Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-05-11

sitons, as trial. and SO far it has given satisfac
GLks viii likely be regular pitcher for the
season.
BOTH teams will be here to play on Wednesday.
Inat conflicting date surely could have been
WHILE in Chicago Manager Hanlon had a
very sore leg and had to nave a runner to go on
bases for him.
1T will be great loss to the local n. L.. club II
aeats IS sprained ankle disables him Tor any
PRESIDENT N. E. YOUNG says that League um-
pIres have no authority to remit fines after they
are once imposed.
"PRETzEL" GETzEIN was certainly in great
form yesterday against his old colleagues, Glass
COCK, Denny, etc.
ONLY once this season has Anson, the greatest
oaier In the League, made TWO hlts In one game
anu tnat was on wednesday.
ANsoN says that. with the team he has at pres
ent, he could win the majority of games in series
with any team in the country.
AS soon as the majority of the League clubs sig
n1fy their desire to adopt the double umpire sys-
TEN President Young will reorganize his STALL
No shortstop in the Brotherhood, not even ex-
eepting John Ward, Is playing peter game at
short Held than Shindle, of the Philadelphlas.
1T was stated yesterday that the receipts of the
local L. l.. club have not been sufficient to pay the
salaries so far. The players have been paid, how
ever.
E1TELJoRG, of the Chicago League team, has
Evansville, to help out Manager Harrington's IS
team.
RAIN prevented the two games at Chicago yes
terday and the z. L. game at Cleveland. The
Syracuse-Hochester and Toledo-St. Louis games
were also prevented.
ED WILLIAMSON, it is now claimed, will not be
able to play for some days yet on account or very
sore Right arm. WilliamsOn's ball playing days,
many think, are over.
PITCHER SANDERS has reported for duty to the
Philadelphia Players League clue. He is in good
condition. and will be ready to do his share Of the
twirling next week.
RHINEs, the Cincinnati colt pitcher. who is
doing sucn good work, would have been with the
local n. l.. club had that man named Harry Smith
acted fairly in the matter.
Mill likely be brought against
PhadepSa M to compel him hROn to live to hs Com
tract with the brotherhood Club.
WHAT Cunning and Matthews do not know
about umpiring game of baseball would fill a
pire system, it's time to return to the one-man
style.-Ezchange.
THE Southern League may be revived. A meet
ing VIII pc held at Birmingham Saturday. New
ham. Annistown and Columbus, Ga, ex-
pected to make up the circuit.
heard Of When his favorite team loses he refuses
70 70 eat until II has won game: Suppose he had
Lived at Louisville last year. That team once went
~ days without winning game.
=, AND now yon der Abe steps to the front with
the story thatthe Pittsburg \. l.. club will reioin
the American Association. 1t is about time to
give some other club q whirl. Enough has been
said about Pittsburg to last the season.
BUCK EWING and the rest of the New York
team are satisfied that Hatfield has tried his best
When not catching hereafter Ewing will
strengthen the infeld by playing to the left of
Whitney.
PRESIDENTS ROBINSON AND JOHNSON, of
Cleveland, have made wager of $500 that their
teams will outdraw each other at home. The
terms of the bet were reduced to writing, and
that Mayor Gardner, a League director and a
Brotherhood director are to be the judges as to
the attendance; OILY paid admissions are to be
A. &. SPALDING says: The most outrageous
m1sstatements have gone out as to the Brother
hood attendance. In Philadelphia II, 900 was re-
ported as the attendance OF the opening game of
the Players League, whereas ] am reliably in
formed that settlement was made on the basis Of
an attendance OF r. 600 at their opening, mostly
complimentaries and the next day they had 7O0
Again to-day they are trying to swell their at
tendance by admitting everybody who will pre-
sent copy of a New York paper at the gate.''
", DISPATCH from Columbus says: Presidnet
Won der Abe to-day signed j: B. Munyan, the
catcher released by Columbus. Sammy Nichol the
released outtieder will go to the Saginaw, Mich,
club. Won der Ane released Klusman, the second
passed resolutions of confidence in the ability OF
JACK Crooks to captain the team, and gave his
enemies notice that he would serve in his present
capacity during the remainder of the season. To-
day the resolution was read to the men, and they
were given to understand tharwhatever Crooks
did was law to them without protest.
THE Columbus baseball management began the
work of wedding out the surplus talent Friday. Al
Mays, pitcher; John Munyan, catcher, and Sammy
Nichols, left fielder. were released. Further in
vestgaton into the peculations of the late Secre-
tary. Fred W .Newburg disclOSes the fact that his
stealing from the Columbus Baseball Club last
season amounts to not less than S. 600. This figure
just about covers the amount reported as being
lost on the seasons play. Over $500 was stolen at
one time during the last Brooklyn series at Column
bus, when the peEnant depended upon the result
OF the four games and the attendance was enOr-
nous. Newburg is in Chicago and will be brought
back.
MANAGER BUcKENBERGKR. of Columbus. will
protest all the games his team played 10 st. Louis.
He says: 1.-THE rules have been changed to read as
follows in regard to the rubber that is to be
In the pitchers box: Rule of the National Play
ing Rules of Professional Baseball Clubs-Each
corner OF this space must be marked by round
rubber plate six inches in diameter. fixed in the
ground even with the surface. The rule says very
explicitly that the corners must be of rubber. 1
discovered last Sunday" " continued the Columbus
Won der Abe instead of rubber, called for by
the changes made, and Immediately notified Mr..
Won der Abe that all the games played by my
team in st. Lonis would be played unoer protest.
The box at home as well as the one in Louisville.
have been changed so as to comply with the re-
cent change, and feei positive that the Associa-
tion will uphold me in my protects. could have
of the box being Illegal
The Coming Players.
THE Postal Telegraph nine beat the Post team
yesterday by to