Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-04-07
The Diamond.

BERGER is much too good player to remain un-
signed.
sHUeARr is rapidly getting into his brilliant
WALTER W. BURNHAM is to manage the Proyi-
dence team.
ELMER SMITH made very good catch of fly
ball in left field yesterday.
The circuit of the New England League will be
completed at meeting Tomorrow.
WILLIAM G. Belts of Washington, has been
appointed an Eastern League umpire.
SOME people think that Whitney may have made
aprirate arrangement with ex-ManaRer McGun-
nigle.
John L. Sullivan has accepted an invitation to
attend the inaugural championship game at ST.
Louis.
MILFORD and Marlboro are ambitious to enter
towns.
They arc beginning tn realize in New York that
Jack BOYLE is better catcher, thrower aud hitter
than Buckley.
ored. states that his team are ready at any time
play the Gyms.
DR.. Stucky. of the Louisville club. SAYS that
there was no money consideration in the Cana van
and Pfeffer deal.
THE admirers of the East End GYMS are well
satisfied with the showing made by their team
against the Pittsburgs.
WALTER BRoDIE is PLAYING ball just as hard as
though he was in a championship game. He is q
veritable wonder in his general work.
JOHN WARD SAYS of the Giants: THAT is the
one team L a Ike TO murder this year. When
meet my men will completely bury them.''
IF Whitney declines TO take his release with
good grace he will injure himself permanently in
the estimation of all fair-minded patrons OF the
game.
CATCHER jim KEENAN,, formerly of the Gin
cinnatis, has opened boarding house and
Latham and Morgan Murphy are now among his
guests.
PRESIDENT wHTTE. of The Eastern League.
wired to the local club yesterday, asking If there
were any surplus PLAYERS here. Several names
day.
Sam. Thompson announces that he is in the field
to best out Billy Hamilton and :Arlie Latham in
The University OF Pennsylvania IL to in the first
home game the big Hoosier stole five bases!
c. F. STIMsoN; 's3, captain of the Colby hall
team, colided with another player during practice
at W aterville, Me. The bloI- was heavy enough to
break Stimson's jaw in two places the end Of the
broken bone being driven through the check.
MANAGER POWERS has decided to keep the
well Well. - man out of the Polo grounds. He
came in yesterday. took his usual dose Of cold
water without murmur. and was tuning nm his
voice for the game when Powers helped him TO cs-
cape from the grounds.
SPEAKING of the st. Louis Browns Manager
Cushman. of the Milwaukee club says: Il NAV be
wrong, but am afraid the team won 4 hang TO-
gcther. for Captain Jack has already had Some
has not fairly begun
THERE several clubs in need of a good
catcher, but none are making 4 scramble for Mike
Kelly. Soden and Billings are very anxious to get
Morgan Murphy. If Boston wants another catcher
as good as MURPHY. the question naturally arises,
why do not the triumvirs keep Kelly?
TIE New Yorks won the last regular contested
worlds championship I'm 1889 and there has been
none sinre. The New Yorks are therefore the
present champions of the world. Ii both the series
champ on. but if two clubs each win series they
VIII hght Tor the world championship.