Telegram-herald. ([Grand Rapids, Mich.) 18??-1892, 1888-03-04

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sxPrsss tnsnise4yss - pleased, act a. lezs
cE o. Losas, baE IN getting away fro1
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syen the great Hicasel Kelly gives Il -
as spisisa thAf Clarksoa VII b found 10th
tas sostoa sllzb whsn TIE cnanpiopa14p
season segins
Ia ad1itlsa % is saiary Of 1900 Calvin
q - be gwen = pssseae q sa10 Or e. 10 81
ina FiEts8urEh club r be does good work 81
~ aaxt ss2SsG-
Jsha surdock was seen IN Brooklyn
l2tsly he u taAnnR excellent care q him
self and VII be la Erslclass trim when the
seasoa oegas. Boston can expect good work
fFen ana
Il . settled fact that there VIII be 40 on
Region Base Bal League in the ren thls
ssasoa. Tais Il not good news Tor the towns
N that yiesaity, bas the truth must De tod
nevertheless.
The enly one-eyed player Ia tie profes-
slon q Pitcher Irxln, whom ths Aroltrs-
ton COMMITTEES has just awarded 70 Man-
chester. Despite ths fat that he has bat
sage optic he watches Tia bases extreme
~ vel
Alks s.attery, who VIII play left Geld for
the New York team next season. was az one
time the champion amateur high Jumper Of
Massachusetts Slattery il = runner OF no
Hcaa so.lty, and mas leo ysrds' record OF
~ 15 seconds
machine. 4 IS said. has recently been IN
vsntsd 70 tAke The place Of a pitcher IN
practicing baseball This Is probably moth
ing more than the cstnpult, which has been
used for many years "a England as q sub
situate for bowler n practlcing cricket.
Campbell tho Hartford ball player. Is
one OF the best amateur all-around athletes
in this country. he can run, Jump. spar,
throw the shot and pull an oar In excellent
styss. While .. Mount 81 Mary's College
hs won the allaround championship three
successive years.
Ven der Ahes contemplated European
trip bids fair 20 prove = success IL carried
out as he has planned 10. His idea 10 70 make
up two teams OF minor league PLAYERS.
guarantee their expenses, and take them
ever On the cooperative plan-that Is, IL
money = made on the trip, then they are TO
havs certain per cent IL not. then they
get nothing Both hr. Day, Of the New
Ysrks, and Mr. Won der Abe, OF st. Louis,
consider the plan good one, and sure 70
pay.
Fred Dunlap Is IN active training lie
generally reports IA the spring IN better
condition than any other member OF tho
team 70 which be belongs. His habits are
regular and his diet watched with care He
works NJ racket and pedestrianism Har-
ais Henderson, who win De one OF the Pitts
bursa pitchers, has placed himself under
Dunlap's care He now weighs 30 pounds
and Duslap says that II Hardie follows his
course q training for month he will be
tewa 70 quarter horse condition.
The big bstters are all country boys. An
son. the king OF batsmen, halls from Mar
shalltswn, Ia; Dan Brouthers, OF the Do
troits, comes from Wappin ger Falls, ~ Y;
Roger Cosnor, the gigantic frss-baserar
Of the New Yorks, Is from Waterbury,
Conn. jim White is from Corning, Ny,
George Gore saw light OF day in q little viii
isgs n Maine, and Dalrymple in tho North
west; Tip ONeill is Canadian; Kelly,
Hsclsr, Paul Hines, Jim ard John
o'R0nrkc, and Stovey, were none of them
bern IN big cities.
says Harry Wright: "Ithink that scien-
tifc batting Is possibility 10 our players,
but thsre Is precious little hope Of IL at
present have theory that, as the wealth
or grows warm. aad the boys have their
hair cut short and fax OF in their batting
about ths same time, there is = relation be-
tween the two CT some kind But what ii
10 and what IL the good OF the information
10 beyond my ken There may have been a
period when l Vas regarded an o scientific
batter myself, bu. there are but few II any
Icit 10 tell the tale
Ne crowd turns out 10 see him come:
~ bugles drown the echcing drum, nc
plaudits fall in vocal showers; no maidens
ssrev his way with flowers; no sergeent's
phxlznx stood 70 hold IN check the multi
tuas, no delegation csmo 70 meet alone he
hcofsd IL tewn the street; alone before the
clerk be stands and pens his name with
trembling hands. Awe-strrck be hears tho
magnsts say: Front Nine naught forty,
right swsyr' Alone hs climbs ths distant
stairs, and no ono knows and no one cares &c
what Loaf room he has 20 clmb-the base
ball man in winter tine.-Bvrdstts.
Speaking Of President Byrne's love for
the league, President Stern. OF the Cincin-
nat club, says: 81 think Byrne Is an as
socistion man at heart, and viii stick to the
organization "a long rs there Is money in it
fer hin He can't lsave the association this
year, aud BY Iths time another season rolls
round Caruthers may be dead, or the Brook
lyns may not have developed sc much
strength as is expected Of them. and in such
. case think Frrsidsat pyruc would prefer
70 take his chances in the younger orgSni-
sstior- The prospects Of the ASSOCIATION for
the approaching season are fatsering and
feel assured that the majority Of the clubs
viii flash with good bonus Ia their treas
ury"
MISCELLANEOUS SPORTS.