The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-11-09

his debut in an Irish sketch at the Howard
AthenRum, in Boston. A number of his friends
presented him with a gsld-heade cane.
spies, the sacramento's catcher. had his collar
Done broken by foul tip in a recent game. He
VIII not be able to play again this season.
Darrah. Motz and Graf, of the Portlands went
10 San Francisco by rail, preferring that method
OF travel TO the discomforts of a sea voyage
The standing of the clubs in the California
League to date as follows: San Jose, .5si:
San Francisco, 500; Sacramento, $50; Oakland,
.326.
The California clubs are beginning to protest
against Tom PARROTS pitching for Sacramento,
Claiming that he is suspended player OF the
Portland team.
Jake Stencil, the chamrion batsman of the
racine Northwest League, is playing football at
his home in Cincinnati. Theo Conover is also
spending his winter there.
Tom Parrott and Goodenough are said to re-
sernble each other so much when in Uniform
that the spectators find it very difficult to dis
hnguish them on the field.
Frank Ward. who led the California league in
batting when he was with sacramento early in
the season, has fallen off greatly in his stick
work since he returned there
Tom Parrott, the new Sacramento pitcher,
has ludicrous habit on the field of placing his
hands bsfore his face and giggling like giddy
school girl-Pdcifc Field Sports
Willie LANCE is playing center field for the
MOTIONS, semi professional tesm of San Fran
cisco. He has not forgotten how to bat and
cracked out home run in his second game.
Matt thinner was among the players who
gathered at the Wellington hotel in Chicago
during the recent meeting of the American As
sociation there Matt can't stay away from base
ball
"o'Neil. the oaklands new pitcher, looks
more as If he were throwing a lasso than ball
when in the act OF delivering the sphere to the
patsman San Francisco Chronicle Frequent
ers OF Madison-street park will remember
oNeiPs wonderful Waterbury movement.
The Milwaukee correspondent of the Sporting
Ne'os has the following to say of Charley New
man, Seattles crack outfeder: "Newman,
VINO made such a fine record in the Pacific
Northwest League the past season, comes from
wisconsin. Itwould not surprise me to see him
with some major league the coming year. He
certainly would be find"
Portland, Me-, and Portland, Or won the
Championships their respective leagues. Each
club had Westlaks in its makeup, the two
men being brothers. Pitcher Darby, who was
suspended by the Maine club, jumped to the
Oregon club Two games in which he played
with Glenalvin's team we're thrown out of the
record.
"Kid" Camp. the popular young pitcher of the
sssttles, who went South with the Portlands,
Will probably not take part in the Pacific coast
championship games. He has been called home
to Omaha by a telegram stating that his mother
was dying. The "Kids" many friends will join
in the wish that the case is not serious as in
dicated by the telegram. No further news OF
Mrs. Camps condition has been received.
Baseball talent that once belonged to Seattle
Is unloading some of its stock of good playing
In the California league. Big Ed O'Neil and Joe
Shea, especially the latter, were responsible for
splendid victory recently won by Oakland
from San francisco. O'Neil had held his oppo-
nents down to six hits and two runs, but the
game was against him in the ninth inning. Shea
was at the bat with two strikes on him, two
hands out, two men on bases and two runs
needed to win the game. The third trial, how
ever, Joe hit the ball for a corking single and
two runs crossed the plate.