The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-02-10
SOMB WINTER GOSSIP.
Baseball Men Lay Plans While
They May.
ACTIVITY IN THE MINOR LEAGUES
4 Lively Campaign viii BE Carried Out
Next Summer on Secondary Diamonds.
How the InfieIds of the Great Clubs
Will Stand.


Will Stand.
Although winter has but fairly begun
there Is a hustle and stir among the smaller
fry in the councils of the magnates. 1t j!
healthy sign of the revival that it is con
tdently expected will come with the spring
The kindergartens of the game need the
fostering care Of the United league, but
some of the minor organizations are going
ahead laying the foundation for another
years race without hearing from the com
mittee appointed by the major body to
draft some plan that will replace the ma
tional agreement.
The Western league will cut Denver of
its visiting list. That seems assured. Co
lumbus is in the position of fair damsel
with two suitors begging for her hand.
That city-Hke indianapolis and NIilwau-
kee-ls coveted by both the Western and
Central leagues. The fact that Manager
Gus Il. SchmelZ is on the Westerns cir
cult committee with John w. Speas, of
Kansas City, and r. w. Mcguire, of Mil
waukee, is significant, however. The Cen
trail league will perhaps get the mitten,
and James A. Williams, who issued the
call for its organization, is slated for sec
rotary and treasurer of the Western.
l.. G. Krauthotf, one of the members of
the famous and short lived board of CON
troll, will be elected president, but the
place will be honorary. Mr.. Williams will
| shoulder all the labor and in this case he
| will assume lots of il. The Central league,
as projected, intended to give the miIlenni-
UNI plan-fathered by Frank Richter, of
| Sporting Life-a practical trial. All the
players are to be signed by the secretary
and distributed by lot. The maximum
| salaries of the various basemen, outfield-
ers pitchers and catchers will be fixed.
and in this way salary limit will be
maintained. The delay of the eastern
clubs in responding to the call and the
activity displayed at Chicago have turned
the eyes of Columbus and Milwaukee to-
ward the west
The Illinois and Iowa-facetiousl called
"The Two Eyed League"-has installed
James +. Mckee as president. Five of the
old clubs are in line-Rockford, Joliet,
Quincy, Cedar Rapids and Ottumwa. Pc
oria, Springfield and Burlington will take
the places of clubs that will drop out.
From the far west comes the story Of an
other wedding in the baseball family.
The California league has led the North
Pacific league to the altar and the Pacific
Coast Consolidated league is the name of
the new organization. Sacramento and
Spokane Falls retire, and the new circuit
includes San Francisco, San Jose and Los
Angeles, in California; Portland, Or,
and Seattle and Tacoma, in Washington.
San Jose finally won the championship of
the Pacific coast, but the series was so long
drawn out and tedious that the closing
games lacked in interest
The task of equalizing the playing
strength of the twelve clubs in the big
league is progressing, and the interest
manifested on all sides is gratifying proof
that interest in the national game was re-
vived the m 0ment that the foolish warriors
ceased their strife.
In New York the tears of the cranks are
falling because three famous giants have
been removed from the family and their
chairs must needs be filled by others.
The metropolitan press is severely caustic |
and intimate that the Giants as now con-
stituted will make a grand struggle for |
the BOBBY prize The scribes mourn be- |
cause Dick Buckley, Dannie Richardson |
and Roger Conner were not given return |
tickets to New York by the committee on |
They scout at the idea of Captain VIII |
liam Buckeye Ewing being able to fill the
role Of first baseman, and point their fin
gers toward the City OF Brotherly Love and |
say: 10, there is Bill Brownl Get him"
The return of Amos Rusie has simply
the critics To a declaration that |
now that Dick Buckley has gone the ex-
artist from Hoosieriom's capital
IS liable 10 be no more effective this year
than were Billee Taylor or One Armed |
Hugh DAILY in their closing days upon the
turf New York's mood is decidedly
gloomy, but they forget that Jack BOYLE
and Denny Lyons have been allotted 70
hem.
Over the river the Brooklynites are lust
Is happJ as the descendants of Papa Knick-
are f0rIorn. 1t IS generally be-
ieved that the team which Captain John
Montgomery Ward viii lead into the
truggle next spring viii be just as strong
IS the famous one ne commanded during |
he stormy days Of 1890.
Dan Brouthers Is booked fox first. and
he mayor Of Wappincer Falls viii be at |
ZONE with Captain Ward by his side. for
ard will stick to second base- Mr.. VII |
lam Joyce, the St Lo1isa1 who gained
ne title Of "Scrappy' through a tendency
take the negative side in debates upon
ne field, IS 10 play third, and Tom Cor !
oran has been chosen Tor shortsJop. !
Pittsourg i raving nladiy over the loss !
I Denny Lyons. and the newspapers are Z
lc1urlng little Nick Young IS a pirate
Jag from whose presence Captain Kidd
7ould have fed
Boston offers no change IN the i16eld
Ihe western infieIds are not yet ali in
aape, bat Cincinnati win come 20 the I
ont with famous quartet Captain :
ouliskeY viii have absolute control OF the
IncinnatI Reds. lie VAL coTcT first base,
18th John \ &cPhee a. second, George
NTH at short and Ariis latham II third
Cleveland : fully equipped, and the
oreSs CiEy four .ucllles JAKE N.rgne,
heruo' CAil6s. IL Mexican and Captain
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