Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-05-04
Association Record.
Baseball Mates.


CARROLL is not in real batting humor yet.
OLD SPORT CALVIN was in great form yester-
day.
ANsoN's batting has been very light so far this
season.
WONDER what Al johnson thought Of yester-
days rain9
THE rain yesterday probably stopped i, 900 peo-
pie from going to the game. .--
DAN BRoUTHERs is making q great batting
record, and SO is Jake Beckley.
OVER % 900 people paid to see the first six games
at the Boston Players, grounds.
MANAGER LOTUS denies that Pitcher Viau is
to be released by the Cincinnati club.
WHEN the local Z. L. club returns the grounds
will be in a much improved condition
CLkRK's catch in the fourth inning yesterday
was the best seen in this city for years.
RAIN prevented the Players League and Ma
tiLnal League games at Chicago yesterday.
A REGULAR READER-He pitched full nine
inning game in the early part of last season.
ROGER CoNNoR's home run hit on Saturday In
Boston was made while batting righthanded.
A. G. sPALpING thinks that the Pittsburg IN
out. o1i 'i"' VIII O' N' WIG Oei''' '"' 'eAS0h IL
JOYCE has not made hit in six championship
games played with the Brooklyn Brotherhood
club.
The Cleveland League Club has released Joe
sommers, LEFT fielder, in order to make room for
Bob Gilks.
ARRANGEMENTS are being made to have the
New York (p. L.) club play a postponed in Bos-
PITCHER DERBY o'BR1EN, of the Clevelands
is still very weak and not In condition to do much
twirling at present.
MANAGER HANLoN and his team are in luck.
They VIII open the Players League season at
Chicago Tomorrow after all.
Lows absence from the Boston IN. L.) club
will weaken them. He is q heavy hitter; in fact,
probably the heaviest In the team.
THE New York Players' League maRnates are
still kicking about the reduction of price in Pitts
burg. They don't live In Pittsburg.
ARTHUR IRWIN is playing his position well, and
MS batting has been very satisfactory. There is
no better worker on the Boston Players nine
BUCK EWING wants to wager a silk hat that
Spalding, Day and Byrne Will rearrange the
schedule after the first series has been played.
WELL, there were no flies on that game at Cleye-
land Yesterday. The colts can play. Their game
yesterday is about the best of the season SO far.
MAN.SIR MgTRIE walked into the Sun office
endersYi' we are. How are the other feilows3',
MANAGER SHARsIG has written to President Won
der Abe for the release of one OF the Browns
pitchers, and Won der Brock will likely be sold to
the Athletics.
TONY MULLANE was badly injured Tuesday
at Cleveland by smsliey falling with his knee
across ''Tony's" neck. Tony knows now what
it is to ''get 1t in the neck as he has made many
ball player against whom he had grudge know
by spiiefully hitting him with pitched ball.
To STEAL third on Ewing is considered to be un-
unfruitful. 1t was almost dollars TO cents that
Ward would have been caught on the trick in the
eighth inning yesterday. but quick and outward
slide savedhim. 1t was quite a neat piece of base
running.-Nelo York San.
1T is not often that Jerry Denny gets in bad
throw, but when he does Ii is disastrous. 1t was
one of these throws that cost New ork game at
Philadelphia. With the score to i'm favor of
Mutrie's men in the ninth inning with one man
out anc the bases filled. Gleason hit to third base
Denny pitched the ball up, and threw to second
for a double play, but the ball went wide of the
mark. and two men scored on Burke's out, Allen
crossed the plate with the winning run.
DANIELS the pitcher of the Pittsburg team. tells
funny story of a description hy an Irihman of a
gained played by a couple OF teams in Savannah
last season. Daniels was pitching for the Augusta
(Ga. club and the latter beat the Savannah bows
by SEQ e of IL too ''lou see, II was this way,
said the old Irlshman, who was telling of the de-
feat to crowd of his fellow-laborers at the dock
I'VE didn't nave players enough 10 our club and
they were so placed on the grounds that none of
them cud stop the ball when ii was hit be wan of
the byes from Owgusta. but Tomorrow are
goin to have a savannah man stand in livery
possible place where those fellows can knock the
ball and he the saints wen bate the life out Of
thin. n-ChicdgO Times.