Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-11-28
Base Ball.


Paul during the coming season are not
very promising. There is much desire,
but little money. st. Paul will be sur
rounded with good ciabs, and in the spring
when al the good players have been pick
ed up. and nothing is left but the rubbish
and odds and ends to select from, st. Paul
VIII perhaps begin TO think about the mat
ter aud the more she thinks the
more she will wish she had club, but the
point then will be to get one. Well, she
viii probably get one then; and what will
it be! 1t Will be just this and nothing
more, viz: An A No. l club to get beat
with II. The game Is growing rapidly in
public favor. 1t was never patronized
half as much as it was last year. The
coming year will surpass last year as
much as last year did all previous years.
st. Paul is big enough and sufficiently
able TO have good club. bat it does not
LOOK Low as though she would. If she can
not have good one she ought not to have
any at all.
The Chicago club has seventeen players
under contract, and three or four more
wall be signed. The players now under
engagements are Arson, Goldsmith, Burns,
Kelly, Flint, Williamson, Pfeffer, Gore,
Dalrymple and Sunday, all of the team OF
1888, besides seven new players, including
Crosby, Dee, Young, Oman, Whitley, De-
pangler and KinZie, who are to form the
auxiliary team of 1884. It will be noticed
that the name of Larry Corcoran, the
pItcser, does not appear on the list of
those who have signed for next season.
Just before the club disbanded for the sea-
son something in the nature of a tripartite
contract was entered into by
Flint, Corcoran and Gore, and
the trio descended in force upon the club
management with demand for big money.
Flint estimated his services at $500 for
five months play. Corcoran invoiccd his
pitching ability at 81 500, or close upon
800 per game, while Gore thought he
could get along with $4,000. The syndi-
cate then folded It's arms and waited re-
suits. Flint vas the fret TO weaken. He
had big offer from the new Lucas club in
st. Louis, and as his wife's people live II
that city he was quite disposed TO 60 there.
He was, however, induced to change his
mind, and an amioaEle adjustment WIS
reached on the basis of a salary said to be
about $4,000, and this with the under
standing that he was not TO catch IN more
than half the games, as Kelly had accepted
liberal increase of salary under an
agreement to play behind the bat when
ever called upon. Just before leaving for
the south, Gore surrendered and signed
the contract. Bat CorcGran remained OBJ
durate to the last, and departed for his
home in the east without leaving his sig
nature behind, He had lowered his de-
mand from $500 down to $4,000, but was
met with stern refusal to consider any
such figure. It is understood that he was
offered $2,10O, or an average of trife
over $40 per game for the fifty games he
will have to pitch next year.
With the league, American association,
Northwestern association, Intercollegiate
association, Union association, Union
league, and various state and local organ
izations too numerous TO mention, it seems
as if the season of 1884 would be far more
successful and prominent than the one
just past.
The announcement Is semi-oficially
made that the American association will
add four new clubs TO its body next year.
The new teams will hail from the cities of
Brooklyn, Washington, Indianapolis and
Toledo.
Manager Bancroft, Of the Providence
club, has recently signed Bazsett, the excel
lent catcher and batter Of the Providence
University nine. the Providence nine Is
now complete with the exception OF right
fielder.
The Bostons have secured two new mer,
Moriarity and Barrett, of ths Holyoke5.
aoEiarisy Is but nineteen years old, five
feet and eight inches In height, and weighs
100 pounds
Peoria viii raise $1,000 for base ball
club nsxt year.
All the Buhsloes got big increases in sal
aries for 1884.