The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-02-22

this season. bowling adopted the name of
Glenalvin several years ago when he became a
professional player, owing to the fact that his
father Is a minister and opposed his choice OF
livelihood.
The makeup Of the Illinois-Iowa League win
proosoiy be Rockford, Aurora, Joliet, Cedar
Rapids or Burlington for the northern half OF
the circuit, and Peoria, Springfield, Jacksonville
and Quincy for me southern half.
Even Oklahoma has caught the baseball fever.
The intention is to organize an Oklahoma Kan
sas League. and place clubs in Arkansas City,
KAN; Hutchinson, Wichita, Wellington, Win
field, Guthrie, 0. r., and Oklahoma City.
Ex-Umpire Con strothers attached the gate
receipts at the recent McHugh-Cuff fight In
Portland for a debt Cuff owed him. The sheriff
took the cashbox, Cuff refused to fight and coo
spectators were out the price of admission.
Clarke, who graduated from Williams college
In SO with high honors and who played on the
New York team during the past two seasons, Is
practicing law in Charlestown, Mass, and viii
probably quit professional baseball for good.
Boston has had professional baseball contlnu-
ously for twenty-one years, a longer period than
any other city in the country. 1t had a club in
the Professional National Association from 1871
to 1875 inclusive, and since then in the National
League.
President W. C. Temple, OF the Pittsburg
club, carries $4,000 worth of life insurance
Sporting Life A good thing for his wife If he
should happen to come Seattle after the
Camp transaction, Tor If he did she would be a
wealthy widow.
alvin had signed Charlie Newman, of last
seasons Seattles, is incorrect The man he has
secured is Jack Newman, catcher and out
fielder, who played last year with Quincy, in the
1llinois-Iowa League.
Eddie Glenn, who died at Richmond, Va, sew
eral days ago OF consumption. was a well-known
outielder for several years. He was never a
heavy hitter, but fine fielder and hard worker
He played with the Richmond, Va: Pittsburg,
Boston, Charleston, s. C., and Sioux City clubs
The report comes from California that new
league, in opposition to the present organize
ton, will be formed with clubs in Sacrmento,
Stockton, Oakland, San Francisco, Vallejo and
Los Angeles. Probably about as much truth in
IL as in the "fake' started few weeks since
about the Brotherhood of Players in California
Jiggs Parrot has returned to Portland. He is
anxious to play with the San Francisco team
and had an interview with Manager Harris
before he went home. Harris, however, wants
heavier hitter than Jiggs-Pacifc Field Sports
Nevertheless, Jiggs can give anybody on the
Coast cards and spades and beat him playing
the difficult corner, and there are worse batters
Glenalvin is getting a lot of hard hitters for
his Los Angeles team. Among them are 'Rasty"
Wright, who led the Western Association in
batting last year, "CraZy" Treadway, the hard
hitting outfelder from the same league, and
Jack Newman, one of the best batters in the
IllinoisIowa League. Then, too, "Glen" is
something of hitter himself.
The Pittsburg correspondent of the Sporting
Neus says: "Russ McKelvey, the old-time
player, knows ball player when he sees one
and his estimation OF Winfield Scott Camp has
doomed that young mans stock considerably"
McKelveys judgment is certainly A No. if he
can always pick out his man as well as he did
Camp, but nevertheless he aided the Pittsburg
club in clear case OF robbery.
Brynan, with Duluth in 1887, is working for q
transfer company in phia.-Sporting
Necs. Brynan is left-handed pitcher, who,
with Billy Earle, formed the battery of Brynan
and Earle. Philadelphia amateurs, who made
their professional debut in 1856 with Nashville,
Tenn, in the Southern League. Brynan after
ward went to the Northwest, and two or three
years ago was signed by Arson, but couldn't
hold up his end in fast company. Now he is out
of baseball altogether. while Earle, after ups
and downs in nearly ell the major and minor
leagues in the country, is back among the stars
by his contract with the Pittsburg club.