Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-08-17
AN EXCITING STAGE,
LOls of Interest in TO-day's Game
Between the Chicagos and the
Home Team.
TO BE A FIGHT FOR FIRST PLACE.
Patron of the National Game Gives q
Few Free Suggestions About the
Local Club.
DEATH OF THE JAP, THE WRESTLER.
The New York and Pennsylvania Ieague in Trouble
General Sporting News of the Day. d.
DEATH OF THE JAP, THE WRESTLER
The New York and Pennsylvania League in Trouble
General Sporting News Of the Day.

The fact that to-day the Chicago team
will begin their last series in Pltrsburg this
year reminds baseball patrons that the sea-
son is fast passing away. And just at this
stage of the National League pennant race
no teams visit here could be more interest
ing than that of Chicago. Two contests
will be earnestly noted to-day by all ad-
mirers of the national game, viz: that be
tween New York and Boston, and the game
at Exposition Park this afternoon. The
fact that the Chicago team are at the top of
the list and the local sluggers are at the
bottom is no guarantee that the tailenders
will have no show for victory to-day, be-
cause the unexpected turns up oftener in
baseball than in anything else. Our slug
gers are Just about contrary enough to brace
mp and knock the Western leaders from
cheir perch. But there is one consolation
for Anson and that is his team cannot well
drop lower than second to-day because
either Bostonor New York will lose game
if one is played.
SURE TO BE INTERESTING.
At any rate to-day's game at Exposition
Park will be an interesting one because of
the closeness of the pennant struggle.
Our sluggers are home again. Manager
NJ Il
discouraged at the showing of his team. He
confidently believes that he can make the
team a winning one by making a few more
changes Some of these changes may be
made this week but on this point the man.
ager is mum until he has had talk with the
directors. Besides until something definite
from Frank Ward is received the proposed
changes cannot be decided on. But Manager
McGunnigle is certain that one or two new
players will be engaged this week. He
thinks he has secured a good man in Cork
hill but many people think different.
There is a notion prevailing TO the effect
that Hanlon is to be released. Some OF the
officials OF the club deny this, but il there
Is any intention at all to dispense with the
eN-Tnanager the directors would do well to
consider the matter carefully before taking
any action; and so would Manager McGun-
nigle. If each member of the team had
played his part as well as Hanlon has played
his the team would never have been near
last place and to say that he is disturbing
element is nonsense
VERY POPULAR PLAYER.
He is good player and popular one and
those are two very important essentials.
The truth is that very many men will be
tried in the outfield before Hanlon's equal is
found, take him all in all.
But the greatest efforts of Manager Nc
Gunnigle and the directors are being made
toward securing third baseman. good
man is expected this week. Regarding
Mayer there is nothing to add to what APP
peared in yesterday DISPATCH on that point
and Manager McGunnigle has nothing to
add to his statement which was published in
this paper yesterday He may have some
thing new TO report to-day.
1t is likely that Calvin and Hutchinson
viii be the two pitchers in the local game to-
day, although Manager McGunnigle may
change his mind and put King in.