Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-04-04


CONNIE MACK and the local club may come to
terms to-day.
VAN HALTREN thinks that Baltimore will not
nnlSn lower than seventh.
THE Cleveland clubs pitchers performing
extremely well in their practice games.
THE Williamsburg County League team expect to
put up good game at Exposition Park to-day.
MANAGER WRIGHT is giving Pitcher Gus Weyh-
ing plenty of work with view to steadying him.
ST.LoUIs BROWNS defeated the Nilwaukees to
Chicagos by s to-
THE Baltimores have already arranged for two
May and August IS.
VICE PRESIDENT W.LSH of the Baltimore
Club. thinks his team will finish among the first
four III the pennant race.
AL. REACHES baseball guide is again ont this
year although there is no American Association.
As usual 1t is good and useful book.
A PLAN of the Pittsburg ball GROUNDS has been
sent to Manager Chapman. The plan shows the 25
cent seats TO be in deep center field.
THE case of Richardson and Others ought to he an
example to those PLAYERS who declare they won't
play anywhere except where they like
AND now friends of the Chicago club are charg-
ing Pete Browning with partial umpirlng In the
Chicago and Cleveland games. Poor Pete!
CAPTAIN GLAsscocK is well pleased with the
way the Browns are showing up. They are hegin-
ming TO play well together and 1t Is team work that
UNCLE ANsoN SAYS: .'Dungan is a batter of
thoroughbred blood He is quite fast on the bases.
but has great many tricks TO learn about the
game
FRED PFErFER PLAYED with a picked nine
against the Louisvilles Tuesday. He took part in
three double plays nne OF which he made unassisted,
had eight put ont five assists and one error.
TOUCH Cincinnati ball cranks are talking about
mohbing Umpire Emse when he makes his first
appearance there. all hcSuse of an unpalatable
decision rendered In game there last year.
MANAGER CHAPMAN received a dispatch from
BROOKLYN last night stating thai his brother in-law
Robert Harding, had Just died. Mr.. Harding died
of heart disease. He a wholesale shoe mer-
chant.
DARLING has been replaced on the Kansas City
team by Catcher Mcmahon, and Darling can now
be signed by any Western League club needing his
services. Columbus will pitch o. Day in the OPEN
ing game, and Toledo will have Pears in the box.
SANDERS said yesterday that he thought the
Louisriles were very strong He would not join
the Lousvilles until the middle ofJune. but might
pitch a Saturdays game for them before that time.
He is in the best of health, though little too
heavy COn7ier-Jolrndl.
FRANK RICHTER SAYS that the travelling e0pen.
of the 10 League clubs for 1892 will reach an ag-
gregate of 500 600 this year If this goes on for
any length of time. the new league will have to he
divided nm into Eastern and Western branches.
There is no need of more than one trip, East and
West during the season.-SpDrting Times.
HUGH JENNINGS was q years old Saturday. He
had 70 run around the bases at the park 81 times.
hit him u times with bat hy way of extra honor
TO the occasion hut ''Hughev,' preferred to cele-
hrate in some other WAY. A compromise made
by his agreeing to buy Il cigars for the players.
JIMMY MANNING. the manager of the Kansas
City club passed through the city Yesterday his
way to the city on the Kaw. When asked what he
thought of his team he said he knew scarcely a
member of Ii. Under the system of drawing clubs
he has secured a set of men of whose abilities he
knows absolutely nothing. His team will train at
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