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Show American League Notes. Harry Howell la allowing tine style this senson. Clark Orlfflth Is our of shape with a lame wrist, whlrh la proving a handicap handi-cap to his lllchlandcrs. Clark Orimth aaya that Parent can play rings around Wngner, la a faster runner, and a better team player. Hobby l.owe la suffering from a split finger and Koblnson Is bai-k at Detrolt'a aerond bane, hla old position. Pltrher Klmer llliaa, released by the New York club, haa rejoined the Albany club, of the New York league. 8am Crawford Is back In tho batting bat-ting game, and from now on he la due to start hla annual lour up the ladder. Manager Mark of the Athletlra says he will entertain no proposition for tho sale or loan of Outfielder Hoffman. Tho Washington club to date haa made moro money than ever before alnco It has been In the American league. Catcher Lew Drill la hitting the ball ao hard that he Is likely to become a regular outfielder on the Washington team. Napoleon l-ajole la hitting them hnrder than ever before. Ilia average to dato la far above .400, and ho la leading all batsmen. Some day when Ocorgo Mrllln'i use aa a pltrher Is gone, he will blossom out as an outllelder. Mullln la a natural born batter.' Kultx hns missed but one game in which ho haa failed to hit safely In hla last sixteen guinea. He haa mado one error In twenty-two games. Jimmy Williams la playing second base aerond to none. Ho plays the The Three-I. League. Catcher Jack Thlery baa been sinned by Dubuque. The Rock Island club has released Catcher Prultt and Pitchers Clarke and McCafferty. Claude Stark la catching great bull for Itockford. The Detrolter Is also hitting the ball hard. I)aeniirt haa released Second llaseman fllvln and Outfielder Cork-hill. Cork-hill. The last-named Hat signed with Itork Island. rapt. Williams of Davenport lias brought Ituby in from the outlleld and p la red him on aerond In place of Owln. sent to right. Harry Rwaclna will remain with Decatur. De-catur. Ottuinwa, which had beon awarded him by Recretnry Karrell of the national commission, agreeing to relinquish claim to him for a pitcher. American Association Naws. Outfielder Klmer Smith haa been released by Kansas City. The Columhua club haa sold Infield-er Infield-er Ilenny Dowcock to the Kail Ulver club. The Kansaa City club haa secured Pltrher Tom Barry from the Philadelphia Philadel-phia club. McKay, the cowboy pltrher with the Milwaukee club, looks ao good that Harney Dreyfusa la trying to drive a bargain for him. (iet.rge Yeager la bitting like a fiend for Columbus. Ho alwaya could hit well, but was never considered a heady ballplayer. Tho Inillnnnpolla club haa secured from the Chicago Amerlran club Catcher Claude Iterry, to take the pluce of Cutrher Harry Ortilcb, Central League Gobs'" Catcher llrcnnan. relea:u i .,- Dayton, Day-ton, has signed with Gran . I lids. Munager Jack Orlm of Marlon haa batters well, and hla work on pickups pick-ups haa been exceptionally clean. Manager Donovan haa telegraphed Bill Clarke, who la coaching at Annapolis, An-napolis, offering him 2,60O to Join the team and finish the season with tho Senators. Fred Parent suffered a severe wrench of the leg In a collision with Wily Lush of the Clevelanda and will be out of the game for some lima. National League News. Mctllnulty keeps on with bis groat pitching. Mike Grady of the 8L Louis toam baa hit over Ml). Joe Kolley never strikes at the flrat bull pitched to him. Charley Nichola contlnuca to win hla gamoa and handle the St. Louie team In fine Btyle. MattheWBon attribute! his poor work In the box to adhering too closely close-ly to tho balk rule. Phil Geier Is at laat making good in major company. He la playing (rand ball for Boston. Manager McUraw thinks he oan develop de-velop bla third baseman, Devlin, Into a star of the first water. Mathewson'a defeat at Pittsburg on May 16 was bla first at the hands of the Pirates In two years. The Reda have never bad a mora useful utility man than Orvllle Woodruff, Wood-ruff, aays the Commercial Tribune. Johnny Dobbs considers Dillon the greatest batter In the bualness witb whom to work the bit and run game. "Wagner la the best shortstop in the buslneaa," says Deacon Phlllipl, "and cares less for an error than any of the others." "Pittsburg still has a chance," aays Barney Dreyfusa. "We are behind some now, but will come out when the othera aland still." I One of the Laat of the Present Baa-Bon's Baa-Bon's Crop of Players. I sssssssssssssswwwwwww given "Red" Herbert and Pitcher Frye thulr releases. Pitcher "Silver" Jordan haa been re-leaaed re-leaaed by Grand Raplda, and Billy Pearaon secured from Toronto to take his place. Pitchers Farrcll and Miller, Short-atop Short-atop Burg and Left Fielder Geyer are the only members of the Grand Rap-Ida Rap-Ida team who were with the team last year. Western Wlnnowlnga. Pitcher Pflester, the Pittsburg cast-off, cast-off, Is pitching fine and winning ball for Omaha, Preaident Sexton writes tbat all of the clubs In thla league are In excellent excel-lent financial and physical condition. President Sexton announces that the following players have been fined for rowdyism: J. Clark of Des Molnea, 160, and Hurlhurt of Sioux City, tit. for their conduct at Sioux City; and Pitcher McNeely of Denver, for a similar sim-ilar offense at SL Joseph. George Vllleman. the pitcher who was suspended by Colorado Springs, has put bla rase Into the bands of Socretary Karrell, and the Indications ' are that tho matter will be compromised compro-mised In some way and Vllleman return re-turn to the West, where be Is anxious to go. Ames Defeats Iowa. Ames defeated Iowa In a remarkable remark-able baseball game of 1 to 0, thua win-nlng win-nlng the silver bat donated for th Iowa IntercollcijintB leaguo champion-ship, champion-ship, llatterlea were: Ames, Brown nd Cotton; Iowa, Voa, Yesslor and llrekko. Base hits Amos, ; Iowa. S. Errors Ames, 2; Iowa, 3. |