Omaha daily bee., 1890-01-19
FLASHES From the diamond.

FIaShas From the Diamond.
Catcher Westlake has been signed by Mil
waukee.
Cushman, Omaha's terror In 'sS, has again
signed with Toledo.
Jimmy Canavan still remains king of the
New England polo players.
George Proesser has signed 10 play right
field with the Houston, Tex, team.
Sacramento is after Red Bittman, and if
Omaha wants him she must move quick.
Spud Parrish will endeavor to revive and
reorganize the city amateur league in the
spring.
Now that Veach has been signed to play
first for Cleveland, what is to become of Billy
Klusmanl
Dave Rowe will take his Denver team to
Hot Springs early IN the season and throw
lem in the mud.
Conway has signed with the Cowboys
again aud there is much felicity among the
denizens along the Kaw.
Tom Maggie of the Chicago league club will
be one of the star catchers of the country
before long.-Sporting Times.
Dan Shannon broke faith with the Omaha
club and President Mccormick has no
further use for the young man.
Manager Leonard is negotiating for the
purchase of Kearns of the London club.
but the price is too entirely altitudlnous.
Won't the old vets feel sore next summer
when they cast their eyes over the field and
See W1dt INC young DlOOuS are DONG IN their
old placesl
Red Bittman, the Cincinnati second base.
man, claims that the Omahas has offered
him $500 a month for next season, but Red is
evidently joking.
BY the sale of Long, Hamilton and Stearns
the Kansas City club has recovered about
ten thousand of the simoieous sunk in
the American association.
Jantzen is the latest acquisition to the Mil
waukee team. In case the Brewers win the
championship Jantz ia to be used as the pole
to float the rennant from.
Old Jack Nelson, who the writer saw play
ball twenty years ago, wants to do il some
more. He should apply to the Buffalo broth
erhood's old mans team.
Pitcher Darby O'Brien, of the Brooklyns.
formerly with the st. Joes. is rapidly recov-
ering from an attack of typhoid fever, which
tor a time threatened his life.
The doctor says that the swelling of Jack
Crooks head might be reduced If a coal train
should happen to run over it, otherwise it
must keep on charging until it pusts.
Hey, there! you brotherhood milllonaires!
IroI Out your grounds, grand stands and
and we'd like to see the color of 'em.
Jack Crooks is in town suffering with a
mild dose of Charlie-horse. Jack should be
a little cautious and not blow 'em off too fire.
quently; a few months have unmade many a
great player.
Duh VIII WAS WlUn lJpS MOlnGS
and Milwaukee last year, is spoken of in
connection with the Cleveland league team.
My, what a berry that boy was for the White
SoX last summer.
The southern clubs should insist on the
season opening upon their grounds. as the
snow is apt to be knee-deep in St. paul. Min.
neapolis and Milwaukee as late as April 10,
when the season will be ~inaugurated.
George Washington Bradley, who was
with Sioux City last year, and who was a
drummer boy at the battle of Bunker Hill,
has signed with the Springfield, Mass, club
and is spoken Of as captain of the same.
Dave Rowe is in bad odor with the Gal.
weston people, on account of his effort to get
Frank Ward away from them. The festive
David Is old and ugly enough to know better
than 10 monkey with players under con-
tract.
Tom LOTUS, manager Of the Cincinnati
league team. has written President McCor-
mick for an early April exhibition date.
Hope he'll get IL, for all the local fans are
crazy to see Bug Holiday and Billy Earle
again.
The score card business ought to be q live
ly one on all the Western association grounds
this season. There will be many new faces,
and it will be difficult to keep pace with the
changes without The assistance the score
furnishes.
"Red' Ehret has at last affixed his auto.
grapn TO a Louisville contract, and AS a con.
sequence Louisville Is happy. They are talk
ing of playing ball at night down in the Falls
CITY TINS summer, and using Reds head as
an illuminatory.
"Cyclone'' Duryea, whom Cincinnati
bought of st. Paul, and who wanted the
earth to sign with Cincinnati again, has
come to his senses and now agrees to fall 10
the ranks again for 81, 500 for the season. He
isn't worth it, and won't get it.
The local correspondent of tue Sporting
Life, says Tire BEE, the only Omaha paper
which sustains a sporting department of any
prominence, Is 'ferninsp the players in
their struggle for independence" at which
he Is exceedingly surprised. Sorry.
The Western association umpires next
season are to wear blue uniforms with brass
| buttons, and TO come upon the field without
being thus arrayed will be- punishable by a
hne. they should also be compelled to keep
their noses and faces clean.
The Kansas City papers claim that not
withst1nding the sale OF Long, Hamilton and
Burns their team is still too strong for the
Western association, but that is only Kan
sas City gall Just wait until the season
opens, you big headed cow-punchers, and
you will probably find at least four, and maybe
i've teams, capable of giving you plenty Of
work TO take a ball.
Yisner, the old Union Pacific catcher, It
seems, Is regretting his action IN signing
with the PIttsburg brotherhood team He
claims there was a clique in the Brooklyn
club to freeze hun out and he was only OBJ
serving the law of self representation when
he Jumped the league. The whole matter in
a nutshell, however, is that Wis is only paw
ing the way to jump back again.
Herman Bader, Omaha's old leftsielder.
and with the Corn huskers in 'SS, has signed
with the Washington league club. Bader is a
good mar, despite his badluck in the Western
association. AS a base runner he is hard TO
beat-hls head-frst slides being something
extraordinary. He steals third with greater
eass than most players steal second, and
home as often as any player in the country.
The Hamilton. Ont, club has secured a
average with Kansas City in 'SS was Esd.
fielding .966. In $50 he was sold to the 81,
Joe club of the same league. He had a re-
markably good record while with this club
and showed himself to be the best In the
league. He took part in 100 games, had a
batting average Of .2s7 aud fielding .sSl.