Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-02-24
General Sporting Notes.

WASHINGTON will enter the lists for Partisan
Bob Carutners.
MUTRIE has an offer to train the Union College
team at Schenectady, and will probably accept.
CHARLEY BAssETT still refuses to sign with New
York. He wants an increase of salary, which he
will not get.
CINCINNATI. Brooklyn. St. Louis. Washington
and perhaps Philadelphia will all have new first
basemen this year.
PRESIDENT TEMPLE, Dire ctor Brown and Nam
ager Buckenberger of the local club, will attend
next weeks League meeting.
THE ex-Pittsburg players signed by the Western
are: Bishop. Berger, Quinn. Pop Smith, Laroque
Jim Fields, Beecher, Farmer and Roat.
ALEC MACPHERSON. one of Pittsburg's old and
City. He thinks Pittsburg has great Association
football team.
WILLIAM DEwAR. who was killed on the Penn
baseman of the Williamsburg team He plaVed
with Tarentum in 1880. He was promising
payer.
ceipts of the recent boxing show at Madison Square
Garden was 81 900. His managers share is placed
at - COO This is probably one Of the reasons why
prize fighters do not get rich as fast the public
is led to believe.
BRINDoFF. the German champion, will shortly
sail to America to wrestle Roeber for 600. Brin-
dof stands nearly six feet in height, and weighs
nearly 2l0 pounds. He is the regonized champion
of Germany. Robmet, the Terror of France,
will accompany him.
BUCK EWING, of the New York club, saws:
ia rather have Mack. because l blame Bas-
sett for young Rusie's let up last fall. He was
straight as string until he got indulging in
some of the quiet budging parties given by Bassett
Few people know that, but I'm on the lookout this
year to strengthen the New Yorks at every point
PRESIDENT BYRNE. of the Brooklyn club saws
there is no desire on the part of the magnates to
squeeze the players the salary question.
Players who show good playing ability wifi be paid
the full value of their services but there will be no
chance for those players who fail TO keep them
selves in condition. There will be no lushers in
the game from now on.
PRESIDENT TEMPLE puts New York SO low in
the race because, he says, It has Pitcher Silver
King. which fact alone will ruin a club. So says
kindly brush back his scalp locks and let his mem
ory dwell upon st. Louis and the past he may re-
member period when Silver King didn't ruin the
Browns to any appreciable extent.-I IfneS-Stdr.
PRESIDENT WILLIAMS, OF the Western League.
has received an offer from Catcher ..Kid'' Bald.
win to play for 81. 600 this year with any club to
which he may be assigned. This is an indication
of the times. Had there been no settlement of the
baseball wars Baldwin would be holding out for at
least ~, co., 1t Is now a scramble among those on
the outside to get in, and the phantom of poverty
is chasing some of the boys till their hair fairly
stands on end.
THE betting on the Maher-Fitzsimmons battle is
by means brisk. The average sporting man
seems to think that Fitzsimmons hasn't enough at
stake In the result OF the battle. He won't lose
prestige II he is defeated by heavyweight. He
has admitted that he sold out and feigned being
knocked out for consideration with Jim Hall.
The wide awake sporting man thinks that history
might repeat itself in Fitzsimmons' case if the in
ducement was large enough.-NeD York Evening
Sun,