The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-10-12
BASEBALL NOTES.

England will have another league in 1892
"Baby" Arson threatens to go on the stage
this winter.
Pitcher Fitzgerald has two years contract
with the Louisville club.
"Jiggs' PARROT is playing shortstop for the
Portlands in their exhibition games
Abner Powell played the last twenty-five
games of the season without an error.
Boston is the first city in the country to carry
Off the pennant in two professional leagues.
Kansas City tried seventeen different pitchers
during the season without finding winner.
Manager Abner Powell is the only member OF
the Seattle team who still fingers in the city.
After spending few days in Port Townsend
Willie LANCE has gone TO San Francisco to spend
the winter.
Tom Brown, of the Boston Association team,
has stolen over 40 bases this season. This beats
all records.
The San Francisco papers are advocating the
consolidation of the Pacific Northwest and the
California leagues.
Borchers lost the first seven games in which
he pitched this Sc son for Spokane Huston
won eight out of the first nine.
Glenalvin will not go with the Portlands If
they go to California to play exhibition games
Dick Phelan may so in his place.
John GARRISON, the great Boston pitcher, in
recent game wore a pair of goggles to protect
his eyes from the glare OF the sun.
Phelan and Petty are the only members OF the
Seattle team, as it stood at the end of the sea-
son, who had not a home run to their credit.
The Chicagos drew over 1900 people in Bos-
ton in ten games. Only one Saturday game was
played, when the attendance was close to 1000.
Matt thinner is doing some good catching for
the patched-up Tacomas in the exhibition
games with Portland He is also hitting the
ball.
Pitcher Darby, who has been jumping all over
the country this season, has gone back to Cali
fornia for the third time after his second stsy at
Pendleton.
The Boston Association team is said to be after
Billy Earle. The little globe trotter played re-
rnarkable game for Sioux City, being behind the
bat in considerably over 100 games.
II. Fitzgerald's box work for the Louisvilles at
the windup of the American Association season
was magnificent. and assisted the club materi-
ally in winning thirteen straight games.
The Pacific Northwest League, during the
season of 1891. had but three players in their
first professional year. They were Irwin.
LANCE aud Graf. and all three are ''eomers."
Chicago and Sioux City. the winner of the
Western Association pennant. were little BIT
previous in arranging series for the worlds
championship and had their calculations
Knocked silly by Boston beating out Chicago
Al Lawson, who made failure IS pitcher
Win the Boston, PittSburE, Albany, winning"
ton, Spokane and Oakland clubs, has retired
from the diamond and taken. 10 theatricalS He
is now the manager OF the James Comedy Com
pany.
There viii probably be three Zimmers catch
ing professional ball next season. Charlie Zim-
mer. the great Cleveland baekstop, has a brother
who is one of the crack amateur eatehers of
Cleveland. The youugster viii probably launch
into professionalism next season, aud the
brothers, with ''our Matt" will make up the
trio.