St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-04-27
Rase Ball.

this year, the Mirror of American Sports
says: ''The season of base ball activity is
now fairly begun, and the interest shown
in the sport shows no abatement, but rather
an increase. Already the struggle for
championship hOnOrs has commenced in
several of the associations, and in another
week the National league schedule will
have been opened. In the American aSsO-
citation struggle it. is evident that all the
clubs are very closely matched, and that
the result will remain doubtful until the
close of the season. Cincinnati has started
off with clean score of victories at the eX-
pense of Louisville and st. Louis, while
the champions of last season, the MetrOpol-
itans, have made poor beginning. Balti-
more, Brooklyn and PittSburg are all very
strong, and the Athletics show better than
they did last season. AS to the National
league, the only thing that now seems GER
tain is that there are five clubs of a strength
so nearly equal as to give the contest an en-
during interest. The clubs that are mate
rally stronger than they were last year are
Chicago and New York, and it would not
be at all surprising if the pennant should
lie between these two toward the close of
the season. But Boston and Providence
are very formidable, and st. Louis is GER
tain to make trouble with its well-adver-
tised group of players"
AT ST. LOUIS.
Pittsburg. .....O 0 0 0 0 0 0 90
st. Louis. .......0 0 0 0 0 0 O 1-2
AT CINCINNATI.
Cincinnati. :. ....2 6 0 0 0 0 0 0-s
Louisville. .......0 0 0 1 0-1
AT INDIANAPOLIS.
indianapolis IL Oil
MI N
AT KANSAS CITY.
Kansas City...2 0 0 0 2 0 o. 5
Milwaukee, 80 1 0 0 90 GO o.
MISCELLANEOUS.
Pietsch has been released by the st.
Louis team.
The Wilmington Base Ball club has joined
the Eastern league.
Crowley, of last years Bostons, has taken
O'Rourke's place in the Buffalo left field.
BlakistOn has been released and Force
has been suspended by the Buffalo manage
agement.
Peoria is endeavoring to have the Keokuk
nine transferred to that city and enter the
Western league.
Dan O'Leary says he wants the Western
league pennant, and Ted Sullivan retorts
that the only way he can get it is to steal it.
Corcoran has a lame arm, and Clarkson
and Kellogg have been doing all the pitch
ing for the Chicago club on its Southern
tour.
Philadelphia has PCS base ball clubs.
With Mccormick and Briody, and
Sweeney and Baker as batteries, the Lucas
team will cut figure in the league race.
Base ball is beginning to boom all through
Canada, and that. region is now being in
vaded by American professional players.
Hines of the BOstons has struck terrific
gait in batting, having made seventeen
hits in his eight games.
a Canadian league has been formed with
the Toronto, Woodstock, Maple Leafs of
Guelph, Clipper and Primrose mines of
Hamilton, in the cast.
Although having retired from the dia-
mond, it is rumOred that Fred Goldsmith
will manage the London base ball team, one
of the crack clubs of Canada.
The Buffalos are still endeavoring to al
lure Deacon White to leave his farm at
Corning. doff his blowing overalls and don
the uniform once more. They need him
badly.
Sylvester of the Cincinnati Unions of last
year, who has been working at his trade of
matchmaker in Columbus, o.. all winter, is
captain and manager of the Memphis team.
FOgarty of the Philadelphias, i'll his first
game, out OF four times at bat made TWO
home runs. three-base hit and single.
Al Spalding has proved himself one of
the best friends st. Louis ever had, and if
the public does not give him a royal recep-
ton when he comes down here with his
nine, the public" don't deserve to have any
friends hereafter.-St. Louis Republican.
The new style of pitching is already de-
nounced by the hop-skip-and-jump twist
ers. Radbourne and Lovett have each
lame back. Buffinton wants Whitney in
the field to relieve him, Harry Wright has
decided to play two pitchers and Larry
Corcoran says dammit.
The Toledo uniform has been procured
and will consist Of cadet gray pants and
shirt, blue stockings and gray caps with
blue binding. making very tasty and natty
appearing dress.
Cleveland correspondence: April 10 the
first professional game ever played in Cleye-
land on Sunday took place. 1t was also
the first appearance Of the new Cleveland
team before a home audience. As the
weather was superb, 1000 persons greeted
our team. They had the Toledos as OPP
ponents and defeated them II to 5. The
general verdict was that the local team viii
prove strong one. The batting by the
home boys was fine. and such base running
has never before taken place ON Cleveland
grounds.
O'Brien. who played first base in the st.
Paul club last year, is now playing the