Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-07-13
General Sporting Notes.

CAPTAIN CoMISKEY Is going to Europe this fall.
WE need to-day's game and good hitting will
get il.
THE local races this week promise to be of an un-
usually good kind.
DEACON WHITE has left the Elmira ball club and
will settle down in Buffalo.
JIMMY RYAN was married last Friday to Chi
cago girl. Kittridge acted as best man.
ED KINsEY, the sprinter, wants to hear from
some local runners who are not in the front ranks.
CHARLEY MORTON has been engaged to manage
Rochester and the club will be thoroughly reorgan-
lied.
KING or Calvin and Berger and Gleason and
Clements will likely be the batteries in to-day's
home game.
suspended short time ago for disorderly conduct,
has been reinStated.
BIG n.ye Orr is now able to move about without
a cane. The Brooklyns will give him benefit at
the end of the season.
THERE is talk of sculling race for a valuable
medal between John Zeture and John Martin. They
are both good rowers.
UNCLE ANsoN has signed a new pitcher-Nicon.
He found him out at Davenport, the old haunt of
Rhnes and Harrington.
THE proposed 1OO-yard foot race between Cramer
and White will take place at Homewood Park Sat
urday and not at Recreation Park.
PHILIP DwYER who owns Eon. is much i'm
pressed with Longstreet that If the two in the
proposed match race he will bet on Longstreet.
THE Beobachter and the TOLksbLdtt baseball clubs
played on saturday afternoon al Schenley Park
The scere was ~ to 33 in favor of the Beobdchte.
I EDDIE SEWARD who pitched for Bradford in
1886, and later with the Athletics, of Philadelphia,
and the Cleveland League, has signed with Mead
Vile. He will play center field
OVER in st. Louis the CsronicLe seems to think
that Captain COulskey will go over TO the League
next spring unless peace is patched up. That
paper also says: 1t is pretty well established
before the season is over.
Now that it is definitely known that Baldwin in
no way tried to induce Boyle and Lyons to come to
Pittsburg, and that the two latter players were
terrible Spree II woulG be interesting to know
what the Association ''pluggers" who slsndered
Baldwin will say about tie matter.
WALLCoTT 4 CAMPBELL have an option OH
Taral's services for five years. Marcus DAILY denies
that he ever offered that Jockey SIS OOO for lsg2
day. BY and by, some one will start story that
that Dutchman's horse in New Haven has been
matched against Tenny-
O'CoNNoR. of the Bradfords, fined s. by
Umpire Hanlon in Thursdays game At Bradford
tor mis- show Of temper when strike called. and
as he conuhued 10 talk back, y Umpire Hanlon
added another IS TO his fine. If this man expects
to play ball for living he must control his temper
or hnd his salary eaten up by fines.
PETER JACKSON says Frank Slayin was inst as
awkward as his brother Jack when he first started
in To fight; One could punch and hammer him all
over the head and body, and he would take IL and
come mp for more. He had no science but punish
meiit did not seem to affect him, and he won by
having men wear themselves out punching him.
ONE of the most impulsive men the track is
Charles Reed-hence the announcement that he has
suddenly decided to sell his racing stable at auction
lot which William Easton will offer early day.
the colt Fairview and the hllies Annie and Reilly
will be reserved. Walcott, Trinity aud others are
likely TO arouse warm competition.
WHEN Sam Bryant used to run a big horse called
Big Medicine everyone said the horse was trained
10 20 lame If necessary. Esquimau is another edu-
Gated horse. When ne has run selling race he
hnps on three legs and stands shivering with pain
with one foot held up, while the auctIoneer says:
Entered To be sold Tor s., $40; any advance. First
second third and last call; sold to the owner,S
when down goes the game leg and Esquimau
marches to the stable like an Irish grenadler.
Captain sam Brown visitor at Morris Park
on July 4. Captain Brown says that his 2-year-
ods have not shown well thus far and he is of the
opinion that unless decisive improvement in form
is shown that they must be regarded a moderate
lot. As to Senorlta she is aid up with enlarged
hook, and while Mr.. Rogers has strong hopes of
getting her lit for race my opinion is that It is
matter OF grave doubt whether she will race again
this year. Altogether the outlook is far from en-
couraging.- -SDorts1nd'a. .E
EVERY once in a while race-goers hear inysteri-
ous whispers about some horse having received the
Injection and 10 nine out OF ten 1t is like SO
much Greek. AS has been described many times,
jected ino The shoulder fank of a baiky horse to
make him run. IL seems 10 have 4 soothing effect
them to do their best, but actually increases their
speed. The man who possesses this secret is Pat
unassumIng, ana ne strols leisurely up and down
the paddock and lawn no one would imagine that
he was anything but u casual visitor.
W LAKELAND is of the opinion that the pronosed
great match between the CRACKS will not take
place. The form showed by Tea Tray yesterday
places him far behind Longstreet that he
coudn I possibly be considered having chance
OF winning The Dwyers are willing to start
Longstrett and Eon. Lakeland will also send lea
Tray 10 the post. The Suburban winner Loanlaka.
however, VAL mol az among the starters, for he
according TO the Latest accounts will have n rest
Tcnny is the real stumbling block, however He is
a doubtful candidate simply because MIR. Pulsifer
viii not consent TO run him unless his crack can he
let in at weight-forage conditions Ii is doubtful
III the other owners Will consent this. If they do
there will be race, unless IL Is brought OF
without Tenny. With Tenny absent the race would
lose Its interest IL could not be race for the
supremacy If Tcnny. the king and Loantaka were
lett out.