The Washington critic., 1888-01-14
SPORTING TOPICS.
What the Management is Doing for
the Local Nine.
A BLOW AT THE B00KMAKERS
Senator BlacIburn's Bill Destined
to Become Law.

inqtOn Baseball Club. This IS the
season when the players talk great
deal and do very little. II is quite
difficult to pin baseball player down
to action Of any kind at this time. He
is looking around and talking with
this manager and that manager, but
usually dcfers action until later on.
That is, unless he is broke In that
case he wants advance money, and is
quick to come to an understanding.
You know we advance money TO
players sometimes, and there are
very few of them who do not ask for
the advance, for rs q class they are
generous, liberal ,open-handed fellows,
and are quite liable to get broke
about this time of the year. Gilmore
has signed as pitcher. He is a good
man" ..
care you seeking any new men"
"Why, certainly; we arc always on
the lookout. Ted Sullivan is now on
a-N0rthern trip, somewhere up about
Troy. y. Y, and if in the course of
his travels he should happen to strike
Il desirable fellow we would take
him."
"By the way, is Sullivan to be the
manager of the Nationals this year,"
"Well, ! cannot answer that ques-
ton positively. 1t has not been de-
cided, No one knows definitely about
that. Everybody concerned seems to
be at sea on the question"
"Have you made u new provision
for players for second and third base
and short-stop?"
"No, we have not. The men we
have are perfectly capable of filling
the places-Myers for second, Irwin
for third, and Gardner and Donnelly
for short"
"What is the programme for the
Southern trip of the clubY"
"No definite programme has been
decided upon. The club will report
Mt New Orleans, March /, to practice.
The club will probably play at New
Orleans, Birmingham, Ala, and
Charleston, S. c., returning to Wash
ington about April l. II is probable a
few games will be played here with
minor clubs before the season opens" F"
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Billy Madden's play is taking rest
this week and undergoing many
changes before being put on in Wash
ington and Baltimore next week and
the following one. Madden claims a
great success, and says he will again
present his show to New Workers in
March. Dempsey is TO set to with
him next week, but will probably
train for the contest with McCaffrey
after that. Billy thinks Jack is sure
to win or make draw with Domi.
nick. When asked how he liked the
Williamsburg champion for a sparring
opponent, Madden said he'd rather
''act week" than spar rs they did
the first night.
The Bookmakers' Association, ar
organization of bookmakers who have
managed and controlled the betting
privileges on all the Eastern race
tracks, is no more. The association
held meeting and abandoned it,
organization. Most of its sixty mem
bcrs will reorganize, however. The
new organization may have a some
what larger membership than the ole
possibly seventy-hve. TO the credit
of the dcfunct organization il must be
said that no one of its members hai
ever repudiatcd Il bet made, though
its members have handled since theii
organization bets which have aggre
gated something like $780, 900.
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Manager Mutrie of the New Yorl
club will start on Southern tril
about March /, and will only take hi
young players with him, The team
will be made up as follows Titcoml
and Crane, pitchers; Brown ant
Murphy, catchors; Ticrnan, Foste
and Slattery in the outfeld; Hatfield
third base, and Cleveland short stor
When Brown is not catching he vii
play second base, and one Of the eXtr
men will cover the bag when the hi
fellow is behind the bat. The montl
of March in the South will give Man
ager Mutrie Il fair idea OF the abilit
Of his new men.
Calvin and Miller of the Pittsbur
club are still holding off for NOR
money. Calvin is very indignant q
President Nimick's assertion that h
threw his arm out in Buffalo. Jir
asks; 81 wonder if Nimick remember
the game | pitched against Boston tn
day he bought me? told Georg
Myers to catch his best, and he did.
hit the ball and ran the bases like
young blood We shut Boston out b
score of to o, and they made tw
hits of me. Everybody was SUI
prised at my work and asked wins
was the matter. ] said | was going t
Smokey Hollow. Does that look as
my arm was gone in Buffalo? No,
hurt my arm in Louisville by slidin
into Cross. Nimick don't take m
for u fool, does he? | want to,g,
away from here if he don't pay me {
much rs any pitcher will give $50
for my release" ,"
President Wheeler Wikofr of til
American Association has issued
call for special meeting of the ass
citation, to be held at the Grand Hote
Cincinnati, next Monday. lie ac
on an order from the Association Con
mittee appointed to find an eight
club to take the place Of the Mctr
po!itans, who are ready to report.
is said that Albany is TO have I'll
Metropolitans' franchise
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The Baltimore Baseball Club III
signed Jack Farrell to play short ste
for the coming season. Jack is
good infielder, a fine batter and &
excellent base-runner. He playC
second base for the Providence tea
when that city won the League pc
nant Afterwards he was transferrC
to the Philadelphia Club, and by the