The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-05-12
PLAYERS LEAGUE.
NATIONAL LEAGUE.
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION.
Won. Lost.
Notes and Gossip.

The Athletics have signed ''Grasshooper"
Jim Whitney.
Hatfield was fined $50 and Orr SIS by Um-
pire Barnes Saturday.
Con Daily says Ward is head and shoulders
above all living short stops.
Sneed's contract with Columbus is iron
clad, and he cannot be released until Oct. 90.
"Knell promises to be the best pitcher in
the brotherhood club. philadelphia In
qlirer.
st. Louis seems to have the best pitching
talent outside of the National and Players
leagues
The two New York captains, Ewing and
Glasscock, lead their respective teams in
base stealing.
Tom Ramsey bids fair to become terror
once more. He seems to have regaiaed his
old time form.
Pickett played his last game with the
Philadelphia Players team last Monday.
He goes to Kansas City.
The rivalry between Wards Brooklyns
and Ewlng's New Yorks is intense, and
every game is battle royal.
The Brooklyn League and Players teams
are the only ones holding up New York's
end in the championship races.
Shindle is playing wonderful game for
Gle layers 1SdSu6 CluD, anu
is doing the most effective hitting.
Mcmahon is now the star pitcher of the
Athletics, and if Seward doesn't get to
work soon he'll be entirely forgotten.
Pitcher O'Brien OF the Cleveland PLAYERS,
League club is still very weak and n It in
condition to do much twirling at present.
The Boston National League team is in
very hard luck to bave Clarkson, Gauzel
Donovan and Lowe all laid up together, but
then It's better now than later on.
1t does not make much difference whether
a man umpires for the league or brother
hood, he has just as much hardship. They
kick just as hard in one organization as the
other, and the path of the umpire is just as
thorny.
Ed Andrews is laid up with a lame
shoulder. His absence is felt by the Brook
lyn P. L. team, as aside from his great
field work he is heavy hitter, and his
genial presence is in itself great encour-
agement.
Capt. Wards club continues to be the
wonder of the season. His men are full of
confidence and they are playing fine ball.
Ward works the players every morning,
and the team is managed systematically
and well.
An effort is now being made by John F.
Kelley of Mobile to organize a southern
league TO comprise the following Cities
Mobile, Birmingham, New Orleans, Selma,
Montgomery, Admission, Chattanooga and
Columbus
"I'm playing game at third" Latham
saws, ''that will surprise you Pick-ups.
one-hand stops a1d OTHER beauties that are
worth the price of admission alone. Then
Pm throwing to beat the world. but in
base-running Pm out of sight. Wait till
you all see me-"
The st. Louis Critic says: "Unquestiona-
bly, the rankest thro wers in the business are
Denny and Glasscock, now on the New
York National League team. They literally
killed the prospects of first basemen. The
more time Glasscock and Denny have to get
the ball to first the more savagely they
throw it, and of course accuracy is out of
| the question in such cases."
Helen Dauvrav- w ard and her sister. Mrs.
Tim Keefe, left New York last week for the
Hot Springs of California. where both
ladies will seek renewed health and strength.
| Mrs. Ward particularly is greatly in need
| of rest and quiet, as her health is much i'm
| paired. If the trip is beneficial Mrs. Ward
will return to New York in about six
weeks in order to prepare for the production
of the new play in which she viii star next
| fall and winter.
Daniels, the pitcher Of the Pittsburg IN.
IL tedIu toiis d luuny stOIy VI u description
By an Irishman of a game played by a
couple of teams in Savannah last season
Daniels was pitching for the Augusta club,
and the latter beat Savannah by a score of
| II to %. "You see, it was this way" said
the old Irishman, who was telling of the de-
feat TO q crowd of MS fellow-laborers at the
dock. 1--WE didn't have players enough in
our club, and they were SO placed on the
grounds that none of them cud stop the ball
when it was hit be wan of the byes from
Owgusta. but tomorrow we are goin' to
have Savannah man stand Ia livery posi-
bic place where those fellows can knock the
ball, and be the saints well bate the life of
thlm."