Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-03-24
F0LEY'S BALL GOSSIP.
The Boston Writer as Usual Saws n Few
Interesting Thinss-Boston Broiher-
hood Grounds Described-Some
Opinions About Beckiey's
Last Jump.


BOSTON, March 22-We have passed St Pat
rick's Day in safety and the baseball war still
RACES away as fierce and vindictive as ever.
The Boston and New York teams of the Play
ers' League, spent st. Patrick's Day on board a
ship bound for Savannah, but we fail to learn
whether any of the boys saw as many snakes
as did the patron saint of Ireland. We are in
formed, however, that the irrepressble and
versatile King Kelly led the march aboard
ship" so it is quite likely that the wine was
passed around. Tom Brown and young Catcher
SWEET arriyed in this city on Monday last and
much to their disgust they found that the boys
had started South. so they Immediately started
by rail for Savannah.
The Boston League team are all here with the
exception of Camel, Bennett, McGarr and
Harde. Camel and Hardie will be here in a
few days and Bennett and McGarr will show up
next week. The players will practice at the
Young Mems Christian ssociation gymnasium
until the first of April, when they will begin
outdoor exercise. The League club will pro-
hably open the season with picked nine on
Fast Day, April g. At the Brotherhood ground
an exhibition game. providing the grounds are
MT to play on. A member of the Boston team
of IS was up to see me the other day. and he
gives this description of the grounds that will
be occupied by Captain kellys men:
THE BOSTON GROUNDS.
The grounds are large and spacious, but it
will be very cold spot during April and part
of May. 1t is facing the harbor, and jingo how
the wind does blow at times! In the warm sum-
mer months? Oh, Just delightful; nothing
could be better! But l don't like the locality,
and, honestly, consider the Boston grounds
perfect paradise along side the Congress street
affair. 1t is on what they call the dump, and
you smell stale swill, raw cowhides and other
odors that are really nauseating. have no
doubt but what the place can be beautihed, but
bless your soul its going to take long while
There were at least $50 men at work there, and
the fence is nearly all up. They are driving
sples for the grand stand, and you ought to see
how they fly down into the mud. | saw two
horse team crossing the field. and the horses
sunk to their knees in mud With good weather
and plenty of rolling it may be possible to play
there by Fast Day. think the club would
have been much better off had they secured
grounds on Huntington avenue, which is near
the League grounds. heard they had an offer
for a ground there but preferred the grounds
which are now being fitted up"
Tim Murnane, who is with the Boston and
New Yorks in Savannah, says that
all the players are opposed to taking
back Beckley and Miller. But Julian
Hart, Secretary of the Boston club of the
Players League gave a local reporter beau
tifui swelling up the other day. If the boys
take back Miller" said the volatile Hart, of
spring bed fame, "he will probably be trans
ferred to Brooklyn. as many of the Pittsburg
players object to his playing on the team. The
feeling against Beckley is not SO strong, and if
he is taken back he will probably cover the
initial bag the same as last year. Several
players sent letters to the Cleveland meeting
deserters who wanted to get back. One fellow
offered $500 to be reinstated, while another one
was willing to play the season for nothing if he
was forgiven"
Think of poor penitent ball player giving
up $500 to be taken back when he is now safely
anchored in the League! And think of the
self-sacrifce of another good Christian ball
MIA ayar trh is f0
board and shaving money! Mr.. Hart says that
Glasscock's name heads the blacklist; that the
name is written In large black letters, sur
rounded by hieroglyphics. cross bones and
asterisks. while underneath the name is large
soup howl with the word Mud written in
large red letters across the center of the bowl
Long John Reilly, of Cincinnati who is an
artist by profession. is supposed to be the
originator of this beautiful design.
THE HoosIERs' BLUFF.
In this city most all baseball enthusiasts be-
lieve that the League will start out with eight
clubs, and that many of the Hoosier players
Boyle Denny and Glasscock-will be
found wearing New York uniform. 1t looks
as if indianapolis is making a big bluff, and
most people believe that Brush will sell out if
he gets good price for his franchise. Mr.
Brush can see that he is not wanted; the way
the Schedule Committee gava it to him in the
neck plainly shows that. They showed Indian
apolis in Washington for Decoration Day.
which was bad enough to begin with, but to
saddle Washington on to Brush at indianapolis
on Fourth of July-well that was carrying 1.-THE
Goals to Newcastle" with vengeance! think
the Brotherhood schedule a very poor one, and
l think the Players League club of this city
will get the worst of it with 4S conflicting
dates. Wards team plays here on Fast Day; |
then they open the season here with four |
games, beginning on the 2lst of April; then |
they are saddIed on to Boston again for two |
holiday games on the 18th of June-Bunker |
Hill Day. This is going it little too strong, |
and it would be better to have New York or
here on Bunker Hill Day, as it |
would insure big crowd. But the Triumyirs |
they think that the Buffalo PLAYERS |
club will be stacked up against |
them on Decoration Day for two games. As a |
matter of fact kelly's team has not first-class
to play with on any of the holidays. |
AL Johnson's Cleveland team is booked for here |
on Labor Day, which will be the best day of all !
for the Brotherhood clubs if the knights of |
Labor support the players the way they say |
they will. 1t is great day in this town. All |
the barrooms are closed, and the people have |
nowhere to go except to a few out of town pic |
MICS given by the carpenters and other SOCIETIES
with the Knights of Labor. The |
Boston and indianapolis teams played two |
games here on Labor Day last year, before over
Is 900 spectators.
Anson's colts are the surprise of the season, |
and their five consecutive victories over |
Byrnes team has showed their stock away above |
par. Harry Wright's team, too. made the |
Brooklyns very tired, while big Sam Thomp- |
son found the Brooklyn pitchers the softest |
mark he had run up against for long while. |
HOosier Sammy lined out single, double. |
triple and home run, which gave him a real |
nice appetite tor supper. Anson's men will |
open up before an immense attendance at Gin !
cinnati, one writer, from PorkOpolIs. going SO |
far as to predict 5000 crowd Anson will |
also be big card at Brooklyn on Decoration |
Day, for Brooklynites are Just beginning to |
realize that the Chicagos are quite ball club. |
CHARLES J. FOLEY.
BRUNELL'S OPINION.