Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1888-04-13
BASE BALL
VIII be Ono Of Cincinpstrs Attrno-
tions During the Summer
Visitors to tho Centennial VIII Have
an Opportunity TO Soc All
the Crack Clubs.

The Cincinnati Baseball Club this year
will present one OF tho strongest teams
that has ever represented this city upon
the green diamond. The particular tsa-
ture about tbs com binatien Is that most
OF the meA have been together for three
seasons and therefore are playing as =
body much more strongly than any Of
ita rivAlA comprised OF new material.
Tho Club has sixteen men under con-
tract, ave pitchers, three cAtchsra, Hsven
regular out and innsldsrs, and ems sub
ordinate
In pitching strength 1t ranks as high ~
any Organization in thecouutry NullAps
and Elmer Smith, one OF the most docsp-
Gvs lsft-hAnders, are the star attration ns :,
and thsv are q hard pair TO equaL To
Altern ate with them are Viau, who was
the best twirleT in tbs Northwestern q
League last season, and who la expected
to prove q very valuable addition to the
home team, sorAd and Hart who are
both very promising men.
To back this quintetts there arc trio
OF eatoherz, ex pert Es throwors and un-
failing a. rstAiners OF the speedy dellv-
sry Of Mullaho and others. No names
are OsstoT known than those OF Kid
Bald win and Jim Keenan,, with oCon-
nor a. substitute.
The lntisld could really be styled G
stone wall, so strong is Il Long John
Reilly has few Euperiors at hrat and
AcPheo is the King Of Seco nd basemsn.
He la remarkably active in his rscovs ry
aud In lightning-like in bis throwing,
On quick returns 10 the catcher no 10
the peer OF all. Frank Fonnslly A. short
and Carpenter a. third are both lively,
sure heldsrs. The present season 10 TO-
beau's second one 10 left. Lest year hs
did wondrouS work, and II is expected
that he will surpass that record in ISIS.
John Corkhill gnd little Hugh Sicol are
among the great eenters aud right
6elders of the land Corkhill especially
has the reputation OF being the best
Judge OF hy ball In the country. Al
any rate he lie credited with more pho
nomonal catches than any Of tho other
neldsrs Henry Kappell 10 the srbsti-
tute, competent OF play any inheld OF
outfield position. This makes a cotnbi-
nation capEbls Of giving Its patrons the
highest dsvelopment Of the National
PasttIne.
During the continuance Of the Csnten-
NAL the CinciupStis will have many
noteworthy con tests, In fact with but
few exceptions, all Of their home games
are played during the one hundred days
Of the Exposition.
The very opening day OF the grand
exhibition, the RedE are pitted against
the famous Brooklyn aggregation, she
msst expensive objection Of players in
tho country, containing Bob Caruthers,
whose services represent $4,000. The
same crew are at Cincinnati August 10,
IL and IL, and September u, Y and %
Tho Athletics will be at Cincinnati
July 8, 7. and loi August II, Is, and 10,
and septe mber Is, 10 and 20,
Tho Baltimores are TO be NJ Cuotn-
natl August IS, ~, Id, snd ssptsnahss
as, 29, 80.
The Louisvilles, to beat whom " OA-
sinnstis especial pride and delight, Will
be at Cincinnati July II, 10, IL, and oe-
tober q, q, and ].
KansaA City, comprising many old
Cincinnati men, are at Cincinnati July
RI, ~ and "A, and October y, 10 and IL.
st. Louis, the far-iamsd champions,
como Just when the race for the PEN
naut win have reached the iuteresting
stage, October ~, l9, IL winding up the
season at Cincinnati.
As battsrs and base runners the Gin
einnatis have always stood very high
In fact, base running which won the st.
Louis Browns the championship has
been one Of their forteA.