Telegram-herald., 1888-02-05

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re fsdfaaaaol-s elaa reeez ~ Secured .
fhxee yesrs' ease of sbe.r 5z-i gres4osss.
wlss IA PrglsEe ~ uzslRg 3 sFe se-rs.
ne D-s as.aes claD HAS 4szea for
Geofze s1a1leris terzs George, however,
80 pay "a = zissr iesgas 4 hs eaa pos
slsly sss-e q.
Il ao1 4gpears nat tss Detroit players "a
not onieet - v >txns IS manager, sat hey
do aot are ~ lave AKA C t1s bench IS
aeld director
Eoato8 sFll has fz.nt-very faint hope
@ securing Ton Burus. of bzluIcre. -
BE cou.d se secured san WISE would proc
ally be sold
Th- Ciaclaaatis cave canceied the Pitts
oarxh s41es-l7th. lzth All l9h Of April
Tue ehaags n tss scasdale knocked tAls
pl4a Ia tAs ne-d
A BostoaLzn stands ready % bear halr
ths expense Of pattlss = New England
League teasa IN Bostoa for 'es, oCt be can
tad no partners.
PittsburgA says that it has al the play
ers Is wants 4ad vii hustle no more Tbs
-lGb vii now wrsstls with tie cd 70
sAlclErsnt payers.
The Birmingham club Is reported as hAv-
lag signed deaf mute battery James
Lynch snd Fred H4rgraves. Both hail
from Daayilie, IL
Little Rock, Ark, CLAIMS 20 have an ex-
/ pert sirl pitcher. Who can also run the bases
/ well aud side ten feet Little Rock Is en-
titled % ths bakery.
tbs aew international Association club AZ
Albany has already signed the following
players N Walsh, Frank Foreman, A u.
I Wilson and Walter FISHER.
Manager Bzrnes, OF Sr. Paul invested
] the moaey received for Sowders "a ST
, P-ul reAl estate aad already has an offer Of
/ "a, 600 ever The purchasing price
1 The Iudianzp Polls Club viii not maze q
/ Southern tour as AZ nrst Intended, as Man
I sger Spence thinks IL would be both un-
7 profitable and injurious 20 the players.
n il now given out in Washington that
I Gardner VIII play thlrd base and Donaelly
short stop for the Washin gtons, Irwin act
/ ing N the capacity OF travelling manager
The Brooklyn club viii remain on home
/ grounds for the early spring games, and
/ an interesting series OF preliminary contests
viii De arranged to be played a. W Washington
Park
e J. Flynn, third baseman, late OF Cleve-
land and Minneapolis, writes Us from Chi
cago, denying the report that he has
signed with Kalamazoo. He Is stu on tho
market
Both Hatfield and Cleveland will DC given
every show 10 demonstrate their ability
says Manager kutrie, and whichever ono
turns out bes. VIII become New York's
permanent third baseuan.
Now let al the members OF the Base
Ball Reporters Association Of America get
A a. g fN.lr nd
They've been recognized BY the Philsdel-
| phi2 JOINTS. .n-Csselnssts Isfsss-StEr
The Minneapolis club has signed c. j.
! Parsons, OF Rochester's last years team,
pitcher. J. o. Sterling, OF Detroit, newly
discovered pitcher. and W T Jordan, who
closed last year with Duluth, catcher.
James Mccormick, the well-known
I pitcher Of the Pittsburgh club, intends re-
tiring from the professional arena, and Will
follow the race track when not actively en-
gagged At his saloon IN Patterson, n. j.
President Young, OF the league, has taken
an inventory OF TIE applications On file for
positions on the stan of umpircs for next
season. Up TO date he has received some
thing over SO, and the mails bring more
each day
Adam Kiefsr. OF napoIis, who made
I 81 6XctiAcuh lctOfQ Win TIC OLAou 1lky
| dad team last season, will probably sign
I with Allentown. Kiefsr is a fine young
baclUtop, heavy hitter, strong thrower
and good allsround player.
Shomserg will demand al increase of $500
in his salary for next season. He feels con
fdens that be will again lead the Indian
apslis club in batting osxt season, aud now
that hs nzs been cured Of his heart disease
he expects to also play a fine fielding game
The amount Of wood consumed in enc year
in making bats IA almost incredible. II
would make l3l,FS hoe handles, 27, ,s<s
axe hclves; or, converted into toothpisks
weuld supply every free lunch fend in Chi
cage. 81. Louis aud Cincinnati for years tS
come.
The Kansas City franchise is the property
OF the Association, and the club can be
dropped next winter II It does not pan oui
satisfactorily Should Kansas City, how
ever, DO dropped. the Association Is bound
70 repay the club what IT paid for players
Spsvti>s LIE.
Sons Of the friends Of Kelly. are 70
ported 70 have com planned because the Bos
ton papers have said nothing but III Of tAst
player fer several weeks The worst ths
has been said OF him Is that, as captain O.
tss Boston tear, last scassn, he was fAf.
urs, snd The sane aas been sad IN the pas
of many ether gpsd payers A man maj
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