Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1889-07-27
/" Whitley WANTED.
Philadelphia bargaining for stockton
Peerless Sbortsfop

l Phiiadelphia bargaining for stockton.
Peerless Shortstop.
| The following bit of baseball news is
given In yesterdays issue of the Stockton
| Independent:
| Secret negotiations have been pending
for the past four weeks between Manager
Harrls, OF the Stockton team, and Manager
| Harry Wright, of the Philadelphias. for
| Inc purchase OF one of Stockton's crack
players, the player being no other than our
| peerless shortstop, Whitehead. The trans.
| fer fell through on account of the failure of
the Philadelphia club to pay the price de-
manded for Whitehead. The Price asked
harris declines to state, but the fact has
leaked out that the Phillies offered al OOe
for the release of Whitehead This sum
was refused outright. What figure Harris
sets upon Whitehead is not divulged, but il
IS said to be between $1,000 and 81, 600,
Judging from remark of Harris that '"if
the Philadelphia management could afford
to pay s. eco for the relesse of Myers
second baseman of the Wsshingtons, they
surely could afford to paw the same for
Whitehead as he says Whitehead is a far
better PLAYER than Myers.
How the deal came up is as follows ::
About four weeks ago Harris received q
telegram from Fogarty, asking him if, in
his judgment, there was any ipfielder
capable of playing in the National League.
He telegraphed that Whitehead was the
equal OF any shortstop in the National
League, and, with the exception of Denny,
could play third with any player in the
country. Harris says Whitehead is the
only player in this League whom he would
recommend as fast enough company for
the National League. OF Whitehead's
success he has no doubt, and he SAYS. as an
assured fact. that the Stockton shortstop
could hold his own in the League with any
shoTtstop there
This is the first player in the California
League that any league has made endeavors
to buy. In previous seasons the clubs took
the California League players whenever
tney needed then, but since the California
League has joined the National agreement,
they cannot negotiate with any PLAYER
without first receiving the consent of the
management.
THE LOCAL DIAMOND.
Tomorrow afternoon, al the ball grounds,
the SaCramentos and San Franchises will
again do battle, and as the race has grown
TO be little more exciting, there will IN
doubleday be large audience. Burke and
Mclaughlin will occupy the points for the
home club, while Barry and SWEET will be
the battery for the leaders. The rest of the
makeup Of the two mines will be the same
as in last Thursdays game, and the Sacra-
mentos will again put forth strenuous eff
forts to win a victory. Trains will leave
the depot as usual, and Sheridan will prob.
ably umpire the game.
To-day, at San Francisco, Sacramento
plays Oakland, the former putting Zeigler
in the box and the latter undoubtedly
Ccughlin.
Krehmeyer, the released Businessman
OF the Sacramentos, is still in town, and
the sympathy of the public generally is
with him. II is stated upon pretty good
authority that when the question of his
release was brought up at the Directors
meeting they were by no means unani-
nous, and the motion to release him was
voted down. However, afterwards it is
said they held curb-stone" meeting and
resolved to release him. Krehmeyer's case
IS said not to be hopeless one, however.