Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-07-14
How All the Teams Stand at the End
of the First Half of the Season.
RAIN STOPS THE HOME GAME.
Results of the Horse Races on the Eastern
and Western Tracks.
GENERAL SPORTING NEWS OF THE DAY

The first of the two championship con-
tests among the League ball teams this
year is ended. 1t is now a matter of his
tory and it has afforded many surprises.
All the u clubs will start in tomorrow
with the most wonderful intentions and ex-
pectatlons for the balance of the year.
Many changes will be found in the various
teams tomorrow and it is likely that a
change, which is expected to be good one,
will be found in the Pittsburg team. Yes
terday negotiations were closed with the
Omaha club for young Joe Kelly, the out
fielder He is expected to join the Pitts
burg team tomorrow at New York.
They Bought keIiy's Release.
The officials of the local club were be-
coming little restive about Kelly. There
were many clubs trying to sign him and the
local officials thought the safest wav would
be to buy his release. Manager Rowe, of
Omaha club soon came to terms yesterday
morning bv wire and as a result Kelly is re-
leased to the Pittsburg club for consider
alton of something like $500. All good au-
thorities who have seen young Kelly play
state that he is a splendid player and quite
a gentlemanly young man. When he joins
the team Corkhill may be kept as an extra
outfelder. Captain Burns says he has no
intention of releasing Corkhill.
The local team will leave for the East
early this morning, and they will play
game at Altoona this afternoon. Thomp-
son, of the East End Gyms, has gone with
the team and he will pitch to-day. Cap
tain Burns intends to give the young man a
good trial, and if he turns out all right he
will be signed Captain Burns thinks his
team are all right to begin the second half,
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sixth place if all goes we'll
Local Officials Well Satisfied.
Regarding the half season Just ended the
local club officials are tolerably well salts
fed. They regret that the team did not
finish higher up the list, simply because the
team had the ability to do it if all had gone
well. 1t is figured that about dozen games
have been lost that could have easily been
won; that is, these games were lost by mis-
takes and blunders that could easily have
been avoided Financially the club has
finished the first half with balance on the
right side.
The appended table shows how the various
clubs have finished in the race and also how
many games the teams have won from each
other. 1t is singular to note that while ST.
Louis is nearly last and has won the series
from both Brooklyn and Boston, the ST.
Louis fellows have lost the series to Balti-
more. the very last team on the list. The
Philadelphia team have also won the
series from each of the Boston, Brooklyn
and Cincinnati teams The Boston team
have won the series from nine of its eleven
opponents. The Cincinnati team, although
fourth in the race, have only won one game
from the Pittsburg.
The Giants a Big Disappointment.
Probably the greatest disappointments
among all the teams have been the New
York team. They have fallen miserably
short of expectations When the season
started very few, if any, people thought
that the Giants would land in tenth place.
But there they are
Following is the table showing how the
various clubs stand: