The Washington critic., 1888-02-11
BALL PLAYERS TALK.
Latest Gossip of Interest About
WearerS of "KniCkerbOckCrS,"
WHAT THE NATIONALS ARE DOING
The Management Looking Around
for Better Material.

for Better Material.
The programme of the National Clubs
trip to the South has been changed as fol-
lows: Leave here on March q and open in
Mobile, Ala. Play at New Orleans March
3, Z, and IL; Montgomery, 18th; Bir-
mingham, 18th, 18th, 18th and 10th; at
Atlanta on the 18th, 10Th, Goth and 21st,
where the club will open the new ball
grounds. VIII probably meet the Phila-
delphias at Savannah and play them, and
probably by request, play at Charlotte,
NC. After Charleston, on the 23d, 2ith,
26th and 9th, the club will return home
and follow the programme as published
in last Saturdays CRITIo.
Wilmot coming from San Francisco,
OBrien from Kansas City. Myers from
Terre Haute and Hoy from Finley, Ohio,
will meet the club at Mobile.
The Nationals have signed George Q.
Shoch.
Tom t. Brown and u. G. Tate have
signed with Boston, and @. w. CANCEL,
/. g.. Twitchell and r. j. Conway, with
Detroit.
The only members of the club now in
the city are Gilmore, Gilligan and Shoch.
Secretary Burket wrote to the Kansas
Citys during the past week offering to
trade Donnelly for Jim Davis. No action
was taken on the matter, which will prob
ably be decided at q meeting Of the
Kansas City directors on Monday. Don
nelly is a clever young player and his
services would be valuable TO any Asso-
ciation club. II must be admitted.
though, that he Is hardly heavy enough
with the stick for Washington. We
must have sluggers this year. Third base
is our weakest point, and good man
there should be secured.
The Boston team has signed. Tom
Brown late of the Pittsburgs, has offered
to play right field for the Beaneaters. A
good man is needed there. Kelly will
be seen behind the bat oftener this sea-
son than last.
The Cincinnatis will make their South
ern tour in a special Pullman, and will
travel in style. New Orleans is waiting
with open arms.
Workmen are busily engaged on the
baseball grounds at Sportsmen's Park, in
the Crescent City. The improvements
are to be completed by next Sunday.
James Woods is TO manage the Memphis
nine this year.
Buck Ewing Is visiting friends in Gin
cinnati.
Won der Abe is in London, and will
shortly sail for America. ''' '',i
+ Al Baueraspires to be a Southern League
umpire.
BY the way, President Young, how
would Phil Baker look in o League UNI
pire's uniform
President Day of the New Yorks is an
expert at bowls, and recently won medal
at the Crescent Clubs bowling match.
The Smith family, the Tintes-Stdr has
discovered, is distributed among Cincin-
natl. Pittsburg, Baltimore, Louisville,
Charleston, Brooklyn, Memphis and
Decatur.
Carroll of the Pittsburgs has at last
placed his name to o contract. He will
receive $500. Pop Smith declares
that he will not play for a cent less. He
also says that he. is not at all anxious to
desert Pittsburg for Boston.
Miller and Calvin have not yet come
around, but the Pittsburg people are con-
fident that they will in time,
The Cincinnatis are preparing for their
preliminary Southern touroo Mullape has
arrived in the city from the Slope.
Manager Mutrie has challenged Won dc
Abe to play the Giants series of games.
Brouthers insisted on having the whole
amount of his salary named in his con.
tract. Hardie Richardson has followed
his example, but the Detroit management
has refused
Manager Dave Rowe of the Kansas
Citys is Constantly on the lookout for ma.
terial. He is now negotiating for Kappeile
and Connons of Cincinnati, but will
| hardly secure them.
/ The League will meet at the Fifth Ave
! nue. Hotel in New York on the first Mon
day of next month, and the Association
| at the Clarendon in Brooklyn ON the samt
day. Until then the details of the sea
sons schedule are profound secret.
| After o stormy session of two days a
! Buffalo, the League and Association join
| schedule committee on Tuesday agreed
on the schedule for the coming season
| OF course, there were conflicting dates
but both sides waived demands and {
| compromise was accepted that was salts
| factory. This is the first time ON record
l Chicago, Cincinnati, Louisville, Pittsburg
| indianapolis, Baltimore, New York anC
| Brooklyn, all wanted dates when unusua
| attractions were to be in those cities and j
was hard to satisfy all. Washington
wanted nothing and got it. M
Pat Dealy wants to play with Kansas
City, The Cowboys could go far and far
much worse. is- D. ias..
| Spaulding says that Chicago has liat
| ITO tlttBotlutIOllS VIII DOStOn reBdruint
Clarkson, Maybe not, but.
Hamilton, Ontario, has secureda phe
nolnenal pitcher who has an in and al
outcurve, an out and a drop combined,
raise and the over and underhand dro)
curves. Now, let's hold our breath unit
he is knocked out Of the box.
1 Clafkson thinks Keefe is his first choic
as d pitcher and of Ferguson, Getzein an,
our own Jim Whitney he is unable to de
termine the best.
The managers of the new Association
team in Kansas City have engaged n suit
Of rooms in one OF the business block
and have comfortably furnished them
The leading sporting papers of the cit
| VIII be kept on file.
/ The members OF the Cincinnati Clul
can always get advance money from th
| management when il is evident that the
are in need of funds. tits simply loaf
however, as the player is required 10 pa
Gper cent. interest on the money he r,
| ceiVes. The loan Is divided into notes an
made payable at certain dates, which M
Stein places in the banks. The presider
of the Cincinnati Club doesnot believe Il
I advancing money 10 players, and onl
does IT when 1t Is absolutely needed
| Commercial Gazette.
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| AN AMATEUR photographer set will b
presented to the lad receiving the largei
| number of votes at the Grand Arm