Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-11-02
General Sporting Notes,

MANAGER McGUSNIGLE may sign his contrac,
to-day.
CONSTANT READER-It can have either two or
three wheels.
CONNIE MACK is almost sure to be one of the
catchers of the local club next season.
ED SwARTwooD and party of local gun shots
are going to Illinois a hunting excursion.
MILLS, the surrey England) professional. has
gone to the West Indies to coach a cricket club.
NEIL MATTERsoN, the Australian sculler has
retired from rowing and is In business at Sydney.
FRANK IVES has deposited s2OO and challenged
George Slosson to meet him for $500 side within
sixty days.
BALTIMORE would like to get McGunnigle to
handle the business of their club, and so would
Washington.
MANAGER SEIZE speaks highly of Pitcher Hart
Association nine.
- WIN. SEERIFF. 1.-THE Prussian.'' has been ar
rested for running \ speak-easy in Philadelphia.
He is badly broken down in health.
IT is stated that an Association agent was In
town Saturday trying to sign Manager McGunnigle
to manage an Eastern Association team.
JII CoRBETT states that he is perfectly willing
TO fight jackson soon he, Corbett gets
through pending engagements with other people.
- +. G. WASH BURN, who claimed the Belmont
coors. maroon and scarlet has promptly relinduish-
next year.
THE boat race arranged to take place between
Gould and Sullivan last Saturday was postponed
on account of rough water. The men will row to-
day near Homestead.
THE bookmaker's clerks are the last people one
would expect 10 be fooled by fraudulent tickets but
at Garfield Park Chicago. recently a bookmakine
firm WIS swindled by $500 worth of bogus tickets
JIMMIE KENNARD has drifted over the border.
and is now making money among the Canucks
The next fight the St. Paul kid will have will be
with the Toronto featherweight,- Charles McDole.
GEORGE h. FRAZER, the Syracuse magnate is
going the way of Henry v Lucas. He inherited q
fortune OF S75 000 met Won der Ahe '.jollied',
into the American Association and then kicked
out. Twelve judgments aggregating S. 600 have
been Jacketed against him in the County Clerks
Office at Syracuse. Among his assets is the unpaid
claim of s. 900 against the Boston Association club
in the Chd's matter.
THE true story of the disagreeable encounter be-
tween Anson and Pfeffer over the Brotherhood In
the Cleveland Hotel, is as follows: O'Connor the
noted contract jumper and catcher, was booked to
play i'm the game with Cleveland that day. Pfeffer
observed the announcement in the paper at the
liable that morning, and turning to Anson en-
tered an objection against playing on the same
Held with the mau because he a dishonorahle
fellow. ~ our League is supposed to be high
toned organization = said Pfefrer to the Captaiu
and ii il is such, why doesn't 1t expel or blacklist
such men as this? He is not desirable.'' Arson
replied that the League certainly would like to
expel OfConnor and all other contract breakers
hut That ii was the force of public opinion that re-
strained it. To this Pfcfier made answer that that
was no answer. and again demanded the reason
why. His persistence and insistence nettled the
Captain. who effectually ended the controversy by
SAYING that the League refrained from expelliug
O'Connor and others OF his like fo- the same causes
that withheld ii from expelling and pursuing tho
Pfefer evidently as attempt to put him in the
O'Connor category. and he arose from the table
without further Comment and walked away, leay-
ing his breakfast untouched.