Show amer can league notes elberfeld has been offered to the browns in exchange for pitcher howell the deal by the highlanders to trade elberfeld for harry howell of st louis is undoubtedly off pitcher louis fiene of chicago has joined toledo and Is expected to be a winner tor the mud hens outfielder dougherty of new york has been given leave of absence at bis own request to get into condition ban johnson offered charley carr of the Clev elands to the cincinnatus Cincin natis to play first base but he was not needed uncle nick young says he would not trade cassidy tor any ball player the veteran takes in many of the games in washington after see ng all the teams in action larry cajole rises to remark that the lies between cleveland chi cago and the athletics harry davis Is the leading long dis tance hitter of the american league and dave fultz the best base stealer keeler Is the best run getter umpire klem has made a hit in the national league ban johnson tried to get him after his season with the american association but klem was pledged to pullman last week for the first time in the history of baseball wlllie keeler and clarke griffith were members of a team standing in the tail end position it this time of the season the two new umpires mccarthy and kelly have been harshly criticized criticised in the west that Is the usual ex per lence of new umpires it they can stand the gaff for a season they usually become valuable the washington club last week purchased outfielder john anderson from the new york club for 2 he Is expected to add some of the bat ting strength the nationals alone need to bring them up in the race it Is just nineteen years since jim mcguire accompanied by dan casey broke into the big league in philadel phia and jamsey catches as well now as he did in the old days at the boss market in philadelphia national league news the cincinnati club has released re eased outfielder harry dolan manager clarke Is disgusted with the base running of the pirates president dreyfuss Drey tuss of the pirates scouts the idea of a feud between the reds and his team boston Is in a bad way tor catch ers needham is out with a split hand and moran is lame second baseman reef owen has jumped the brooklyn club and joined the outlaw new york pa club devlin is developing into a star base runner he has a very shifty way of sliding in the second bag pitcher wiltse of the champions la not only a crack fielder of his tion but he Is a very fast worker an xray examination of fred od wells ankle revealed the presence of either a splinter of bone or a dis placed muscle the boston club has voluntarily given pitcher irving young a bial salary increase in appreciation of his unexpected good work treasurer stanley robison of st louis played ball during the whole of his college course and tor two seasons was captain and pitcher young cy young of the Is the boss shutout pitcher with alve such victories to his credit kallian leads in the american league with three manager selee Is strong in his in dor of his new pitcher ruel bach he declares that the twirler will be a full fledged star before the end of the season hans wagner Is making a strong bid for the base runn ng honors of the na mercury would never pick the flying dutchman as a man calca to give him a run for his shek els rob emslie will break into the col lege umpiring game again this year he said he would quit after the har yard yale game in the rain in 1903 but agreed to umpire the yale princeton game on june 10 harry is running close to frank chance and harry wolver ton in the art of etting injured the cincinnati third sacker was out 0 the game almost halt of last year and itula tit tt this season after a tev days ot play ing was i again president ert l gulliams umpire are fol lowing the ru es more closely in all respects is especially true in attempts to trap fly balls the benefit of a doubt as to whether or not a fly ball has been properly caught is to be given to the batsman southern league the little rock club has formally re called pitcher virgil garvin being held by the portland are club manager newt fisher of nashville was one of the first to announce that the spit ball wouldn t last long george winters the giager of the atlanta team is back in the game his presence in right field tends to strengthen the atlanta team conald drably george frickie has been released by nashville to jacksonville brunner who was given his papers a few days ago goes to greenville miso somehow when breitenstein Is to the game he 1 beeps things the and never allows interest to flag va instant according ta the new a picayune american association pat carney is playing the game of his life tor st paul manager barrow has definitely decided to play bruce the indian in left field tor the hoosiers benjamin houser the colonels first baseman has a brother playing short stop for the altoona outlaws pitcher kilroy secured by manager arthur irwin from st paul has made a decided hit with the kansas city fans in a few games played in the ameri can association this year have the hits been more than ten for either of the contesting clubs the board of directors has sustain ed president 0 brien s award ot in fielder john farrell to indianapolis but louisville has appealed tor a rehearing pitcher doc chulds aau extra in fielder george blackburn were released by the toledo management last week blackburn will go bach to the K I 1 T league jack doyle the old national league first baseman Is being used behind ft second baseman of the boston N L club the bat by toledo jack boyle the former catcher who makes his home la cincinnati Is covering first umpire oliver aulderson who was signed last week for the american As by president 0 brien also accepted terms with the northern league and the association returned him to the northern kelly marcan 0 brien and geler of st paul are putting up the fastest infield work of any team that has been in the race so tar this season kelly s first base play Is the lar feature of the infield work arthur irwin Is probably cong ratu lating himself because he succeeded in digging morgan out of the mis bourl valley league here Is a pitcher who has already begun to at tract much attention around the cir cult western league jack camey Is not playing with sioux city just managing the minneapolis club has released pitcher to sioux city the sioux city club has loaned pitcher joe kostal to the keokuk club 0 the iowa league anson mott the texas player who was with milwaukee has been ed by bums for his colorado springs team jimmie the sioux city left fielder Is a student at georgetown university he finished this years course before joining the sioux western association peanuts ford has been released from the sedalla outfield he hit pitcher maire Is slated to be beleas ed by oklahoma city george black burn ts to have his job there is a new tom hughes pitch ing in this league for which captain jack holland of wichita predicts a brilliant future green wichita s right neadier owns a good ranch at cheyenne wyoming he had pot touched a ball this season until he joined the team at the job her town last week |