Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-04-13

good men. OF course, we will know more
about them when the big hitters are faced
There is one thing, however. that wish TO sec
and that is the public give the colts every en-
couragement. They deserve it.
The Local Pinyers' Club.
Manager Hanlon has resolved to take his
men to st. Louis and the resolve is good one.
1t might have been better had the team gone
away and played few games before now. Inc
teams will play three games at ST. Louis. Iues-
day, Wednesday and Thursday. The practlce
wilI'be valuable, no doubt as the opposing
teams, Chicago and Cleveland, are IN some
thing like playing form. It will give the pay
ers an opportunity to get down to team @1rk
and give \ anager Hanlor a chance to see What
condition his men are in. There Will also ne
opportunity to try all the pitchers, ana aito-
gether the three games will be OF great lnterest
to baseball patrons of Pittsburg, near very
good accounts about the practice work oil Cor
coran and Visner. Mr.. ,Hanlou tells me that
Corcoran is already wonderful player at snort
1t will be pleasing if he turns out 70 De wnat
his friends hope, Visner, we all know, is a
good fielder and can use the stick. L IN sure
pothing would please me better than TO see Two
victorious teams in this city. AT any rate:
hope to see each of them have good and VIC
torious opening. B."
The Crickeiers.
The annual meeting of the Pittsburg Cricket
Club, held the other day, reminds us that hne
weather is not far away. To those who know
anything about that historic game there is
always something of pleasureaple feeling
when the annual meeting of local club is
held. Cricket, or anything connected with 1t,
always brings to mind many dear associations
and happy days; that is to those who played it
years ago. Well, it is pleasing to know that
the local club is in a flourishinc condition. and
that already arrangements are being made for
a series of good games. There are some heroic
admirers OF the game members of the club, and
probably to them is due the fact that every
year Plttsburgers have opportunity TO see the
game. We NAV be able to see the local team
tackle team of Englishmen this year. At any
rate. from what have been told. the local club
Intends to have an active season. The public
ought to bestow little more patronage on the
cricketers than has been the case heretofore.
They are al In the game for the absolute love
of 1t, and surely that is something nowadays.
Pugiiistic Afairs.
There has scarcely been a ripple or a breeze
in the pugilistic world this week. What has been
done has been mostly confined to talking and
experience has taught us to know that ther 9
has to be'months of talk ana noise before any
big event is definitely arranged. There does not
seem much hope of John l. Sullivan and James
Corbett coming together. Since 1 last wrote
anything about these two worthless Sullivan
has declared himself to the effect that he can
send Corbett ito Sleep in four rounds. If he
cannot he does not want a cent. That is just
John L. Sullivan, but whether or not he could
get opportunity to force matters sufficiently to
knock Corbett out ia four rounds is another
matter. Corbett is not travelling round to be
Knocked out and fancy it would take very
long pole to reach him when he fights good
man. still wonder why he declines to fight Joe
McAulitfe. Jem Carney is again to the front
with challenge to Jack McAuliffe. There
has been desire on the part of several
partisans to attack Carney for always
demanding McAuliffe to go to England
and fight In this demand there was
nothing unreasonable, because we all know that |
Carney was robbed of his fight with Nc |
Aulitfe in this country. However Carney now |
offers to night McAuliffe in the same place |
and IN the same ring that Carroll and Nc |
Auliffe fought. Surely nobody can find fault |
WI Ii that proposition, and most certainly Nc |
AulItfe cannot under any circumstances de- |
cline to accept the proposition if he desires to |
fight any more. Carney also gives McAuiffe |
three or six months in which TO prepare for |
the battle and this means that the English
man means nothing but business. Carney, |
douotlesS, Is strongly OF the opinion that he is
a better man than McAulIffe, and he has rea-
son to think So feel certain that had Car
ney, i'll good form, been IN front of McAuliffe |
lnstt ad Carroll, the Brooklyn man would have
been knocked out. BY this don't mean that
hight, but have always ranked Carney above
Carroll. OF course the former is getting older
than he was, but if he is as good as he used to
be he Is superior ring fighter to either Carroll
will be in hurry to fight Carney and he. Nc
Aulife, has arranged to fight Carroll at so late
a date as next January. McAuliffe has a |
very good eye to business.
Farrell md Upbnm.