Omaha daily bee., 1888-04-08

Eighteen hundred and eighty-eight has
been started.
other part of this column.
Base-running will be feature of the
Omaha's playing this season.
The game will be called at o'clock sharp
this afternoon.
Viau, the northwestern wonder, will be
favorite with the Cincinnati public. He is
kind of worker that takes well in the
Queen City.
Pete Browning started his glorious base
ball career for a pttance of $40 per month
Now the gladiator pulls $3.50 cases every two
weeks.
1t is now leaked out that Chicago got 81, 900
from Pttsburg for Mccormick. He was
dear at that price, but nevertheless he
pitched $1,000 worth of ball against the
White Stockings at a time when every de
feat counted heavily against Anson's crowd
Sporting Life. There is decidedly tishy
odor about the 81, 0O0 part of the above item.
Spaulding offered to sell Mccormick, TO the
absolute knowledge of the writer, to the
Cincinnati management for $3.50. 1t is not
reasonable to suppose that men of the
Nimick and Phillips makeup are chumps
enough to pay SO 80 more than Spaldng's
price. Mccormick cost the Pittsburg team
about $3.50, and not penny more.
Manager Hart says the MilwaulSees will
not finish worse than second
Two weeks from Saturday next and the
championship opens.
Cassian is the youngest man in the local
team.
Minneapolis opens the season here.
A game will be arranged for one day this
week in which the sixteen players under
contract with Omaha will take part The
opposing pitchers will be Flynn and Bur
dick.
Any number of Oshkosh people will go over
to Milwaukee to see the Omaha team when
it goes there.
Hanlon has not yet signed with the De-
troits. He'll get there in time, however,
they never fail.
The Western association championship
season opens Saturday, April the 2Sth, the
American association on Wednesday, the
18th and the National League on Friday the
2Sth.
On Decoration Day. May 80, Omaha plays
two games in Des Moines Coin over!
There will be sixty-three championship
games upon the home grounds.
Frank Bandle is still disengaged.
Krehmeyer, Bader and Genins are showing
up in fine shape with the Denvers.
The Western league schedule committee
meets at Wichita to-day.
The Omahas play in st. Paul and Mime
apolis on the IS. 70, 2l 90, "A and rs of this
month. ~. ......... .. ...-..- .. ..
Jack Messett will be seen behind the bat
in one of next weeks exhibition games.
Manager Selee on every occasion possible
impresses the directors with the fact that
they can set wholesome example by taking
their wives, daughters and sweethearts, as
the case may be, to see the games. The
ladies are to be handsomely cared for at the
grounds this season.
AL Swift, of last seasons Omahas, is play
ing second for the GAINESVILLE, Ohio, state
league club.
1t is the general verdict of the naha play
ers that they are stronger this ye;.r than they
were at Oshkosh last year.
w. S. Collver who signed to play short for
Will Bryans Hutchinson, Kansas, team, died
one week after receiving his advance money.
All the new men like Joe Walsh's prelim-
nary work. They pronounce hin -four
time winner.
Jack Healy and his grin are to be seen
again upon the local diamond this season.
Welcome back Jack.
Kiroy, the black headed pitcher of the
Baltimore club, only wants %, 800 salary and
an additional $40 for every gam, he wins
Two years ago he was working for IS a week
and was happy.