The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-01-18

cision in the last championship contest at San
Francisco, which caused the game to break up
in row.
An effort Is being made to have series of
games between the Harvard and Yale baseball
teams this season. The two clubs have come
together every season for years until 1881, when
aquarrel kept them apart.
According to the Omaha Bee Catcher Billy
Trafiiey and Pitcher Norman Leslie Baker are
coming to the Coast this season Trafiey is an
earnest, hard working catcher. who has done
years OF good service. Baker has undoubtedly
great talent. but is of the hardest men IN the
business to handle
Henry Chadwick. the Father of Baseball"
has taken charge of the baseball department of
the New YORK Sporting Times The report that
the paper was &c abandon baseball literature is
mistake. More space is 10 be given to other
marlly sports than heretofore, but baseball will
still be leading feature.
new minor league will probably be formed
with clubs in salt Lake City and Ogden. Utah,
and Poeatello and Boise City. Idaho. Patsy
fiaherty and Darby, the star contract jumper,
are said 70 have signed with Salt Lake Big Us-
borne, who was with Portland last year will
probably manage Pocatello, aud Pap" Whitley
will be on the team.
There is talk of a new league east of the
mountains with clubs selected from the follow
Ing cities: Spokane Butte, Helena Anaconda,
Missoula, Ceur d Aieae Walla Waila, Baker
City, Pendieton and La Grande. John S. Barnes
claims TO be leader in the work of oTganiza-
ton. He has written letter to the Sporting
Lge calling for players.
The proposition to exclude the pitcher from
the batting list is receiving considerable discus
sion. ST. Paul man comes forward with the
suggestion that the pitcher take his turn at the
bat, but to save himself from overwork have one
OF the pitchers on the bench run for him. In
thisway every pitcher gets his practice both at
batting and base-running, and still at no title is
he called upon TO both pitch his game and run
bases.
The Portland club will have new park this
season, and work will be begun this week. The
grounds will be 400x50O feet. The club has
fye-years lease on them and will erect fine
grand stand at q cost OF 5000 1t will seat
5000, while the bleachers will have an adj
ditional seating capacity of from 1000 to 1850.
There will also be q bicycle track on the
grounds.
John 5. Barnes, who needs no introduction to
the BASEBALL public OF the Pacific Northwest. in
anticipation of the dropping OF Spokane from
the makeup of the Coast league, is after a berth
as manager of the St. Paul club, which was at
one time under his charge. The press of that
city, however, do not speak kindly of the Spo-
kane man. Barnes is a shrewd, capable man
ager, however, and need never be out OF place.
Ihe picked team that: IS masQuerading at San
Francisco under the name OF the Portlands,
woul1 fnd great difficulty in being recognized as
the Pacihc Northwest champions. In both in and
outfeld there is but one member OF the regular
Portland team, "Jiggs' Parrot, and he was on
the bench when the season closed. The makeup
of the patched-up team is an interesting one:
Catcher, Wilson of Portland; pitchers, McNabb
Wadsworth OF Portland, Camp of Seattle, Fan
ming of Tacoma; first base, Dooley, Los An
geles; second base, Cantillon, Oakland; third
base Parrott, Portland; shortstop, Shea, Seattle;
left field, Work, Tacoma; center field, LANCE,
Seattle; right field, Van Haltren, Baltimore.
Frank s. Flint, better known as "Siiver," who
died at Chicago of consumption few DAYS
since, was at one time one of the best catchers
in the country. For eleven seasons he caught
for the Chicago club and helped it win five
championships. Much OF the success of Gold
smith, Corcoran and GARRISON. all of whom
made great records at Chicago, was due to
Flint's coaching. The veteran dropped out of
baseball at the close of the season of 1882
Flint was born in Philadelphia in 1855, and at
10 years of age began his first professional en-.
gagement in ST. Louis.