Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-04-23
RasPhall NntPs.

SowDERs was sadly out of form yesterday.
AID GuMBERT pitched a very wild game at Bos-
ton on Monday.
DUNLAP made his first hit OF the championship
THE Power Hall nine beat the Goat Hill team
yesterday by IA to 6.
kelly made a brilliant record in left field at
Recreation Park yesterday.
sLATTERY leads his club in batting with an
average of .4i4. O'Rourke has 400.
PETER DAILY. for the past ten years ground
keeper of the Polo Grounds, is dead.
RUsIE is not afraid OF any OF the batters. he
shoots the ball over the plate with terrific speed
BUCK EWING is going in for busy catching sea-
son again. He will be behind the bat to-day
again.
BUFFALois is no longer q s'mystery,, The old
Descon's men are evidently sluggers from way
back.
LA ROGUE heded his position yesterday as good
as the best shOrtstop in the country could have
done.
MANAGER HARRY WRIGHT claims that he has
stronger aggregation Of ball players than he ever
MANAGER HANLoN stated last evening that his
team and the Chicagos may play at Exposition
Park tomorrow
BEATIN is still the excellent pitcher that he used
to be- The local Colts will face many less danger
Gus men than Mr.. Beatin.
PRESIDENT kRICK is extremely anxious to
have the admission price to local National League
games reduced to Is cents.
LATHAM claims that If Kings support had beeu
up to the mark yesterday Pittsburg could have
been shut ont without run.
THOSE who were near enough to see say that
Tener hlushed like a girl when he was presented
with boquet at yesterdays game.
THE Cincinnati Reds will be at Recreation Park
to-morrow 1 % atternoon: 1t Is long time since we
saw the lively Reds and "Biddy'' McPhee.
THE newspaper men petitioned the Brotherhood
for an additional veranda in front of their quar-
tiers to keep out the rays of the burning sun
THE catcher has pain in his heart stop the
game, - shouted comedian Latham every time
there was a dispute over the plate yesterday.
THE only player in the eight clubs of the two
leagues who made a hit every time he went TO the
bat on Saturday was Sam Wise, of the Buffalo
club.
PRESIDENT DAY is determined to remain in
baseball for while vet. He stated yesterday that
the Brotherhood team played to l. 500 spectator
The Sun.
IF all accounts are true the Brotherhood back
ers did some tall Letting on the result Of Satur-
are setting bad example to their men.-PhiLddeG-
phid Times.
THE s.. Pauls have organized for the season
Gernett Goodwin McGarvey. McKenna, Rowe
Davis. They want to hear from the Hazelwood
Stars.
comes from Washington saving that Harry
Wright Is on the lookout for another third base
ability If given good trial.
THE outfeld of the Philadelphia IN. Id team
could not be improved upon. In Burke and HAM
iton Manager Wright has TWO of the feetest base
runners in the country. and what Thompson
lacks in running he makes up in batting.-The
Sun.
Now IS the time for the Players, League and
stop this conflicting date nonsense 1t has been
clearly shown that the National League has moth
ing TO gain by Its present policy Does il want TO
lose Inoney?-Neu York World.
CAPTAIN HANLoN says: '.It makes NO differ
ence to us whether the League reduce their price
q n &c nr amt VTn srnfr,
crowds, and we are going to have them at So cents
ahead, too. We expected the large crowds at
the start and we expect to keep IL up.',
THE attendance at the eight games of the Ma
tional League and the Players League was 80 7io,
of which the Brotherhood had u. SAC and the
League H. ss4. In this city the attendance was the
largest for the Players. with II ora while Cinciu-
natl turned out the strongest League crowd there
being about z 0OO present.-Feto York Exchange
RETURNS from the Brotherhood grounds are
received at the telegra ph instrument at Recreation
Park and the result of each inning is announced
punctuated bis attention to the game in progress
below him BY asking How do the stifs Stand
congress?', s
In Yesterdays game when wflmot let Re,I,y,s
base hit get through his legs, and Long John
made the circuit, Cliff Carroll created a sensation
In left He fell over on the ground with his hands
clasped across his stomach. as though he was suf-
fering from an attack of green watermelon or new
in the excitement of the moment, had swallowed
achew of tobacco. 1t was Clir's average-sized
commotion in his digesting region, He rallied
after three or four members of the team went 10
his sassistance.-CiRcinndti Enquirer
THREE players have been disabled SO far in the
Athletic Rochester series, one in each game ON
Thursday George Shafer sprained his right leg by
sliding to third base. On Friday Fitzgerald
wrenched his left ankle in sliding over the home
plate, and Yesterday Griffin. of the Rochesters
broke small bone in his left foot while sliding to
second base. Shafer and Fitzgerald will not be
able to play for q week, and in the meantime Caf-
frey, of the Frankford club, will play shortstor
for the athletics and Joe Kappel will play in the
field. Catcher Collins was released by the Ath-
letic club yesterday. Collins is Brooklyn boy OF
promise. but al present his throwing arm is not
in order. When in condition he Is q strong
thrower.