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Newspaper
Townsend Messenger
Location
Townsend, Montana, United States of America
Date
May 17, 1900
Page
3
The National League moves to eight clubs for a stronger season with rule changes. Balk adjustments push baserunners forward. single umpire returns. fixed umpire schedule. home plate orientation changed. exhibition games allowed. John B. Day named supervisor. season opens April 19 with 140 games.
The quote presents Locke arguing that baseball war correspondents spin wild stories that editors later deny while journals gullibly publish them as truth. It notes critics at the front vary in desire and ability to discern truth, praising the remark as well put.
Thomas Sheehan signed with the St Louis club for 1900 and debuted as an outfielder for the Sacramento affiliate in the California league. After early struggles at third base Peeples replacement, he improved with grit and perseverance. In the season’s second half he hit well above .800, earning praise and a berth with St Louis.
A top young pitcher from Syracuse, William Dinneen, will share major pitching duties for Boston this season alongside Nichols and Willis. Last year with Washington he appeared in fourteen of twenty four wins, his .296 batting average marking him as a strong hitter. Dinneen’s proven skill and potential have fans optimistic for gilt edged performances this season.
The National League and American Association meeting in New York ended with a decisive move to eight clubs, a return to sanity and a fresh start after prior amalgamations. Critics condemn leaders for expediency and cowed behavior before Mr. Freedman, comparing them to earlier magnates Hurbit and Mills.
Pittsburg plans to employ about twenty four players this season as they train at Thomasville Georgia Grim the former Brooklyn catcher released by the Bridegrooms last year will wear a Minneapolis uniform this season He reports his arm is back to form and aims to prove the big league infield wrong about letting him go Biddy McPhee declares retirement after twenty one years as a top second baseman Mike Grady signs a New York contract completing the Giants infield and is training with Kid Gleason Lajoie and Delahanty from the Phillies Grady recovers from a knee injury that cropped up late last season
A remote town named Green Island, starved of social life, finds unexpected vitality under Rev. Thomas Kite. He arrives with a flashy but earnest persona, renovates a barn into a living space, hosts gatherings, and builds clubs, a rowing trip, and a football team. The town, once wary, becomes engaged, expands civic efforts, and rewards Kite with a raised salary as it credits him with revitalizing their community.
In Albina Oregon a three year old named Fred Evans rode a St John motor line locomotive for seven miles after lifting the throttle. Passersby and railroad staff chased and eventually stopped the engine with its steam at eighty pounds. Fred wore calm, claimed he could run an engine like his father and appeared proud after the dramatic ride.
The Breton sheep, the smallest of its kind, is small enough to hide behind a bucket when grown and is more suited as a pet than for wool or meat. It endears itself with gentleness and strong sympathy, reacting to human happiness or sorrow with clear emotion as described in Stray Stories.
A humorous dialogue snippet shows Little Clarence asking his father if Scotch whisky makes a man hoot louder than other whiskies. Mr Callipers responds with weary uncertainty as the boy presses the question.
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