The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-05-16
GOSSIP OF BASEBALL,
eball is to be introduced into Ireland.


Pap Lytle is doing we'll with Kansas City.
Billy Crowell has signed with Galveston, Tex.
George Rhue is playing left field for Calves
ton.
Billy Earle is catching good ball for Pitts
burg.
Lou Camp is playing right field regularly for
Omaha.
Minneapolis thinks she has jewel OF the first
water in Charlie Neuman.
Matt thinner is catching for the Garden Citys,
OF the Chicago City League.
"Beesie'' McGurk is 70 play first base for Fort
Worth in the Texas League.
Stafford, Los Angeles pitcher, is leading the
California League in batting.
Frank March seems to be success as an UNI
pre, judging from his work at Spokane
"Strike-'em-out' Fitzgerald is in good trim
again and is pitching well for Louisville.
There is talk of replacing White as captain OF
the Portland team by noisy George Tebeau
"Kid" Peoples is playing good game at short
for san Francisco, and his hitting Is timely.
George Milton, one of John s Barnes crew at
Spokane last year, is at Peoria, H., out OF job
George Bright, who played short in 1890 for
Seattle, will probably be on the Austin, Tex,
team.
Osborne has been put on the bench by Oak
land for slow fielding and will probably be re.
leased
Lodi Wis. has female baseball team bearing
the title OF the lodi High School Unrivaled
Female Baseball Club"
The Central California League, which is a
kind Of side show to the California League is
drawing good audiences.
Washington has three southpaw pitchers
each of whose names begins with the letter X
They are knell, Kilen and Kilroy
The Illinois Iowa League has signed J. n
Cavanaugh. former prize fighter, umpire
The right kind of a man - he has any judgment
at all
Con Lucid, who did good work IN the box for
Spokane on Saturday, is amateur who has
been setting type on the Spokane Rerie,r for a
living.
"Jiggs" Parrot has developed into slugge
since Joining Minneapolis. In recent game
he had two home runs and two Dagger IN four
times at bat.
4 player named Reidy, supposed to be red
headed Jack who was with Tacoma in 1894. is
Fort Wayne, Ind.
Con Strothers. sam Smith. "Shorty" Howard
aud Ward. who caught for Tacoma in 1880, viii
ali probably play with the Albany, Or, team in
the Willamette Valley League.
stevens, who pitched for Tacoma in 1890, is do
ing fine work for Columbus. II a recent exhi-
btion game he held the Cincinnati league team
QoWu 10 lOuI MS III StSNt-A AAiAahaSs.
The strong hold of baseball is illustrated by
the fact that the recent Ohio state Republican
convention adjourned in order to allow the
members 10 attend ball game.
Al of the games of the Puget Sound Amateur
League were postponed yesterday on account OF
-aju. Puysllup was scheduled at West Seattle,
Centvala at Tacoma aad seattle at Olympia
The proposed Willamette Valley League seems
sure 10 so through. There viii De clubs in sa-
and aggN
with n schedule OF sixty games for each cub
ssNo provision has yet bean made by the Of
fciats of the California League fox keeping the
averages OF the players, and they viii have TO
trust 10 some mathematical crank 70 iisGre out
the averages.
The Chicago Club has been obliged 20 call in
iis Tree passes 70 the city aldermen. 1t WAS
done al the re quest OF the aldermen themselves,
who were bored TO death by heeiers 10 let them
use the passes.
The Tole4o, o, team has more nicknames
than any other i'll the country. some oi lis APP
pellatIocs are Pirates, Black Pirates. Chimney
sweeps, Frog Eaters. PiEmIes, Dvaris Rebels,
swamp Angels ana Maumee Gang.
Last Thursday. when Tommy Hernon was laid
up with spralued ankle II vas the first game,
championship or exhibition. II which the little
outfelder has failed 10 take part since he Joined
the Seattle club IL the spring Of l>,o.
Eugene Curry, who pitched a few games for
Seattle III $3.50 snd last year was c-ound-keeper
e. Madison street pSk. writes from ia weston 10
TIE sporting Nelrs, DENYING The statement OF a
pOIGen. Of tLst cit - She effect tina, the
pitchers arm IS gone. Eugene has signed with
Houston, under John McCloskey, ana saws his
srm is 81 right. There never was anything the
matter wish us arm: tae tcoub.e WAS lack of
control and hesd woIA.
Little Jack Keenan,. who started out with Sc
attic last year. pitched lew DAYS since for the
P4a.ntelc Cresceats, OF the New Jersey Central
League, agsIns, the champion amateur Staten
Island team, and Won his game han silly. allow
Ing his opponents bui four h.ts Van Zant the