The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-05-02
Gossip of Baseball.

Gossip of Baseball.
sJiggs" Parrott is hitting the ball often for
Minneapolis.
Fitzgerald isn't doing any pitching these days
for the Louisville team.
Pitcher sowders, of the Spokanes, is quite
song ambulance artist.
Ed o'Neill is making q sorry failure Of his
pitching efforts for Oakland.
Catcher Rainey OF the Dartmouth college
team, is wanted by New York.
Old dad" Phelan has caught on with
Memphis in tho Southern League.
Rappold, of the Seattles OF 1890, has signed to
catch with the Texas State League.
Connie strothers is in Portland without job,
and has advertised in the Sporting Life.
kid" Peoples is playing shortstop for San
Francisco in place OF Coughlin, released.
"Kid" Camp continues to play on the bench.
He has not yet pitched in championship game
Jake Stencil leads the league in batting, with
eighteen hits in eight games, and an average of
SIS.
Efforts are being made TO establish league
in the Palouse country with clubs in Oakesdaie,
Pullman, Tekoa and Palouse.
In addition to being the champion pool
player, "Kid" Camp is spoken OF as the best
card player in the Pittsburg team
Little jack keenan,, who was with Seattle last
year, has signed with the plainfleld Crescents,
of the New Jersey Central League.
"Beesie" McGuirk will probably manage one
of the Texas clubs. Patsy Flaherty and Patsy
Cahill are booked for the same league.
Charlie Petty, who is pitching for Birming-
ham, in the Southern League, allowed Macon
but three hits in a game the other day.
arThe Pacific Northwest teams are captained as
follows: Spokane, Beard; Seattle, laroque;
Tacoma Cartwright: Portland, White.
A large part of the Spokane team at one time
PLAYED in the Southern League. The men are
Beard, Mari, Brennan, Strauss, Cline and Pol
hemus.
GIL Hatfield is a great lover of hunting and
fishing He brought his shotgun with him from
New York and this fall expects TO take hunt
ing trip before starting East
sheets. the phenomenon that Glenalvln
sprung on the baseball public last year and al
lowed 10 pitch for one inning for the Portiands,
is twirling for the sprague team.
Nellie" Bligh, the weli-known catcher who
died recently at his home in Brooklyn, first
came into notice while playing with tho New
orleans team in 1855 under Abner Powell
Phil Reecius is pitching remarkably good ball
for a man who has lost the Tree use oil his arm
He has so Jar pitched in four games, all OF which
were victorious Three OF these were won from
Seattle.
Every man on the spokane team, exeep, Gus
Klonf has played bail in mAior league company.
MEX Reeder is Just barely within the limit
He signed with Louisville, but only played IN
one or two games.
Leach Maskreys Atlanta team Is rated as
about the bes. in the southern league. Among
his players are Pitcher Al Lawson ana shoTtstop
George Wes;lake, both Of whom played IN the
Pacific Northwest last year
The only two ball players in the profession
who were christened Abner by their parents are
nlaying ball in the Pacific Northwest League.
They are the veterans Abner Powell, OF Seattle,
and Aoner Dalrymple, OF spokane. slnsular!y
enough, both men bat left-aanded and both are
playing left field.
Easy o'Neil has the biggest in-eurve for a
right-handed pitcher ever seen on this Coast
Charlie Sweeney hal the reputation bae& East
of being able 20 throw tie widest in-curve OF
any man IN the eountry--the ball sweeping
eighteen inches out OF its course. ONe!l 5
curve is Wider than that Pdsifc Field sports.
When in Seattle Easy's balls were apt 10 curve
all over the lot--anywhere except across the
plate
The Sporting Life correspondent has the fol-
lowing 10 say OF Big Lew Sehoaeck who, is to
play first base for the club in that city: Lew
sehoueck. fair and fat, VIII gather them IN on
bag one. ana he is more than likely 10 Kill the
fond hopes of every Iwirler who goes up against
his bludgeon. Big Lew is threatened vita
speed. too. and hopes 10 skate around the
or ninety bases" Lew must beat his record CT
last year in order To 90 these things.
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