The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-04-04
GOSSIP OF BASEBALL.

Bumpus" Jones has dropped out of sight
80 Tar as known Jack Hayes has not trapped
| contract as vet
Catcher Pete Lehman claims to have had an
| offer from Seattle.
Bob Fender, who played in Seattle in 1890, will
be with Lincoln, Neb, this season
| Phil Reccius, OF the spokanes, is brother of
the manufacturer of the Reccius bat
| The Eastern League is debating the question
| OF increasing its circuit to ten clubs.
Ed o'Neil is doing ali the pitching for the
| Oakland club, and is doing it we'll
| The Portland and Spokane clubs will play az
| exhibition game at Spokane next Sunday.
| Joe Shea at last reports was still out in the
| cold Likewise Matt thinner and Lew schos-
| neck
Charlie Petty, of last years seattles, has
signed with Birmingham, Ala, in the Southern
| League.
Lon knight. the old time player, is reported to
have an offer to umpire in the Pacific Northwest
| League.
| Stevens, with Tacoma in 1890, was one of the
| pitchers assigned by the Western League to
| Columbus.
| Arthur Sunday has signed contract with the
Western League, but has not yet been assigned
| to any club.
The Los Angeles club will have plunge and
shower baths in the dressing-rooms for the use
OF the players.
Pacific Field Sports, in its issue of March &c,
has neat picture of Umpire Sandy McDermott
| on the front cover.
Al Lawson, who is a world-beater in Florida
and dub everywhere else, has caught on with
Leach Maskrey's Atlanta team.
st. Paul papers ore not enthusing over Motz.
They have never seen the "Kiug" gather in wild
throws at first or smash the ball over the left.
| field fence.
Minneapolis thinks she has fair outfelder in
Newman. Wait till she sees Charlie pull down
home runs in center field and see what her
| opinion will be.
The Britishers are learning. London paper
recently printed a column editorial in favor of
baseball as sport for the masses and advised
football and cricket clubs to take it up.
New Westminster, B. c., has organized base
ball team and is endcavoring to arrange a series
OF games in which Victoria, Vancouver, Ma
naimo, Blaine and Whatcom clubs will partici-
pate.
The Minneapolis club wants another out
fielder in the place of Joe Katz, who was one
of the team drawn by the Flour City There is
talk also of replacing "Beesie" McGuirk at first
base.
Patsy Cahill is managing the Piedmonts, an
Oakland club which belongs to the semi profess
sonal Central League. Other well-known pro-
fessionais on the team are Isaacs)n, Jack Fo-
garty, Frek Roberts and Charlie Sweeney.
Lowell baseball writer says of one OF Ia
coma's twirlers: "Pitcher Cross of Manchester,
N. H., has signed with the Tacoma Club Cross
last season was considered the best pitcher in
the New England League, and one OF the most
promising twirlers in the country"
"5trike-'em-out" Fitzgerald, who will be one
OF Louisville's regular pitchers this season, has
kept his muscles supple during the winter by
skating. He lives at Leadville, high up in the
Rocky mountains where there is plenty OF ice,
and says he skated every day during the winter
Ed Cartwright forgot his resolve to retire from
the diamond when he secured an offer to play
with the Tacoma team and attached his sigma
ture to a contract forwarded to him by Manager
Work. The big genial first baseman will be
popular in the Northwest-Pdc,fc Field Sports.
The sporting papers are still placing John
Irwin at third base for Seattle. That corner of
the diamond will be looked after by the same
youngster who guarded it last year-Charlie
Irwin. John Irwin is at present managing a
picked team of Boston professionals playing ex-
hibition games in the East
The New Haven correspondent OF the Sporting
Life writes as follows of one of Seattle's new
pitchers: slew Gilliland, our former south
paw pitcher, has signed with Seattle. Gilliland
is reliable and steady man, always ready and
willing to work. He pitched good ball here,
and was quite sticker for pitcher"
Pittsburg wants Jerry Denny, who is playing
with San Jose. Perhaps she'll get him, and per-
hnpS she won't more llkely tue latter, us
California League lie not apt to come under the
national agreement Toledo. oil the Western
League, is also signing for Fred Ely, who was
assigned there. but is now in Oakland.
Dan Minnehan, the new out6eder signed by
Seattle has been wintering at his home. Troy,
NY Minnehan's work last year with Mime
| apolis was not as good as it was with the same
club in 1890. Nevertheless he is a rafting good
ball PLAYER and Abuer Powell did well 10 sign
| him. He was with Jackson, Mich, in the Tri-
| state League in 1858. He was catcher then,
| but when he signed with Minneapolis in lSS9 he
began to play at first and in the field and caught
| but little during the three seasons he was with
| Hoch's team. He ought to do great work in the
Pacific Northwest League this season.-Sp0rting
| Ncrs.
spalding's Guide for 1892 makes very ser
ious error in its statement to the effect that the
| California League was the only minor league 10
| 20 through the season without break IN its
| rsnks The Pacific Norlhwes. remained intact
during 1870 nd 1891, and there were no signs of
weakening by any of the clubs during the play
| ing season. The Guides records Of the Pacific
| Northwest League also very incomplete and
| incorrect None of the players are given credit
| for all the games in which they took part and
some who played in owe. twenty-five games are
afr altogether,