Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1888-04-08
NEWS OF THE SPORTS.
NOTES GATHERED PROM BASE BALL AND
PUGILISTIC CIRCLES.
About the Players on tie D~anOnd-Gstdng II
Readiness for the Championship Season
PugilSfc Notes - Thsat-
real News.

Reilly, McPhee, Serad, Hart, O'Connor
and Baldwin are the bachelors Of the Cin-
cinnati club.
1t is said that the New York uniforms
will be snuff brown, with maroon trim
mings this season.
All tine Association clubs have begun
their preliminary practice work for the
championship season.
Pitch pine IS the proper lumber touse
in erecting a back-stop for the ball field.
= Washington Critic.
Manager Mutrie says that the Southern
trip of the New York colts has developed
four as good players as ever tossed a ball.
Stratton, a young amateur pitcher, has
been signed by Manager Kelly for the
Louisville Club. He has good speed and
fine command of the bail, and will prob
ably be a success.
THE Texas League umpires will have a
rough time of il this season." says Elmore
Smith, land u salary Of S., 900 wouldn't
tempt me to oficiate in any Of their cham
pionShip ganes."
Slattery, one of Mutrie's colts, in a re-
cent game at Jacksonville, Fla stole tOur
bases off Mack, the Washington catcher.
Aside from being a clever base runner, he
is a very free batter.
Very encouraging reports come from the
South about Manager Mutrie's colts"
Some maintain that they should be used
instead of the regulars, and the champion
ship assured New York.
The Louisville players have been unable
to do any practice work. They have been
busily at work in the gymnasium, how
ever, the past week under the directions Of
Manager Kelly.
Baltimore has three left-handed pitchers
10 KIlroy, Smith and Shaw. Manager
Barnie should have obtained a couple Of
good rigkt-hauders, and his club would
have been much stronger.
Pitcher Ferguson thinks New York will
win the p~ennant.
Conner, Richardson and Welch have
signed with New York,
Murphy has caught nineteen straight
games TO: the New York Reserves.
Detroit has a hankering after Shorty
Fuller, the little short stop Of the New Or
leans Club.
Big Bill Brown is among the missing. 1t
is reported that he left San Francisco sew
eral days ago, but a. yet ne has not been
heard from.
The members of the City League of Chi
cago have declared q boycott against \. G..
S~paldipg, Esq because he and his em-
pIoyes have put a Western league team
into Chicago to divide the Sunday patron
age with the City League clubs.
1t is reported that Dr.. BushOng says he
hopes thai Brooklyn will go into the
League next season. Let Byrnes' men
win the Association penuant and then
there may be an opening for them in the
League.
President Won der Abe has made the
players of the Browns aud Whites an offer
of 500 to each man if the team comes in
first, second or third in the championship
race in thsir respective associations.
With Van Haltren and Mark Baldwin,
not to mention some of the youngsters An
son has under training, the Chicagos will
not fare to badly after all.
President Lyons, OF the Louisville club,
is after Coleman, the right fielder of the
Pittsburg club last season. There is a fair
prospect of their SECURING hi7 release. In
C Use be should he secured, Wolf would be
released.
Ramsey aud Healy both wanted q
chance at the Chicagos recently at Hot
Springs. The former Vas gratiied and
now has little Ia say abOut the meeting
A strong pick nine, with Ramsey in the
box, tackled Anson's big men AMI were
easily beaten.
Washington appears to have got a prize
in Hoy.
Arlie Latham celebrated his twenty
eighth birthday last week.
The California League has adopted the
Reach American Association ball.
Fred Carroll, Plttsburg's heavy-built
catcher, weighs 2l0 pounds. He is to be a
member of the team Al Spaulding expects
to send to Australia.
Fcgarty il regarded as a phenomenal
fielder, but no has never been paid the sal
airy of a king-pin. He is still in Los An
geles, and has written that he will remain
on The Pacific Coast until Philadelphia
comes to his terms. In the event OF their
refusal, he will play with the California
League.
The players of the Cuban Giant team
have nearly all reported at Trenton.
Whyte aud Thomas, who are travelling with
the New Yorks down SOuth, will arrive in
Trenton on Monday. The following men
are now at Trenton: George and Clarence
Williams, Ben. Boyd, Geo. Parago, Ben.
Holmes, John Frye, William Malone, VIM.
Seldom, Shepard Trusty, Randolph and
Brown, the two new players Just signed,
and Harry Johnson. The Cuban Giants
will appear in their new uniforms at At
lantic Park on Sunday next. John Hop
kips has been engaged az umpire. Mana
ger Bright will give to the veteran, Oscar
Walker, who is sick, . per cent. of the
gross receipts OF his next Sundays game
at Atlantic Park.
Eastern Stranger-My, my! / didn't
suppose ypu allo we'd base ball playing on
Sunday.
Omaha Mau-The playing is being done
by an ont of town club and we don't feel
responsible for them, You know.
"But isn't that the Omaha club they are
playing against?"
Eyes; but the Omaha club is composed
of very conscientious young men who
wouldn't think of breaking the Sabbath"
But there tAey are, right in the field,
and on this hallowed day Of rest"
''If you look at the score you will see
that they are not PLAYING; they are rest