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Show Norwood II Ctbjon Notre Dam University star pitcher who hm uat signed with Indianapolis (or the rcat of the present season, was grad-uated grad-uated from Notre Dame recently, receiving re-ceiving a degree tn the advanced course In pharmacy Olbson entered the preparatory department of tho university uni-versity In September. 1890, at tho ago of fourteen, and has been n student of 'that Institution ever since for three yeara ho followed the electric engineering course, but finally decided upon the study of pharmacy. During his stay at the university ha has also done speclsl work In the sciences and mathematics, and has nlwa)a stool high In his classes. Ills baseball career begin In 1856, when he succeeded In getting on tho 'varsity team. Ilcfore that time ho had pitched for tho second team, and on several of tho hall nines and had shown great speed Slnco 1896 he has wSi '' NORWOOD II. (IIDSON. developed Into one of tho fastest pitchers pitch-ers In tho west, and stands high , among western eoltegs twlrlcrs, (lib- son has shown his greatest speed this season, nnd his nines rmo proved a punle to most of the teams against which Notro Dimo hns played Ho has not lost n gnmo for his college, and has never nllowed any opposing team more than four hits. Ills fielding field-ing nvcrage Is 1 000 and his batting overage .272 Two yeara ago tllbjon received nn offer from l'.tt Tcbcau to to with Cleveland, and slnco that tlnw several of tho National league leans have endeavored to secure him. It Is understood that lloston will try to sign' him nest season i - Olbson, however, will llklly go v' wherever Power, now catching for In dianapolis, goes Power was ciptalh and catcher on tho Notre Damo tc.im , In 1S0G and '97, and Is tho only man Notro Damo ecr had who could hold Gibson. It Is duo to Towers that Olb son has been secured by Indianapolis Olbtun Is twenty-four yeirs old, and la the son of N 11 Olbson, of I'eorla, III. Ha will pitch his last gamo for lila olmn mater tomorrow, against the South Ilend Greens Thursday morning morn-ing ho will recelvo his degree, and 1cao Immediately for Chicago, where bo will Join the Indianapolis team, and filtch his first gamo agilnst Comlskcy' White Stockings on Saturday or Sunday Sun-day next. Olbson Is one of the most popular students at Notro Dame, nnd his nb-' nb-' Mnco will bo felt on the baseball team next year. Hamilton IMrn.U lllm.elf. ! Uecauso ho has not stolen as many i bases In tho past Benson as he did In previous years, and through his fall-uro fall-uro to bent out as many bunta as of ! yore, Hilly Hamilton, at one tlma nc- ' counted to bo the fastoit man on ?i bases In the business. Is accused of bo- ing slow nnd having lost his old-tlmn speed. Hamilton takes oxceptlon to this accusation and says that whl'o - ho Is as fast as ever the gamo has got ten faster, "flayers nro getting wiser right along," said Hamilton, stating his side of the caso to Charllo Zuber, "they ore playing more baso ball than they formerly did, and when It cornea to matching a well nnd properly developed de-veloped brain against a pair of legs tho legs aro earning a handicap . When a rran gets a reputation for being be-ing fast and doing unexpected turns on tho bases, the opposing players nro on the alert all tho time, and are , studying season after season how to counteract tho advantage the runner ' has In the matter of fast-flying legs. As Improvements follow these studies i and a runner can not Improve his .peed, the handicap on the runner gets greater every year. And that Is my fix exactly." (lUeecock Kilters Denial. John W. Olasscock vigorously denies de-nies that ho tampered with any of tho players of the Ft. Wayne team after the severance of his connection with that club or that he Induced any of Its members to "make the rou,nd of saloons sa-loons at Dayton, to such an extent that they were unlit to play," as stated In the last Issue of Tho Sporting News, tn condonation he forwards a signed statement from 11 o' th" rial era of tho Ft, Wayne club In which they allege al-lege that tho article In question Is an unmerited reflection upon Olasscock and themselves, and does all the parties par-ties referred to marked Injustice One of the paragraphs In Olaascock's com-1 com-1 tnunlcatlon reads- "I do not know whether I wilt ever again engage In tcUve service as a ball player, tut sl.r i.iy long and faithful career on th: diamond, I do not want such a foul slander ns this tu go uncontradicted and registered against me " llrooMjn Mnrplaa t'U fa. The surplus players disposed of by the Brooklyn club during the spring are scattered throughout the country nnd are all doing well McOraw, Hob-Inson Hob-Inson and Kelster are among the strongest players In the St. l,ouls outfit out-fit Itobby leading the team In batting, while Kelster Is playing a star game at second It Is unnecessary tn speak of McOraw a work Casey, Holmes and eager are doing good work for Detroit Kults and Anderson aro the mainstays of tho Milwaukee teim Full plalng nearly every position nnd being figured as a sure National Iraguo stirt next year Lachance Is doing well for Cleveland and llrodle Is hitting In good style for tho Chicago White Stockings Stectman Is catching catch-ing great ball for Hartford !lle Donovan Don-ovan Is pitching In good form PIIU-burg PIIU-burg has farmed out Catcher Latimer to Syracuse Unltlnl I Itelier. Many n gamo of base ball Is lost be-duso be-duso n pitcher gets worked up when the first batter reaches the bates, says tho llrooktyn i:sglo This has been tho causa of many a rally and consequent conse-quent lctory when tho game seems to be safe Take for Instanco the game ' nt I'lttsburg In which Kennedy had tho I'lttsburgs I to 0 when last halt of the ninth began 'The first man up got his baso and Itoarlng Ulll, forgetting that It tho man got around It mcint only one run, kept a ctosa eye on him Instead of working tho batter. The conse-quenco conse-quenco was that the second man up nlso got to first and then the trouble began In earnest. Tho proper caper la tu let tho man on tho bases go In such cases and try tu dlsposo of the batter. This will provent a rally In nine cases out of ten. Uerne tho Orntic Ronntla. rinyera should bo restricted to their tegular practlco lieforo a gamo and the Impromptu batting bees In front of and closa to tha grandstand .should bo stopped. When many balls nro going. It Is Imposslbln for tho player or riiectators to watch them nil nnd It Is a wonder that nccldcnta ore not much inoro numerous nnd serious It Is not uncommon for half a dozen balls to bo fouled Into tho grandstand In nn afternoon after-noon whllo the players nro amusing! thrmselvra nnd on several occasions players havo been knocked down hy wild throws or drlvrs from an unexpected unex-pected source If IS minutes Is not ufllclrct for practice, let the tlma be extended, but nboto all let It be restricted re-stricted to the regular diamond The gn-as-you-ptease at) te Is not safo or attractive. Sporting News, |