The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-05-30
GOSSIP OF BASEBALL.

Glenalvin is laid up temporarily with spiked
knee
Eugene Curry il being hit hard in the Texas
League.
Will White is doing some nice shortstopping
for Portland.
Tom Turner is trying to play first base for the
Oakland team.
Charlie Petty is by many considered the star
pitcher of the Southern League.
Portland has the best hitting outfield in the
league in Stenzal, Burns and George.
Patsy Flaherty broke his right thumb in his
first game behind the bat for Houston.
''Jegs'' PARROT is considered by many the
best third baseman in the Western League
Crawford, the right fielder of the Lawrence,
Kan, team. is a full-blooded Cheyenne Indian.
The Spokanes were beaten on last Tuesday by
an amatuer team at sprsgue by score of Is
to Il
Gus Klopf is playing second base regularly for
Spokane, while young Reeder ornaments the
bench.
George Mutton, of last years spokanes, has
signed with the Rock Island Moline club, of the
Interstate League.
Jake Stencil is getting somewhat subdued
and his yelp is not heard in the coaching lines
often as last season
Gleualvn is having trouble with the bleachers
AT Los Angeles; the same tninS tnAe happened
to him at Portland last year.
The report that Pat Wright had signed with
indianapolis is a mistake. He is playing second
base for Terre Haute in the IL. League
Fitzgerald has fallen off in his work for Louis
Vile and may be released He pitches good
ball for six or seven innings and then weakens.
Leiper, Portlands new pitcher, twirled five
games last season Tor the Columbus, o., Ameri-
can Association team. Two of them were VIC
tories and three defeats.
Bob Fender who has been playing with Lin
coin, in the Nebraska State League, has been
transferred to Hastings. which city took Lin
coins place in the league.
'Orator" Burns has peculiar manner of
gathering in flies which no other outfelder in
this league makes use Of The style is what
ball players call "cross- handed"
In the Puget Sound Amateur League the
Gross Bros team, of Tacoma. is scheduled to
play here today with the Ewings The Seattle
Maroons play at Centraia and the Puyallups at
Olympia
When Tom Turner, the new Oaklander, hits
the ball sQuarely the seam the sphere sails
over she heads OF the outfieders. He was called
"Home.run Turner in the Pacific Northwest
League.-Pdcifc Fled Sports. We remember
those hits of Toms here.
Manassau is receiving praise for his good
fielding, but little notice appears to be taken OF
the fact that he has an arm that ought 70 be
nailed up IN a coffin. Ii has oeen dead a long
time, and is beyond revival. A portable trap
could do as good service IN lett field as Manas-
sau has been dong-S1n Francisco Report
"On jim Burns Trail was the startling head
line in a recent -. Paul paper. Investigation
OF the article underneath removed the suspicion
tina, something was wrong with Ihe s'Poet''
who covers center field for the Portlands. /, re-
ferred to a sharper who has been carrying on
swndling operations in ST. Paul, aud who was
about TO be brought 10 justice.
But one thing prevents the Seattle and Port
land players from being mistaken for each
other on the fed in quick plays Both uni
forms originally consisted OF white shirt and
pants with black stockings, but the Portlands'
apparel has lost its original sem blance and is 50
dIngy that there Is Cow no danger OF their being
taken for white suits Rot only are the uni
forms faded and dirty, but they sre almost fall
ing 10 pieces
Con S:rothe.s is playing first base for Helena.
In last Mondays game az Milwaukee Root
gave probably the most remarkable exhibition
OF third base playing ever seen. He was suffer.
ing from a very lame arm and was unable "a
throw across the diamond, but there ives no one
to be put in bis place. 80 every ball that wa