St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-08-04


from Cleveland.
The Saltwater team will play its last game
to-day at Milwaukee.
At the conclusion Of his engagement as
manager of the Grand Rapids team, Horace
B. Phillips goes out as advance agent OF the
Harry Miner Comedy Four company, with
Murphy and Mack, Shannon and Morris as
the stars.
The Muskegon club is in debt to the
amount of So, 900 and has s34 in the treas
ury. An effort is being made to raise 81, 900
by subscription to carry the club through the
season, and with good prospect of success.
Detroit Free Press.
At the meeting at Quincy Thursday even
ing it was voted to raise $4,000 to keep the
club afloat, and 1886 was subscribed then
and there. The deficiency at that time was
reported at $23s.7S. OF the capital stock of
S., 900, the sum Of s1,135 has not been
paid.
Buffalo and Cleveland in the game of July
30, played ten full innings with blanks on
both sides, and the tie was broken in the
eleventh and the game won by Buffalo by
Eggler's single, his advancement to second
on Serad's out, and long single by
O'Rourke.
The directors and stockholders Of the To-
ledo club met July % and raised $685. toward
making good the deficit in the treasury. 1t
is proposed to hire several first class players,
but to do this S., 900 more will be needed.
1t is very doubtful whether the amount can
be raised.
In the preliminary practice before a game
with Muskegon at Quincy, Corcoran, who
was assigned to left field, ran through the
fence, breaking down a board and falling
into ditch behind. 1t is about the same
place where Peoria fielder broke through
the fence and was hurt. Corcoran was Sc
verely injured and was taken to the hospital.
Sweeney, the new pitcher Of the st. Louis
Unions, is only twenty-five years Of age.
He and Nava, the Providence catcher, were
both born in California. They did their first
work with the Athletics, OF San Francisco.
Sweeney, when not engaged at ball playing,
was up around the gold diggings, and he
talks of gold, quartz and mining like an old
veteran. He and Nava are much attached
to each other.
If Peoria intends doing anything toward
winning the first or holding the second place
look closelyto the habits of the men. Two
of the club, an out and an infielder, were
seen on Water street yesterday considerably
''tanked up" This will not do. A man
can't drink, keep late hours, and play ball.
That has been tried in the past with sad re-
sults.-Trauscript.
A tree, under which stood a man, was
struck by lightning, and the man cody relit
his cigar from the streak, The persons who
had witnessed the occurrence ran up to the
man expecting to see blackened corpse.
When they reached the tree and found the
man unhurt they were speechless with won.
der. Noticing their establishment he re-
marked: Gentleman, that's nothing Pm
Boston base ball umpire.'
| { An old base ball player says left-handed
batters in striking ball give it curve that
makes 1t very hard to catch. At a recent
game in Cleveland Dan Brouthers, of the
Buffalos, knocked a liner to the right of cen
ter. The right fielder ran to catch it, but the
ball on approaching him took such curve
that he was obliged to retrace his steps In
hurry, and was unable to get it. Right
handed batters knock straight ball.
The Boston Herald says: "Anson recently
adopted a clever experiment, not entirely
successful, to find out whether all Of his play
ers were in their rooms at the proper hour OF
not. He first obtained the names and room.
from the clerk, ana at the right time began
to make his rounds. 1t so happened tha
one player had told his room mate to 90 out,
and if Arson tried to get in he would keey
him out. Arson knocked at this door until
he got tired, when happy thought struck
him. He got chair and match. Having
mountedthe former article, he got his heac
in the transom and lighted the match. Be-
fore it was well under way the player in bed
comprehended the scheme. A clever throw
of the pillow extinguished the match, and
before Baby kneY what was up his head
was outside and the transom closed. 1t cost
the player 800 to throw that pillow"
The Cleveland club management deny any
intent on their part to dsband the club.
There was no necessity of denial. 1t was moi
stated that disbandment was probable, but
that 1t was not. But the rumors as they ex.
listed and the statements made by Glasscock
and Mccormick about their request to be re-
leased, and the alleged answers made them BY
the club directors, were given because they
were public enough to be matters of news
There has probably been some exaggeration
in Glasscock's case, and it is not unlikely
that he would be released in any event, but
Mccormick was certainly offered release IL
certain terms were complied with, and, ex-
cellent player as Mac is, in his present state
| of mind it is perhaps better that ne should
go than stay. The $1,000 which he was to
have furnished for his release was to have
| been paid for good man in the North.
western league to I'LL his place.-Herald