Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-05-25
Baseball Notes.

WE have two great baseball combinations.
.GRUBER is way up among the batters of the
Brotherhood.
THE attendance at the Athletic-St. Louis game
at Philadelphia yesterday was 2, 356.
PITCHER MADDEN has SO far recovered from his
illness as to be able to return to Boston.
1T is probable that deal of some kind is going
on among the National League magnates.
BETTER call the two local professional teams
home and send out the drummer aggregations.
MANAGER HASLoN considers the Brooklyn
Players team superior 10 last seasons League
club.
TnE fielding Of the local r: L; players is simply
mcnt given to any pitchers.
DARLING is n poor substitute for either Bastian
or Williamson at short. Both Of these men can
field all around the backstop.
c,siy ,HALLMAN. Of the Philadelphla Players League
we VIII strengthen the Association"
CAPTAIN ANsoN Is not altogether satisfied with
the playing of Earle or O'Brien on second base,
but he Will have good man there soon.
CRANKs cannot we'll grumple about one Pitts
burg club and praise the other no far. They are
both losing the regularity OF the SUMS rising.
%m THE e. mphI!adelphia League club finally ad;
Manager Wright Is now negotiating for two good
men.
NJ, ED WILLIAMSON thinks 1t lisa lucky thing for
hey ds9 ba9e deserted & ths
In brooklyn" " says the big shortstop.
IN McPhee Cincinnati has a great second base
man. he frequently makes stops and pickups
that other players think wonderful. In the last
ten games he has had only one error.
ONLY 81 hits have been made Off Pitcher Rusie
In Int, ten gsmesi Gi With arst-class support back OF
Hoosier is truly the wonder of the season.
A FEW days ago Secretary Brunell stated that
the new League was not going to fight its battle
through tie newspapers any longer. Ii he will
stick to that 1t will be better for the League.
MANAGER WRIG HT thinks Rhines, the Cincin-
natl pitcher, the best In the League. This new
man has lost only one game for the ''Reds, - and
when they come here Rusie will be his opponent
in the box.
THE series OF games which the New York
League Club had scheduled with Cleveland to be
played in the lattsr city will be played in Indan-
apolis, because of its being racing week in the
Forest City -Phttndetphid Inquirer.
ANsoN raises the point of man running off the
line to first. The other day when he Obliged
to take dose of his own medicine IN the sixth
inning and Andrews was out for running over the
the umpire did not know his business.
MUTRIE was very happy last night. He said
that IT was patent to all close observers that the
New York Players League was not paying ex-
penses. "ls your club paying''' he was asked.
IN o, sir. We are losing money, and feel that we
cannot continue to do so for the entire season. ~
Ne10 York Press.
JACK CHAPMAN says, in answer to the question:
HOW Is the Association getting along?'' '.Bet-
There is not club in organization that is be-
hind. We are drawing paying crowds and play
ing great ball. Then, too, Ou- games are free
from wrangling between players and umpires,
Tor none OF the former, not even the captain, is
allowed to question decision. ~ Philadelphia