St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-04-23
BASE BALL BRIEFS.
Points on Prominent Men of the
Diamond.

Dt80Ond.
A Western base ball supply deaIe
places the usual array of bats and balls
in his show-windOw and then adds to it
large roll Of court plaster, huge bottle
OF arniea and pair OF clutches.
The Louisvilles have the most hideOus
uniforms. it is said, ever seen on the
ball ground. They are made of dirty
looking red material. with white stripes,
and give the men a dismal appearance.
Dalrymple, of the Pittsburg club,
Tuesday stretched the ligaments in his
ankle by catching his foot in the base
bag strap, and will be laid up for ten
days at least, and may be permanently
crippled.
A Pittsburg writer quotes Dunlap as
saying that no player has any business
to get married so long as he is in har-
Fred has certainly lived up to that
theory so far.
The Cleveland players have been no
tilted that in the event of the team win
ming one of the association prizes of
81, 900, $3.50 and $500 for the first, second
and third teams in the race, it will be
divided among them.
There are no flies on WilmOt and Hoy,
or if there are they are sure to be taken
in. Ted Sullivan knew what he was
about when he selected them in prefer
ence to all the other Northwestern tai
ent last fall.-Sporting Life.
The Brooklyn and Cincinnati teams
have done poor batting thus far. Both
are confident of winning the champion
ship, but they will never do it unless
they do better work with the stick after
the regular season beginS.-Philadelp
Ledger.
Paul Radford will have to lay off in
nineteen of the Brooklyn club games at
least. The Brooklyns have nineteen
Sunday dates at home, and under a
special clause in his contract Paul will
not take part in games played on the
day of rest.-Cincinnati Enquirer.
AS an inducement for Williamson to
play the ball of his life this season, the
Chicago club has made these proposals !:
First, to give him $500 if he keeps
straight and an extra 5000 if he reduces
his weight below 100 pounds and stays
at that weight to the close of the season.
At Kansas City the Western club paid
$500 for the privilege of printing sign
on the inside fence of the American As
ISOLATION club. The sign, in immense
letters, reads as follows: eff you want
to see lively game of base ball go to
the grounds of the Western Association
club"
Clarkson says of his brother, who has
signed with the Chicago MarOOns
''Arthur is just as good a pitcher as l
am. The only difference is l have the
reputation and he has not" Young
Clarkson is twenty-five years old, stands
| five feet eleven inches high, and weighs
165 pounds.
Harry Wright says: "When seeking
new material | always ask the citizens
! of town where the man in question
has played if he is popular with spec
| tators. If find he is, all other things
| being equal, that is my man. The dash
| ing player is the one who arOuses
| enthusiasm and makes base ball "a go
| with the public"
| Among the excuses advanced by the
| DetrOits for their failure to capture the
| st. Louis series is the inability of Ben.
nett to play, the felOn OH Cancels
finger, ThOmpsOn's lameness, Whites
lack of practice, Hanlon's absence from
the team, the clubs inability to bat and
the weakness of Broughton and SUIT
cliffe behind the bat
! Manager Kelley, of Louisville, has In
troduced new wrinkle in beginning
| games. When the team takes the field
the gong taps once, and all the nine
players In single file march from the
dressing-room to the plate. When the
gong rings again they face to the left
and at another tap the players breal
ranks and go ON run to their positions
Chicago's group of colts among which
lightning is going to strike consists o
Duffy, Sprague, Hoover, Farrell, Petit
Krock. Brynan, Clarke and Tebeau
FarrelPs splendid playing in the Soutl
] will, it is believed, assure him place