Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-02-04
A FORT WORTH TEAM.
Some PROBABILITY That Fort Worth win Have

Some PROBABILITY mat Fort WORTH VIII Hive
Pennant Winner This Year.
To those who are anxious for the or
ganization of base ball club in Fort
Worth for the coming season and who
are watching with interest the efforts
being made in that direction, the devel-
opments of the past week do not bear
much of encouragement. John Magner
has been rustling the town for financial
backing to sign players, but he has not
met with much success because the men
in Fort Worth who have here
tofoFe taken the lead in such mat
tiers have not fallen in with his
plans, in fact they have been working on
an entirely different lead An offer has
been received from well recommended
bail player in the north, who proposes to
take the management of this club, work
ND the city in the interest of the concern, ,
sign the players, and in fact do all the
work. AS he assumes all responsibility :,
without asking for advance money be-
yond his actual expenses, and as there is
reason to rely upon his ability to put
a winning club in the field without
exceeding the salary limit fixed by the
league, those with whom the offer has
been placed have decided to accept his
terms, if they have not already done so :.
a degree of reticence is observed by the
interested persons, so that exactly what
steps have been taken cannot be learned;
but they assert they can secure the neces-
sary funds without trouble, and with the
aid of a stub of pencil and a brick wall
can figure the financial success of the
Fort Worth club during the season, and
can draw a picture of a championship
pennant flying over the Fort Worth ball
park, famed by November breezes.
BALL NOTES.
Arson has made 1751 base hits in thir-
teen years.
The Cincinnati players will report for
duty on March Is.
The Detroit cancelled spring exhibition
dates arranged with the Cuban Giants,
on account of the local objection TO the
colored men.
George Wood, the Philadelphia club
fielder, writes to friend that A. G.. Spal-
ding is so elated over the success of the
Australian tour that he is paying the
players more money than they signed for.
Norman Baker, the well-known East
ern pitcher, is driving a laundry wagon
anu Slu2IlS III y CuuICu c0OlE III
ton, CAL, waiting for the opening of the
championship season of the California
league on March "a.
Whitaker, the st. Louis boy who was
with Dallas last year, has signed with
Baltimore for the coming season.
The Cuban giants, the famous colored.
team, are at Jacksonville, Fla They
are paying their board by acting as
walters at one of the big hotels there.
Viau, Carpenter and McPhee signed
for the coming season with the Cinein-
natl base ball club on February L They
had been holding back thus far on the
question of salary. Viau gets $4,000 and
is excused from playing on Sunday; Car
penter gets $4,000 and McPhee $500.
Reilly and Smith now remain the only
ones that have not signed.
Prosperity sometimes does a man up.
Dooms, the pitcher who viii be remem-
bered in Fort Worth as having come into
Texas with the old Joplins two years ago,
and who last year played with the
Newark IN. J y club, made such
a fine record for himself that he has
come into great demand, and has ac-
cepted the advance money of twoor three
different clubs while already resigned
with the Newarks, thus laying himself
liable to the penalties provided for such
operations.