St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-11-26
AROUND THE BASES.
Pithy Points About Players Who
ThrOng the Diamonds.

Lovett, Brooklyns new pitcher, refused
$500 TO go to Boston. The Boston Herald
wants to knew when he did so. In the fall
of 1887 Walter W. Burnham. acting as the
agent of the Boston club, tried to sign Lovett.
He offered him $4,000, and intimated that
he might make it $4,000. Loyett's reply was
tnat he didn't want to play in the league.
and wouldn't do so if Burnham should give
him $1,000. Lovett's entry into the associa-
ton is an indication that the days of high
salaries in the minor leagues are over.
The National league teams should make
much better fight next season than they did
during the past. With Boston greatly
strengthened, Philadelphia improved and
Pittsburg i'll fine form, New York and Chi
cago will have to hustle pretty lively to hold
their present places. Then, with several
good pitchers and catchers Indianapolis will
be in pretty good shape, but Washington
will need patching all over to make any kind
of a showing.-Clipper.
Cincinnati, next year. will have a nick
name team, the players of which almost all
having nick-names. Baldwin is known as
Kid Bligh as Nelly Bly," Duryea as 10y
clone, Reilly as Long john" McPhee as
Bid Carpenter as 'Hick." Beard was
known in Nashville as Peek -a-Boo.s' Te-
Pie Holiday as bug" and Nicol as Little
Nick"
The Alameda did not leave San Francisco
Saturday with the Australian bound teams
according to programme. The vessel was
Australian mail from New York. If all goes
well with the Yoyagers they viii strike King
Kalakaua's sea- girt realm about next Tues
day.
The league will be requested to allow tho
Washington management to return to the
system of selling three admission tickets for
81 as was done season before last An ar
rangement can be made by which the visit
ing clubs will not lose anything by the
operation.
mr. lie NJ,
to take Boyle and Denny for 5 ZOO. IL will
be remembered that Indiana polls had to pay
the league Si2.000 for the big fourr-Boyle,
Denny, Myers and Giasscoek.
Manager Watkins, of Kansas City, fayors
Worcester to fill the vacancy in the associa-
ton which will be made by Cleveland's re-
tirement. NeXtto Worcester he would Ike
to see Buffalo admitted.
Bali players-are not rushing into the saloon
business as fast as they did last year. Calvin
has started IL boot aud shoe store, Pete,
Browning not1on snop ana Cyclone
Miller a cigar shop.
Cleveland will want two outfelders. and
will hunt long time before finding better
one than "Orator" Shafer. His batting and
fielding in the last two seasons have been
first class.
Umpire Powers has gone into the newspa-
per business-not as a writer, but in the
clerical department.. He is manager of one
of the Pittsburg Leaders suburban editions.
Terry and Bushong are the only two
Brooklyn players wIntering in the City OF
Churches. They spend much of their time
fishing for tomeOds down near Bay Ridge.
The honor of being the fastest runner in
the American association lies between La
than, of st. Louis; Hamilton, of Kansas
City, and McKeon, of Cleveland.
Philadelphia will begin the season with
over twenty players, with salary list be-
tween S45, 900 and $4,000. The pay rol
last year amounted to $36.000.
Ed Wilamsons three throws at Cincin-
natl were as follows: First throw, 38l feet
inches; second throw, 800 feet IL inches;
third throw. 392 feet IL inches.
White and Lyons will be released by st.
Louis, and Hudson will have to play for the
lowest salary he has ever received, or not
play at all.
Arthur Whitney settled his suit against the
Detroit club by accepting cool $500 1t
was clean find, and makes most excellent
pin money.
Six men have now signed contracts to play
i'll Kansas City next year, They are Hoover,
Reynolds, Stearns, Long, Manning anG Nc
Carr.