Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-03-14
Sporting Notes.

GROUNDS have been secur ed for the Cincinnati
Association club
THE American Association wiseacres have abol-
ished the reserve rule.
AT the Haggin horse sale, New York, yesterday
90 horses sold for Sl7, 600.
SPoRT--You stand apart and catch hold where
ever you think most advantageous.
GUY HECKER NAV take several players from this
city to play in the Fort Wayne team.
ARRANGEMENTS arc being made for an inter
national chess tournament at Havana.
IT has been arranged TO have the Dixon-Mc-
Carthy fight take place March 81 at Troy.
PRITCHARD'S defeat of Jack Burke in three
rounds has caused great surprise among En-
glish sports.
THE entire trotting stud owned by c. H. An
drews and John A. Logan. Jr., will be sold at
Cleveland on May 1.
BILLY BARNIE is going to stay in Cincinnati
two weeks TO look after the American Associa-
tons interests there.
Rus1E has signed with New York for s. 51O
President Day says that J i'm keefe must sign for
j similar sum or not a all.
York last evening to take part in the two OF three
races at Madison Square Garden.
SEVERAL of the Association magnates are be-
coming very suspicious of Mike Kelly. IL is al
legged he has been dickerng with AL johnson.
kUEHNE saws he has a number of offers from
other clubs He does not want to join the AsSo-
citation. Billy will he a useful man for any club.
1T is said that George Starr will come East with
Mr.. Salisbury's string anout June and eater the
circuits with Margaret ;, Homestake and Direct
LEAS--The local club has made efforts to
secure Wood and it may therefore be taken for
granted he is noS wanted here or cannot be Sc
cured.
WHEN Mike Kelly gets down to saying that Jim
Fogarty will play in an Association club in Gin
some brains left yet
POOR little twaddling Arte Irwin says he would
like to have Ed Hanloa in front of him Il few min
utes. The windy little man must want to get
back into the League again
BRUCE GORDON. who played with the Erie club
of the Interstate League last year. has signed
with the Milwaukee club of the North Western
League for the coming season.
THERE may be deal of patriotism in our local
baseball magnates looking after the interest of
Cincinnati or any other club. but 1t is about time
to devote earnest attention to home club affairs.
WASHINGTON county Will organize a baseball
league, composed of Washington, Canonsburg.
Business men are interested and will offer large
purses to the winning nine.
JOCKEY GARRIsoNS string of race horses, in
Guiding Text RenOunce, Chilhowie, Guy Gray,
G1ildura and other fine thoroughbreds, will
be sold by MIR. William Easton in the pad
dock at Guttenburg tomorrow at 1880 p. NJ
THE Association will this season reverse the
usual order of playing the holiday games. They
will play in the West on Decoration Day and in
the Fast on the Fourth Of July. This will in both
instances prevent conflict with the League clubs
THE effects of the Standard Baseball Club, of
the Southsde. which were offered for sale some
time ago, have been purchased by Messrs. Berg
man u Wenke, who will reorganize the club and
endeavor TO keep good team in the iield for the
coming season.
MANAGER MUTRIE expected to go TO Boston
Yesterday ana see Ed Crane. about coming to New
Gork, but was prevented from going. Crane tel
egraphed that he would sign for 81 500. The club
will not give this smount Manager Mutrie tele-
graphed back asking Crane if he would accept
- 800.
The Jerome and Long Island Clubs weIcbed at
Gloucester on Wednesday. The Long Island Club
took away about 81. 900. The managers of the lat
ter club reported TO be the rascals who
welched on the race won by Sunday at Gutten-
burg. The Jerome Club lost heavily on two races,
and owed very little money. The club may make
good the losses.