The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-08-11
THE LEAGUE TEAMS.
Big Salaries Paid by Barnes for
His Sluggers.
a sELF-MADE RULE VIOLATED
Cragin's Method Of Fattening Records
Dextraze's Release--Taik Of tho
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Diamond.
Baseball has taken strong hold on the sport
loving people of Seattle. and when the Spokanes
play with the home team on Tuesday next q
the Madison street park the game will probably
be witnessed by an immense number OF people.
Manager Barnes hiss materially strengthened
his team since their last appearance here. ana
by - doing has placed his aggregation in the
lead py halfdozeu games To accomplish this
feat however, he has gone away beyond the
salary limit of 81. 900 agreed upon BIZ the League,
and is today paying his players sum that az
gregates from &. 900 to 81, 800 per month.
The teams in the Pacific Northwest League
have put up such excellent ball, aud the strug'
gle for supremacy has bean 80 fierce, that the
quartette OF managers have all exceeded the sal
AIRY list Still, Manager Rockwell has kept 10
the letter of the law conscientiously, and the
statement that his star team costs the local as
ISOLATION less than 81 100 will undoubtedly cause
susprise 1t il q fact. aud 1t not only goes to
prove that he knows where to obtain the best OF
talent, but secures it at q rock-bottom inquire.
Snyder, for instance, who il acknowledged to
be head and shoulders above any catcher in the
Pacific Northwest League, and who has en-
deared himself to audiences In all the League
cities. draws down Sis per month AZ actual
salary. but Of course is being compensated Tor
extra games played. The salaries OF the bal
ance of the players are in proportion, and yet
the Seattle boys played 90 magnifcently that
Manager Barnes, who saw the pennant fading
from his vision, was compelled to obtain new
material at big price.
The figures below, while they are not oficial.
are quite accurate: Mills receives $40 for his
work behind the bat. Ward aud Huston get $3.50
each, Pitcher Klopfs salary is $215 and Nc
Guirk and Polhemus are both paid 500
The Seattle salary list two weeks ago was
ST. $50. Dextraze's release brings the amount to
81 $50. and If Mccormick is let out, which is
more than likely. the figures will be reduced to
1850.
The seattles are anxious to cross bats with
Barnes's new men. and the coming series will
largely determine the relative strength Of the
two teams. The home club viii contest every
inch of ground, and as the new Spokane players
have not been seen here, the attendance will
undoubtedly be very large.
Win Camps isy-of had the effect Manager
Rockwell desired The boy realizes the neces-
sity of playing ball every minute from start to
finish, and is doing magni6c. mt work. With
strict attention TO business he has promising
future before him.
Favour. who was really the best pitcher that
Tacoma had, has been released by Manager
Lucas. He was . very decent fellow, but the
Tacoma crowd was down on him and he had to
go. Favour did splendid work here on the
morning Of Decoration day, defeating the homo
club Would it not be good idea for Manager
Rockwell to sign him?
No. Cat ka6 Svuav.
ment in their batting Fiaherty, Whitley and
Lou Camp are almost sure hitters. and Fitzger-
aid, too, is getting his eye on the ball.
Ben Harris is credited with saying that the
teams of the Pacific Northwest League are SUI
perior to those of the California League.
The Sporting Life says that the California
leagues look forward to the time when power
full Pacific Coast league shall be formed to com.
prise clubs from Portland, Seattle. Tacoma,
spokane Falls, San Francisco. Oakland, Stock
ton, Sacramento, San Jose, Los Angeles, Fresno
and possibly San Diego.
The Spokane Chronicle 10 authority for the
statement that Umpire Tom Stanton may resign,
anticipating release
Notwithstanding all the kicking from Port
land and Manager Harris, Ben Young continues
to give his decis ons in spirit OF the utmost
fairness.
The Spokane Spokesman says: "a complaint
comes from the Sound about Oficial Scorer
Craign's scoring. 1t is claimed he is too liberal
TO the fielders, thereby increasing the batting
averages. The Spokesman reporter who sits next
to Mr. Craigin at the games and keeps track OF
the iatters scoring rs each mark goes down. has
no doubt of Mr.. Craigin's fairness. His scoring
is done with full justice to ALL" To which the
Oregoaidn replies: "Ohl what taffy. Craigin
knows less about scoring than he does about
umpiring, and his summary release By the
league was no tribute to his ability as an umpire
When he was here not long since he was very
| wrathy because an earned run was not given q
| plsyer who scored after being given one base on
| IN error. 1t is plain to everybody that Craigin
| is engaged in the very questionable business OF
| making batting records TOR Barnes kickers
| The Spokesmans baseball reporter who keeps
track of Mr.. Craigin's scoring happens to be q
| young man who can not score game"
| Many spirited game of baseball 10 won by
| proper coaching. At critical points in the
| game little efficient yelling and cheering will
| take the nerve of the pitcher and sratte" the
| balance of the players and make a decided
| change in the score. Ward, of the Spokanes
appreciates this fact thoroughly, and his coach
| ing Is one of the features of the game in which
he plays The Seattle team is weak in this d.
LSCiAous Nuptdiu x,ilSub Miknb u0 wei Oy TAX
| ing his team out and practicing them in the
| calliope act Plenty of coaching makes the
game more interesting, too, and tends to in.
| crease the crowds.
| whitrock, OF the St Louis Browns, who is nov
| signed with the Portlsnds. has proven . disap.
| pointment thus far.
The Tacoma grounds are said to be the sec.
| ond best on the league circuit, yet they would
be q disgrace to even q smaller town The field
is so small that hit over the right or left field
fence only counts for two bags. and the center
| field is SO near that there is not much
| glory in making the home run that
| is given the man who punches a ball over il.
| The plate is so near the grand-stand that the
catcher cannot be seen from the boxes when he
is playing back. The field has been aptlv COM
pared TO dry goods box. The graud stand is q
long, poorly constructed barracks, and the
bleachers are poorly situated ana stability