The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-01-05
BASEBALL NOTES.


During my stay in India" remarked
Colonel C. NJ Stockley. of the British army.
TO reporter of the Chicago News, 81 WITT
messed but one attempt to introduce your
American game of baseball In answer to
great many queries as to why the English
soldiers never take to the game, / may say
that there is too much real work and too
little pleasure in it. The soldiers would
rather pass the time with cricket, tennis
and foot ball during the cold spells. As
for the future of the game in England, I
have no idea that baseball will ever be any,
thing but curiosity"
The matrimonial fever is raging among
the ball-players in California. Already
this season, Ed Stephen, George Cobb,
Henry Reitz, Frank Hoffman and Bill
Goodenough have gone through the "knot-
tying" ceremony, and Umpire Charley
Gagus, Bill Bowman, Fred Carroll, Pop
SWEET and Billy Nash (of the Bostons) are
TO emulate their good example 10y becom-
ing happy Benedicts in the near future.
The statement going the rounds of the
press that Matt thinner, of the Seattles,
and Charlie thinner, the crack catcher of
the Cleveland League team, are brothers is
untrue. Thetwo great players never saw
each other until they were pitted against
each other on the diamond last spring.
AT that time Matt was PLAYING third base
for Kansas City, and Charlie was with the
Clevelands on Western trip playing ex-
hibition games.
Nick Reeder, who played in the Indiana
League last season, is wintering in Austin.
Reeder is promising player graduate of
the famous Deppens, of Louisville. He
played third bag s'out of sight for Nc
Closkey's Fort Worth and Dallas combina-
ton in their trip through Texas this fall.
sporting Life. Here's good man for
Seattle.
There is talk in the East of a new organ
ization to be called the United League, and
to consist of eight cities selected from Buff
falo, Rochester, Syracuse. Troy and Al
bany in the West, and New Haven, Bridge
port, Hartford, Providence, Lowell and
Worcester in the East.
Manager Selee, of the Boston club, has
been empowered by the Seattle club to
represent it in the East in the matter of
securing players. Selee formerly managed
the Omaha team, where he was a close
friend of Billy Rockwell, late manager of
the Seattles.
Third Baseman McGlone, of the Den
vers, has a new cure for sore arms. 1t is
to rub the arm briskly and then let cold
water run on it for fifteen or twenty min
utes. Then give it another good rub and
the treatment is at an end.
Portland is evidently determined to have
player manager. The latest report is
that Glenalvin, the Chicago second base
man, has an offer to manage the club in
that town. How about Abner Powell and
Billy Earle?
A handsome silver cup, given as chal-
lenge trophy to the Hawaiian Baseball
League by A. G. Spalding. was on Deem
Der 2, formally presented to that organiza-
ton at the Chamber of Commerce in Hon.
olulu.
In Dixey's Adonis Company are nine
young men who are clever ball players.
Last season they played forty-four games
and won thirty-eight of them. They hold
the championship of the dramatic profess
sion.
The Galveston, Tex, correspondent of
the Sporting News says that Umpire Dan
Devinney will handle the indicator in the
PACING Northwest League in 1891. This is
news in this part of the country.
The success of Jimmy Fogarty's ALI
CALIFORNIA; in Frisco goes to show that
Captain Comiskey made a mistake in not
bringing his combination of Eastern pro-
fessionals to the Pacinc slope.
The Pittsburg, Pa, club has secured a
charter in New Jersey and opened an
Office in Jersey City, because II can get a
charter in Pennsylvania which will allow
ii to play for pro.ts.
1t is reported that Huston and Peoples
have resigned from Spokane Falls. Barnes
evidently means to get together again his
high-priced team of last season.
Mccormick, of Omaha, is the youngest
baseball president in the country.-Sport-
ing Times. Except President Washburn,
of Seattle.
Ed Andrews, of the Brooklyn Players
League team, is putting in the winter writ
ing baseball articles for sporting papers.
Captain Stapleton, of the Sacramentos,
won the i.rst prize, handsome inlaid cue,
in a pool tournament held in that city.
The University of Michigan nine will
make an Eastern trip this spring, playing
college mines in that section.
A. G. Spalding says of the Players
League: at is dead. Deader than hades
with its fires extinguished.
The Louisville and Chicago baseball
teams will play at New Orleans during the
Mardi Gras festival.
Cal Broughton is coaching the University
of Wisconsin baseball team during the
winter months.
Jack Reidy, of the Tacomas, is playing
third-ba for an indoor baseball team al
Buffalo, \. \.
Patsy Flaherty, of last seasons Seattles,
has signed with Henry Harris San Fran
cisco team.
The All-Californias. who went to Homo
lulu, have returned.
The makeup of the Western Association
is still very uncertain.
The season of the Southern California
League has begun.
Indoor baseball is not success in Mil
waukee.