The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-04-13

manager Buxnham Of New Haven, II In receipt
o. petition signed By about 80 people who
nave pledged themselves not TO attend game
unless "Lew" schoeneek is signed by New Ha-
ven- II they stick 70 their pledge they VIII hare
N forego the pleasure of baseball this summer
The big man viii show Pacific Northwest audi
enees how 70 play first base. and no doubt win
soon Be - popular in Seattle - he II in New
Hayen-
Jack Rowe, the old-time Lacquer, and one OF
the famous Big -Four, viii prsnce around short
neid this season for his brother Dawes team at
Lincoln, Ncb. IL II said he viii draw more
money than he did last year with the Buffalo
Piayers League club
Vi the players now under contract with League
@ played with tbs League Last year, . with the
Players Lesgue. with the American Associa-
tion, with the Western Association, aad 3
with minor league clubs.
Rathburn, the new Spokane third baseman.
ied the Michigan state league in fielding his POI
sstion last year. Aurora, H.. of the Iliino;s-
iowa league Claims to hare signed him, bat he
Is nov NJ work prseticing in Spokane Falls.
The Sporting Nesre correspondent 1t Rockford.
HIS. savs: 1.-THE blackIisting OF W. H. Lucas by
the Pacific Northwest League win probably
prove bar TO his appointment as an umpire on
the Illinois Iowa staff
The report circulating in the sporting papers
that Billy kluSman has signed with Seattle il
wrong. Powell was dickering with him at one
time. but no arrangement was reached for him
to come here.
Billy colgan. who was behind the bat last
year for the Spokanea, has been appointed .
Is stationed at the foot of Fifteenth street in Ia
coma
San Francisco led yesterday in the California
League with six games won out OF nine played.
and . percentage of .667. McCloskey's Texas
steers bring up the rear with -364
Catcher Hoover, OF Sacramento, was the first
California league player and the first In the
country 70 make home run during the playing
season
Pitcher varney Anderson, for whom Spokane
had out q line. has gone into the real estate
business at Burlington, Ia, and viii play no
more.
At Boston on Fast Day 1857 spectators Wit
messed the opening games The Association
teams drew 7,4l2 and the League 6,l5a
Fitzgerald, of LAST seasons Seattles, il at his
home in Leadvilie. Col. diseugaged. Here's .
good pitcher for some club
San Francisco baseball writers are advocating
q consolidation OF the California and Pacific
Northwest leagues.
In recent game at Jacksonville. Fla, the
Cleveland league team secured but ave hits OF
Pitcher Al lawson
Ed Henele has been In San Francisco. but il
now probably on his way to Portland, where he
opens the season
There will be two Portlands in in base ball
this year, viz, the Oregon and Maine towns Of
that name.
The Chicagos made fourteen runs In one In
ing OF Tom Ranscy's pitching in . recent game
ct Denver.
DAD Gross, Fred Jevne and Nullaly, with
Spokane Falls Last year, are all in Chicago, IN
signed.
The University of Virginia team recently de-
fested the Boston Association team BY Q score OF
Stoe.
Newspaper reporters and telegraph operators
said to be the greatest baseball cranks In the
land.
Dick Van Zandt has caught the San Francisco
crowds by his third base play.
Umpire Sandy McDermott left Denver satur-
day night for Seattle.
Firss-Baseman Taylor was graduated 1t the
Cornell law school.
Dextraze has an Offer from . New England
league club.
Freeman has signed to play with Beilingham
Bay.