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Show NCWS AND , J i BASEBALL 15 tAA477QWL J eiaseoaii Circles Stirrea. From Cincinnati comes this bit of news: "The rumored coup in baseball in the East has caused much excitement excite-ment in Cincinnati, and considerable credence is given to the rumor. President Presi-dent Herrmann of the Cincinnati ball club was not even notified of the gathering gath-ering in New York a few days ago of Pulliam, Brush Dreyfuss and Potter, Pot-ter, at which the details of the Davis coup, and probably the one which is to come, were discused. This, despite des-pite the fact that Herrman and his associates own nearly $50,000 of the capital stock of the Philadelphia team." Pitcher. Owen. This Is the young and clever twirler of the White Sox, who pitched mag- oel to be retained as mai ,ger. Stro-bel Stro-bel says he is willing to . ut the deal through. 4 ! President Hickey has fl d Manager Joe Cantillon, of Milwail se, $100 for the fracas he caused ol the Indianapolis Indian-apolis ground on June ' Cantillon says he won't pay the fin ; The question ques-tion of fining the Milwauj ;'e club $500 President Hickey has re .rred to the board of directors. President Have-nor Have-nor has paid Cantillon's fine. American i-eague Notes. Pitcher Mai Eaton has een let out by Detroit. ' Reidy has not been a useful man to the Browns this year. Manager McAleer wears a uniform and personally directs his forces. Fred Postal Is again denying rumors that the Washington club is to be sold. j Pitcher Miller of the t diversity of Illinois, has joined the ..New York Americans. Cleveland leads the American league in sacrifices, stolen bases and double plays. The Cleveland team is made up of giants. At least half the flayers stand over six feet. Philadelphia admirers have presented present-ed Frank Donahue with diamod-studded diamod-studded cuff buttons. Tom Loftusbelt5ves"it both leagues will put a $2,000 .limit to' the salaries for next season. '. Lajoie is in receipt of a fat offer from Cleveland's Minstrels to act as interlocutor next season. " Griffith has notified his men that no more trades will b -pade unless the team strikes anoth, slump. Jimmy Burke has impi javed in his work since he was switched from second sec-ond to his regular position at third. "Elberfeld makes a iig difference," says a New York critic, "but the best improvement is the batting of the Invaders." In-vaders." National Lea,"' Ne "sole substitute cr. Ned Hanlon now believes that the Giants will be in the race to the finish. fin-ish. - Billy Lauder is playing better ball this year than he ever played in his life. . Lundgren thinks that Jimmy Cook, the Illinois outfielder will outbat Jake Stahl. There is said to be a very pronounced pro-nounced lack of harmony in the Boston Bos-ton team. With Fred Clark back in harness the League champions are going it their old pace. Menefee, one of the Chicago team, is one of the few "twirler?1- who does not wear a glove. The Bostons have suffered more whitewashes than any other team in the National League. In New York they call Browne, Bresnahan and Bowerman the three busy B's of the team. The manager of Cleveland's Minstrels Min-strels has made Christy Mathewson a fine offer to do monologue next season. sea-son. Ed Hanlon gives his players a lec- FWCHEP OWEN nificent ball against Washington In a game last week. Western League News. . George Ston j is playing fine ball for Duffy's team. Hugh Duffy is using "Silver" Braun In the pitcher's box. Peoria has released pitcher Wolf, formerly of the Phillies. Outfielder Alex Backoff of Des Moines is laid up with a broken leg, sustained at Peoria last week. Paul Curtis, the mute twirler who was signed by Capt. Everitt of the Colorado Springs Western league team at the opening of the season, has been released. In the Three I. League. Jack O'Connor is playing at short for Decatur and has been doing good work. , Bloomington denies that shortstop King is to be released. He will doubtless doubt-less be given a vacation in which to recuperate. Springfield tried to secure Donnelly to take the.management. but the Rock Island officials would not consider the proposition. Thornton and Krebs, of Decatur, are said to be asking for their release on account of the signing of McGill last ' year with the team. American Association News. The Minneapolis club has secured outfielder Wagner from the Terre I Haute club. Umpire Mullane had his face slapped by an angry blonde at the Toledo ball park on June 13. Ha didn't mind it. Elliott, the Milwaukee pitcher, will go up higher this fall, -sure. He has been threatened with promotions for several years. Arndt, Roach and Turner are the real sluggers on the Columbus team. The other players are doing little damage dam-age with their sticks. Even with its aggregation of ex-big leaguers," the Columbus team, which on paper looks strong, is not setting JOHN nTWIDG Pitcher of the Philadelphia National Na-tional League Club. ture on the fine points in the game about once a week until he has them winning. Tim Hurst has retired from baseball base-ball and says that he would not umpire um-pire again if the magnates betged him on their knees. . Ten years ago Tom Daly and Tom Corcoran playe"d f ide by side for Brooklyn. Now liey are together again for Cincinn"'. the American Association on fire. Manager Watkins has anounced that arrangements have been made by which the game scheduled for the Indianapolis In-dianapolis team on Sunday will be played at Muncie for the rest of the season. It is rumored in Toledo that the baseball club will be turned over to a local company, on the same lines es the Columbus Club. Charley Stro- |