Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1886-12-19
SPORTING.
BASE BALL.

The Michigan State League is booming.
New York refuses to divide with De-
troit.
Glasscock says he will use fat bat next
season.
Lou Simmons and his athletic gang will
tarry in Cuba.
Mike Mansell has signed with the Ham
ilton (OntariO) club.
Arlie Latham has not been overly sue
cessful as foot racer.
Oswego will probably sell its Information
al League franchise.
Cleveland does not seem to have any wild
desire for McGinnis.
Manager James Hart is making big
money out Of his California trip.
Every organization has magnificent
corps of umpires; that is, just now.
Arlie Latham, of the Browns, is playing
polo with the Salem Mass. team.
Washington will open next season on
April with Chapman's Buffalo team.
The Kansas City directors say that
"Grasshopper Jim" is not purchaseable.
Buck Ewing says he considers Jim Mu-
trie the bast manager in the country.
John L. Sullivan recently pitched a
game in San Francisco. His twirling was
failure.
Arrangements are already being msde
for spring games. The season is rapidly
approaching
Henry Mccormick, formerly with the
cuse, New York.
The Louisvilles don't seem TO have
much trouble in hitting Kirby's delivery
out in California.
1t is quite likely that Manager Bancroft
will do the official scoring for the Ath-
letiCs next season.
Ii is getting quite fashionable now to
play a series of games and the winners to
take all the receipts.
phenomenal" Smith and his catcher,
DAILY, are on their way to San Francisco to
Join the Louisville team.
The Harvard College nine cleared
s., 500 last season, and Yale Melted nearly
that sum.
The Newark On. j. club will have a
cOlored battery next season in StOvey and
Walker. Hackett will manage them.
Tony Mullane and little Nicol will not
be strangers to each other. They both
played on the st. Louis Browns in 1883.
The Allegheneys will play at home all
through April with the international
League Clubs. No southern trip this
year.
Ed Crane, the long distance thrower,
has not signed to pitch for the Boston, as
reported, but will be found with the Ath-
letics.
The Buffalo International club has al
ready arranged exhibition dates in Gin
cinnati, Louisville Baltimore and Wash
ingtOn.
Manager Hart is meeting with such
great success in California that he has
telegraphed East for another pitcher and
catcher.
GOldsby was so anxious to get away
from the Washington club that he bought
his own release. He will manage the
Topekas.
Elmer Cleveland, who Eeld down third
base for the Cincinnati Unions, will play
the same position in the st. Paul team
next season.
Club managers have been debarred from
the meetings of both the League and As
ISOLATION by the adoption of a rule TO that
effect
CarutherS and Latham, of the Browns,
are after big increase of salary next sea-
son, and say they will not play ball ifthey
do not get it.
All the clubs want to get a whack at the
Browns in a series of games before the reg
ular season opens. Even Barnie would
like go"
Next season will he longer one for the
League. The clubs will commence sooner
and continue longer in the field than any
previous year.
The New York Tribune strongly advises
the minor base ball leagues to combine
against the National League and American
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