Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-04-06
NEWS FROM BOSTON.
Charles Foley Writes Very Interesting
Letter An Amusing Story Which
Fayors the Brotherhood-An-
sons Team Overrated.
lcoRREsPoNDENCEo OF THE DIsPATcH.I

CORRESPONDENCE OF THE DIsPArcH.I
BosroN. April 4-The two Boston clubs
have been in practice for some time, and
in two weeks time the battle royal will
begin in earnest. One hears so many
conflicting stories that it is almost an impossi-
bility to tell how the clubs will be patronized.
One thing is certain-all unprejudiced people
acknowledge that the brotherhood team is
much stronger aggregation than the one col
lected together by the Triumvirs. There is a
vast difference in the size of the men who are
now with the League club and the ones
who wore Boston's colorS last season.
The Brotherhood men are much larger
and stronger and the addition of Stovey makes
the Brotherhood club all the more like giants.
Kelly and his men have been sojourn1ng In the
South for some time, and judging from the
way they are hitting the ball some of the
pitchers will suffer next season. The only
Mike gave his men spin on the railroad ties
the other dav, as the college grounds at Char
lottevlle, Va, were flooded. This exercise
brought back many a "reminiscences, and made
some of the boys think of days gone by when
they were beat out of their salaries in some
Jay town and had to hoof it home via railroad
ties The Bostons Up. L. got square with the
New Yorks at Richmond, by beating them IL
to l.
Boston people think that New York will walk
away with the League pennant again next
year, but think Bostonians will have con-
siderable respect for Brooklyn and Cincinnati
when they see these two clubs play. Most of
Tue men IN LleS6 Two teams are almost enC1ro
strangers to Boston, and both the teams are
stronger than ever before. Brooklyn got bad
dose of it in the South from Anson's men, but
1t must be borne in mind that Byrne's men went
on the field without an hours practice. The
pitchers were all out of shape, but they are
now recovering and will show up in good shape
at the opening of the championship season.
A rather funny incident happened out at the
South End grounds the other day while the
League players were at practice. John Hag-
gerty, who superintends the grounds, invited a
Hibernian baseball crank of EIfel tower pro-
portions over to see the League men practice.
The Hibernan, who is big six footer and
quite a politician. had been told by Haggerty
that the new men were wonders. Just size
them up" said Haggerty to his friend,
Haggerty's friend with his shove 'em in
hook whiskers,; sized the players up; then
when the players got through practicing and
were about to enter the dressing room the
purity well; but on me sowl yeer not in it with
the Brotherhood boysr' Haggerty has been
instructed to keep bis friend away from the
grounds when the men are practicing.
AS write Dick Johnston is the talk of the
town in base ball circles on account of the ru-
mors floating around about his being ready to
jump back into the League. Dick didn't go
South with Kelly's men, although the boys ex-
pected to meet him in New York. When he
didn't show up in New York it was given out
that he would meet the boys in the South, and
when he didn't show up at all it was given out
that he was sick at his home in Kingston, ".
Y. He has been in Boston for nearly a week,
and he has been painting the town with some
of his old comrades They say that CAMEL is
the man who wants him to jump the Brother
hood, and he (GanZel) has been doing his best
to work Director Billings. who was very much
dissatisfied with Johnston's work last season.
People are becoming tired of this fight and
the sooner it is decided upon its merits why the
better for all concerned. The League people
think they can crush the Brotherhood,
but they may have a bigger contract to
carry out than they ever bargained for The
courts have decided in favor of the players.
and that has strengthened the Brotherhood
cause. 1t was given out that the League would
blacklist all players who were held in reserve
and who would not show up on the first of
April. All. but they won't DO 1t. you knowl
They simply say: I'VE will blacklist all men
who have signed League contracts"
and Delehanty, who have jumped back into the
Brotherhood. Tony Mullane once had the
tract jumper, but Mexican. Tucker and Fore
man can give Tony ten yards start and then
beat him out by nose at the finish.
Dick Conway, formerly with the Bostons, has
signed with the Buffalo club of the 1nterna-
tional Association. Mr.. Bacon, of Buffalo, is
on here in search of players, and it is said that
he has almost completed arrangements with
big Jim Whitney, who played with Buffalo last
season after being released from Indianapolis
Frank Bancroft, who changes his mind every
few days without consulting his family physi-
clan, has made arrangements to have the Bos-
ton and Brooklyn teams (P. L) play in Spring
field April9.
Anson's world beaters (they'Il be wind beat
ers after wnile) have had pretty hard sled
ding in Texas. and only for bad decision of
Umpire Lauer's (Anson's Pitts5urg catcher),
they would have been beaten in Houston. They
won by to 9, and only won the second game
with the same club in the ninth inning. But
Adrian's gang of fiery untamed colts had to
bite the dust in Galveston, where they were
beaten 10 to 6. Anson's club is overrated and
to-day there are four stronger clubs in the
League-Broolklyn, New York. Cincinnati and
Boston. Just tie your socks to this predictionI
CHARLES j. FOLEY,