Wichita eagle., 1888-10-14
EASE BALL GOSSIP.

BASE BALL GOSSIP.
Today closes the championship series in
| both the league and the American assOcia
ton, and in few days the players of the
various clubs leave for their homes, some
to engage In business and others to con-
tinue athletics during the winter.
For the first time in seven years, the
pennant of the national league goes tC
New York, and the base ball cranks OF
that city feel jubilant over that fact
| They have almost perfected arrangements
for grand entertainment to be given in
honor of the giants, which will be
| given at the Star theater and will be con-
tributed to be number of the leading
dramatic lights of the country. Amos j.
| Cummings, of New York, will present the
pennant to the New 4Orks.
! The St. Louis Browns, champions OF the
American association. close the series to-
Gay, playing the last game of the year
with the Cincinnati Reds. They are now
| in excellent form and their work for the
past two months has been of the phenome-
nal order.
1t is probable that the first game of the
wo1 S championship series will be played
! on Tuesday or Wednesday in New York
city. The st. Louis club will arrive in
| New York on Monday night ready for the
battle. keefe, Welch and Titcomb will do
the pitching, and Ewing and Murphy the
catching for the Giants, while King. Hud-
son and Chamberlain will pitch, and Mil
ligan and Doyle do the catching for the
Browns. The greatest Interest is mani
tested in the above series, and betting
is about even on the two clubs
One difficulty is presenting it
self in regard to these games
and that is tie selection of umpires.
Gaffney and Kelly, who umpired the series
last year between the Detroits and the
pro,xoS COW tbav will naypr nm, nj n
worlds series again.
AS Gaffney says, There is honor, glory
and money in it, but there is also an
amount OF hard labor attached to it which
| wish to avoid 1t is probable, however,
that the matter will be settled amicably to
all and that these two popular officials Will
be the ones to do the work.
The close of this season also closes base
ball in the city of Detroit, as regards a
first class club. Detroit is played out as a
base ball town and the management IS
heartily sick of the attempt 80 Keep up a
first class club. They are behind to the
amount of several thousand dollars on
their club this season and they have de
cided to sell. the players Rowe, Hanlon
and White have been hidden for by the
Pittsburg management and it is prob
able that they will go to that club.
| This will leave a vacancy In the league,
and the Cincinnati management have their
their eye on that vacancy. Buffalo, \. y,
also has a hankering to have a club in the
league and the lovers of the national game
in that city are now rustling toward that
end If they succeed they will undoubt-
eddy get the vacant place in preference to
the Cincinnati club, as Buffalo town will
come nearer the standard Of league cities
in the matter of evening up the routes
than would Cincinnati
The wires state that the three games
To MninaS dppl1rad ted
from Sioux City and protested by Man
ager Menges of the Kansas Citys, are
thrown out of the final count. This gives
the pennant OF the Western association to
the Kansas City club.
II is probable that the two Kansas City
clubs will he consolidated and the best
men of the two teams made an American
Association team. If this happens Kan
sas City will have team for next season
which will be among the leaders for first
place.
Manager Harry Wright, of the Phillies,
has already commenced TO strengthen
his team for next season. He
players for his in and out fields and now
has his eye on one of the international
league pitchers.
Ted Sullivan, manager of the Washing
tons, is authority for the statement that
four prominent men OF the capital have
offered to put up $4,000 each toward
strengthening the Senators.
John Corkhill. the great center fielder
which the Brooklyn club lately bought
from Cincinnati, Is to be captain and
manager of the Bridegroonas next season.
John is popular among the men and with
him at the head of the club the Brooklyns
viii undoubtedly play as they have never
played before.
The much talked of spaulding Aus
tralian tour now looks as If it was going
to end in failure One thing is certain,
that the galaxy Of players shat were first
named TO go on the tour Will not show up
Healy, of Indianapolis, says he viii not
go: Connisky and several others OF the ~.
Louis players will not 20 on account OF the
worlds championship series, while Ewing
of the Giants will not go for the same rea-
son. Arson was in New York Wednesday
when he tried 10 secure Crane and Tit
comb but neither would sign his contract.
The league clubs all made money on
their seasons work Chicago will Close
about sT5,o00 ahead and New York Will
come ont ahead about the same amount.
The BROOKLYN management has spent
more money on PLAYERS in the past twelve
month than any club in the profession.
Since September 1857, they have expended
in this way go 800 They paid 81, 90 for
the old Metropolitan club, sls.o for
Carruthers, Busbong and toutz: SO for
du-lSs. ana S5.a4s eSCl ioE IofhAiAI dnu
Burns. Not satisfied with this they de-
clare their intention OF spending as much
next season, IL necessary, fcr the strength
eniuC OF their team.
The Dies Moines and Kansas City clubs
play two exhibition games At Kansas City
today. The Blues claim that Cusick. the
umpire wao oE.ciated IN tie Dies Moines-
Kansas City games at Dies Aoines- gaye
the Iowa boys the games by calling balls
on Swarszei and strikes on Hutchinson
The games 10 he PLAYED today viii be for
blood, = and will be the means OF judging
which Is the best club
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