St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-08-10
BASE BALL BRIEFS.
Interesting Notes About Players in
ManV Leagues.

A Philadelphia exchange says: IA nice lot
are the police Of Syracuse After compelling
the Louisville team to remain away from the
grounds Sunday they permitted the local
men to go through the form of beginning
game in order to have a forfeiture declared.
Of course, such forfeiture will not stand,
but the conduct of President Frazer and the
police is no less reprehensible on that &C.
count
j. Palmer O'Neil has reduced Pittsburgs
salary list to 5000 per month. which is
equivalent to $4,000 per seasonal very
much minor league basis-and yet this team,
which would not be fast enough for either
the Atlantic or Western associations, is held
| up as major league team and so cents is
charged to see it play Is cent ball.
Anson's number twenty one In the bat
ting list OF the National league this season,
with the greater part of the famous batsmen
to make even the angels weep. The ''old
man. must be succumbing to that downward
tendency he always dreaded and desperately
fought against Is the Official Chicago scorer
asleep or dead?
The Pittsburg Commercial Gazette says:
II might do some good il Manager Hanlon
would give three or four of his players lit
tie green-room lecture. The boys should
understand that they are not only playing
for the amusement of the public. but for
their own regulations in the future, and
should do their best.
q The Earls and Juniors played on the Colts
grounds yesterday, which resulted in the
score of six to eight in favor of the Earls.
Batteries. Kilshaw ana Burke for the Earls
and Dawson, Troy. Lonfeld and Miller for
the Juniors. The Earls would like to hear
from the Pikers.
Won der Abe has offered 500 to each
member of his team if it wins the American
Association pepnant Then he will give half
the receipts in the worlds series to the club
| If it wins. He refuses to say what club he
will play, but announces that the people OF
st. Louis will be satisfied With his selection.
"Peek-a-boo" Veach has bought his release
from the Pittsburg On. L. club. He paid 80
for it. Director O'Neil owed him S., and he
said he would leave for California and call 1t
square if his release were given him. TWO
seconds afterwards he was free man.
Itiseems that Won der Abe got waiver in
| writing for Latham from all the clubs of the
| American association last fall and thatlt
was never retracted. This accounts for his
refusal to pay any attention to the Athletics
| claim for Latham's services.
The Quicksteps defeated the Central Parks
| yesterday afternoon by score OF ten to one.
Batteries, for Quicksteps, Geiscke and Rowe;
for the Central Parks, Meithe and Mertens
The Toledo team has been remarkably
| lucky of late in winning apparently lost
games in the last inning. They won three
| successive games that way from the RocheS-
ter and Athletic teams.
| The Cincinnati papers have commenced to
explain that Latham's errors ARE eXcus-
able" etc. Wait until he shirks O few hot
| grounders. What will they say then?-Chi-
cage Tribune. ss.s
stein is a good man bat is not the pitcher
Gnson needs. 1t is necessary for him to
have man who can be relied on for steady
work. Only great squirt can land the team
at the top.
If Lowe plays no more this season nothing
| can depose him from the batting lead Of the
| National league. asnone can hope to equal
his phenomenal average of .402 for eleven
games.
1t is reported that Al johnson has signed
Robinson, the Athletic catcher, for next
| year. Robinson would prove a great help to
| the team. johnson needs catchers badly.
Nicol and Viau have been on the list for re-
lease by Cincinnati for nearly year, yet they
have managed to hold oil. But they have
| finally been given their ten days notice.
tits curious fact that under Tom Lotus
| the career of the Ctncinnatis this season has
been so far almost a parallel TO that OF the
| famous Cleveland Spiders last season.
Kid Baldwin has been signed by the Athlet-
| les. Robinson has been doing all the catch
| ing for that club, but is now used up, and
| Baldwin is badly needed.
| tits now claimed that the PittsbUrg IN ID
| club refuses to support certain of its pitchers
| and has already forced several out in that
| way.
/, The New York Herald says Teddy Larkin
would be good man for Mutrles team as
| bled.
| Umpire Bauswine was presented with
| bouquet on the field by the members of the
| Kansas City team few days ago.
The st. Louis club has claimed the game
| that was to have been played at Buffalo Sun
day, bat was stopped by the police.
| Catcher Tom ORourke, of the Syracuse
| club has been fined S25 and laid off with.
out pay by Manager Fessenden.
President John B. Day says the ex-Hoosier
1 members of the New York team are all held
| by three-yeaT contracts.
| John Reilly is out for the batting honors of
| the league. He is hitting the ball pretty
| steadily nowadays.
| Billy Serad's broken arm seems to be all
| right He held Washington down to four
hits the other day.
Umpire Barnum has put himself on record
/ as favoring the idea of an Eastern and West
| ern league.
Coleman, the ex-Pittsburg pitcher, asked
| for place on the Baltimore team and was
| refused.
Cooney continues to lead the shortstops
| OF the league. He has good lead on Herman
| Long.
| st. Paul Is said to have by far the poorest
| grounds in the Western association.
| Kansas City has by far the hardest hitting
| outield in the Western association.
Sixty-one games in the Players league
have been won by single run.
l mira BdS6mdQ AlVOrQ IOSI LID Wll6 ldbb
year and a few days ago his baby.
l. hughes is down for release by the Athlet-
i4fcs. He has lost his effectiveness.
Latham was fined $40 i'll Wednesdays
game at Cincinnati by McQuade.
Joe Quinn is batting we'll for Boston. he
Ehas crossed the 100 hit mark.
Il Corkhill has been cast adrift by Brooklyn.
Ills arm is gone.
r louisville has lost but one extra-inning
game this season.
+ Catcher Jantzen, Of Milwaukee, has lost .
child by death.
+ Right Fielder Henry has been released by
baltimore.
Tony Mullane is doing good work in the
boxa again.
K Manager Mutrie has wired Nicol for his
terms.
l. Gudworth will take charge of the Hartfords.
Z Nat Hudson is still in Chicago disengaged.
Failed to Make Choice.
CLEVELAND, O., Aug. 9.-The Re
publican congressional convention of
the Twentieth district which met here,
/ adjourned to-day until next Wednesday,
after having taken PAS ballots without a
conclusion.
Love Is Blind.