcement to this effect has been made president robinson of the st louia club says he has no idea of trading and is now putting up a clever game for the toledos he is an eastern col lego boy george offered billy hart a pitching berth with the colonels next season but he declined it and will be a member of harr I 1 elliam s famil of umpires next season umpire iby hart says that in 1902 he had george stone on the hip with his slow ball but last year george killed the ball every time lly gave him a slow one joe cantillon has abandoned his proposed california winter tour be cause the san francisco ball park ft ill not be available owner harris feels that he bill have to rebuild part of the stands and make other repairs so that it will be almost impossible to let out the park M assoun valley league a and joplin are reputed to be the only towns in the league ahead on the season the first year lola was in the val ley league the management tried out eighty seven ball players wilson Shu meer milsap and morgan of the present team were in the bunch pitcher elmer meredith late of M 1 is dicker ng with president shiveley tor the proposed franchise which the valley league managers are thinking of putt ng into oklahoma city benn e grant the premier third backer and pinch hitter of the joplin team is merely a boy being only 19 years old and this is his first year of profess onal ball but at that he Is a sure comer perr ne of springfield will om the kansas city blues at the close of the valley league season his contract calls for a month fernne is odda on the fastest second baseman in league and is a sticker into the bargain bob lawson has been suspended by the sedalia club tor failure to report president Pies ident shiveley has given the sus shortstop of the new york amer can league club or se ling either pitcher mcfarland or outfielder barclay it was pat carneys inability to make good in the box more than any thing else that caused his release from the boston nationals the cincinnati club has been corn polled to relinquish its claim on pitcher whalen of san francisco chicago s draft was in ahead the boston club has dratted pitch er young of concord voltz of man chester hershey of II 11 on N Y and lelder lauterborn of syracuse A M Ruel bach of sedalia mo a prominent pitcher who formerly did good work for notre dame university has been sold to the chicago club pitcher carl ludgren of the chicago club may retire from the diamond next season he is married and the chances are that he will give up base ball president pulliam has promulgated the contracts of fred krichell ell with brooklyn of L 0 smith with pitts burg anaf the release of P J carney by boston it is now authoritatively stated that manager will leave the at the end of the season he will probably resume charge ot the rochester team next year american associate on henry reitz has been a great help to the milwaukee infield pitcher eels of the joplin club has joined the kansas city team the kansas city club has s ened in fielder akin of the texas league the st paul club has transferred pitcher stewart to the toledo club moreton recently added to the toledo pitching corps has done good work wyatt lee the former american league pitcher Is mal ing good as a batsman and infielder with toledo third baseman john hankey and pitcher alonzo hedges of the spring field club of the three I 1 league have been sold to the milwaukee club arndt the reds new mf lelder now Is playing center field for the louis valles A youngster by the name of montgomery Is being tried out at third catcher leroy dark a likely young ster played with st paul tor a time pension his approval abe chicago national club wanted bob and the Gold bugs wanted a consideration hence the tia up of the versatile collegian western winnow the S city club has signed catcher george Star nagle late ot st lou s dr white first baseman who went to denver from louisville played in fifteen games before he struck out pitcher of denver let st joseph down with two hits in one game and both of these were made in the first inning who has been playing with st joseph is a bank clerk and went away with the team for bis annual vacation pitcher brown of omaha purchased by st louis will go back to amea college this fall as soon as the west ern league season is over to resume his studies there he has two years yet to complete his course and thinks more of completing his education than of professional ball central league gossip south bend has signed pitcher her bert paul of la porte ind the marion club has sold shortstop teddy mcgrew to louisville wheeling has signed for trial pitch er nick cornelius of kingwood W va manager angus grant of south bend has as yet made no arrange ments to go to evansville next year E W dickerson of grand rapids Is now talked of as president of the cen aral league next season the wheeling club has sold right fielder lew smith to the pittsburg club for a consideration said to be 1000 the three I 1 league springfield has sold shortstop offa neal to new york nationals for burg davenports new shortstop is probably the smallest man that has ever crept into a three I 1 league uni form quillen the former dubuque player oter whose se rices there was a dis between dubuque minneapolis and st joe hais been awarded to the latter city |
