The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-08-22
GOSSIP OF BASEBALL.

Baseball still holds on in Australia
POlhemus is doing some timely hitting.
Lefty" Mari is playing the outheld without
glove.
Gus Klopf is doing some nice outfelding for
Spokane.
Gil Hatfield is beginning to hit the ball regu.
larly again.
dummy" Ryn appears to have dropped clear
Johnny sowders 10 pitching good ball for
Willie LANCE has fallen Off considerably in his
batting of late.
In Cincinnati the Pittsbur9s are called the
"Pennsylvania crap-shooters."
The Seattle team is doing more base running
than 1t did earlier in the season.
Manager Patsy Flaherty is making . reputa-
ton as a kicker in the Texas League.
Louisville Is said to be after "Rumpus" Jones,
who has been pitching finely for Joliet
Baseball has spread to Germany and the
American students there play regularly.
AL Lawson, who has taken ball team to Eng
land, has his picture in the last issue of Sporting
Life
George Mutton and "Beesie" McGuirk are
playing good ball for the Rock Island. Moline
club.
Charlie Petty is back in harness again at Biz
minsham, after being laid up with q spell of
fever.
Cincinnati has the prize giant battery in Sulli-
van and Harrington, whose combined weight ia
$50 pounds.
GiIiland strikes out great many times, but
generally manages to get in one or more hits
every game.
Polhemus is putting UP the best fielding
game OF his life, aud is covering lots OF ground
in right field.
"Jiggs" Psrrott continues to improve in his
work for Chicago and is everywhere spoken Of
as a coming third baseman.
Tony Mullane. who refused to accent a cut in
salary from Cincinnati, has gone to Butte.
Mont, and is playing with the team there
The Spokanes have six pitchers in the ten
men on their pay roll. They are Borchers, Fitz-
gerald. Lucid, Gliiland, Reccius and Klopf
Frank Ward promises to become a fixture
with Baltimore since Haliigau was SUSPENDED
tor assaulting Stricken. Ward is batting we'll.
Cline and Strauss, the two rebellious Spokane
players. after being fined 500 each and sus-
pended for the rest of the season, have gone
East
The cause of Umpire sheridans release from
the big league 10 said to be because he ..evened
up things, and was heard to acknowledge as
much.
The giant pitcher Willie Mains. formerly of
kelly's Killers, led the North western League in
batting the FIRST season.-Sportiaq Life Not 80:
Jake stenzel had that honor.
The Spokane team has a large number of
strong billiard and p(pi players in its make-un
Beard, MARI, Wilson, Fitzgerald, Raymond and
kiopf are all handy with the cue.
Billy Williams, who is said 70 have been tina
first pitcher to make use of the curve died A few
days ago Al Washington CITY He was for a
long time the pitcher OF the Old Nationals
Danny Minnehan leads the Pacific Northwest
League III batting in the second season with an
average of $50. out of l23 times at bat in
twenty seven games he has forty three hits.
The official batting averages in the Southern
League Tor the first season place Pop Phelan
in the lead with au average of .357 He has
thirty-eight stolen bases in sixty-nine games
Charlie Newman, who had chance TO nlsv
but a few games with the New Yorks before he
was taken down with the typhoid fever, il now
convalescent, but Will not be able to play auv
more this season.
In tight place. with a run needed badly
Charlie Irwin is about rs good q man to have
on the bases as any in the league He never
runs bases for a record, but he generally gets
there when he starts
sam DUNCAN the California boy who made
such good record with Chicago during the
frst part OF the season. is probably permanently
utsaDieo one OF the muscles n his right arm
Is contracted. and he cannot throw at all
The Pittsburg correspondent OF the Sportino
Nous gets in the following dig at the smoky
City club, which is now IN bad way for mitch.
ers; Camp and Earle are dong about the best
work OF any of the Pacific slope batteries. and
seattle stock has been booming ever since they
Joined the team. Earle still feels keeniy his re-
lease by fittsburg at time when he WAS doing
about the best work of any OF the Pittsbnry
caichers, and he blames il all OH Tommy Burns
Camp also alleges be was released before he had
is!r trial. Camp aud Earle are both making
big money
Louisville crank on reniiu iscences figures
that The veteran pitcher. Calvin, has pieased
and displeased sno.oo) people IN his seventeen
years pitching. has travelled 1900 miles or
about 'ur and half times the cireumferenc.
OF the earth. has taken part in about 500 cau.s
IN which on an average thiriy-tye mel; went 10
the bat per game, aud taat four balls vera
pitched 10 eaca. That will make a total of "a.
coo throws and balls pitched by Calvin. But
during a large part OF Gavin's career seven
balls instead Of four sent a man 10 first base
That runs the total mp TO, perhaps al eve, leo =
go, sud these balls have Travelled 400 ruiles
and ia pitching these ieo,0o balls Calvin ex.
Pended sufficient strength 10 carry them % ODo =
Ve9 feet, OF about ,9oo snilss.