The record-union., 1891-10-08
NEARING THE END.
The Baseball Season viii Soon be
Closed.
Some Exciting Work Expected, and
Sensational Finishes-The Sacra-
mentos in Good Spirits.

The probability is now that the mem-
berS of the Sacramento Baseball Club
viii have no difficulty in obtaining, as
their share of the gate receipts, an amount
equal if not greater than the salaries for
which they contracted to play. The
crowds will be getting larger as the sea-
son draws nearer to close, and the
games in which the Sacramentos are rep
resented will be as interesting as any,
since the club has been playing such a
strong game of late and easily conquer
ing its opponents.
The players all want McCloskey to
manage the team, but they object to any
money being drawn from the treasury
until they have received what they think
is a fair share of the receipts. For in
stance, they do not want the lady who
owns the franchise to try to get back
what she laid out in the transaction un-
til they have received at least portion of
their salaries.
1t is said that Roberts, Hoffman and
Reynolds called on Mrs. Vice few even
ings since and explained the situation to
her. They told her that until the receipts
began to increase rapidly the club could
not be run If money was used from the
treasury for any other purpose than to
pay salaries and the necessary expenses.
She is reported to have admitted the
wisdom of their explanation, and con-
Sented that McCloskey should use all of
the money rs he saw fit. The players are
all satisfied with this arrangement, and
they will leave for San Francisco this
morning in the best of spirits.
II the team can only win to-day's game
with Oakland, and Fridays with the San
EranciscOS, the largest Saturday and Sun
fls Il
at the Haight-street grounds will go out
to witness the last two games. The Sac
ramentos' share of the receipts for the
series will possibly amount to $500 or
$1,000, which sum would replenish the
already depleted treasury. Hoffman and
Callen will do the most of the pitching
on the trip.
Manager Harris trip to Portland was
made for the purpose of having an in
formal talk with the Northwestern base
ball magnates as to the advisability of
forming a Pacific Coast League next
year. The consolidation of the two
leagues is apparently the only move to
be made to insure the future life of the
sport on the coast. The feeling in Cali
fornia is, that while the game is in state
of decline, it is far from being dead and
the infusion of new teams, new mana
gers and world-famed players would stir
up the smoldering enthusiasm of the
baseball patrons. 1t is said, though, that
ii the two leagues are consolidated Sacra-
mento will be left out i'll the cold. This
| rumor may not be true, however.
! Manager Finn is, it is said, spreading
his net to catch Spies mot tiiesl next sea-
| son. Finn thinks there are no other
catchers like Spies, and on that score he
| is very level-headed. 1t is not known
whether Spies viii accept Finn's terms,
| but if he does he ought to make sure that
the salary is something like Sl75 or S2O0
per month. The other coast catchers are
not ''in it'' with him.
| George Borchers and his newly welded
wife left Spokane Falls yesterday for
Sacramento. They will make the trip to
San Francisco by steamer. Many other
players in the Northern League will also
come to California within the next two
weeks, and there will be a big colony of
professionals looking for engagements.
McCloskey wants another good pitcher,
and he has sent for a man whom he
knows to be rafting good one.