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Show American Lcanue Notes. Manager Armour Is said to be scouting scout-ing In Illinois for )oung talent Mclntjro hns Improved In his fielding field-ing nnd Is starting his hitting movements move-ments ngaln. Blone, of tho St. Louis tenm, wns tho first American Leaguer to mako a hundred hits. Jimmy Collins nt Inst hns como to tho conclusion that he must reconstruct recon-struct his Boston tenm. How tho bat doos ring when Hucls-man Hucls-man meets the ball. It has tho I-n-Jolo sound sure enough. Tho eternn Catchor Charley Far-roll Far-roll has been released by Boston. Ho expects to retire permnnently. Humor has It that Comlskcy and Holmes arc on the outs nnd that "Ducky" will soon recele his conge. Detroit papers say that both Pitcher Hughes and Catchor Klttrldgo aro anxious to lenvo Washington nnd Join Detroit. Clarko Griffith Is so well pleased with Dr. Powors' work that ho will endeavor to obtain the backstop permanently per-manently President Johnson, having scon his new umpire, Connor, perform, pronounces pro-nounces him one of tluc best Indicator-handlers Indicator-handlers ho has ever seen. Georgo Stone hns batted safely for St. Louis In nenrly every gamo this season. His output of safeties Includes In-cludes mnny extrn base hits. Tho Detroit critics say that tho young first bnseman, Lindsay, Is showing show-ing up better every day. If ho kecpH up tho present clip ho will make good. Sinco his appointment ns acting manager of tho' Cleveland tenm Bill Bradley has recovered his batting eye, nnd Is now swatting tho leather as of ore. National League News. "Hammering Hans" Is tho new title given John Peter Wngnor in Now York. Tommy Leach is mentioned ns nn adjunct to the Boston Nationals next season. Both tho PlttBburg and Chicago teams regard Boston as their "hoodoo" "hoo-doo" town. President Ebbetts of Brooklyn, Is said to bo after Johnny Vowlnkcl, of tho Utlca pitching staff. Mnnnger HnUon Is greatly pleascu with tho all around Improvement shown by Charlie Malay. Delehanty has developed Into a polished pol-ished outer garden artist and Is leading lead-ing tho Hub plners In batting Now York plajers are willing to bet pin) lng cleverly this year, and ho has jf been tipped off to Manager Barrow of ,. Indianapolis Tho latter Is trying to H find out what claim Columbus has on , iH the )ouugster ( 'H American Association. Phil Gclcr Is pin) Ing second bnso , H for St. Paul and doing tho trick well. i H . Pitcher Whlto, a promising Clncln- I H nntl southpaw, has signed for tho bal- j H anco of the season with Toledo. 1 JH Columbus, for the first tlmo In her J5 H history, It Is bollovcd, has won thrco I ; straight games on the St. Paul ground. )Ai H Dnrrow Is minus First Baseman v, M Robertson. Ho has gono back East. ! ; H Catcher Znlusk) Is now holding down , H tho sack. y H Clay, secured from the Trl-Stato H ' H League, batted 414 In thlrty-dro . JH games for Louisville, and led tho j .H AnTorlcan Association. y j H Clay, tho center Holder of tho Louis- k H lllo club, who was secured from tho S, H outlaw league, Is making n grcnt ropu- , H tntlon ns n hlttor. '.C H Mnnagor George Tebcau has a Jew- 1 M el In Orvlllc Woodruff. The llttlo fel- H low can play (ho outfield with any of H tho association, nnd ho can play a flno H game at third base. H r'H Southern League. 1 , H Tho Atlanta club has sold Inflcldcr JK H Hpnry Krug to Birmingham. a H Little Rock has released Pitcher fl H Ayro and ho has been signed by At- Jg ' H Lynch, who hns been pin) Ing with ,1 H Montgomery In left field, hns been U B given his unconditional release. jg H McMakln, who was released by At- $ H lanta. has been pitching star ball for v& jB Montgomery, winning thrco out of tho Jti SVJ four games ho has pitched. g SHl President Kavanaugh has released !W HB Umpire Black and will finish tho sea- i 9HJ son with four umpires McLnughlln, HJ Pfcnnlngcr, Cnrpcntcr nnd Ehrct. ',' HJ Mnnnger O'Brien of tho Montgom- in HBl cry tenm has been released, and Iko ( HBl Durrett, formerly of tho Toledo club, 'j HBl has been appointed to succeed him. BtMBl Durrett, who pla)cd with Toledo SifflVJ until last week, Is now playing left V HJ field with Montgomery. Ho played W') flBa with Montgomery In tho sun field dur- jf iHJ Ing 1903 nnd 1904. JaVJ Western Association. SVJjVJ Bl Bob Tnlbott, Scdalla's heavy- hHVAH weight pitcher has been released. 'IrHH Scdalla has signed Tobe Hoffman of f iHJ tho Pittsburg Missouri Valley League jf IjB tenm Ho Is a good catcher and out- ' 'H fielder. ' )) GEORGE STONE. j Jfl Outfielder of the St. Louis American League Club. flj that tho Polo grounds nro the wnnuefct ball field on tho circuit. I Nichols nnd Glenson o,f tho Qunkers, may now star In that delightful little lit-tle pla)let, "A Pair of Kids" Fred Clarko rises to remark that he will not quit baseball until Pittsburg wins nnothor big league pennant. Pitcher Flnhoity of tho Pittsburg tenm, does n lightning wind-up boforo shooting tho ball to tho batter. Dolahanty Is Boston's mainstay with tho stick. When a hit Is needed, Dol most always dollvcrs tho merchandise merchan-dise It is said that tho Now York club offered n big roll of cash for SI Soy-mour Soy-mour whon tho Hods wore In New York. Three-I. League. Torro Haute bus released Catchor Curtis, who has gone to Cambridge City. King tried at. shortstop, has been succeeded by Dome, who formerly for-merly wns with Mnsslllon. Manager Frank Donnelly, of Spring-fiold, Spring-fiold, has roleasod Pitchers Swlnk nnd Crnngle, and roplnced thorn b) Pitchers Pitch-ers Spencer from Chattnnooga nnd Kenned) from tho Washington Amorl-enns. Amorl-enns. Manager McConnell of Hock Island, has added Tw triors Jones from Torro Haute (who wns exchanged for Koh-loy Koh-loy Miller, tho lattor to bo rolnstutod nfter a two months' suspension), Ends nnd Honln from Dondwood, S, D., nnfl Eakstono from Cairn. Third Baseman Billy Purtoll of tho Decatur Threo-E) League team, Is Dad lU'imeii for a tlmo thlul huso- HJ limn und captain or the Guthrie Sena- ,hJ (oik. Is managing the Tusln team In 'H the Missouri Valle) league. HJ Ogee Is the name of Oklahoma VJ Clt)'s now Indian inllelder. Ho will fk probabl) be used at short, and Dud HJ Hlsley ma) go Into tho outfield. HJ John I'lllninn. for three jonrs Jop- flj 1 In'H shortstop and cnptaln, recently M released to tho Knnsns City Blooz nnd vj then rust off by thorn, hns signed VJ with Wichita. VI Loavonworth will got Harry Corbln, M ono of Its last year's stars, back Into flj tho fold. Tho big all-around plajor M has been working nt Wlnflold, though M all tho tlmo on a Woodpecker con- jVJ Western League. BJ Tho Sioux City fans believe Jnrrott ' S nnd New llu hnvo gono stalo and havo BJ pitched themselves out. M Tho vvondor of the Wostorn Longuo M Just at present Is Frank Shugnrt ut flj second bnso for Dos Moines. This old M pnl Is pin) Ing Just ns ho did In tho Si good old da) s of '89 and '90. M Catchor Babo Tow no of Dos Molngs, KM hns boon exchnngod for Pltohor Mc- M Kny und Catcher Wolfo of Mtlwaukoo. flj Towno Is n hnrd-hlttlng bnokstop nnd M Is ono of tho host catchers In tho jVJ league. flj Bills nnd Kostnl, tho Sioux City ' fl 1'llchors, nro pitching for Keokuk In flj tho Ion a longuo, and hnvo placed that 1 M club well up In tho rnoe. Manager Car jVJ nuy still retains a string to theso play- M ers. -"B I I . m |