The Washington critic., 1888-02-04
EARLY SPRING GAMES.
The Ante Championship DateSOf the
Nationals.
LATE CONTRACTS RECEIVED.
Current Gossip in Baseball Circles
About Players.

1--WE are perfecting the arrange
ments for our Southern trip" said
President Hewett Of the Nationals
to-day. "The trip is just to get the
boys in good practice, which result
will be accomplished, think, under
the care of Ted Sullivan. Our dates,
as far as we have decided, are as fol-
lows; New Orleans, March 9Th, 9TH,
9th and 11th; Montgomery, the 18th;
Birmingham, 18th, 10th, 10th and
18th; Atlanta, 10Th, Goth, 2lst and
22d; Charleston, 23d, oath, 2Gth and
9th, and then home.
1--WE will open here on the 3lst with
Williams College. We play here
April 9, 3 and with the Buffalos, 5
and @ with the Athletics, with Am
herst; 90 to Baltimore . and 10.
Baltimore plays here ON the 11th and
and Princeton on the 18th and l4th.
the strong clubs of the American AS
sociation to play with us here, but
they are all averse to leaving home.
We offered the Browns of Brooklyn
big inducements TO come here, but
they preferred to play at home. We
do not want to give the impression
that we only care to play with light
weight clubs here"
CONTRACTS PROMULGATED.
President Young has received the fol-
lowing contracts; A. Dalrymple with
Pittsburg; II. Il. johnson and NJ. j. Kelly
with Boston and Fred. Pfeffer with Chi
cago; NJ. Walsh, i. Foreman, A. G.. Will
son, Walter Fisher, o. j. Visner and Ed
ward Green with the International
League; ]. w. Shaffer, John Brennan,
l.. II. Meyers and Sadie p. Houck with
Lew Sowders with the Western Associa-
ton. Michael Lynch has been released
by Minneapolis.
A paragraph is making the rounds of
the papers that Tom York is to manage
the Nationals this year. Go away from
home for the newsl
GENERAL DIAMOND POINTERS.
So Fred. Pfefier has signed with
Chicago. That settles all talk about the
Hoosiers securing him. His salary, it is
said, will be $1,000. He is worth it.
Mike Kehyha put his name to Bos-
ton contract and has received $1,000 adj
vance of his $1,000 salary. Mike says
that he doesn't care whether he is captain
of the team or not. Morrill, will be, then,
and harmony will reign again.
The st. Louis players have arrived
home from the coast.
Clarkson is the only member of the
Chicago nine who has not signed. The
Bostons still have q longing eye in his
direction.
The Bostons have offered the Pitts
| burgs 81 900 for Smith.
Whereis Jimmy Knowles going? One
report puts him ON third for the reorgan
lied Kansas Citys, and another on second
| for the Rochesters.
| SO far only ten of the Pittsburgs have
signed. A local writer has prepared 6
table of the salaries the men want. Tht
total is $4,000. He, says they will ge
$1,000 Mccormick, $4,000; Morris, $1,000
$500; Coleman, $4,000; Barkley, $1,000
Smith, $500; Fields, $1,000; Dalrymple
$1,000 Henderson, 81, 700; Maui, $4,000
Farmer, s., 900; Whitney, So 200; Beecher
$1,700 Sunday, Sl,s00. There's modesty
| Colonel Rogers of the Philadelphia Clul
says: 1--WE did offer Andrews for Pfeffer
but now that that player has signed will
Chicago we will be Obliged to get alon;
without him. AL. Spalding told me tina
he did not think the Chicago people woult
allow him to release Pfefler, and that re
mark convinced me that Pfeffer was no
for sale. We may yet get Richardson
Hanlon and Twitchell have been ofieret
in exchange for Andrews, but nothini
has been done in regard to the matter.
consider Twitchell better man thai
Hanlon, and If | had my choice of th
| two TWitchell would be the man."