The Washington critic., 1888-03-03
FIFTY-CENT BASEBALL
Washington People Must Pay More
for Their Sport,
A UNIFORM RATE CHARGED.
Personal Gossip About the Players
of General Interest.


to that the uniform price of admission
to League games shall be fifty cents.
Walter Hewett tried hard TO have the
custom of buying three tickets for dollar
retained, but he was outvoted. Pittsmrg
made the same fight in vain, while Presi-
dent Reach of the Philadelphia strove
hard for twenty-five cent admissions. The
boys will have to give the city good
game this year to draw crowds at fifty
cents.
Arrangements have been perfected for
n spring series of five games between the
Detroits and 81, Louis Browns for the
worlds championship at baseball. 1t was
agreed that If st. Louis wins the series
her nine shall be entitled to the name
"world's champions equally with De-
troits for the season of 1888. The first
and second games are to be played at New
Orleans on April and 8; the third game
at Nashville on April @, the Browns play
ing at Birmingham and Memphis on
April and 8, respectively. From April
@ the time will be occupied by Detroit and
st. Louis playing Southern mines until
April -, when the fourth game of the
series IS to be played at st. Louis. The
series, unless tied, will be finished at ST.
Louis on April II. If tied the deciding
game is to be played at Detroit.
The Boston Journal of Monday saws
''Mr. NJ. j. Slattery who left Boston to-
day to- JON the New York Baseball Club
was presented Sunday night ut the resi-
dence of Mr.. 4. NJ. Wise, @ Broadway
South Boston, with a handsome gold
charm by some of his intimate friends
The presentation speech was made by
Mr.. G. ii. Murray. Mr.. Slattery re-
sponded, thanking his friends for their
remembrance of him. The rest of the
evening was passed in very pleasant
manner with vocal and instrumental
music, bountiful collation. and selections
by the Philharmonic Quartet"
There will be some trouble in baseball
circles next season when the question of
signing reserved men comes up, says the
Sporting NCiUs. The rule says that they
cannot be reserved at q. less salary than
they received the previous season. AS no
contract can be made out this year for
more than the limit, and as many play
ers get good sum beside their supposed
salary those who do not hold personal
contracts for that sum will probably be
held to their contract price.
Several years ago Van Haltren, who is
n plasterer by trade, was catching in an
amateur team in Oakland, across the bay
from Frisco. One day his pitcher was
disabled and Van went in TO pitch him
self. He was Missed and pounded out of
the box. This CALLED Van Haltren 50
that he determined to. become a pitcher,
and q good one at that. Between that
and the next game Van practiced with
such good effect that at the second game
he struck three men out with nine balls.
From that time on his success was as
sured.
The Pittsburg management are willing
to give Mccormick as much as Calvin is
receiving, which is about $1,000. He,
however, is still coqueting with the man
agement and wants more than that. Mr..
Mccormick hardly earned half that salary
last season, and he ought to make little
concession to the club.
Dave Sullivan, the umpire, has been
confined to his home for Some time with
acute rheumatism.
Fred Goldsmith, the old-time Chicago
pitcher, will go to the Hot Springs to try
the waters on his lame arm.
The Chicago and st. Louis clubs have
the advantage over the other clubs in the
League and Association, in the fact that
each has club in the Western Associa,
ton, from which they can make a arequisi-
ton for players in case of emergency, or
transfer a player that they do not need
on the regular teams.
II will make every concession possible
to play any of the Association teams"
says Manager Mutrie, "even if | have to
pay to have some of my dates cancelled.
Now, unless they are afraid to meet us,
surely we can come to some satisfactory
arrangement, I'm. Y. Sun.
Chris Won der Abe is reported as SAYING
that he will bet 5000 that the Browns
will be one of the first three clubs in the
championship race when the season
closes.
The spring meeting of the National
Baseball Reporters Association will be
held at Pittsburg.
The Chicago Whites will wear the regu-
lation blue flannel uniform with white
caps, belts and stockings,
The Cincinnati Club is now on tour
through Texas. They opened in Galveston
on Friday, after which they will go to
Houston, where they are billed for March
6and Z. They will also visit Dallas, Aus
tin, Fort Worth and other cities in that
State before returning to New Orleans.
The st. Louis Browns have been pretty
well broken up from the sale of num-
Der of their leading players, but they are
still expected to make a pretty fair show
ing in the race for the championship of
the American Association.
Dave Rowe says he has signed a full
team for Kansas City.
The Milwaukee Club proposes to have
the handsomest grand-stand in the North
west,
"Ihe Philadelphia Club has trouble
every year in signing its men" said o
member of the club to a reporter "Had
not Bastian been ill at critical moments,
or had the season lasted two weeks longer,
we would have won the championship.
| Baseball admirers will reoollect how we
| led the League for the last part of the
| season, and how much stronger we
| finished than the Detroits. ! believe that
| with Ferguson, Casey or Buffinton in the
box we could easily have beaten any club
in the country, not excepting the Browns.
| Yet this club pays the lowest salaries TO
| It's players of any club in the League
| of its strength, or anywhere near its
strength. Let me show you. Think Of a
| player like Casey getting 81, 800; Andrews,
! 81, ,760; Mulvey, $1,000; Fogarty, 81 800.
| Farrar, 81 800; Clements, 81, 500. Now,
there Is not player in this list who is
not worth more than the figure quoted.
The men have all been faithful, worked
hard, been the means disappointing the
| Athletics in popular favor, and drawing,
instead of the small audiences when the
club was first organized, immense crowds.
The club is now rich and established, and
can afford to treat its men we'll. II is not
Harry Wrights, fault that know. Harry
has very little TO say about the team.
Reacha and Rogers attend to the makeup
of the team from dav TO day when it is al
home and Harry has to do lust as they
say. There is scarcely man in the club
who does not desire to get away on ao-
count of the salary question.
The Western Association will pay lis
umpire 81 900 and expenses
The New York players have been sum,
moned to report for duty March 20
Herman Doeseher will umpire the
Athletic Club opening games In April.
The Cineinnats gronnds are to bG