Show good for uncle cy at the end of the last baseball sea son uncle cy young who had fought his way to the head of the pitching ranks intimated that he was about to retire As a fitting climax to his career he was the main instrument in winning for the boston club the world s champion sh p but the call to the diamond was too strong for uncle cy when the sea son opened this year he came forth from the farm may 5 in a game against the philadelphia athletics d mitt edly the strongest club in the american league just now aside from boston uncle cy performed tae most lemarl able i itching feat known in the whole history of baseball he not only retired aery man who ap feared before him during the nine in aings without a hit but no opposing batter even reached first base there was no fielding error against him no body was hit by the pitcher there was not a wild pitch this la the perfection of baseball playing it is the most sensational performance known in baseball his tory tha it has ever been duplicate ed Is doubtful since the records of other no hit games do not indicate the perfect fielding shown by young american league notes detroit has released lelder john burns pitcher bob spade of kent 0 is to be given a trial by the white sox tom jones the st louis browns first baseman is playing errorless ball there were players tried in the american league in 1903 22 tor each team matty Is said to be one of the most expert hunters in the pro bession hemphill Is surprising all his friends by the batting game he Is playing st louis Is said to have vainly made a fat offer for pitcher check of st paul says he will not allow either isbel or donahue to go to washington the cleveland club has returned outfielder claude rossman to the holyoke club pitcher powell appears to enjoy his work better under griff th than he did 1 with mcaleer pitcher barney looks like one of the most promising finds in major league company the work of chesbro and tanne hill must be anything but pleasing to certain pittsburg scribes pitcher killian is certainly there with the staying power he has pitched two twelve inning games detroit has given pitcher oscar strait his unconditional release with out a trial in a championship game national league news delahanty spells bis name as it is here printed mcgraw can still play ball as well as indulge in bawl play the boston club has given up all claim to joe bean s services brooklyn has released second base man to baltimore the boston club has turned lelder aubrey over to the providence club strang is playing a better game at second than he did at third tor brook lyn charley de armond has applied tor a position as umpire in the central league president potter of the philadelphia has secured and signed first base man jack doyle and outfielder van buren late of brooklyn delehanty of the boston nationals has ohp height and the ability to make a fast ball player frank selee considers hans wag ner the greatest all round player greater even than laccie umpire zammer is criticized criticised for his sepulchral voice charley was never a very ch individual dillon Is snaking a good impression in brooklyn the bleachers have dubbed him the big boy the pittsburg and cincinnati pitch ers are cussing the new balk rule in lo 10 idly and deeply fred clarke says there is only one pitching staff in the league that looks better than his and that belongs to st louis amer can assoc atlon news this Is Hog never s tenth season with indianapolis the louisville club has released outfielder fred hoffman and pitcher tru tt pitcher william bruner has been dropped b louisville outfielder ei lefty davis of new york has signed with columbus pitcher scott has been released by manager cimmer he will revert back to terre haute the columbus club aca released catcher weaver formerly if pitts burg to the minneapolis clua toledo has secured outfielder from cleveland and second baseman john burns from detroit milwaukee has released the former pitcher hedges and has pur erased pitcher ed curtis from the cleveland club 1 1 1 league items the rock island club has released first basemen baudy and livingston peoria parties are making further efforts to purchase the bloomington club s team and franchise the national board has awarded pitcher neal of atkeson claimed by davenport and louisville to day elport field released balph cald well a pitcher and frank thompson an lelder owing to a multiplicity of talent dr the former terre haute pitcher when that team was a mem ber ot the three eye has signed to manage the vincennes ind team in the I 1 T league springfield has added two more men in harland conover and koss jones both promising players who are said to be all around amateurs and who come well recommended president holland has completed his umpire staff which will consist ot george beardsley of pullman leo mesmer of victor janney of marshall and daniel boland of achl cago walter crum last year with daven port who had his skull fractured by a pitched ball has finally recovered and will play with dayton in the cen aral league this season he had a close call aiom death the davenport club elected the fol lowing officers E M sharon dent henry vollmer vice president J T hayes treasurer and manager it was voted to raise 2100 by sub tor preliminary expenses iowa league ideas burlington has one of those rare birds a left handed shortstop named reynolds the burlington team is made up as follows catcher and captain cor bett pitchers flynn hoover scar let pierce addeson infielders sto vail ripley and fox out fielders singleton lewis and me cutcheon the league clubs by mail vote declared in favor of mr lander s first schedule instead of his last the first one consists of games sea son to open may 6 and close sept this gives each club fifty six games at home and same abroad president norton has appointed J F golden of creston as the fourth league ump re he comes highly rec om mended he is also a member of the city council of creston so the urn pire staff of the iowa state league will feel itself highly honored to have a councilman among its members central league gossip pitcher amos scott released by co lumbus has rejoined the terre haute club ft wayne has kissed george mul ams younger brother also a pitcher good bye third baseman johnson has desert ed the marion club to play with an in dependent club at urbana 0 eugene curtis the heavy hitting outfielder who was tried out by pitts burg last fall has jumped wheeling to accept an offer from an dent team in wilmington del |