Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1888-02-05
WORLD OF SPORT.
ITEMS OF INTEREST ABOUT BASE BALL AND
P~UGILISTIC MATTERS.
Development Of Base Ball During the Last Ten
neutrality-suspicious. for Next Seasons
WOrk-In the Prize Ring-Dra-
matte Notes.

'sThere is a wide difference between the
expenses of a ball club now and those oil q
club ten years ago." said Horace Phillips
to a Pittsburg Post man the other day. i
was lust figuring, and find that in my
team at Hornellsville, n. Y, Of which
Dunlap was q member in 1878, the entire
expense of the team only amounted to
about as much as the Pittsburg club Is
paving for Dunlap now At the end OF
that season our salary list, including the
buying of releases, amounted to $4,1OO.
Our other general expenses amounted 10
81 900, making a total of $500 for the
entire team for the season, Dunlay will
cost Us this year. Base bali must have
developed wonderfully during a decade. y
Twitchell has signed with Detroit Tor
$3.50.
Kuehne says Calvin saw his shadow yes
terday, and will not sign for six weeks
longer. E,
The Cincinnatis will travel on a special
Pullman OIL the Southern trip.
Indianapolis has evidently not acceded
to Denny's demands, as thelatest from the
coast is that he intends to remain in Cali
fornia.
Will. MsMillan is manager of the Lafay-
cite Base Ball Association. As that club
wants a catcher, Vess Jennings may fill
the bill.
Edgar S. Sheridan, who made the st.
Louis Republican quite an authority as a
base ball paper, is now on tue staff Of the
Indianapolis Journal.
Capt. Comiskey thinks that if Carrnthers
and BushoDg had been retained the
Apaches would again have carried of the
pennant. Memme, COMFY, mebbe.
Arlie Latham gays that the man who
started that story about him painting
Capt. Comiskey's eye a beautiful G'thetic
black is a liar by the clock. They are
"Two Old Cronies."
The Pittsburg management is troubled
because very few of the old players have
signed. They all want the earth. Calvin,
Miller, Beecher, Mccormick and Whitney
are still out.
Deacon White says it takes three years
and sometimes five to mold an amateur
into a professional ball tosser. If that be
true, Elmer Smith will he worth a good
deal more to the Cincinnati Club this year
than he was last.
Big Bill Brywn is an odd character and
full OF dry humor, says the Sporting Times.
After a recent game he asked Johnny
Ward, who had struck out three times:
What did you think you were doing,
giving an exhibition of club swinging"
Arlie Latham says he'd like to play in
Louisville, and he told Mike Lane: II
can get big money from, Louisville, and
besides | am dissatisfied with the way
things are being done here. BushOng ad-
vised me to stay here, but don't know
whether l will or not"
Mike Kelley declares: "IfClarkson sticks
out and says L will play in Boston or not
at all | think his chances OF going there
arc very good. The Chicago club will sell
almost any man they've got if there is
none enough in the sale. The Boston
management will pay almost any sum OF
money for the release of this player"
Behan, the second basemau, has been
signed by Lynn.
PittsburC wanted to exchange McCOr-
mick for Radbourr.
Lima has signed Keystone young blood
battery, Lane aud Boyd.
Pitcher Terry, now of the BroOklyns,
may now be called papa" 1t is a girl.
There will be a few conflicting dates for
New York and brooklyn to worry over this
summer.
The Ohio League has given the XaneS,
vile Club until February 10 to post lis
guarantee.