St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-03-18
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First Vestryman-To bring the mat
ter squarely before this meeting l pro-
pose that we offer Rev. Mr.. Swipes
$1,000 per annum to become our pastor,
Second Vestryman (decidedly)-He will
never accept the call at that salary.
You forget that he was star base ball
pitcher for several years when he was
young man.-Chicago Tribune.
Rowe and White have employed an
attorney, who advises them to lay idle
few months and demand their regular
salaries from the Detroit club until
they are released. The lawyer claims
that they can do this, and, as their
wages would amount to about $500 a
month, the DetrOiterS would probably
not care to stand it for any great length
of time.
The Western association will have
trio OF patriarchs among its ranks this
season in the persons of Davie Force,
umpire; "OratOr" Shafer, with the DeS
Moines club, and Sutton, with Milwau-
kee. These men are all getting on into
the forties, but can beat many of the
fellows who are yet in their teens hand
ling ball.-Chicago Times.
Under the league schedule the Chi
cagO club has the greatest number of
miles to travel and Pittsburg the least.
The figures are: Chicago, II, 036 miles;
Boston. 10,172; Washington. 9,763;
Cleveland, 1862; Philadelphia. 9,37S;
New York, 1907; Indianapolis, s,s21;
Pittsburg. S,762.
Lew Browns death recalls the fact
that in 1878. when catching for Boston,
he hit ball pitched by Harry Sails
bury, of the Forest City League Alliance
team, harder than has ever been hit in
. Cleveland. 1t cleared the long center
field fence OF the old league grounds,
and when last seen was going Pennsyl-
vanlaWards at bullet speed. No one
where it stopped. Salisbury is now
railroad clerk in Omaha, and Gross, his
catcher, Bill Phillips, Giasscock, Mana
ger Charles Morton, George Strict, Andy
Cummings (now in the Kentucky peni-
tentiary), Charles Eden, retired, and
"Pigtaif' Riley, dead, were members of
the same team. 1t was the montague
success of the year.
1t has been many season since Glass
cock played for salary less than $1,000
season. Under the new classification
system he cannot possibly get over
$500, and those who know best predict
that he will make a long fight for it be-
fore he agrees to sign for such figure.
iS WHY lQCU bltt liC WOulu IlOG dSSuulG
the management of the indianapolis
club because he wanted the stipulation
as to salary to read $1,000 as player and
$1,000 as manager, instead of $500 as
player and $1,000 as manager, as Mr..
Brush wanted it, shows what ideas he
has on the subject.
Papa" said small boy this morn
ing, Ibid you hear how the Three
GraceS' received Kelly the Great the
other day?'' Mop" replied papa, as
he yawned, "With a patrol wagon, l
suppose" mot a bit of it. Every
man pulled out tape line and meas
ured his mouth. It's been wagging so
much this winter that Soden made bet
he'd swallowed his teeth"
Although his team has not been sue
cesSful, base ball has been a good thing
for President Hewitt, of the Washing
ball park in the Capital City he did so
with the privilege of purchasing it at
the expiration of the lease at sum
which is said to be $4,000, and he has
been offered 100000 for the property.
Denny will be displeased over Ban
croft'S engagement to manage Indian
apOlis. and Hines will also be over his
classification, which is said to be Glass
G, or $4,000 per annum. Nevertheless,
MIR. Bancroft is said to have a good deal
of mettle, and he may be able to meet
all these emergencies and get the best
of them.
1t now looks very probable that Co
IumbuS will have the third baseman,
Ralph johnson, next season. The pres
ident of the ST. Joseph club has offered
to rellnquish all claims to johnson pro-
vided the Columbus people pay them
S40O for tho n1aUQr If ic cold no No
Columbus people will accept the propo-
sition.
WEIGH, Ewing and Conner are the
only men left of the 1883 team, the first
that represented New York in the Ma
tiOnal league. The other players in
that team were John Clapp, HUMPHREYS,
Johnnie Ward, Tip O'Neil, Dasher,
Troy, Hanklnson, Caskins, Mike Dor
gan and Gillespie.
The Milwaukee papers are filled with
accounts of their gilt-edge team, and
intend to tear the lining out of the stiff
legged jays and young-biooded hams of
this city. Milwaukee has q severe case
of swelled head, and the Omahogs will
have to jump on them both feet when
they come together.-Omaha Bee.
Big Arson, whose temper was never
of the angelic kind, has been in a tow
ering rage ever since he struck Aus
tralia. He went to the Antipodes billed
as the greatest batter On top of the
earth, and only made one base hit in all
the games played in that far-off CLINE,
and it was scratch.
If Catcher Earle lands in America
sound in both wind and limb he will
have proven himself man of wonder
full staying powers and pluck. He has
caught Crane and Healy, two cannon
ball pitchers, in nearly every game they
have played since they left Frisco
Sporting News.
One of the base ball tourists writes
that the players on the Australian trip
sent all the baggage ahead from Aus
tralia to London, and they carry their
attire i'll an emigrant sack that looks
like potato bag. He says that there
has been great deal of sea sickness in
the party.
The old vets do not seem to be IN
much demand this year, as there are
great number of them disengaged,
among them Roseman, Lynch, Nelson,
Holbert, Jones, Jack O'Brien, Myrtle
Hackett, Larry Corcoran, Bill Phillips,
Sam Barley and Pete Hotaling.
If the managers of the league clubs
are compelled to pay uniform rate of
2 cents per mile for each ticket they
guy Gney VIII pay lnUo the corners or the
railroads over which they pass the sum
of Sls,5S5.06, allowing thirteen men per
team.
Harry Spence says: ''In over 300
letters that have received from ball
players during the past ten days, over
200 are from men who have had ex-
perience as professionals
President Won Der Abe and Manager
Sharsig. of the Athletics, are the only
two officials now with the association
who were members at the time of the