Show nat onal league news the cincinnatus Cincin natis seem to have got rid of the pittsburg hoodoo joe kelly will make no more changes on his cincinnati team until june 1 according to the cincinnati critics joe kelley is playing first base right up to the handle rank D lion the much advertised first baseman has at last joined the brooklyn team cannell is not hitting so well since he faced the league pitchers as he did in the south harry mccormick the new outfield er of the new yorks has hit safely in his first four games barney dreyfuss ins ats that he has another Phllip pi in roscoe miller late of the iliew yorks boston will hang onto shortstop aubrey for a while yet as they have no other extra lelder chance bids fair to equal his stolen base record of last season judging from the way he has started third baseman harry clark owes his transfer from chicago to kee to loss of nerve we are told manager clarke of the pittsburgh Pitts burgs does not think that the reds are much stronger than they were last season lelder raymer is doing some fine fielding stunts for the he has not made an error so far this season deihm the giants new third base man is a long rangy fellow and at the bat confuses the spectators with mcgann prank chance the leagues cham plon base runner is of the opinion that the new balk rule will not in crease base running the cincinnati club got rid ot broken into fast company this season pitcher late of the has signed with the athletics an in dependent team at kenosha WIs president kilfoyl denies the report that cleveland Is negotiating to trade three youngsters for a seasoned twirler from all accounts the finds in the american league this season are 0 leary of the tigers and turner of cleveland barry mccormick is reported to be in great shape and playing the best article of ball that he has shown for some time the highlanders think they have in keeler fultz elberfeld and conroy the greatest quartette of hunters on record manager mcaleer of the browns figures that the Clev elands are one of the strongest teams in the ameri can league to day ban johnson has asked the st louis browns to turn over charley hemphill to washington if the club can consistently do it the cleveland sunday union has in augu rated an active campaign against sunday baseball in cleveland both amateur and professional lave cross and harry davis are doing great hitting for the athletics lave Is as good to da in all depart ments as he was fifteen years ago the boston americans tool more money out of a new orleans series than has ever been given a baseball team playing exhibition games in the crescent city pitcher has rejoined the white sox comiskey explained that he had merely loaned the youngster to new orleans for a few days fielder jones decided to make the outa elder of the pittsburg national league catcher leo fohl formerly of des moices when it turned the young man over to the detroit club second baseman evers who was one of the quietest players in the business and also one of the best last season has developed into a regular kicker manager has soured on joe bean and has informed dent soden of the that he was through with the shortstop bean will doubtless go to jersey city harry lumley not only resembles billy hamilton the former center fielder of the a good deal in his build but also possesses the lat ter s speed on the bases in a great measure mike macks retention by brool lyn is assured the little third baseman has been doing such corn work in the field and at bat that manager hanlon s admiration has been won barney dreyfuss Is favorably am pressed with the balk rule he says that the umpires are only following instructions in enforcing the rule strictly and that the game is being greatly benefited thereby john titus of the phillies is mak ing a reputation for himself as a slugger in the first weel of the race he made three doubles one triple and one home run if he keeps on it will be between he and freeman for slug alag honors joe corbetts feat of tanning ten batters established the record tor sanke outs in the national league so far this season and it will probably stand for a right hand twirler Mathew sons best performance and the league record last season was twelve strike outs american league notes washington critics insist that young infielder cassidy is positively a corn ing star wlllie keeler still has the art of dumping the ball down and beating it out as of old swander and De are slated tor release by st louis and the ax may fall any day charley carr Is back in the game for detroit but still suffers consider ably from his broken nose carl M green will be retained as business manager of the boston american team by the new owner george la chance the first base men of the boston team recently cele berated his thirty fourth birthday in charley somers opinion turner Is the best young player who has been t M rv cafa best of a bad bargain and joined the white sox after a business interview with president ban johnson at wash ington Ing toi late news by wire the seattle club has released pitch er frank the pittsburg club has released pitchers veil and rochester has released sam S grif fin the one armed pitcher pitcher volz late of indianapolis has signed with manchester rock island has signed outfielder donahue late of st joseph pitcher billy day of wilmington Wll del has signed with new bedford rhe decatur club has signed in fielder billy purtell late of columbus the charleston south atlantic league club has s ened first baseman busey late of nashville catcher john slattery late of the white sox has signed with kee the toledo club has released out fielder john furlong and lelder mike peer the shreveport club has purchased catcher alexander from the san an tonio club the national commission has given patsey donovan his unconditional release from the st louis national league club and he Is now tree to sign anywhere western pitcher george beachle graham has signed with colorado springs wild bill eventt is without employ ment there is a chance that he may hook on with a coast club phil glade who was with the 1 gan team in the utah league Is now playing short for st joseph under ed webster manager rourke of omaha has add ed three more players to his 1904 ros ter first he signed tom coursey of geneva N next he annexed joe dolan the old omaha player who jumped the team last year and played in the coast league and then wall an outfielder brooklyn sunday ball legal sunday baseball in brooklyn was declared legal in a decision handed down by justice gaynor at the same time the several ball players and officials at the brooklyn baseball park who were arrested in the test case a week ago were discharged from cus tody the justice sayong that the police commissioner had exceeded hia authority in causing the arrests |