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Base Ball, Trap Shooting and General Sports DEVOTE 13 TO BASE BALL, TRAP SHOOTING AND GENERAL SPORTS VOLUME 31, NO. 6. PHILADELPHIA, APRIL 30, 1898. PRICE, FIVE.CENTS. OUR COAST DEFENSES DURING THE BASE BALL SEASON This is withiu the United States fort, where the enemy©s cauuon balls are being paw- Spanish Admiral (exasperated) S-s-s-gariica! Some one grabba de cannon balls! pawed by our ©98 crop of catchers. LOFTUS© LULUS. BURLINGTON©S TEAM. The Columbus Team Opens the Sea The Make-up at Last Definitely De son in Good Style. cided Upon. Columbus, O., April 24. Editor "Sporting Burlington, la., April 25. Editor "Sporting Life:" Well, the championship race has started Life:" The make-up of the team will in all with a victory for Columbus. Manager Loftus probability be as follows: Krieg, first base bas had a club in the Western League two and manager; Healcy, sebondi base; Green, seasons, this being the beginning of the ttird third base; Reilly, short stop: Lippert, left year of bis management in this city. Each spring field; IS©owman, centre field; Seisler, right field the team has won the opening game, but that and change catcher: Eylar, Bevis, Butler, Wolfn, does not signify anything, as the 1896 teaa fin pitchers; "Pal" Williams, catcher; "Dan" ished seventh in the race, while the 1897 team Crotty and Wolf, utility. Mcllwaine, McHugh, was second, and there was a time that they Wachtel have been given their release. were not strictly in the hunt for the pennant. BUSSK In 18116 the season opened here with Grand had accepted terms and asked permission (» Rapids April 22. Jones pitched and won his leave (which was granted) for St. Thomas, pnt., game by a score of 14 to 4. Last year, on April of the International I^eague. Jn his preliminary 22, Daniels pitched the opening game against practice at home Busse showed up in pretty Detroit, winning by a score of 7 to 3. Last good shape at right field and second base. His year they won oue game and lost the next two, batting was good, and as Manager Krieg has while in 1S96 they won two before losing. enough fielders he let Busse g». GOOD HITTERS. IJPPE71T Columbug has quite a base-stealing aggregation arrived Wednesday at 3 o©clock, and after as well as hard hitters. With Mertes in the seeing his family safely housed hied himself game, together with Hulen, Tebeau, Knoll, Gen- to the ball park, where he showed his old-time ins and Butler, it gives the team six men who speed. He has been practicing with the Oak can be depended upon to hold their end up as Parks, of Chicago. Healey arrived yesterday purloiners of sacks, and it will help win games. (Friday) at 3. He has been with Torreyson©s Butler, Mertes, Hulen, Knoll, Tebeau and Gen- Grand Rapids team. He took the opportunity ins are all good sacrifice hitters, and that won Wednesday to send a telegram for a ticket. many a close game for the Senators last season. which was sent, and he is here and in splendid Six stolen bases are credited to the Senators in shape. Friday©s game, Genins and Knoll having two SOME GAMES. each, and Wolverton and Tebeau one each. Last Sunday Jacksonville played here, an<l SANDOW MKRTES. did us up 5 to 4. It was a pretty gome, though Sandow Mertes, as brown as a berry and we outbatted the visitors 14 hits to 7. our er nearly twenty pounds lighter than he was last And this is where our pitchers take the field against the enemy, and with brawny arms rors were costly. About 500 cranks SHW the season, dropped into town last Thursday. The hurl in-shootsand out-shoots, and soon sink the perplexed Dons in the deeo, blue sea. game. On Monday it mined, and this postponed champion base runner of the Western League the second game. Rain ;igain interfered with is in fine condition, as he has been playing ball a return game with Knox College yesterday. all winter in the Pacific States League as a Last night the team left for Peoria for two member of the San Francisco team. Sandow OTTUMWA©S OVERTURE. CHAPMAN©S CHAPS. exhibition games. Saturday and Sunday. We has been looking after third base, while John have 11 Sunday games and Fourth of July at Riley, of the Springfield Interstate League team, The Roster of the Team Engaged by List of Players Manager Jack Has so home this season. played second for the same club. The pitchers A COMER. in that league are not the best, in the business, Billy Smith. Far Signed. Say. "Circle," that man Wolfe Is a bird it and Sandow has been killing the ball, his bat Ottumwa, la., April 25. Editor "Sporting Meriden, Conn., April 25. Editor "Sporting his work last Sunday against the strong Jack ting average being so high that he fears to Life:" As the opening of the sessou approaches Life:" Manager Chapman, of the Meriden team, sonville team can be any sort of criterion to mt©ution it. the base ball enthusiasm in this city increases. of the Connecticut State League, has signed go by. He reminded me more of Al JN©ichols, MINOR MENTION. The "rooters" are developing rapidly during the the following men for the coming season: Kin- \vho has been with us the last few seasons. All of the Columbus players have made a practice games we have had at home and will sella and Dwyer, catchers; Clements, Sanhorn His actions, looks and delivery is the exact goad start, both at bat and in the field, and be well represented. Manager Smith has bis and Howeli, pitchers; the rest of the men couuternurt of Nick. several members of the team should rank high team about selected and the boys are all in fine are: Dainby, Vought, Sullivan and Courtnoy. Several improvements are under consideration, In the averages; at the end of the season. Eight shape. We secured third baseman Pat Tibald Theisen, Gardner, Buckley, Donov©an and Vie- at the Park, which will be rioted later. men can be named who will bat over the .300 from the Minneapolis Club, and be has proven trich, of last season©s team, to whom contracts murk, and possiMy there are others. a good player arid the proper man for the third were sent this year, have not signed. Bay City Boys. Poor, the new Columbus catcher, has never had bag. The Ottumwa team for the season will be Kiusella, the new catcher who has been sign Bay City. Mich.. April 25. The Bay City team any professional experience, but was highly rec as follows: ed by Manager Chapman, of the Merideu Club, embraces Robb. Callahan, Clark. Dnmoth and ommended to Manager Loftus by a number of Catchers, Fox and Keefe; pitchers, MeGreevy, of the Connecticut State League, is said to Pete Wood, pitchers; Sullivan, of the Anihprst League players, who saw Poor catch an exhibition Nonemacher, Hackett and Da vis; infield, Crock- be a promising youngster, and pretty sure to College team of 1885. catcher; Roycc, Household game in a little Indiana town last fall. ett, first; O©Connell. second; Tibald, third; Berte, maie his mark this year. He was considered er and Warner, baseiuen; Lowncy. short stop; Catcher Sullivan, -of tbe Columbus team, is a short; outfield. Phillips. Smith, Wilsou and Mar a very clever amateur catcher when he and Ireland. Conklin and McKevitt, fielders. -Lowney, Wisconsin boy. Two years ago he lived in Fort shall. Possibly one of the above men will be re pitcher Pond. noa^>f the Baltimores. attended the former U. of M. player, is the manager and AtfcJnson, and last year played on the Dubuque leased before the season opens, but Manager the rtiivr^(*|^^B<-T!iioiit, of which both are captain. They expect the Detroits there to opeo Smith may decide to keep taem all. the season for them Maj? 1. SPOTTING- LIFE. A.pril 3O- Earned runs — Philadelphia ?,, New York 3. Two- * Earned runs—Cleveland 5. Throe-bass hiU—Wal BALTIMORE. AB.S. B. P, A.8J BOSTON. AB.B.B. P. base tiitf — McFarland, VanHaitren, Gleason. Home lace, Blake. Two-base hits—Sockalexis, Powell. Mc- McGraw, 3b 3 0100 o'Hamilton.cf 4 13 10 runs — Dtiugleby. Joyce. Sacrifice hit — Cross. S'olt u Kean. First on hulls—Off Sudhoff 3, Powell 1. Struck O'Brien, rf.. 4 I 0 I 0 OJTenney, lb.. 4 0 0 11 00 biises— DoURUs, LHJ >ie, Cross, Abbatticchio 2,- Van out—By Sndhoff 2, Powell 3. Sacrifice hit—McKenii. Jennin?«,as4 0 1 5 S IjLong, ss..... 3 00 1 8 :i Haltren. l)ouble plays — Cross, tjnjole, Don Kings; Double play—Hall, Crooks, Decker. Umpires—Oush- Keiley.lf..... 4 0210 0|Duftv, If..... 401 1 00 DtU'gleby. McFarland, Dongl»s; Orady, Hartumn man and ilcydler. Time—1.47. Stenzel, cf.. 400 2 10 Collins.Sb... 400 3 10 Left on buses — Philadelphia 9. New Yoik 7. Struck WASHINGTON va. BROOKLYN AT WASHINGTON APRIL DeMou'e.2b3 12 2 51 Stahl, rf.....4 13 1 00 THE PROMISE OF A CLOSE &ND EX out — By Dugaleby 1. Seymour 4. First on errors-— 22.—The Trolley-dodaers turned the tabies, and, McGann, lb 3 0 1 10 10 Lowe, 2b..... 400 4 21 Philadelphia 5, Now York 3. First on balls— Off Dug- through the assistance of Yeasjer's good work and Ciarke. c..... 4 005 3 0 Berseu, c... 301 2 10 CITING CAMPAIGN. * i.'lel.y 3.
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