The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-02-29
GOSSIP OF BASEBALL.

Ed 0'Neil has signed with Oakland.
The Los Angeles team will be known az "Thc
Angels"
Harry stoveY, OF the Bostons, trains by riding
bicycle.
The Oakland club may get Pat Wright to play
second base
Jack Reidy, with Tacoma in 1890 is police
man in Buffalo.
Cleveland has league whose players are all
newspaper men.
The Dartmouth club had 81, leo pledged for it,
support at recent meeting.
Catcher Pete Lohman, OF California, wants a
berth in the Pacific Northwest
A son OF Hon. Roger Q. Mills is president of
the Houston, Tex, baseball club.
Mike slattery, formerly of the New Yorks is
doing good business i'll his tailor shop IL Bos-
ton.
An amsteur baseball league is to be organized
among California colleges to play Saturday
games.
Bobby Burks. who played short for Tacoma in
1890, is the manager OF a furniture company in
Savannah, Ga.
Both spokane and Portland arc said to be
after Larry Twitchell. who drew about $500
last season from Omaha.
Al Lawson is getting his annual puff from
Florida correspondents in order 10 work some
body for advance money.
Billy Crowell, who was on seattle's pitching
staff for short time last season. Is working as
an insurance solicitor in Cincinnati.
Joe Shea says that he would not come back to
Seattle because the club wished to reduce his
salary He talks of going East for a job.
Jim Mcdonald has been signed as one of the
umpires in the California League. There is
talk OF SANDY" McDermott TOR the other.
Emmerke, who pitched for Spokane in 1890.
will fRar NJ lahr
son, and has advertised in the Sporting Ne.es for
players.
"Peek-a-boo" Veach and "Beesie" McGuirk
have organized minstrel troupe at Sacramento
and will make u tour of the small towns in that
section.
Mike Finn has signed all Of last seasons
champion san Joses except George Sharp, tho
little right fielder, who made his professional
bow In 1891.
An Ohio Indiana League is being formed with
clubs in Lima and Findlay, o.. and Fort Wayne,
Terre Haute, Evansville, Anderson, Kokomo
and Munce, Ind.
The smallest professional ball ground in the
country is the park at Minneapolis 1t is called
''cigar box by the players and looks about the
siZe OF q one-acre lot
Gleanlvin has completed his Los Angeles
team 10y signing "Big Bill" Hasssmer for short
stop and Allen MeCsuley, of last years omahas
The committee on drawing up new national
agreement meets in New York tomorrow, and
the result OF its work will be submitted to the
league meeting on the day following
Ed German. the lightweight prizefghter OF
Columbus, o., was formerly professional bali
player and q. one time member OF the Hauil-
ton, Ont, club in the International League.
In the movement % equalize the chances OF
the batter By making the number of called balls
the same as the strikes, it has been suggested
that the strikes be increased to four instead of
reducing the balls to three.
Manager Harris was iter Jack Tanning for
his San Francisco club, bat had to give up tho
chase after getting instructions from President
Young 10 thv effect that this Pacific Northwest
League IS entitled 20 reserve its players
GlenalYin's father is minister aud the editor
OF religious paper in ST. Louis, and it's said
the yoaAg manager writes stories for the paper.
II Hlen writes as well as he plays bal he
ought not 10 be long unknown to fame
Pitcher John Ewing, who did the best be
WORK for the New York club LAST season, is re.
ported 10 be dying OF conSiIl0t!on a. his HON,
in Cincinnati HE played rs first profess. crnl
engagement under the management o! Abrer
Powell.
The Pitseurg correspondent Of the Srortia,
LIFE says: They say Chicago would have taken
Camp II PittsDurg had no. gotten IN before
&
cay about his wonder" The kid" would have
had chance to show his ability at Chica-o-
something he can hardly hope for in Pli:seu-S
The announcement through several Pacific
coast papers that il was not known that Glen-
alvin was an assumed name until the Los An.
geles manager married quite recently IS wrong
l. was common talk among the players OF the
PGcidc Northwest League last season.
Manager Ward. OF Brooklyn. has 5000 worth
Of stock in the New YORK club and he recently
bet 1t Sssiust 5000 OF stock owned BY Director
fsleott in the same club, the conditions being
that Brooklyn would beat New lors IN the pen
nant race. Johnny has made a good bet If he
loses.
John $. Barnes seems 70 be AZ his Old tricks
shc,ts.op ely, with s., Paul and Brooklyn last
season. recently wrote MANAGE Powell that
Barnes had offered him $50 n month Tor eight
months-sn AL sl.S}l, bigger salary than any
player in tie Western League will draw.
President None, Of the California League, i,
quoted by san Francisco papers as saying that
the Pacific Northwest League IS apt 10 collapse
at any time on account OF the withdrawal of
the financial support OF ". T. Bushnell For
the information Of whoever is responsible for
the report, Mr.. Bushnell never at any time had