Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-02-24
BASEBALL.
The Veteran Captain Arson Talks
Anent the Prospects of the
Coming Season.
Increasing. Interest in the National
Game-GOssip OF the
Diamond.
[cH1cAGo CORRESPONDENCE.

CHICAGO CORRESPONDENCE.
eve are going to have one of the great
est seasons in baseball and general out
door sports, said Captain Arson, of the
Chicago Club, to your correspondent the
other day, chat this country has known
for many q long year. 1 have watched the
feeling of the public closely during the
past five or six months, and 1 tell you that
not in all of my experience as ball
player have l ever seen the same interest
displayed by the general public in every
thing pertaining to athletic contests. Just
look at tie boom that has struck amateur
athletics in this city Of late. expected it
would come, sooner or later, but pom my
word did not expect to see it come with
such rush. Here are athletic clubs form
ing in the city almost by the dozen, club
house openings and gymnasiums springing
up like mushrooms, while everything
IN the shape of athletic entertainments,
tators. AS for base ball-well, in the first
place, the League will have at least six
splendidly organized teams in the race for
the pennant, and the other two clubs
Washington and Indianapolis - are
strengthening at a rate that will, il con-
tinued, make them anything but unimport-
ant factors in the race of 1855"
GLOW do you think the different teams
will show up this YEAR,"
"Well, look for Detroit to bat in lust
about its last years form. The change of
four strikes to three may affect their work
with the stick little, but it will affect that
OF competing teams proportionately, and
should not be at all surprised to see the
rule of four strikes restored before the
season is far advanced. New York
should play twenty per cent.
stronger game this year than
it played last, in consideration
of the new men it has secured, and look
! to see the giants make things interesting
from the start to the finish of the season.
this season. and should play. just about the
game it played during the season of 1885,.
1t will have harder teams to go against,
however, and may not stand so we'll this
year as it did last"
And Boston. What DO you think of
Kelly's team?"
"Well, Boston has not filled its entry
list of players yet. Should Clarkson and
Ed Andrews go to Boston, 1 think the
team would be much strengthened. Kelly
I think will also be worth more to the
! team this season than he was last year,
when he was in no condition to play ball.
that is, think, going to surprise some
of us. I refer to Pittsburg. That
team will do good work both with the stick
and in the field this year. Mark what
say, and see how near right am. AS for
Washington and Indianapolis, I think
they will both play stronger game this
year than they played last"
What will the White Stockings do this
season."
"Chicago? Well, we will play the
stiffest game we ever put up, and if we
most everlastingly worry the club that does
win it..
Last week the Cincinnati Club left Gin
cinnati in special Pullman car for New
/ Orleans, where it.plays the first game of its
7 preparatory exhibition series of the season.
Thus the first blast of the trumpet for the
season of 1883 has sounded, and within
three weeks time every League team and
the majority of other professional teams
! will have reported at their respective head
| quarters for duty, and to go into training
| IOT Iue Dlo race luaC UeSluS during CAe ldbL
week in April. The Chicago players will
leave, here in body for Hot Springs on
the night of March l, where they will re-
main until they depart for the first cham
pionship game of the season.
DIAMOND GOSSIP.
Sunday will play center field in the Pitts.
burg team.
The Detroits will report for duty at New
| Orleans, April l.
Denny objects to playing with the Indi-
annapolis club this season.
Dalrymple has signed with the Pittsburgs
| for the season OF 1883.
The Louisville team will report for duty
at Hot Springs March l.
| The Detroit club will open the League
season in Chicago April 26.
| Dick johnson has signed to play center
| field with the Boston club.
Dunlap says that Detroit will be lucky to
get third place this season.
keefe. the crack pitcher of the New
Works, wants to buy his release.
President Young has received $50 appli-
cations for umpire positions.
Pittsburg will sign pitcher Mccormick if
he will accept a reduction in salary.
President Spalding will sell Clarkson s
release to Boston if enough money is offered
for it.
| ut 1oOolOu S1uO Is ulSu 1OT
Ed Andrews and may get him. The De-
troit Free Press doesn't think its club will
pay the price asked for him-S7, 200.
Arson reports that he has quite recovered
the throwing use Of his right arm, which
has been strained for some years. He at
tributes his recovery 10 hand ball playing.
Hardie, who was for little time on the
Chicago team, has signed with the Green
mood and Moran Club, of San Francisco.
Little Davy Force is AS years old, and is
one Of the base ball veterans, but he will
play with the Memphis club this season.
Foutz, Caruthers, WEIGH. and Bushong
all express themselves pleased, not at leav-
ing st. Louis, but at getting away from Won
der Abe.
Casey writes that he is in good condition,
and has no doubt that he and the Philadel-
phia management will agree on terms with
out any trouble.
Baseball will have big boom in
Montana the coming season. The Mon
tana League will be composed of teams
from Anaconda, Butte City, Helena,
Marysville, Great Falls, Phillipsbu re-,
| E,lliopc and ATiacou1o