The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-01-29
Baseball Notes.

| oils.
Ohio League umpires will be paid but 5000
month
| Louisville is strongly objectng to the so cent
| admission
| Getzein will be the highest-paid pitcher in the
| Detroit club next season.
Beecher. of the Pittsburgs, the great Eastern
League slugger, is for SALE
| Pittsburg would like very much to have
O'Brien of Washington. to play first
Mccormick, the Pittsburg pitcher, has been
suffering with rheumatism this winter.
''Ward is probably the greatest short-stop in
the country, barring none" says the Alta of San
Francisco. Well, the writer never Glass
cock.
Barr one of Rochester's pitchers, will give up
his position In the employ OF the government at
Washington and attend solely to base ball after
March ].
The Chicago club has offered pitcher Clarkson
S., 600 salary for next season. but Clarkson, hav
ing the Caruthers deal in mind, thinks he is
worth 81 500.
Catcher Miller, of the Pittsburg club, claims
to have offer from California, which he says
he will accept unless the Plttsburg club comes
TO his terms
President Young says that the gross receipts
of the National League clubs in 1886 were $780,
600, and that the receipts of 1887 beat this
amount by $50, 600.
A California writer says: Denny continues
playing ball OF the best kind. His pickups are
as neatly and dextrously performed is the
c. Fl. Avery. the once famous pitcher of the
Yales. and one OF the first to introduce the in
shoot, is now much honored director of the
Mercantile Library, Cincinnati
Charlottesville is the only place in Indiana
outside of this city, which will have professional
club this season. Charlottesville base ball en-
thusiasss certainly have plenty of pluck.
Louisville Letter in Sporting Lfe Shreve is
likely do good work for Indianapolis next
season. He is keeping in fine trim. Louisville
is his home, and he has wealthy connections
here.
Manager Spence has plenty of confidence in
Esterbrook. He says "Esty" Is in prime ply ST.
cal condition now for the first time since the
year he made such record with the cham pion
Metropolitan club.
President Reach of the Philadelphia club in
an interview published in the Press expresses a
willingness to exchange Andrews for any good
player, because he has expressed dissatisfaction
with his treatment in Philadelphia.
Second baseman Smith refuses to sign with
Pittsburg for 50 900, considering that Dunlap is
to receive more than double that amount Smith
wants to play with the Boston club and his re-
lease will probably be sold to that club
In making up the League schedule Detroit
will favor the wishes of President Spaulding. The
League committee on schedule is composed OF
Detroit, Philadelphia and Pittsburg and they
want to arrange n schedule that will be adopted
by the League without change.
It is said that there is kind of a new
deal on between the Detroits and the Phil ad al
phias Ed Andrews has expressed wi sh to
play in Detroit next season, and if his re lease
be secured it is not unlikely that he will be-
come a member of the champion team.
II has not been published. but is nevertheless
fact that the new Kansas City Association
club has been trying to secure the services of
Manager Watkins, OF Detroit. The fact that
the Detroit players were said TO be dissatisfied
with Watkins is probably what led Kansas City
to open negotiations.
Sam Thompson is still at Danville and has
not displayed his persuasive countenance here
for some time. 1t is not known whether Sam is
n IN p 10 W. M nm In ha
real estate business. A we'll authenticated re-
port comes from Danville that he is buying every
available piece of property in the town and will
soon become known as a real estate king.
President Smith, of Detroit saws in the Free
Press: mo salaries will be reduced. The direct
ors have agreed that it would be a good thing to
among the other players. Of course, in the case
of players receiving high salaries, advance
win be made. we figure that we are ahead just
S. 500 on the Dunlap deal, counting the "a. 600
we got from Pittsourg and the "a, 500 salary
should have paid him. We are well satisfied on
that point"
The following prominent array of ball play ers
hail from in and around the Hub: A. Irwin,
Morrill,, Shaw, Crane, Wheelock, j. Sullivan,
Hartnett. j. Irwin, Keefe, Clarkson. Gilligan,
Gardner. Burke. Long, M Hackett: Mccarthy
Slattery, McKeever. Quinn. Miah Murray, Fitz-
gerald Hapin Jack Manning, Guinasso, Rad
ford Wright, Campbeil. Farrar. Daniels. Wood.
Ryan, Hurley. Harkins, Charley Smith, Seldom
and several others
The Boston Club is scattered about the coun-
try pretty we'll. Morrill, and Hornune are in
Boston. Wheelock il in Charlestown; Radbourn,
in BLOOMINGTON. ILL.,; Stemmyer, in Cleveland;
Sutton, in Palmyra, N. Y; Madden, in Port
land Conway, in Lowell; Tate. in Richmond
Nash. in Washington; Johnson. IN Yonkers;
Kelley, in San Francisco; O'Rourke, in New
York; Burdock, in Brooklyn; Daily, in Woon-
socket, r.. l.; and Sam Wise, in Utica, n. Y.
Jim keenan, is about the only well-known pro-
fessional in the city with the exception OF Boyle.
Jim has been here several weeks, but will leave
in a few days to join the CINCINNATI aRgrega-
ton. which makes early trip down South,
opening ia New Orleans Feb. u. keenan, still
likes Indianapolis, but thinks Cincinnati has
team which is destined to wipe the earth with all
other things base-bac. This is a pleasant
illusion which Manager Spence will en6eavor
dispel April / and 9. next, when Indianapolis
plays the red -hosed Porkopolitans Spence and
keenan,, by the way. are old acquaiutances. and
the latter speaks of the former as a fine fellow
and thinks he will make a successful manager