Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-05-18
General Sporting Notes.

| AND still no decision in the Reilly case.
| GLEASON may pitch for the Phllies to-day.
IF we can only win to-day up well go a notch
| higher.
S. s. CooK-Kirain and Smith fought in Decem-
| Der, 1887.
OLD SPORT will face the Phillies to-day and VIC
| tory may again crown his efforts.
IN Cincinnati the new papers suggest that Lotus
lay off Reilly and play keenan, at first.
TAKEN all round F. H. Hovey is the most prom
| Using tennis player in the country to-day.
| DAILY READER Inquire at Pratt's store
| Wood street, and you'll get what you want.
THE Surrey (England) Cricket Club numbers g. 172
members, and last year its receipts were 800, 900.
CLARKE has been called West to join the New
| York team. He is not in condition to CATCH how
ever.
''SHARRoTT is the coming great pitcher of the
| He is too light.
| A COPY of 1.-The American Cricket Annual, for
1891 has been received at this Office 1t is fun Of
| very interesting information to cricketers.
PARTIES in York, Pa, were very anxious to have
| Tommy Esterbrook take hold of the baseball in.
terests in that place, but he refused EsterbrooS
don't want TO go into minor league If he can help
it.
PRESIDENT YOUNG has never remitted fine i'm
posed on player except by authority of the Board
of Directors who have authorized him to do so
three times since the organization of the National
League.
No player in the country has been ordered off the
field as often as Jay Faatz of the syracuse stars
He ordered off for the second time this season
at Syracuse Tuesday, for telling Umpire Doescher
that he was ''rotten.h
MANAGER SNYDER says the Washingtons have
been doing finely from financial standpoint. The
patronage in Washington has been most satisfac-
tory, and If the club strike winning gait so as
to win half its games. it will make money.
PAT POWERS will remain in Buffalo, He re-
celYed the following dispatch from President Wag-
ner. of the Athletics. this morning: I'VE havese-
lected George Wood to manage our team for tie
season. Kindly consider all negotiations off,
Now that the Brooklyn Handicap is matter of
record, the chances of the Suburban are more
great race some of the dark horses entered
may come up prominently before the turf world.
PRETzEL GETZEIN has no use for Are Latham.
The dude makes Pretzel nervous. Yesterday when
Lath started to run out with a ball that was foul
Pretzel crossed his path and punched him in the
ribs. Some of the terrace patrons gave Getzein
quite roast on this exhibition of dirty ball-Ciz-
cinndti Enquirer.
VIRTUE has at last succumbed to a fit of sickness
that has been coming upon him ever since the sea-
son opened. He was sick at Cincinnati and has not
been himself for three weeks. 1t is very unfortu-
nate that Cleveland should loose his services at the
present time and his friends hope for a speedy re-
covery.-CJeueldIad Leader.
UMPIRE FERGUSON and Managers Barnie and
Chapman are all old Brooklynites, and were famous
players in the early days of baseball in that city
They, were connected at various times with the
noted Atlantfcs. MIR. Barnie, as is well known,
was a catcher Ferguson was a shortstop and
Chapman was at that time considered a wonderful |
Observation-Disclosures San.
THE consensus of opinion West is that the nros
pect OF match race between Ed Gardner,s Ida |
Pickwck and Ed Corrigan's Ethel is the sub ject of
muf9 taf t idle specgaton for 1t is very improbable
not like the way in which his fy was beaten by |
Ida Pickwick for the g 600 stake at Nashville and
Will be opportunity for the question of superior.
ity to be settled if both accept their engagements
It is safe bet that Corrigan win be in the neigh
borhood.