The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-02-12

|. Houston, Tex. club Is untrue. He will play
with the New York club next season. catching
Titcomb.
Casey ought to be in irss-rase condition next
spring, as he is taking plenty of exercise coach
ing the Williams College team
Beecher will not sign for the amount offered
him by the Pittsburg club, said to be $500 less
than last year, when he drew about 81, 500.
The Cleveland club will be vastly strength.
ened everywhere except in IFS batteries. which
are apparently not much stronger than last
year.
Morris and Kuehne have ma de an agreement
to drink nothing but soda water from now until
the season closes. The man who is tempted and
falls forfeits $780,
Manager Spence is great admirer of King,
the St Louis Browns white-haired pitcher, and
thinks he has the most remarkable delivery,
speed and all considered, of any man in the pro-
fession.
Buck Ewing and a few of the Giants. while in
frisco. did not care one day about playing,
about two weeks ago. and took hose and wat
cred the grounds The hose would not reach
second base and then the trick was discovered.
Philadelphia Press: The Pittsburg club will
probably open ND the season with Indianapolis.
u I'm viii De pretty evenly matched nor ugh
cago, they may yet be fooled In the Hoosier
team.
Umpire Gaffney il in favor Of the two-umpire
system, or rather, he thinks 1T would give the
best satisfaction, and will eventually be adopt
ed. He is not exactly IN favor OF it at present,
for the reason that it is certain to reduce UNI
pres salaries
The longest recorded hit Of the season was
made in July last by Cartwright. of the New
Orleans clEb team. The ball struck on q soft.
muddy place as it fell and that enabled the play
ers to measure the distance OK the hit ball and
IL was found to be exactly $50 feet from the
home plate.
Pittsburg claims to have only cleared 800
above expenses last season, but there is not
club in the League that is spending more money
q n hal IA
They are now trying to purchase the release OF
Andrews and Sam Wise The only really low
priced man they have on the team is Farmer.
who gets 81, 900.
It is not good baseball judQment which criti-
cises the Indianapolis management for letting
Tom Brown go to the Boston Club. Some one
He is . fine fielder. can get first base faster
than anybody, but has to be hauled around the
rest Of the way, and to batting, can't hit the
earth with the north pole.
Manager Harris of the Haverlys OF San Fran
CISCO offered CANCEL 5000 Jan. IS to stay in
California and catch for she Haverlys this year.
CANCEL agreed to accept if he could get his wife
to leave Detroit and move to the coast. He tele.
graphed 70 her about the matter, but she refused,
30 the deal fell through and CANCEL will stay
with Detroit for 81, 500
Manager Spence: I never saw Sam Moffett
except in 1854, when he was in Cleveland. and
my opinion of him then was that he was a fine
pitcher. The first day faced him we had
considerable luck, and we were barring him
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moment Then. two days later, when we ran
mp against him. we couldn't touch him.
There will be some trouDle next season when
the question of signing reserved men comes up.
The rule says that they cannot be reserved at a
less salary than they received the previous sea-
son. As no contract can be made out this year
for more than the limit. and many players
get good sum besides their supposed salary
those who do not hold personal contracts for
that sum will probably be held to their contract
prizes.
The hackers Of the Kansas City club have re-
turned the bond sent Thorn by President Stern
properly signed by three people who represent
$250. O0O worth of capital 1.-THE club has the
right sort of backing" remarked Mr.. Stern.
They ask for nothing that they are not willing
to pay literally for. and all they request is fair
trial The club is located in prosperous city.
and there Is good material in the team. The
Association has made no mistake in the selection
OF Kansas City"