The Sunday herald and weekly national intelligencer., 1891-04-05

the deliberations of the amateur league they
are regularly organized and they seem at loss
to understand why they were slighted. Their
team is an exceptionally strong one, and
against the c. A. c. and Washington Light
Infantry would make an exciting contest.
Pitcher Wiuklemsn, of this city, has been
released from Lebanon's reservation.
"McQuery is every inch the king of first
base," says the Bulletin, of Philadelphia
Capt. visner is already receiving praise for
the discipline OF the team and their good work.
The new find, Tony Hart is a star of the
first magnitude, and he will out-class some OF
the gilt-edge crew.
Fred Dunlap has returned from the Hot
Springs "hard as nails" and fifteen pounds
lighter.-Sporting Life.
A snow-storm prevented the National
Baltimore game In Baltimore yesterday. 1t
will be played on Monday.
Gil Hatfield is a scholarly ball-tosser. He
is a college graduate, and not only q good
player, but politician of repute.
The Philadelphia Ledger says Carsey, of the
Nationals, is going to be the pitcher of the
Association. He has six different curves and
drops.
The irrepressible Ted Sullivan, who has sold
everything from Bibles to threshing machines
during his eventful career, is dealing in oysters
President Nick Young, of the League, is
wondering why some of the League teams
didn't secure Csrsey to pitch for them. We
are glad they failed, for he is good one.
President Kramer, of the American Asso-
citation, has advised O'Connor to return to
j. Palmer O'Nell the 81 200 advance money
the Pittsburg Club gave him. Good advice.
Smaley arrived last week from San Francisco
and was at once admitted into the graces of
the mysterious Fourteen He is a clean
built, spry young man, and looks like player.
The Nationals have received lots of knock
outs so far but time will right everything,
and soon the sun will shine and their will be
base ball galore. The knock-outs were from
rain.
Hardie Richardson has batting average of
.3l1 for twelve seasons past, and Kelly's is
1922 in thirteen seasons. Brouthers, Anson
and Connor alone outrank Kelly in that
order.
Jay Faatz, of last years Buffalo Players
League team, has signed to play frst-base
and captain the Syracuse Club. Pitcher
Eddie Green has also accepted the clubs
terms.
Capt. Howard Prince has been appointed
official scorer Of the Nationals fact an
weeks ago in THE HERALD. He is the best
man for the position in the city.
The New York Press is in a trance. 1t
still insists that s'the American Association is
anxious to get back under the cover of the
national agreement. Not one-tenth SO
anxious as the League is to have it come
back.
Bakeley, the pitcher of the Nationals, insists
that cold weather is the best time to play ball.
He is the "Lone Fisherman" of the team. for
he generally takes paper and, hieing off to
corner, reads every line in it before dropping
it, and never talks.
Billy Hart says he will wager his house and
lot that the Nationals will win majority of
the opening games from the Athletics and
Bostons. Hart is recognized rs the leading
authority of his section, the Gas-house Bri-
gade, every one of whom is n staunch ad-
mirer of the Nationals.
1t looks as if amateur base ball was going
to be very popular this season. Already there
is such good clubs in organization as the G.
A: c., p A c., Light Infantry, Y. NJ. C. A.,
Waverley, Dupont, Georgetown and Kendall
Universities, and High School. In order to
enthuse the amateurs, THE HERALD requests
the managers or scorers to send in list of
their teams for publication, also any games
they have scheduled to play.
81 LOCiS, ApIil t.-luc case OF f1tcl6r
Mark Baldwin, who was arrested on q charge
of conspiring with others to induce Silver
King, the Browns crack pitcher, to Jump his
st. Louis contract and sign with the League,
was nolle pressed this forenoon. But as
soon as Baldwin stepped outside the court
room he was rearrested on new infoamrtion,
this time the charge being that he had soon
spired with Others and did induce" King to
jump his contract. The trial is set for next
Monday.
Next Tuesday afternoon the Dartmouth
College baseball team will be here TO play
the Columbia Athletic Club. The visitors
have had games with nearly all the leading
professional clubs in New England during
the past month, and they are in good form
to meet the c. A. G. boys. The latter have
indulged in such practice as the weather of
late would permit, but Capt Wells says his
men will fight hard to down the colegians
from Hanover The game will be played on
AnalostaR Island at 4:30 O'Clock, and steam
launches will leave the c. A. G. boat-house
every five minutes for the Island from 3
O'Clock and thereafter until the game is
over.
THE G. A. G. ATHLETES FANCY
NOW strongly Turns to Thoughts of Base
Ball, Rowing, and Lawn Tennis.
Around the Columbia Athletic house there