Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-03-26

or whose terms have been accepted, several or
whom are signed or reserved by Pacific North
west League clubs.
Talk About the PIayera
And still Pfeffer says: ''Its Louisville or no
where for me-"
Buck Ewing INDUCES in this light and airy
romance regarding Danny Richardson and the
Washington climate: Richardson has weak
lungs and for some reason or other he always
was sick when he went to Washington. II you
look back over our series in the capital city
you will see that he had to lay off every time we
went there on account of sickness" As a mat
ter of fact local base ball patrons remember
only too well a certain game with the New
Yorks when the score was tie and Danny, the
poor consumptive, slugged the ball down to the
club house and won the game. He was the
healthiest looking invalid in those days any one
would care TO see.
Already trouble among the st. Louis is re-
ported. 1t is said Won der Abe is irving to
sign Stricken at a smaller salary than called for
in the contract which he signed with the Bos-
ton association club. Strlcker will not 60 to
st. Louis for 81 less and Won der Abe says he
will not play ball unless he does.
Kansas City wants AL Maui and Manager
Buckenberger has been requested to sign HIM
for that club.
The Chicago club have decided to play all
their home games at South Park. The clubs
lease of the West Side grounds has another
year to run. but the club intends to dispose of
the latter at once.
The Plttsburg press are all against Jerry
Denny and the chances are that Raymond will
cover the third bag.
Jim McGarr will captain the Milwaukee team
this season.
The Philadelphia picked team, scheduled to
play the Orioles, have cancelled their dates
in in ia
ment has instead made arrangements with the
Patterson club for April 8.
All the Cincinnati players have reported for
duty executing Latham, Chamberlain, lhines,
McGill and Morgan Murphy. Capt. Comiskey
received letter from Pitcher Rhines inform
ing him that he would not be able to do any
practice work for two or three weeks, as he
broke his collar bone in the gymnasium at
Ridgeway few days ago.
Glasscock says he is glad to return to his
stamping ground, st. Louis. where he had
always been treated well by the people.
Eddie Burke says: ''Those Milwaukee Ger
mans are dead sore over the assortment of
players they got out of Jimmie Williams hat. !"
Aud yet the Pittsburg Chronicle Telegraph says:
The Richter millennium plan has been tried in
the Western and the teams drawn. Milwaukee
seems to have the best looking team
gentleman from the south stood in the ro-
tunda of Cleveland hotel the other day talk
ing to a friend about the comparative merits Of
the two sections Of this country. Yes, subj"
said the southerner, I'VE kin just mach reilly beat
you Yankees for good bearin soil, but, sub. we
are obliged to admit, sub. that you no'then
people kin raise the greatest base ball players
on yarth." The southerner had seen some Of
the league clubs practicing in the south
Cleveland Leader.
The managers who took their teams south
this year are not profiting thereby. At Hot
Springs a foot OF snow keeps the players hud-
died about the fire. Even in Florida the
weather is now too bad for practicing. The
general Inclement weather will result in giving
all the teams fair start, none o. them having
the advantage of much preparation Courier
Journal.
dispatch from Norfolk SAYS: "a Virginia
and North Carolina base ball league of six
clubs. includinga Norfolk nine is in process Of
formation The program is that the Norfolk
ball players shall be reinforced with several
professionals. and it is stated that the nine will
be organized by April l."
Glasscock. Pinkney and Dryer have reported
to Won der Abe.
Harry" Raymond signed to play third base
for Pittsburg. He will leave for the smoky
city next Saturday. Raymond says he had
offers to play with Washington and New York
as a general utility man.
Billy George who was as erratic the "Wild
Man of Borneo' when he twirled for New
York, is booked for Portland this year. So is
Will White. Chris Won der Ahe's old short STOP
officials that the team will return from Florida
on April 3.
Walter Brodie hasn't yet fallen into line at
st. Louis.
Charley Zimmer the Cleveland catcher, who
has stood out for six months in signing a con-
tract, has capitulatei and affixed his name to
a document for 1892 The reason alleged for
his delay was that he did not want to be re-
served
Shortstop Philip H. Tomney died in Read
ing, Pa, last Friday, aged twenty-nine years
He played with the Binghamton and Lincoln,
Neb.. clubs and was for two seasons with the
Louisville ollb.
Manager AL Buckenberger Of the Pittsburg
ball club has decided to take team OF ball
tossers to Cuba next winter.
Comiskey thinks that Eddie Burke is the
surest catch on short flies since the balmy days
OF Pop Corkhlll.
Local enthusiasm in the national game is get
ting stronger every day and it will be high
when the opening event takes place.
In the Western League drawing for teams
the first town to come out was Milwaukee and
the last Kansas City. After the teams were
drawn by mutual consent a few exchanges were
made. Person was assigned to Columbus, but
Manager Schmelz traded him for ODay. He
tried hard to trade one OF the players for Larry
Twitchell.
Chris Won der Abe wants Al spaldins to pitch
underhanded in an old-fashiOned game to be
played either at St. Louis or Chicago some day
this season. AL Reach might be coaxed to
PLAY second Cincinnati Ttnaes-Stdr.
The Pittsburg team has been ordered to re-
port March 80.
SANDY" Griswold says: 1.-THE Kansas City
reporters will have the felicity Of catch-as-
catch-can wrestle with the photography OF Eddie
Ejorgteli's patronymic this season.
Tho New Yorks will open the base ball season
at Buffalo on April 20 in game with the Bisons
of the Eastern Association. President Frank
lin has about decided upon two of the :our
players that Buffalo can sign without regard to
the superintendent business. They are Jim
Field, the first baseman, and Leo Smith. the
lively little short stop, both Of last years team.
President Temple of Pittsburg, in reply to
Mark Baldwin's request that he should not Join
the team until April 10, was: You will be ex-