The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-02-08
Gossip of Baseball.


The Eastern papers are booming Billy Earle.
San Francisco is said to be after Jack Tanning.
The bail tossers are beginning to drift into
Hot Springs to boil out.
Fitzgerald is booked for one of Louisville's
regular pitchers this season.
Colonel Robinson is said to have signed
Pitcher Ed O'Neil for the season OF 1892.
The combined population of the twelve cities
in the big league aggregates nearly 100000.
'Buek" Ewiug's salary for the past nine years
adds up $4,000. Johnny Ward COMES next with
S27,350.
Dave Foutz will coach the Princeton team and
Arthur Irwin the one at the University of Penn
sylrania
A Southern league is IN prospect with clubs in
Atlanta. Birmingham, Chattanooga, Knoxville,
Nashville and Memphis.
President Young has appointed as League
umpire. Fred McCrum, an amateur, who UNI
pired last year in the Amateur Athletic Union
League.
The official averages of the American ASCOT
arion show that Brouthers leads in batting, with
an average OF $40: Sutclife is second, with 347,
and Duffy third with $40.
Charlie Fulmer, formerly one of the best short
stops in the profession, has been renominated
for police magistrate in Philadelphia, which po-
sition he has held for one term.
who desire positions on one of the eight teams
that are to be drawn for by lot by the different
cities OF the new Western League.
Nebraska is to have state leaugue with a cir
cult selected from Grand Island, Lincoln, Beat
rice, Fremont, South Omaha, Hastings, Kearney,
Norfolk, Plattsmouth and Nebraska City.
There are two factories in Philadelphia that
use up III the season 100 horse hides each to
cover baseballs. One hide will furnish covers
for ten dozen No. l balls and five TO eight dozen
inferior ones.
President Young, OF the National League, who
holds good position in the treasury depart
ment at Washington City, has decided to Quit
working for the government and devote all his
attention to baseball.
Darby, the reeord-breaking contract jumper, is
pitching great ball for Los Angeles. The other
day he allowed the san Joses but three hits and
struck out eight men. Rappold, OF the Seattes
OF 1890, is catching him il good style
Louisville's great pitcher, Ben Sanders, will
graduate this spring from the civil engineering
department of Vanderbilt University, at Nash
vile, Tenn. Harry Taylor, first base1nan of the
same club, will finish law course at Cornell
this year.
Billy George, of the Portlands, is posing as a
pool expert in the East. Recently in Pittsburg.
he challenged Clearwater, one OF the best play
ers in the country, 10 game. George was given
- points III q 15O point game and had SIS when
Clearwater ran out.
II ID eXtrtZe, OF the Vallejo team, could hit the
ball more frequently he would be in some OF the
Big clubs. A, an outfeider he has few superiors
on the Coast.-Pac.fc Field Sports. Weak hitting
is all that caused the man 10 be dropped from
the Seattle team in 1892
Sandy McDermott may umpire in the Califor-
Mia League next season. The people down
there liked his WORK during the Coast cham
pionshp series, and he may not wish TO return
10 the Pacific Northwest alter the trouble with
the Portland team in the last game of the series
Jimmy Wolf, of the Louisyilies, recently had
the pleasure OF reading his own obituary no.
ice in the papers. His father, whose name was
also James, died, but the report spread abroad
that 1t was the son, ana accordingly several
papers had long sketches of the veteran player.
Among the prominent men in Washington
City who are enthusiasts on baseball are secre-
tary Foster, Secretary Rusk, Secretary Elkius
senator German, OF Maryland; Senator Wolcott
OF Colorado; senator Gailinger, OF New Hapn.
shire; senator Gray, OF Delaware, and a large
number o! the members OF the House.
There is considerable discussion over the
Si-,2o1 salary limit il the Western League beinr
too low. II is claimed that the drop from he
prices paid in the National League down To
those III The Western Is too great, and imposes a
hardship on many good players who have failed
to catch on with some one OF the big clubs.
The new national agreement, which wa,
sprung Oh the pubic pEematurcly by enterpris
Ing papers, turns out not 10 be official Il Was
merely draft made by Colonel John l. Rogers.
one Of committee Of three appointed to draw
up code, and that gentleman now claims that
he merely presented it IN order to draw out
criticisms aud amendments.
The California Brotherhood, which was m
have been organized 10 put in an onnosition
league had consolidation been effected. turus
OUT TO DC hoax The only action taken. So fa-
ns known, was the sendIng BIZ some crack
Drained enthusiast OF letters to different NAV.
efs, naming list of men, most OF whom have
o-en out OF active service for ten years for a
si4-c1uo league he was organizing in his mind
9lena.yin has begun 10 hustle az q lively rata
ior TIE new los Ange es cgU0. He has IL. fol.
owing pointed letter il the Sporliaq Life. 81
desire 10 hear II II dsengagad player, OF ssiIi,v
VINO want 10 p ay in Los Angeles, Ca. the con-
ing season lac beautl. Vi climate o. Cslif,x -,
oHeFs inducements 20 parate men %! sp'ttv
WAo DO not want exhorbilznt "a aries. Coos
lAhelcers and outaclders who are lively on their
ieet and can hat the bal. are especially de.iraI
Los Angeles is a brand new baseball town "a
eSh appreciate gentlemanly, temperate PLAYERS"
The Omaha correspondent OF the ssortln, ys,ss
mas tn1s to say OF Pertlands crack pitcher: