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 Clubs, and in the spring
when al the good players have been pick
ed up, and nothing is left but the rubbish
ana odds and ends to select from, ST. Paul
VIII perhaps besi 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
will probably get one then; aad what will
it be? 1t will be just this and nothing
more, viz: An A No. 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, but it does not
looS 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
will be signed. The players now under
engagements are Arson, Goldsmith, Burns,
Kelly, Flint, Williamson, Pfeffer, Gore,
Dalrymple and Sunday, all of the team of
1883, 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 q 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 invoiced his
pitching ability at s. 500, or close upon
800 per game, while Gore thought he
could get along with $4,000 The sypdi
cate then folded its arms and waited re-
suits. Flint was the fret to weaken. He
had big offer from the new Lucas club in
st. Louis, and as his wife's people live IN
that city he was quite disposed to go there.
He was, however, induced to change his
mind, and an aniCable adjustment Was
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 Ia more
than half the games, as Kelly had accepted
q 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. But Corccran 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 $2,100, or an average of trifie
over $40 per game for the fifty games te
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 ID semi-officiallY
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.
Mansger Bancroft, of the Providence
club, has recently signed Bassett, the excel
lent catcher and batter of the Providence
University nine. Tine Providence nine is
now complete with the exception Of right
fielder
The Bostons have secured two new meD,
Moriarity and Barrett, of the Hoiyokes.
Moziarity is but nineteen years old, five
feet aDd eight inches IN height, and weighs
100 pounds.
Peoria viii raise $1,000 for base ball
club next year.
All the Bufsloes got big increases in sal
aries for 1884.