The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1886-11-12
BASEBALL GOSSIP.


Estorbrook wants to play with the Nets
next year.
Savannah is raising $40, 600 for the South
ern league team of 1887
Watkins has signed contract to manage
the Detroit team again in 1887.
The Nets havo signed Ryan, who pitched
for the Boston Blues during the past season.
The Chicago Club has signed Mark Bald
win, late of the Duluth club, champions Of
the Northwestern league.
A Gulf league is talked Of with teams in
Selma, Mobile, Montgomery, Pensacola,
Columbus and Birmingham.
Should Poormau decide not to sign with
Boston, which is likely, he will probably be
found with the Louisvilles next season.
During the season just closed the American
association clubs signed l6i men and released
A, the league 16s men and released 3d.
The New York club has already more
pitchers than it over had before. Welch,
Keefe, Herman, George and Mattimore are
among the number.
Harliins the pitcher of the Holy Gross col
legeseam, of Boston, is credited with having
thrown ball the remarkable distance of l29
yards inches on Oct. 13,
The salary limit rule will probably be
abolished next season. 1t was SO flagrantly
disregarded this year by the different man
ayers as to he almost n nullity.
Owing to the failure of the Philadelphia
club to keep its engagements with the Ath-
letics, the gold medals which were to be given
to the members of the champion team will
not be distributed until the close of the spring
SERIES
Baldwin was the best winning pitcher He
won 10 out of 50 games. Stemmyer won 22
out of Al, including ona>tie game, and Rad
bourn won "a out of 81. Wclch of New
York, won SO and lost 22 Shaw, of Wash
ington, won 10 and lost so games during the
season.
New York is still skirmishing for young
players.
Kilroy will probably go to California with
the Louisville club.
Cincinnati is to play exhibition games with
Chicago, Detroit and Kansas City.
Irwin and Andrews have agreed to play
with the Phillies next season.
Ramsey has been secured by Won der Abe
to pitch against the Chicago champions
The Boston club has signed Morgan Muir
ply, catcher of the Boston New England
league team.
It is said the reason Darymple has taken
such fall in his batting is because his eye
sight is failing him.
After paying all the expenses of its big
deals it is said Detroit will have s25, 600 in its
treasury at the close of the season.
The pavilion at the new Philadelphia
grounds is being fast pushed to completion.
1t is safe to say it will be the finest stand of
the kind in the country.
Some time ago the New York club proposed
that the league season be extended, so that
postponed games could be played off About
all the clubs were in favor of it except
Detroit.
Boston has not reserved Tate or Dealey
st. Louis Crane, Chicago Moolic Philadel-
phia Irwin or Andrews, Detroit White or
Manning, New York Finley or Esterbrook,
Washington Baker, Henry or Houck
Boston has cleared $4,000 this season, New
York 100000, Detroit about $4,000 and
Chicago S60, 600 This will effectually silence
those who heretofore have claimed that play
ing baseball is not legitimate and honor
able profession n.-Rambler.
Chicago's California catcher, Hardie, will
go back to California this winter and catch
for ball club called the Haverlys. Jerry
Denny and Patsy Cahil, of the Maroons, and
Tom Brown, the great batter and base run
ner Of the Pittsburg, will play ball with Cali
fornia clubs this winter.
The secret is out Won der Abe is an old
ball player. He was short stop of the old
Grand avenue nine in st, Louis, and he is
talking of getting the nine together again to
play the Browns, In Won der Ahe's days no
coaching was allowed, but it is said Chris
used to howl: "Schwint, Challey, Schwint.'
Philadelphia Press,