Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1892-05-08
Base Ball Gossip.

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Base Ball Gossip.
Nine Orioles came out OF the East;
Out OF the East as the sun went down:
And the weather was tough on both man and
beast,
And their faces were tanned by the east wind
brown.
But cranks must weep and women must pray
The colts braced up in wonderful way.
You can tell by reading the score to-day
Why your Uncle Anse is smiling.
Frank Knauss has agreed 10 the
"terms" offered by Burnham, Of Provi-
dence.
Wildness on the part of Rusie and
Boyle and lack Of batting accounts for
the Giants first defeat at ST. Louis.
Rem Milford, of Cincinnati, wants to
know what will become Of Louisville
when the balloon bursts. That's easy.
Louisville will take drop when that
happens, aud so would any club under
like circumstances Boston Herald.
Fred. Pfeffer sent this message to a
friend in Cincinnati on April 80. 1t
shows he has no love for Arson: eve
lost to-day. So did the other club. III
Louisville ever loses seven straights I'll
try to buy you box OF Protectors and
you can have our franchise with which
to light the first one"
Captain Tebeau, OF the Clevelan
Club, predicts that his team will lead
the five Western clubs at the end OF the
first series. He attaches great import
ance to the pitching qualities of Young
and Davis. He is OF the opinion that 1t
was the need Of good pitchers which
caused Clevelands hard luck in the
past.
The University of Pennsylvania nine
is working hard for the title Of Ameri-
can college champion 1t has beaten
Yale, Harvard and Princeton, shutting
out the latter, and away from home.
This nine will play Princeton in Phila-
delphia, May IA; Yale at New Haven,
June 6; Harvard at Cambridge, June s.;
Brown at Providence, June 8.
1t takes left-hander to fool Louis
ville Inks had no speed Saturday.
The balls dropped into Catcher Kins-
lows gloves with soft swish. But his
curves would attract attention and pro-
woke astoniShment anywhere. The
Louisvlles were meyer more Ihystitied
In their lives. With an easy swing Mr..
Inks would send the ball slowly toward
the plate.
There is a suspicion among some OF
the clubs of the Eastern League that
rival organizations are not living up TO
the salary limit. In connection with
similar attempt TO dodge like issue,
Manager Cushing, of Milwaukee, tells
this interesting story:-"I remember
when had charge OF the Toronto Club
we had a salary limit Of $4,000 for the
season, and our list was thousands be-
yond that. When l signed Pitcher At
kirson at the individual limit we en-
gagged his wife and other relatives to
act as clerks, stenographers, etc, so as
to make up the salary he wanted. OF
course we had no use for clerks, etc,
but we paid Atkinson the money to pay
them according TO agreement"
Captain Arson proposes to train his
players to hunt the ball more success
fully than they do. While talking on
the subject he Sales.--future isn't a
man in all the Chicago Club who can be
called good sacrifice hitter, and any
come quite proficient as a bnnter II only
he will spend little time in practising
it, and there is no use talking, the boys
must practise more. They got lazy on
the trip. Each one OF them has formed
an idea that all he has to do is 10 play a
game occasionally, sit around hotel
the balance of the time and draw 50, 900
or 81, 900 salary. But they will find out
differently. They have got to work and
work regularly every morning, too"
President Won der Abe, OF st. Louis,
may not be as lucky as when he was in
the Association, but he has lost none Of
his shrewdness through his being
brought in contact with the League
magnates. This is evident from an in
cident that took place few days ago,
and which cost Tom Mccarthy just
$3.50. When Mccarthy agreed TO sign
with the Browns last season be received
$500 advance money. This was not paid
back until the Boston Club insisted
upon it. The interest was not paid,
however, and Won der Abe quickly
brought suit for the amount due, and
obtained Judgment. When Mccarthy
appeared in ST. Louis the other day two
officers entered his hotel room and
seized his watch as payment for the
amount. Mccarthy quickly came TO
terms.
What an array OF fast.aying players
there are in the big League this season,
TO be sure. Every club has one or more
players that can do one hundred yards
somewhere near the eleven-second
notch, and when man is doing ten
yards worse than "evenS" be is going
like limited vesiibnle express. Catch
ers have to look 10 their throwing arms
when any OF these men get on the base
lines. They are very nicely distributed.
Chicago has Wilmot; st. Louis, Cliff
Carroll and Van Dyke; Louisville, Tom
Brown; Cleveland, McAleer and Ne
Kean; Cincinnati, Arlie Latham; Pitts
burg, Elmer Smith; Philadelphia, Billy
Hamilton; Brooklyn Johnnie Ward and
Billy Joyce; New York, Mike Herman
and George Gore; Boston, Mccarthy
and Stovey. OF the above players Billy
Hamilton is the fastest straight away
Splinter aud best base runner. Tom
Brown, OF the Louisyilles, can get 70
first faster than any player in America,
although Elmer Smith, OF the Pitts
burgs; Billy Hamilton, of the PhiIadel-
phias, and Eddie Mexican. OF the Clel E.
| lands, are not very far behind him in
his particular feat