Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1884-02-28
RAhE BALL NOTES.
Some lnterestiDg POints In Refer
enco 20 tho AppPOac y ing Season.

From present indications the comm
base ball season will be attended wit
considerable interest, and the Quickste
will no doubt be well received in thi
city, as good games are promised AM
everything done to make the games in
terestipS. Needed improvements u
Quickstep Park are now being made
The grounds will be put in excellen
condition, new chairs will be placed il
the pavilion and the entire place reno
waited. Some of the Quickstep's players
including Casey, he left-handed pitcher
are expected to arrive the latter part O
this week or the first of next The
club IL composed of good material and
with the efficient management of Mr.
| Simmons their success Is assured. The
limited number of season tickets issued
have nearly all been sold and the stock.
holders are sangulne of an eventful
20 ison.
| Other clubs are looking towards their
respective interests, and all the good
material il being utilized. Manager
Watkins Of the Bay City, Mich, club,
was In Wilmington yesterday on bust.
ness relating to his team.
The Active of Reading has signed tif.
teen players, who will report for duty
April 9th and Immediately 20 into train
ing, and will open the season with the
Providence April 18th.
The Baltimore (American) and Monu.
mental (Eastern) have arranged the
following dates for series of games for
the championship of Baltimore April
o, 10, 81, 20, "a, 26 and %.
Big Jake Goodman, the chronic growl-
er, who held down first base for the
Trenton last season, will fill the same
position for the Bay City, Mich, club
this season. They will practice at
Quickstep Park, beginning about April
], and will cross bats with the Quick
step on April IA.
The Allegheny club Is afraid that
Fox, one of the pitchers, will not show
up when the season opens. If well
managed and properly backed Fox is
one of the best pitchers in the country.
He played here part of last season.
The Altoona club of Altoona, Pa,
has been admitted to full membership
of the Union Association. This will
give the unions a circuit composin
eight good base ball cities, as follows
st. Louis, Chicago, Cincinnati and AL
tOona in the West and Washington,
Baltimore, Philadelphia and Boston in
the East.
The follow ing is list of players In
last seasons Interstate clubs who
have entered the American Association
and League clubs for the coming sea-
son: August r. Albert and John j.
Fox Of the Quickstep, James Knowles
Of Anthracite and George Miller of
with Allegheny Henry
Larkins of Active. and John Williams !,
Of Anthracite, with Athletic; Robert
ID. Emslie, Charles w. Householder
and Frank Gardner Of Merritt, and |
Timothy Il. Manning of Brooklyn, with |
Baltimore Isaac r. Benners of Quick
step, John Corcoran, William +. Green.
wood, Samuel J. Kimber and Frede-
rick j. Warner of Merritt, John j. :
Farrow, William j. Terry and Oscar
Walker of Brooklyn (Inter- State) with
Brooklyn (American); Gus Shallix of
with Cincinnati; Edward
Morris and Fred. H. Carroll of Active,
with Columbus John Cline Of Harris
burg, with Louisville; Frank J. Fin
nelly of Merritt, with Washington.-I
The only one VIII, entered the L ague
was Annis of Anthracite, with Boston.
rwenty-four Of the b st players of the
Interstate we're thus gobbled up, to
recruit The ." Ter organizations, twenty.
;hree Of ~ + number entering the
America ! ,sOciatiou.