St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-04-13
DIAMOND DAsHES.
Doings of the Players Near the
Seasons Opening.

George Shafer is looking Tor place.
EVERY club should carry good list of
pitching talent" says Manager Tom Lotus.
''for they are. as a general thing, the most
uncertain quantities in nine. You can. as
a rule, make pretty safe calculations about
the other position in your team, but mana
ger must always nurse his pitchers, for If
they should tail him his club is in the nine.
hole sure enough"
In speaking of long distance throwing,
Denny Lyons says: II don't believe in this
long distance throwing. Jim Peoples was
one of the boys with an iron arm. He USED
to neediessly throw the ball around. Look
at him to-day. Harry Stovey Was very much
cinnat. His arm panied him for over
week. and he advised everybody else to stay
out of such contests i'll the future"
Compared with the other league magnates,
Stern, of Cincinnati, is i'll the greatest luck.
He practically got league franchise for
nothing and he will have an opportunity OF
playing seventy home games without opposi-
ton, and his club has good paying cities to
play in on every holiday during the season.
As one of the Lord S chosen people ). 1t was
but natural that he should have such luck
Sporting Life.
The Unions Base Ball club has organized
for the season with the following players
Mattocks catcher, Williams pitcher, Hahn
first base, Kelly second, Wasco third. Keefe
short stop, Murphy left field, Sweeney cen
ter Dixon right. They will accept challenges
from any amateur club in st. Paul or vicinity.
OF the fifteen leading batsmen of the league
last year twelve are with the Players league.
They are Brouthers, Carroll Ewing. Ryan,
Van Haltren, Jim O'Rourke, Conner, Seery,
Fields Duffy Gore and Hardie Richardson.
The three who stay with the league are Glass
cock, Arson and Tlernan.
The New York League club has at last
found way to melt the Obdurate Landlord
Coogan's stony heart, and has secured five
wears lease of the new polo grounds. The
terms are not divuiged, but it is safe betting
that Coogan didn't get the worst of the bar
gain by very long shot
The ST. Louis Browns have in Calvin a
counterpart OF Latham. He looks and acts
like the celebrated coacher, Dunts the ball a
Latham and runs like deer. The boys
have already dubbed him the dude Perhaps
la Latham will not now be missed in associa-
ton circles.
has, tits reported. boycotted the Washington
club because President Hewitt had the work
on the new grounds done by non-union men,
The federation has also requested their
brethren in other cities to boycott the club
on its travels.
Manager LOTUS, of Cincinnati, is said to
have incautiOusly admitted at Columbus
that Earle Mullane and Carpenter are
doomed, and that either Tebeau or NicOl
will also have to go.
Ollie Beard played IN more association
games last year than any player in the asso-
Citation. He didn't miss one of the 139
championship struggles, and in addition to
these took part in two ties.
Murtrie has taken the loss of Leblanc to
heart and really thinks he has lost "a jewel
in that player. He says that Leblanc hits the
ball as well as Connor. and that he is a bet
ter base runner and fielder
jim Murtrie has made wager of S1O0
that the New York League team will hold q
higher position than the New York Players
club in their respective associations at the
close of the season.
Paul Hines will not hold down first base
for New York, but will take Beckley's place
in Pittsburg. Scanlon, the indianapolis man,
will be Roger Connor's successor i'll the New
York league team.
Long John IIealy has at last achieved his
purpose. and will once more play in major
league the Toledo club having purchased his
release from Kansas City for $500.
One of the rnles adopted by the Louisville
club is this: PLAYERS must transact all their
business connected with the club through
the manager"