Show nat onal league news tie pittsburg club has turned in fielder over to jersey city outfielder harry mccormick of new york does not smoke chew or drink pitcher release cost bar ney only 50 it turned out a rare bargain ex atcher jack menefee Is out of the game for good having even agnen up independent ball according to garry herrman the cincinnati club Is now on velvet and should clear 30 on the sea son president hart of the chicago club refuses to sell the crowd bleacher cushions for fear they might throw them at the umpire ames new york s kid p acher must have taken lessons from mathewson he has the same movements move menis and same swing of the arm arnest diehl who Is playing in the outfield for the pittsburgh Pitts burgs is an in fielder his regular position is second bae but he is a good shortstop winning the pennant will gratify mcgraw s life long ambition to show ed hanlon old manager that others knew the game as well as he john mcgraw has made it very plain to the clubs in the west that he means to win that flag this season and to win it by a good big margin the pittsburg placers or some of them at least cling to the opinion that bresnahan is not much of a ball player unless he is getting a lot of base hits mcgraw is getting grand work out of dahlen and gilbert has improved wonderfully under his coaching while the new finds have proven sim ply because they were properly hand led the brooklyn club immediately upon joe corbett s release by st louis entered claim tor that player under the old reservation under the cincinnati peace treaty award to brooklyn american league notes detroit never replaced rib erteld greminger fell by bis own weight detroit is still I 1 with the stick new york has recalled pitcher rutt man from providence according to jimmy collins cy young Is his best road pitcher the white sox 1 ave the pennant bee buzzing loudly in their bonnets the bosston team is planning a trip to cuba after the close of the season terry turner is back in the game for cleveland and Is playing very swift ball harry howell Is the only st louis pitcher who has stolen a base so far this season the detroit club has finally landed third baseman coughlin croci the washington club when it comes to ip to the plate no matter ho va fa they come over elberfeld is all there dineen of boston broke his hard luck streak aug 3 by beating cleve land after five straight defeats washington will lose little by the substitution of hill for coughlin hill Is a far better player than many sup pose the speed of the white sox infield Is shown by the fact that they lead in double plays also lead in club fielding the only pitchers in this league who have not as yet been knocked out or relieved are owen orth mullen and dineen fultz Is beeping up his all round star work tor the highlanders there Is no thought now of releasing the man to washington pitcher dunkle who refused to be transferred from washington to lou has joined the pa independent team american association news pitcher leonard has re the louisville team the toledo club has signed outfield er jimmy late of salt lake city milwaukee Is trying the veteran second baseman henry heitz late ot he san francisco team jack 0 brien with the baton americans last season is playing a swell tor milwaukee outfielder james hart denies hay I 1 ing deserted the louisville club he I 1 a he went home to nurse a ed rib the report that shortstop schaefer of the brewers had been sold to the detroit club is denied by president 1 enor the toledo club has been trying to s agn first baseman bill douglass late of the phillies and catcher phil aei of cincinnati the players who formerly wore louisville Loui sille uniforms in the american association are surely holding their own in the big leagues frank reisling has quit the toledo club he will have to play with the los angeles club to which he has been assigned by the national board ex pitcher frani alllen who was appointed an umpire in the american association says his ambition left him when he entered the minor leagues outfielder van buren has been released by the kansas city team he has ret arned to his home in illinois this leaves the club with four out fielders nance hill frantz and roth information comes by way of wash ington that third baseman carr ot indianapolis has been sold to detroit but bill not report there until next spring he wrote a friend in wash ington to this effect in the three I 1 league bloomington has purchased paul moore from manager hill rock island has released catcher maurice smith at his request catcher rowland wolfe the ex is making quite a hit with the dubuc ie team hov ard camnitz of springfield on lg 2 p ached and won two successive games from cedar rapids outfielder sump late of rockford applied for a place on the umpire first baseman of the new york national league club staff but subsequently signed to play with rock island warner the geneseo lad who Is be ing agn en a tr out by rock islan has i he earmarks of making a great player outfielder dan hupp has been re leaded by cedar rapids he was a batter but a stupid base runner third baseman durkee has also been fil aped western winnow 0 tf lelder tom fleming la now man agar of the sioux city team fhe siou city club has returned catcher waid to the leaven club by order of the national board captain buck thiel of des was recently arrested and pleaded guilty to assaulting a report er he was then traded to the omaha club A mr D J finkelstein of colorado has purchased the milwaukee franchise which has lain dormant this season and will transfer it to pueblo next season george Is of the opinion tint in all likelihood cripple creek and victor colo would merge inter ests and take the eighth franchise in the western league next year central league gossip the evansville club has signed pitcher horning late of wheeling the marion club has signed first baseman haas formerly of grand rapid the grand rapids club has released shortstop burg to make room for in fielder gilligan pitcher john fox first baseman james fox and outfielder don curtis have been released by wheeling pi chers robert robertson and berh kennedy and shortstop frank wessel all of the liqua piqua 0 team have been signed iowa league notes the boone club has signed pitcher william sedgwick of north english iowa since joined warner mar shall town team warbling bill wll son has been shifted from first base to right field manager black of burlington Is playing red ramie at first base and he Is said to be making good ramie leads the batting order of the team h b aft |