St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-06-01
BASE BALL BRIEFS.
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Gossip About Players in Many of
K the Big Leagues.

1t is no small boast to have been the cap
tain of nine that won worlds champion
ship, but Capt. Comiskey has achieved that
great honor He is acknowledged to-day to
be the best captain in the world. He is a
young man, for he was born in Chicago, Aug.
Is, 1861. His base ball career may be said
to have begun in 1873, when he played cen-
ter field for the Dubuque club, although he
had played in professional clubs else
where. He played with the Dubuque club
in 1879 when it won the championship of
the Northwestern league. For six seasons
Mr.. Comiskey has been connected with the
st. Louis Browns. The immense sum of
$4,000 has been repeatedly offered and re-
fered by league club not many miles away
from Boston. The brotherhood got the great
est card in the country when it secured Char
ley Comiskey. Herald.
Manager Tom LOTUS of Cincinnati, is out
with a suggestion to permit managers to
direct their players from the coaching lines
instead of combining them to the bench as at
present. In conversation he said: such an
arrangement would only be fair, because it
would give the managers the chance 10 take
go fer naught now, and for the neglect of
which the blame always rests on the man
agers.'
Dunlap must have been in desperate rage
when he was released by Pittsburg. What
else would induce him to say that Hecker
money at poker. and that all the members of
the team want him removed? Billy Sunday,
the evangelist. who is truthful player. has
written card in which he says there is not a
word of truth in the reports sent out by
Dunnie.-Cincinnati Enquirer.
1t is really amusing, and at the same time
tiresome. to read in backwoods papers favor
able com parsons of Shortstops Cconey and
Long with that king of the position. John
Ward. Long is good man and SO is Cooney,
but neither of them can find Ward with a
spyglass-BostOn Globe.
Sutclffe is one of the neatest catchers in
the profession, and he plays ball all the time.
He is quick to perceive any advantageous
point and generally meets with successful
results.-New York Sun.
The Juniors defeated the Arlington Hills
by score of to l Decoration day. The
batteries were Cook, Pray and Patton;
Bott aud Snow: struck out by Cook 8,
by Pray 8. and by Bott 4.
The Buffalo club of the brotherhood made
the biggest down hill race on record 1t
dropped from first to last place within three
weeks, occupying every intermediate position
on the trip.
The Stars defeated Tomson's nine on the
West side by score of Is to 8. The batter
les were H. Field and Tom O'Brien for the
Stars, and TomsOn and Morgan for the Tom
sons.
Teams from Pillsbury academy and Carl
ton college played game OF ball of eleven
innings at Mortified yesterday. Score
Pillsbury academy, z; Carlton college. 5.
AT Northfield yesterday the Pillspury uni
versity ball nine defeated the Carrolltons by
score of 10 5. The feature of the game
was Miller's pitching.
Jim O'Rourke has a batting average of
36o He has thus far made seven doubles,
two triples and three home runs. Pretty
good for an antique
TheAcmes defeated the Primroses by a score
of II to T. The features of the game were
the batting of Richow and Dalbery and DIAL
bery's one hand catch.
Cont Nod uop(o,, of tho Pittshrry Up T,)