Omaha daily bee., 1889-11-03

tator, ls eating snow balls at North Wynd-
ham, Name.
Joe Werrick, of the st. Pauls, has been
sold to Baltimore for $500
1t is said that Burdick will get $4,000 from
Sioux City next year-in his mind probably.
Chicago is making overtures to Milwaukee
for Davis the Brewers crack twir!er,
Boston has already gobbed up Nichols,
and now it seems Selee is after Clarke, too.
Conway Pears, Smith, Healy and Sow
ders will do the pitching for Kansas City
next year.
j. b. Freeman, the well known young
pitcher is still IN the city, open to an engage
ment for next season.
BarnIe, of the Baltimores, is after Out
fielder Murphy, of the Apostles, to supplant
old Joe Hornung.
The ST. Paul club has promised to give
Glasscocks younger brother, Jim, a trial
Jack says Jim will make IA ball player.
Patsey Oliver Tebeau quit the season in
Cleveland with very bad attack of charley
horse. HIS jaw, however, is still as sound
as ever.
Bob Black, Sioux City's short stop. will
play in Louisville next season, that is If the
Falfs City management can purchase his
release
Ex-Manager Watkins, of the Kansas City
team, lies dangerously ill at Kansas City,
Mo, with pneumonia from cold contracted
at Sedalia, Mo.
First Baseman Werden Pitcher Fred
Smith, Third Baseman Joice and Catcher
Sage, all Of the Toledo club, are in demand
for major league clubs.
Cleveland did not take well to Sandy Nc
Dermott's umpring He oaiciated in an ex-
hlbition game there about week ago and
narrowly escaped being mobbed
jim Burns, of last seasons Omahas quit
frightfully crippled. The winters rest,
however, will bring them around all right
Sam Morton is on the lookout for shor
stop to take Hanrahan's place. 1t wont take
much of man to fill the bill, as Hanrahan' s
| play during the past season was decidedly
"yelloWn
The five leading base runners in the West
erH association this year were: Poorman,
| Milwaukee, 81; Crooks, Omaha, 93; Cline,
| Sioux City, 90, Carroll, st. Paul, Sc; Sllch,
Milwaukee,, S3,
1t is stated that Barnie has lines ont for
| four or five short stop players, but the
| chances are that either Sales, of the Hamil-
| ton club, or Hanrahan, OF the Minneapolis
| club, will be secured.
Clarke is steadily growing in popular favor
| and demonstrating that as pitcher, batter
| and base-runner he is one of the best players
ever seen on Call1Ornla dlaInonu.-oan
| Francisco Chronicle.
Knell's box work shows lack of practice.
| Give him work every day in the week and
| the ex-Oaklander will steady down and put
| quality ball that would keep any team in
| the country guessing.
Charley Hoover, Kansas City's crack
| catcher is now enjoying himself hunting and
| fishing near Lincoln, Neb. While scuitllng
| in fun at Lincoln the other night Charley
| lost his big solitaire diamond.
Charles G. Campau, left fielder of the De-
| troits will use that voice of his calling out
| stations on the Michigan Central this winter
| and with his strong right arm will operate
| the brakes on the train.
Perry Werden, an old Western league
| player now on the Toledo pay roll, is tC
| branch out this winter as pugilist, being
matched for finish fight with some loca
! scrapper in the city by the lake.
Kid Nichols struck out 35S men during the
past season; Mains, st Paul, sent the mos
men to bases on balls, PSI; Pagan, Denver
had the most wild pitches, So, aud Duke, ol
| Minneapolis, hit the most Datsmen, A.
No team can boast OF as many hard htteri
as Columbus can. Mcramany, Mari, Crooks
Reilly, Johnson, Daley and O'Connor ar'
! hard aud sure hitters, and many a pitcher
will come to grief when he faces this aggre
| cation.
The league brought its present fight on III
| hands ON adopting the crazy-horse classiiica
| rule a rule, by the way that was never livet
up to aud which was never intended to b