Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-07-20

Baseball Notes.
BCFF1NToS has earned the title of ''old Relia-
THE Our Boys will play at Johnstown next Wed.
neSday.
THE California league has jumped the national
agreement.
CLEVELAND won seven and lost four out of the
il games with the Eastern teams.
THE batteries to-day will probably be King and
Berger. Hutchison and Bowman.
THE Elmiras defeated the Meadvile club at e.
mira last saturday by Il score of9 to4.
NICHOLS, the Young Davenport pitcher signed
bE Chlcago, may pitch one of the Pittsburg games
PRESIDENT YoUSG, Of the League. says he has
determined to resign the Government position he
has held so long.
ANsoN says he has no postponed game in this
playing one off here that is owing in Chicago.
EVEN Bufinton can give pointers to many of
me hist haScmem. His backing up was superb.
Come 10 think of it, how many pitchers are there
who can cover this bag?
MANAGER BANCROFT is not with the Cincinnati
PLAYERS and il f probable thar there Nil he a& I
Ing up among kefy's men.
MANAGER,SCHMELZ is anxious to sign Pitcher
Ozark, OF the Omaha club as Easton and CAST
right are not in condition. and KnelI and Dolan
are Columbus only reliance.
MANAGER JACK CHAPMAN, of the LouisyiIles
was the star fielder Of the country q years ago
when he played with the Atlantics of RrookITn
where Bob Ferguson caught.
CAPTAIN TAYLOR. of the Louisvilles, wears a
4 rO-
lection for an old and very painful wound that
came very near putting him on crutches for the
remainder of his life.
NED HANLoN's days as manager of the Pitts
burgs are numbered. McGunniglc the old Brook
lyn manager, may succeed him.-Chica0o TSi51rne
better man than McGunnigle will have to be se-
cured If Hanlon is to he removed,
THE Boston Association Club has reduced the ad-
mission TO . cents thus virtually confessng that it
lating promise that common decencv should have
obligated il TO keep, If no other causes had any in
nuence.
LATHAM is remarkable in that he is seldom inca
pacitated for play. He is troubled with glass
arms, bruised hands or Charley horse, the afnic-
lions which most baseball flesh is heir to- One rea-
son for this is that he is athlete from tin TO
toe, and always keeps in condition.
TO-DAY Mrs. Timothy J.. Kecfe. wife of the
pitcher of the New York Baseball Club will sail
for Europe TO meet Mrs Potter Palmer and other
representatives of the Worlds Fair. Mrs Keefe is
. sclupt'ess and will make a bust of Chauncey NJ,
lepew upon her return. for exhibition at the Fair.
THE American Association has treated the Co.
IHmbus club IN most outrageous and contemptihle
CITIES. the President of the organization made IL
still weaker. Players in the Cincinnati Assoeis-
uoh club have been as bad as O'Connor. Why are
not some of them expelled
'AT the time | drew up the national agree
ment, " said A; 6. Mills recently, 1.-THE baseball
situation was chaotic. The various clubs were at
each others throats; players were jumping from
one team to another, and the business Of baseball
felt thai the only solution of the problem was CO.
operation. To secure this the national agreement
drawn up ""'
MUTRIE a bigger man than Governor Camp
btli-tust for minute. Jim is always quick TO see
point, and, as there was big crowd Of Campbell
delegates at the first game in Cleveland. he had
made IL up and trained the boys when they marched
on the field to give three cheers for the Governor
Jim gave the signal and the boys, swinging their
caps, gave rousing '''Rah, >rah, 'rnh! M-U-
T-R-I-E!' Jim was little iustered at first at the
pnt-up job, hut bought the cigars like little man
after the game.
IT Is my impression that George Smiths release
10 tie Cincinnati LeSguc Clnh was little on the
''lniun gift order; that the BROOKLYN club has
string TO IT, and that they will attempt to exercise
their authority this fall, and take the brilliant
shOrt-lclder away from the Reds. Ii the Jincin-
Eati League Club loses smith by any such ''hocus
pnc's' there Will he great howl go up from Gin
c!nn1it patrons. George smiths short-stoppug