St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-02-24
DUST OF THE DIAMOND.
Points on Players in Half a Dozen
Leagues. .


That series of games between the
blood. The winning club takes the
gross receipts of each game. These
contests will draw great crowds, and
the team that pulls off two out of three
will need cart to carry away the
money. There is not dollar odds
either way OH the series. The last time
the teams played Brooklyn beat New
York three out OF four games. Both
teams have been greatly strengthened
since then and the fight will be hot
one.-Sporting News.
The Cincinnati team has during its
varied career. changed the style of its
uniform time and again. All shades of
the rainbow have been called into re-
QUESTION in making up the 'SLitS' of
the Cincinnatis. There is one piece of
their wardrobe, however, that has never
undergone change since the halcyOn
days of 1869. Red stockings encased
the calves of the braves of '69, and they
have covered the lower part of the
neither limbs of every aggregation of
players who have represented the
Queen City since that; 1889 will witness
change, however.
Billy Geer, the old player once con-
nected with the Syracuse. Brooklyn,
and other clubs, turned up at Louisville
again last week in the role Of a would
be forger. He pretended to be sta
toner and bank engraver and wanted
to sell goods. but failing to dispose of
any OF his wares he asked bank cash.
Ter to cash $50 check on bank in
which he had no deposit and no ac-
qualntance. He was arrested and a
,of oh fot in f,fC
sion, all payable to himself.
Louisville has traded and sold more
players than any other club in the c0un-
try during the past and present season.
Since last July it has disposed of, in
Collins, Smith, Werrick, Andrews and
Mack, and Cook and Hecker are booked
to go. Louisville is now known as the
''Slave Mart" Despite the wholesale
auctioneering off of players. Louisville
is by no means weak, and will have in
the field team that will worry the best
of them.
Bastian. of the Philadelphia club. had
a painful surgical operation On his left
eye within few days. When boy of
twelve years he was accidentally shot.
Some of the powder remained in his
eye, and during the past few years his
vision has become impaired. Three
grains of coarse powder were cut from
the left eye, and his sight has been
completely restored. Manager Wright
thinks Bastian will become slugger
now that he has had his eye repaired.
The Harvard college team has met
with Disappointment. 1t is stated
that tits probable that Bates, the crack
pitcher of the team, will not be able to
play. 1t appears that he is behind in
his examinations. He received warning
from the faculty and paid no heed to it,
and now he has been placed on prOba-
ton until February 10. If he fails to
make up lost time he will not be per-
mitted to play in the team.
Joe Quinn, of the B0Stons, is seen
down town very seldom. He is putting
up couple OF nice little houses out in
the northwestern part of the town, and
he remains around the buildings all day
to see whether things are being done
right or not. Quinn takes care of his
little "buncll-of pennies" and he will
be comfortably fixed before many more
seasons roll past.-St. Louis Correspond
ence Sporting Life.
{ A Pittsburg man proposes this system
Of umpiring: Have a large bulletin
board in center field with the words