Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-03-01
Sporting Notes.

MIR. wALz gives the National League quite a
roasting.
NEW athletic club is being org anized on the
Southside on aaarge scale.
TIM KEEFE wants a salary of a. 600 and NAV he
released by the New York club.
THE local club ought to give Swartwood a try
1t would loose nothing doing so.
JOHN WALZ says that sure as eggs are eggs
Reilly will not play in Pittsburg.
c. ). M.-The statement you refer to did annear
in this paper, B. therefore loses.
CHAPMAN and Hecker are pidd ing against each
other Tor PITCHER Stratton, of Lo uisville.
The ringleaders of the American Association
re' olt must certainly feel very weary now.
MANAGER HANLoN states that Stratton is not to
-eceive anything like q, 600 from the Pittsburg
club.
THERE will be meeting of the Western Foot
ball League at the Hotel SchIosser Wednesday
evening.
THE Association disrupters are learning that
they are not SO strong in Cincinnati as they
thought they were.
CARNEY. of the southside, is anxious to meet
Billy Williams at this Office at any time to arran Re
Tor a hight at l45 pounds, or catch weight.
1T is not unlikely that Ed Swartwood will be
given try on the local team. Ed is certainly
worth try, and he Is in excellent condition.
Now that Ralph johnson has signed with the
Cleveland club the Columbus authorities have
announced thasJohnson is not a good player.
HARRY STARR, a well-known trotting horse
trainer and driver, died at his home, near Napa
CITY. on February l6. after lingering Illness
ONE Of the stipulations under which Gore signed
a contract with the New York club was that he
would have TO give up his cafe on Twenty-sixlh
street. He received $500 advance.
IT is pretty near air-tight .cinch,, that there
will be a National League team here next season
1t is not such good bet that the American Asso.
natl Enquirer.
THE local IN agnates were figuring on the SAL
aries Of the Chicago players Yesterday. They
S. coo. Anso ms at e. 500 and Ryans at e. 500 This
shows that our magnates were only guessing.
A SPECIAL cablegram to Richard X. Fox from
Melbourne. Australia, announces that the Mel
bourne Athletic Club has offered to put up a
purse of s. 90 for a fight between .'Joe,' Nc
Aulife. of San Francisco, and ''Joe'' Goddard, of
Australia.
MANAGER POWERS said yesterday that the re-
port that Bob Barr had signed with the Louisville
club is untrue, as he has received dispatch from
that player denying it and saying that he would
Ike to play with the Buffalo team, which is under
Powers management.
THE Pittsburg Players League club has offered
TO settle with keefe and Becapnon on "A 40 per
cent basis. They have refused to con slider such
proposition. and Yesterday keefe consulted Judge
Henry Bacon about proceedings to collect the full
amount,-NeD York Sun.
JOE NCAULIFFE and Billy Madden called at the
Police Gazette office Yesterday to consult with
Richard X. Fox in reference to the offer of the
Melbourne Athletic Club to put up purse of S. 600
for Joe Goddard and Joe McAulife to fight for
under their auspices. McAuliffe and Madden
Athletic Club will allow McAuiiffe $500 for ex
penses. In regard to the proposed Eateh the fol-
man: Joe McAuliffe agrees to meet Joe God
dard for the purse offered by the Melbourne Ath-
letic Club, providing the club will allow El0o ex-
penses.
A DISPATCH from Baltimore says: Manager
Barnie has returned from Philadelphia and with
out Shindle. The famous short stop has signed
with the Philadelphia League club. Barnfe offered
ShindIe s., $40. Manager Barnie says that he has
in his safe personal contract signed by Childs,
in which he contracts to play ball with Baltimore.
Accompanying IL Is u receipt for advance money.
Mr.. Barnle says some of the League clubs may be
surprised. but Baltimore will have good club
without Shindle. President Vonderhorst has re-
turned from New York. where he went to meet
Charles Byrne. of the Brooklyn League club, to
induce him TO jump the League. Mr.. Byrne said
he did not see how he coud leave the League, but
League in signing players already under contract,
and that he had telegraphed he would not be q
party in any scheme to induce men to break con-
tracts President yonderhorst says he is not as
enthusiastic as Mr.. Won der Abe and others, but
is determined to continue In the present course,
ss he is sure he is right.