The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-01-06
Baseball Briefs.

Seery has not returned from Elgin yet.
Toledo is dickering with Perry werden.
Arthur Irwin will coach the Princeton College
team
schoeneck is anxious to get into the gymnasium
this week.
Frank Flint's recent benefit in Chicago netted
Jack Chapman would like to manage the LOU
isville team.
Cleveland wants McAleer, and has made Mil
waukee bid for him.
Joe Quest, who is to manage the Sacramento
team next season, Is coming east for talent.
Grand Rapids, Mich wants to join the Inter
national League, and Is watching for vacancy
Dick Mcbride, the famous old-time pitcher,
says he has not seen game Of baseball for ten
years
Higgins, who was on Boston's second base for
a short time last season, has been engaged by
Detroit
Columbus does not want the old Lacquer, Tom
Deasley, but would Like to engage Tom Dolan,
another Old-timer.
not get away from Des Moines. He wants to re-
urn to the League or Association.
1t is reported that Tom Brown, who was not
reserved, Is anxious to go back to Boston next
season, and may do SO If White is not secured.
Lovett the pitcher recently signed by Brook
lyn, Is an old-timer, having been member of
the old Providence League team back in 1884.
Young Leitner, who had brief and not very
brilliant career with the Indianapolis club in
1884, is pitching for an amateur team near
Brooklyn.
John Clarkson expresses the belief that, under
the new rules and with the additional help of
being in fast company, he viii be able to do good
batting next season.
1t takes thirty-six telegraph operators to ham
die cablegram that is sent from Australia to
Chicago. The distance is TX, O27 miles, and the
cost per word is $500
Fifteen applications for places OH the American
m
tary's office. Nearly all of the applicants are
"back-number' all-players.
Reach, of the Philadelphia, has In view a
seamless ball, and proposes to make some and
put them into use He claims that batting will
be increased by the introduction of this ball as it
will be perfectly smooth and cannot be curved as
well as the old style ball.
The best man yet engaged by Columbus is
Dave Orr, the old Brooklyn fifstbaseman. He
is fine fielder and great batter. He will be
replaced In the Brooklyn team by Dave Foutz
The latter club has also released pitcher Mays to
the new Association club.
The League umpire staff Is now complete Wal
lace c. Fessenden, who Officiated in the Western
Association last season. having been appointed
Lynch, BarnuIn, McQuade and Fessenden. There
is, however one substitute yet to ne engaged.
President Stern, Of the Cincinnati club, who is
a member of the board of arbitration which will
be called upon to adjust the trouble with Rowe
and White, openly asserts that these men are
prompted by greed and not principle, as they
salaries than they could have commanded with
out the reserve rule. 1t is his opinion that when
this rule is broken no capitalist will put his
money into baseball, and when that occurs the
beginning of the end is near at hand.
Alvord, the big third baseman Of the Des
MONIES team, has signed with Sacramento He
went without his ralease, and, of course, will be
black-listed by everything but the California
League. He got tired of waiting for his release
from Des Moines. Veach is also going to the
coast to play. One of these days, when the Cal
a ha no oil
agreement, and the last avenue of escape for
contract breakers and reserve-rule jumpers is
thereby closed, and Mr.. Alvord and his kind find
themselves ineligible to play ball, they viii
wish they hadn't.