The herald., 1893-05-22
swATLETs.
Items of Interest about the Nations
Game.

Items of Interest About the National
Game.
The Angels go north this week, meet
ing the Pirates at Stockton next Friday.
Los Angeles has led the procession
now for nearly week. 1t will soon get
to be monotonous.
1t is reported that in few days Presi-
dent Young will instruct the league UNI
pires to permit the pitchers to move the
left or forward foot in throwing to bases.
Concerning the transfer OF the man.
agement of the strikers (ex-Colonels)
from the hands of Tardy Payday Robin
son, the San Francisco Chronicle Of
Saturday says:
Robinson's sun has set at last and the
game OF swats and bungleH will know
him no more. This will be sad news to
the owners Of brass bands and hacks,
but is nevertheless true. After that
tiasco Thursday afternoon Finn gathered
up the remains of the Colonel and
hustled across the bay. Something had
to be done and done in hurry, and
Michael j. Finn realized that TACT. The
Oakland players announced that they
had made their last appearance under
the management of the Colonel. They
wanted boss with money instead of
promises, and with the assistance of
Finn guardian with a sack was found.
He is Louis Gieschen, who, with Ed
ward Noblett, has assumed control of
the starving Colonels Mr.. Gieschen
has something like 100000, and he has
consented to use little of it in paying
the players. A short time ago Robinson
was offered $4,000 cash for his franchise,
but he sold out Thursday night for what
he owed the players.
From this it appears that the colonel
did not realize much from the sale. In
consideration of guarantee to pay the
players their back salaries Gieschen
and Noblett received a bill of sale for
the Oakland baseball team. Robinson
visited the grounds yesterday, and ex-
hibited handful Of gold pieces.
He says he is not broke and wishes it
announced that all persons to whom he
is indebted will hear OF something to
their advantage by addressing him
either at the warehouse or the Oakland
postoffice. This announcement will
probably create a sudden and healthy
boom in postage stamps.
The colonel gays the league will die a
miserable death in three weeks. He has
kept it alive for years, but the end is
now come. Finn and the rest have
killed the goose that laid the golden
eggs. But the colonel does not feel Bit
ter toward them. as he expects to be in
charge of another team between here
and New York inside OF a week
1t can not be that be has designs on
Suisun. which reorganized the other
day. Perhaps he win accept position
with Chris Won der Abe OF st. Louis
and help him do his talking. Robinson
has made a fortune in baseball, but it
has taken unto itself wings and flown
away. He might have retired gracefully
from the business year or two ago,
but he hung on for the sake of notoriety
until his colleagues had to throw him
out. Great has been the fall OF the
mighty colonel, but he has no one to
blame but himself. His faithful friend
and ally, Tip O'Neill, is about to be
turned out into the C. W. (cold world).
The players insist that he be depossd
as they don't want to have anything to
do with him. When Tip saw that the
colonel was doomed he, too, began to
kick for salary, but the other strikers
said his work was too coarse. Every
thing is now serene in the Oakland
team, and with the hustling young men
Dack OF 1T the game Will begin to boom.
The FIRST thing they did was to call in
$50 passes which in a measure accounts
for the colonel's popularity in Oakland.
Fresh passes will be issued, but less law
ishly.
The baseball season was formally
opened at Santa Monica yesterday
The Boyle Heights Stars went
down to try conclusions with the Santa
Monicss and met their Waterloo. The
game throughout was replete with
brilliant plays on the part OF the Santa
Monicss, especially the outfielding of
Van Horn and Roberts. and all played
an exceptionally fine game. Following
is the score:
A567se
Santa Monicas. 4 0 2 o OILS
League Standing.
The league standing up to date ia as
follows: