| Show nat onal league news babien Is do ng some base stealing this ear cannell Is playing fast all tor tta boston tam now avel clarke has not made an enor in ats abst thirty eight games any ther team twenty six in all of welve have been victor es the st louis cardinals have edgag ed in more one run margin games than tak mccarthy is bad with the cubs again and Is playing good ball harry gessler of brookin Is loom ing up quite prominently as a pinch hitter brooklyn has not one batsman lumley Is the nearest to the mark with we are told that bransfield has been laid off by pittsburg solely because of a bad fanger the brooklyn club Is said to be negotiating with some of the harris burg pa club s players manager mcgraw says marshall his new backstop late of the phillies has a good base ball head and uses it to adafe brool lyn has tried seven second basemen dobbs strang jor dan gessler reldy and hitter manager selee reports all but two of his cripples released from the hospital brown and wicker both have sore fin gers on their pitching hands manager selee has no great delicacy of feeling for the members of his team when a game Is at stake selee s motto is win for the team never the individuals joe mcginnity Is doing for new york what he did for brooklyn in 1900 pitching twice as many games ordinarily fall to the lot of a twirler in the hope of winning in the pennant pitcher jack taylor of st louis sis the only thing to mal e him ever dissatisfied Is to be called upon to a game that some other pitcher has started and away catcher bowerman intends to retire from baseball at the end of the pres ent season and engage in the lumber business at romeo mich where he OWES considerable timber land manager mcgraw sas I 1 intend to work my three old standbys magin niev mathewson and luther taylor on the western trip I 1 expect each one of these men every one a good one to pitch two games a week I 1 will use my reserve pitchers for emerged cles and on days when two games are played american league notes moran Is washington s best run getter bundon seems to be something of a timely hitter bill keeler has the charley horse but still lines em out pitcher glade of st louis has fielded perfectly in every game nobody can deny connie macks unique success with indian players pat dougherty has hit close to a clip since joining the new forks the bew york club has at last sent substitute player thoney to the rochester club i nick altrock hits pretty well for a in eight games be tailed in but one to get a single walter clarkson s new york sal ary said to be 4 mike lynch gets more than that from pittsburg in comaskey s opinion john ganzel of the new york american league team is the prince of all first backers has developed into de most reliable batsman he batted safely in thirteen consecutive games manager armour bewails the tact that the have beaten the Clev elands six times this season by one run nobody seems to be figuring the athletics as probable pennant win ners that s where everybody Is likely to be fooled hitting will tell says charley and it looks as if comis keys chicago bos know something about stick worl john ganzel made his fifth homer list neck lie leads his team in this beatt respect in fact he has made alve out of the eight homers of his team fhe waitr sox are certainly bus aling to hold their place up in front iso bios unless issy Is so regarded are sent out on the coaching line tor vin ta club is said to be negotiating with denver for the veteran second baseman billy II allman who appears to be having another lease of life anier can Asso elat on news second baserman Base roan frani martin ot last year s minneapolis team has join ed the indianapolis team st paul has four fast men in jones jackson wheeler and clingman and 0 brien and marcan are not far be hind milwaukee Is not supporting its high class team being the aver age weekday attendance while Is large for sunday george tebea i owner of the louis valle kansas city and denver clubs Is not having the run of good luck in baseball that followed foli owed him last sea son pitcher fisher Is the youngest look ing chap that has been around in an american association uniform thi year it Is emphatically denied that he ran away from school to pitch ball it will not be surprising to hear in the near future that arden buell of berlin WIs who was interested in the kansas city baseball club a year ago has purchased a controlling in terest in the club again s the new york american club jas john ganzell and one other tor third baseman harry i arndt 0 the louisville team the deal is hanging alre as is loath to part with arndt in the meantime it is understood that the proposition is still open and may be closed at any time central league gossip the name of the new catcher at grand rapids Is Na lonter he has been playing under 1 la christian name benny on account of the way his name has been misspelled in the towns where he has played ray tate who signed to pla tho outfield tor fart wayne last season and tailed to report has asked to be taken bad fort wayne has no use for his services at present however and he will be sent to grand rapids to replace don curtis the release of catcher frank cross by evansville was a big sensation and abe reason for the move is not alpar ent cross led the catchers of the league last season in both batting and fielding and Is regarded as a star 0 the first magnitude the officers of the grand rapids club now are john M of terra haute ind president jaci team manager louis heilbronner Hell bronner business manager mautner of ft wayne secretary treasurer for all in formation regarding the club address mr john M terre haute ind the three 1 league umpire has gone to hia ahme in chicago on account of the serious illness of a sister the davenport club has suspended pitchers and mckenna and fined the former the latter 50 tor misbehavior davenport has released lelder haggerty so far this he at various times been a member of the dubuque springfield and davenport teams western the des club has signed lee the illinois university freshman pitcher the sioux city club la negotiating with catcher bill douglas who desert ed the last spring from des comes a report that the st joseph epam will be trans berred to aeb des ning pitcher cush man was once tie pittsburg team tor a brief and unsatisfactory trial ay iy tl A |
